• Secretary General Report

    Secretary General Report

    Secretary General Report Tentative Venue and Dates of the next EXCOM and GA Preparation of FinPower Regional Forum-Consultation on Rural Finance Innovations and Emerging Issues, Bangkok, Thailand, November 2-5, 2011. Preparation of the new Strategic Plan of APRACA Membership Application from Mongolia Arrangement of International Training Program for the Cooperative League of Thailand (CLT) IFAD

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  • Conduct of Survey on Demand for APRACA Activities

    Conduct of Survey on Demand for APRACA Activities

    Conduct of Survey on Demand for APRACA Activities APRACA Secretariat has conducted a survey on ‘Demand for diversified APRACA programs’ to benefit from the meeting of APRACA member delegates in order to obtain useful data and information in the fields of rural and agricultural finance and policy for establishing activity plans for members. The data

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  • Secretary General Report

    Secretary General Report

    Secretary General Report APRACA Executive Committee Meeting and two Forums completed successfully The 60th APRACA Executive Committee meeting and two Open Forums have successfully been held on June 13-14 in Tehran by the host of Bank Keshavarzi(BK), Iran with the attendance of a total of 230 delegates including 44 foreign participants from 14 countries .

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  • Secretary General Report

    Secretary General Report

    Secretary General Report Bangkok, Thailand – FinPower National Microfinance Development Forum The National Microfinance Development Forum was conducted in Bangkok, Thailand on November 22, 2010, hosted by Bank of Thailand. A total of 51 participants from the Bank of Thailand, BAAC, the Cooperative League of Thailand, UN‐FAO, ACCU, Krung Thai Bank, other commercial banks, government

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  • APRACA Newsbits, July -August 2010

    APRACA Newsbits, July -August 2010

    APRACA Newsbits, July -August 2010 Bay, Laguna and Manila- APRACA Secretary General Pays Visit to Philippine members Mr. Won-Sik Noh, APRACA Secretary General, on his first travel outside Thailand, made a courtesy call on key officers of CARD MRI in Bay, Laguna on August 16 and 17, in tandem with his joining the Mongolian participants’

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  • APRACA NewsBits- May- June 2010

    APRACA NewsBits- May- June 2010

    APRACA NewsBits- May- June 2010 APRACA NewsBits- May- June 2010 Tashkent – 17th APRACA GA Appoints Won-Sik Noh as new APRACA SG The 17th APRACA General Assembly held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on June 17 appointed Mr. Won-Sik Noh as APRACA Secretary General beginning July 1, vice Mr. Benedicto S. Bayaua, whose term of office ended

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  • APRACA Newsbits, March-April 2010

    APRACA Newsbits, March-April 2010

    APRACA Newsbits, March-April 2010 Kathmandu, Nepal- FinPower GreenFinance Forum Held GreenFinance forum participants. APRACA FinPower, in collaboration with Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), conducted the FinPower GreenFinance Forum: Integrating renewable energy and environmental sustainability into rural financing in Kathmandu, Nepal on March 2-5. The forum brought together Asian financial institutions and international development agencies to share

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  • APRACA Newsbits, January-February 2010

    APRACA Newsbits, January-February 2010

    APRACA Newsbits, January-February 2010 Vientiane, Lao PDR- The IFAD-supported APRACA FinPower Programme conducted the FinPower Microfinance Development Forum: Policies and Savings Mobilizations at the Agricultural Promotion Bank (APB) Headquarters in Vientiane on February 2. The forum was opened by Mr. Bounvong Sommalavong, Managing Director of APB. Ms. Keasorn Manivong, Chief of Microfinance Institution Division of

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  • Newsbits – November 2009

    Newsbits – November 2009

    Newsbits- November 2009 Rome, Italy – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announced on November 25 the appointment of Mr. He Changchui, incumbent Assistant Director General and Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific (FAO RAP), as Deputy Director General (Operations) effective January 1, 2010. APRACA joins the FAO staff in

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  • Forthcoming Activities, 2010

    Forthcoming Activities, 2010

    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

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