ALIDE and BANHPROVI, under the auspices of the Honduran Government, organized the 53rd ALIDE General Assembly that was held in San Pedro Sula (Honduras), from Tuesday, May 30 to Friday, June 2, 2023.
This year, the event convened close to 200 people in person and had as its theme “Developing the intrinsic potential of Latin America and the Caribbean before the world: role and challenges of the development banking system”, in order to analyze the potential of LAC to interact in the international economy with the various regions of the world and attract investments and world-class companies, mobilizing their own internal capacities and the capital of their fellow citizens coming from abroad.
190 representatives from 16 Latin American and Caribbean countries, 5 extra-regional countries and 16 international organizations attended the 53rd ALIDE Annual Meeting.
Documentation
May 30
Session “Central America in the world: challenges and opportunities”
Panelists:
Wilfredo Díaz
Economist, Consejo Monetario Centroamericano (SECMCA)
Presentación
Jose Manuel Otero
Head of Operations for Central America, European Investment Bank (EIB)
Armando Navarrete
Chief Economist, Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI)
Julissa Vásquez
Secretary General, Banco de Desarrollo y Exportaciones (BANDEX), Dominican Republic
Presentation
May 31
Opening Session
Edwin Araque
President, Banco Hondureño para la Producción y la Vivienda (BANHPROVI)
Yadira Gómez
Minister of Tourism
Xiomara Castro
President of the Republic of Honduras
Presentation: Developing the intrinsic potential of Latin America and the Caribbean before the world: role and challenges of the development banking system
Edwin Araque
President, Banco Hondureño para la Producción y la Vivienda (BANHPROVI)
First Plenary Session: The Role of Public Policies in Attracting World-Class Investors and the challenges for the development banking system
Session Chairman:
Edwin Araque
President, Banco Hondureño para la Producción y la Vivienda (BANHPROVI)
Panelists:
Hyginus Leon
President, Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
Daniel Fonseca
Division Head, a.i., Connectivity, Markets and Finance, Inter-american Development Bank (IDB)
Jaime Moll de Alba
Director, Division of Regional Bureaus and Field Offices, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Presentation of the Joint Declaration UNIDO – ALIDE
Jaime Moll de Alba
Director, Division of Regional Bureaus and Field Offices
Session “India – Central America”: Enhancing trade and investment relations between India and Central American countries
Panel: Exchange of innovative PDBs experiences in sustainability financing. Coordinated by CAF
Moderator:
Mauricio Reves
Senior Executive, CAF-Development Bank of Latin America
Panelists:
Juliette Grundman
Director for Mexico, Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Workshop: Sustainable food systems and the financial inclusion of small-holder farming
Keynote presentation: "The Hand in Hand Initiative promoted by FAO for investment planning for sustainable agricultural development"
Moderator:
Jorge Meza
Senior Policy Officer for Latin America and the Caribbean, FAO
Panelists:
Alan Elizondo
General Director, Fideicomisos Instituidos en Relación con la Agricultura -FIRA, Banco de México
Lorena Sánchez
Manager of Economic Consulting, Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay (BROU)
Christian Schneider
Senior Sector Specialist, Connectivity, Markets and Finance Division, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Angel Murillo
Specialist in Rural Development and Environment, Banco Centroamericano de la Integracion Economica (BCIE)
Panel: What is development banking doing to promote merchandise trade?
Moderator:
Jesús Gutierrez
Consultant of ALIDE
Presentations:
Jorge Velázquez
Director of Innovation, Liaison and New Business,, Nafin/Bancomext, Mexico
Roberto Gilona
Director of International Division, Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (BAPRO), Argentina
June 1
Second Plenary Session: Emerging elements that are redefining world trade: opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean in the “Sustainable Supply and Demand Approaches”
Session Chairman:
Luis Antonio Ramírez,
President of ALIDE & General Director NAFIN/Bancomext, Mexico
Panelists:
María José Naranjo
Vice President of Corporate Strategy, Banco de Comercio Exterior de Colombia (BANCOLDEX), Colombia
Natália Dias
Director of Capital Markets, Fundraising and Investor Relations, Banco Nacional de Desarrollo Económico y Social (BNDES), Brasil
Juan Elorza
Director, Technical and Sector Analysis Division, CAF-Banco de Desarrollo de America Latina
Ismael Villanueva
Head of the Bond Issuance and International Relations Unit, Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior (BANCOMEXT)
Finance in Common Summit – FiCS 2023
Daniel Fonseca
Head, a.i., Connectivity, Markets and Finance, IDB
María José Naranjo
Vice President of Corporate Strategy, BANCOLDEX, Colombia
Edgardo Alvarez
Secretary General of ALIDE
Presentation: IDB-ALIDE and SME Sustainability Index Digital Platforms
Enrique Nieto
General Operations Consultant, Connectivity, Markets and Finance Division, IDB
Romy Calderón
Chief of Economic Studies, ALIDE
Jesús Gutierrez
Consultant, BID–ALIDE
Initiatives and tools developed by the IDB and PDBs in the region to promote their sustainability and inclusion strategies. Coordinated by the IDB
IDB Technical Advisory Program
Study on PDBs Challenges in the implementation of SARAS in 2nd Floor operations
Aurea Fuentes
ESG Team Consultant, Connectivity, Markets and Finance Division, IDB
Ivan Cornejo
Director of International Financial Institutions, Nafin/Bancomext, Mexico
Public Banking Experiences in the Greening Process
Ana Rodríguez Villalta
Director of Funding Management, BANDESAL, El Salvador
Daisy D’aquino Filocre
Development Anlyst, Superintendency of Planning, BDMG, Brasil
Presentation: Accreditation of National Development Banks to the Green Climate Fund (GCF)
Workshop: The thematic bond market: an opportunity as a source of resource mobilization
Moderator:
Vanina Messere
Green Team Consultant, Connectivity, Markets and Finance Division, IDB
Panelists:
Christian Schaub
Head of Sustainable Finance and Energy Division, KfW, Germany
Richard Martínez,
Financial Vice-president, Financiera de Desarrollo Territorial (FINDETER), Colombia
Edmilson Gama da Silva
Chief Financial Officer, Banco de Desenvolvimento de Minas Gerais (BDMG), Brasil
Brigitt Bencich
Chairman of the Board, Corporacion Financiera de Desarrollo (COFIDE), Peru
Ismael Villanueva
Head of the Emissions and International Relations Unit, Nafin/Bancomext, Mexico
Víctor Hugo Martínez
Director of Treasury, Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Publicos (Banobras), Mexico
Panel: Financial and technological incentives for altering the trend from using family remittances for consumption to production purposes
Moderator:
Romy Calderón
Chief of Economic Studies, ALIDE
Presentations:
Ricardo Puerta
Consultant and Researcher
Presentación
Commenters:
Maaret Cañedo
Regional Strategic Alliances Officer, International Labour Organization (ILO)
Felipe Chavarría
Head of Economic Surveys Division, Central Bank of Honduras (BCH)
ALIDE Prizes 2023
June 2
Presentation: Digitalization and artificial intelligence in development banking
Session on Institutional Matters
Third Plenary Session: Infrastructure finance as a supporting element for the region’s competitiveness in the world, the importance of PPPs
Session Chairman:
Daniel Fonseca
Division Head, a.i., Connectivity, Markets and Finance, Inter-american Development Bank (IDB)
Panelists:
Richard Martínez
Financial Vice-president, Financiera de Desarrollo Territorial (FINDETER), Colombia
Alexandra Almeida
Senior Loan Officer, European Investment Bank (EIB)
María Mercedes González
PPPs Project Manager, Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI)
César Vargas
Structuring for Financing Coordinator, CAF-Development Bank of Latin America
Closing Session
Conclusions of the Meeting:
Romy Calderón
Jefe de Estudios Económicos de ALIDE
Luis Antonio Ramírez
President of ALIDE
Laura Suazo
Minister of Agriculture
Edwin Araque
President of the Assembly
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