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APRACA Secretary General Dr. Prasun Kumar Das presenting the initiatives of APRACA during the panel discussion on ‘Tackling Pollution risks, Impacts and opportunities for Financial Institutions’ in the UNEP-FI Regional Roundtable held in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China during 18-20 June 2025.
Dr. Prasun Kumar Das, Secretary General of APRACA joined the CAFI-SSF organized international webinar ‘Harmonizing a credit reporting system for agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture activities’ held on 27 June 2025
APRACA organized the meeting Rabo Partnership (RP) with the National Development Banks (NDBs) and Central banks of selected countries to implement IFAD
First meeting of the APRACA Centre of Excellence (ACEs) was organized on 28 May 2025 in Bali, Indonesia.
The APRACA Regional Policy Forum on ‘Strategic Role of Agricultural Finance in Advancing the Circular Economy’ was organized on 26th May 2025 in Bali, Indonesia.
Bank Indonesia hosted the 78th EXCOM meeting of APRACA on 26th May 2025 in Bali, Indonesia which was joined by members from 17 countries.
Happy Eid-Ul-Adha Mubarak!
Dr.Prasun Kumar Das, APRACA Secretary General Joined the International conference in Melbourne on Advancing Green Agriculture-2025 organized by The University of Melbourne, Australia on 9-10 May 2025.
APRACA Secretary General joined His Excellency Dr. KAO Thach, Delegate of the Royal Government in charge as CEO of ARDB and His Excellency Ros Seliva, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Economy, and Finance during the Grand Opening ceremony of ARDB ACE-GFA on April 18, 2025, at the ARDB Headquarters, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
AgriPDB Platform on Rural Financial Inclusion on 29 April 2025
APRACA Secretary General Dr. Prasun Kumar Das was invited by FAO for Technical workshop to support Agribank, Vietnam for planning to issue green bond to mobilize finance for sustainable agriculture in Vietnam on 25 March 2025
Happy Songkarn Festival 2025
Eid Mubarak
APRACA Regional Policy Forum on “Agricultural Financing for the Circular Economy” and 78th Executive Comittee Meeting on 26-28 May 2025 in Bali, Indonesia
Dr. Prasun Kumar Das, APRACA Secretary General joined as the Agri Finance Toolkit Development Advisory Committee meeting organized by the Asian Development Bank on 12th March 2025.
Ramadan Kareem
Kick off Meeting for the ICCAP project during 4-7 February 2025. The project is being implemented in 6 countries jointly by the Stockholm Environment Institute, APRACA and ADA,Luxembourg.
Meeting with IFAD and Rabo Partnership on 30 January 2025 to discuss potential partnership with APRACA Secretariat, Bangkok
Happy Chinese New Year
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2025
APRACA and FAO jointly organized the ‘Laos Country Investment Roundtable’ on 04 December 2024 at the Vientiane Capital which was facilitated by Lao Microfinance Association and Ekphatthana Microfinance Institution.
APRACA Secretary General was invited by ASEAN-CGIAR Innovate for Food regional program (IFRP) to join the Workshop on Agri-food Trade, Value Chain and Green Financing in ASEAN organized in Phnom Penh, Cambodia during 29-30 November 2024.
Expert workshop on broad-based reporting requirements on credit to agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture on 25 - 26 November 2024, Amari Bangkok Hotel, Thailand
The membership certificate was presented to Mr. Naazer Minhaj, Head of Rural Banking (HBL) on behalf of APRACA by Mr. Abid Qamar, Director of Agriculture Credit & Financial Inclusion Department, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).
The APRACA Secretariat team participated in the 59th Anniversary Ceremony of the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives on November 1, 2024, at the BAAC headquarters, Bangkok.
APRACA Secretary General was invited by the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to join the 6th meeting of the GMS Environment Ministers and the regional expert’s panel on ‘ Unlocking the Future: Innovative Financing for Sustainability’ organized in Phnom Penh, Cambodia during 10-13 September 2024.
Dr. Prasun Kumar Das visited the communication center of ARDB Head Quarter in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
APRACA Secretary General Dr. Prasun Kumar Das interacting with the members from the APRACA Centre of Excellence on Green Finance to Agrifood (ACE-GFA).
Dr. Prasun Kumar Das, APRACA Secretary General paid visit to the new Head Quarter of the Agricultural and Rural Development Bank of Cambodia on 10 September 2024.
The trainees engaged with the speakers from APRACA, BAAC and AIT during their interaction on the emerging areas of banking development.
The Nepalese Bankers visited the Head Quarter of Kasilorn Bank on 10 September 2024. The officials from Kasikorn Bank deliveries on effective leadership, emerging culture, and HR trends in Banking and Finance.
The Nepalese Baker joined the “International Study Visit on Leadership and Innovation in Banking Finance” on 07-12 September 2024, Bangkok, Thailand. Which was jointly organized by APRACA and BFIN.
APRACA Secretary General Dr. Prasun Kumar Das was invited by the National Insurance Academy (Ministry of Finance), Pune, India to deliver a presentation on the role of microfinance in insurance inclusion held on 23 August 2024.

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The Bhutan Development Bank Limited and the Asia-Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA) with the support from the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and FAO-Bhutan organized a 5 day training programme for the financial service providers in Bhutan to sensitize on the emerging areas of improving credit delivery system.

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