Institutional cooperation
The Network cooperates with various international organisations, policy banks and professional associations.
This cooperation is conducted through information exchange and capacity building during the workshops organised by the Network.
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is a permanent observer in all statutory meetings and a key partner in the Network’s activities.
Recent speakers
In 2024
Roundtable – The Global economic situation and outlook: Key issues for DFIs and Exim Banks
Roundtable – Trade financing during political and economic uncertainties: options and possibilities
- African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank, G-NEXID Member)
- Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC, G-NEXID Member)
- Saudi Exim Bank (G-NEXID Member)
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
Roundtable – Innovative development finance solutions and collaboration with Exim Banks and DFIs from the Global South
Workshop – Agriculture value-chain financing: A focused exploration of financing strategies for food security, resilient supply chains, and sustainable food systems in the Global South”
- Chemplex Corporation
- Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers (CGIAR)
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
- Industrial Development Corporation of Zimbabwe (IDCZ)
In 2023
Roundtable – The Global System of Trade Preferences (GSTP) (6 July 2023)
Roundtable – Global and Regional Economic Situation and Prospects (6 July 2023)
- African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank, G-NEXID Member)
- ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID, G-NEXID Member)
- Saudi Export-Import Bank (G-NEXID Member)
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Workshop – North-South and triangular partnerships with Southern DFIs: Addressing funding gaps in developing economies in support of the SDGs (6 July 2023)
- African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)
- European Investment Bank (EIB)
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- South Centre
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Webinar – Addressing logistics infrastructure barriers in support of the AfCFTA: the role of African DFIs (30 March 2023) – Link to the Webinar
- African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat
- African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank, G-NEXID Member)
- Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB, G-NEXID Member)
- ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID, G-NEXID Member)
In 2022
Webinar – What’s next for MSMEs in the post-COVID-19 era? Strategies adopted by DFIs for picking up the pieces for sustainable growth (4 July 2022) – Link to the Dialogue
- Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB, G-NEXID Member)
- Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC, G-NEXID Member)
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2022 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development, G-NEXID/UNCTAD Side Event: Innovative financing in support of the SDGs and trade as engine for inclusive sustainable growth: The role of development banks (26 April 2023) – Link to the Side Event
- Ghana EXIM Bank (G-NEXID Member)
- India Exim Bank (G-NEXID Member)
- Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM, G-NEXID Member)
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
8th UNCTAD Trade Policy Dialogue (co-organised with G-NEXID) – Trade Finance under COVID-19: Experience of Development Banks, Export-Import Banks and Export Credit Insurers in Developing Countries (18 January 2023)- Link to the Dialogue
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- India Exim Bank (G-NEXID Member)
- Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC, a G-NEXID Member)
- Ghana EXIM Bank (GEXIM, a G-NEXID Member)
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
Webinar – Digital solutions to fraud in trade finance (12 January 2022) – Link to this webinar
In 2021
Webinar – Frauds in trade finance: recent cases and toolbox for preventing intentionally
deceptive actions (7 December 2021)
Webinar – LIBOR transition: the roadmap, milestones and experience sharing (24 November 2021)
Webinar – Improving access to trade finance for SMEs through transactional connectivity (28 April 2021)
- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
- Pan African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS)
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
In 2020
Webinar – Fintech solutions for DFIs in the post-COVID-19 era (26 September 2020)