Forthcoming Activities, 2010

Lucknow, India- FinPower Field Visit on Linkage Banking and Cluster Approach. To be conducted by ACE-NABARD/BIRD in collaboration with CENTRAB. IFAD WUPAP Project in Nepal and Bhutan Development Finance Corporation first institutions to signify participation.

Vientiane, Lao PDR- FinPower Planning Session on Rural Savings Mobilization, January 5-8. In collaboration with the agricultural Promotion Bank of Lao PDR and IFAD projects in Sayabouri and Attapeu.

Kathmandu, Nepal- FinPower Regional Forum on Integrating Energy and Environment Components into Rural Financing Schemes, March 2-5. Nepal Rastra Bank is hosting this regional forum.

Ulaan-Baatar, Mongolia- FinPower National Forum and Technical Support, March 16-19. NABARD provides microfinance expert to FinPower.

Tashkent, Uzbekistan- 17th APRACA General and 57th EXCOM meetings, in this city next year. Mr. Abdurakhmant Boymutarov, Chairman of the Open Joint Stock Commercial Agrobank of Uzbekistan and concurrent APRACA Vice-Chairman, shall host the meeting. FinPower Forum on Risk Management shall interface with the twin meetings. Final dates to be announced.

Marrakech, Morocco- Five agricultural credit associations- AFRACA, ALIDE, CICA, NENARACA and APRACA shall convene their 3rd World Congress (WC) in this city on October 28-30 next year. The first two congresses were held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2005) hosted by CICA and in Bangkok, Thailand (2007) hosted by APRACA/BAAC, respectively. This forthcoming 3WC shall be hosted by NENARACA and the Credit Agricole du Maroc.