FIG MEA: Advising Banks & Businesses Through Pandemic
FIG MEA's Advisory Services team has helped clients and their customers since the beginning of the pandemic in the region.
Here's a quick synopsis:
Organized 105 webinars, reaching over 9,000 beneficiaries, from 370 financial institutions across 36 countries, covering topics such as human resources, stress-testing, portfolio management, supply chain finance, business plans, and more.
Provided 21 webinars on stress-testing, portfolio management and HR, reaching more than 1,400 participants from more than 320 financial institutions.
Produced 84 Covid-19-response webinars directly for SMEs, in partnership with 22 financial institutions, reaching more than 7,500 SME participants from 13 different MEA countries.
Delivered two Supply Chain Finance webinars for financial institutions in the MEA region, reaching more than 110 participants from the regional banks.
Developed COVID-19 Business Impact Surveys, which we are conducting with 21 participating FIs across 8 markets in MEA to estimate the impact of COVID-19 on the financial sector.
FIG Asia: Supporting Clients During the COVID-19 Crisis
The team has delivered 78 webinars on crucial topics including the following:
Digital Financial Services
Gender Finance
Housing Finance
Knowledge Management
Microfinance
Risk Management
SME Finance
Supply Chain Finance
Financial Infrastructure
The team has brought IFC's attention to every corner of Asia by...
Delivering 78 webinars to nearly 6,000 participants from financial institutions in Asia, Africa, and Europe
Planning another 17 webinars to be delivered by the end of October (95 since February 2020)
Drawing participants from senior management (CEO, CFO, CROs), business unit managers and women entrepreneurs and MSMEs working with large commercial banks, microfinance institutions, and others
Generating 39 business-development leads, six engagements and four proposals
Specific topics included the following:
Women's Entrepreneurship for Clean Energy in Asia
Introduction to IFC Climate Finance: Green and Sustainability Bonds
