Open the Banks

The U.S. Deparment of Commerce & The National Foreign Trade Council Organized and Hosted

***Conference powerpoint presentations can be found below***

OPEN THE BANKS

A CONFERENCE ON PROVIDING SOLUTIONS AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR U.S. COMPANIES AT THE MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS

Monday, April 25, 2005
9:00am to 5:00pm (Registration starts at 8:00am)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE – MAIN AUDITORIUM
14th Street & Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230

Every year, extremely lucrative project, consulting and procurement opportunities worth billions of dollars are generated by multilateral development bank (MDB) grants and lending.

The World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development are multilateral financial institutions established to improve the living standards of their developing member countries. Every year, these Banks extend 40 – 50 billion dollars in loans, grants and investments to the public and private sectors for economic and social development.

The U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service (USFCS) can help you compete for these opportunities. The USFCS Liaison Offices at each of the Banks work directly with U.S. firms to target major project, consulting and procurement opportunities generated from the Banks’ grants and lending, and guide U.S. project developers in accessing the Banks’ private lending and co-financing operations.

To help U.S. companies compete for these significant export opportunities, USFCS’ Trade Advocacy & Multilateral Development Bank Center and the National Foreign Trade Council invite you to "Open the Banks: A Guide for U.S. Companies to Navigate and Take Advantage of Procurement Opportunities at the Multilateral Development Banks."

To view the "Open the Banks" conference agenda, please click here. (Adobe pdf)

Powerpoint presentations included (click to view):

• MDB Introduction by Diane Willkens, President and CEO of Development Finance International
• African Development Bank (AfDB) by Gene Harris, Senior Commercial Officer
• Asian Development Bank (ADB) by Frank Foster, Senior Commercial Officer
• European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (ERDB) by Alice Davenport, Senior Commercial Officer
• Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) by Brian McCleary, Senior Commercial Officer
• World Bank by Will Center, Senior Commercial Officer

SCO MDB Liaison Contact Information

CONFERENCE CO-SPONSORS INCLUDED:
THE COALITION FOR EMPLOYMENT THROUGH EXPORTS
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING
THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
MOTOROLA
PARSONS BRINKERHOFF