RH Turkey and Arab Coordination Group Partners Discuss Support to Mohmand Dam and HPP Project in Pakistan
The Operations Team from Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group Regional Hub Turkey (RHT) holds a technical meeting to discuss the plans and progress for co-financing and joint processing of the Mohmand Dam and Hydropower Project (MDHP) in Pakistan, with representatives of Arab Coordination Group (ACG) members, namely Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED), OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID), and Saudi Fund for Development (SFD).
Pakistan and IsDB Inaugurate Construction of Power Transmission Lines
President of Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), Dr. Bandar Hajjar, and the Federal Minister for Energy (Power Division), Pakistan, Mr. Omar Ayub Khan, in a high-level virtual event have inaugurated the construction of the 113 kilometer electricity transmission lines from Pak-Afghan border to Nowshera under the South Asia Central Asia Regional Trade and Transmission Project (CASA-1000).
IsDB President and Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Discuss Development Cooperation in Various Sectors
The headquarters of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), in the city of Jeddah, plays host to a high-profile meeting between the visiting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan H.E. Mohammad Haneef Atmar and IsDB President, Dr. Bandar Hajjar.
IsDB Group Regional Hub Turkey Starts Proceedings for Implementation of Suburban Railway Project in Konya; A Fast-Growing Green Industrial City
The Islamic Development Bank, the main financier of the Konya-Ankara High Speed Train, is now joining hands with its major Turkish development partners, for financing Konya’s Suburban Railway Project which is to connect major suburban industrial zones to the city center.
IsDB-financed Vakif Katilim Bank’s Asset Size Reaches 10 Percent of Islamic Banking Assets in Turkey
Three years after its establishment, Turkey’s Vakıf Katılım Bank is counted as one of the outstanding success stories of Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)’s investments in the country’s Islamic finance sector and Waqf asset management.
IsDB Group-funded EUR 158 Million Brand New Environment-friendly Hospital in Istanbul Opens Doors to COVID19 In-patients
As the COVID19 pandemic rages on across the world, the newly-constructed earthquake-proof Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital in the metropolitan city of İstanbul commences its first admissions on March 31st, 2020, a very timely reaping of the fruits of forward thinking health sector policies by the Turkish Government plus a EUR 158 million investment from the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group.
2nd Training on Agricultural Mechanization for African Experts
Joint efforts in Ankara by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group Regional Hub Turkey as well as several major entities, including the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry sees the start of the 2nd Agricultural Mechanization Training Program for specialists from Africa.
Young Entrepreneurs from Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Palestine, and Syria Win BINA's Entrepreneurship Competition
Young entrepreneurs from Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Palestine, and Syria attended in an Entrepreneurship Competition organized by BINA, an international development program that aims to help fragile states overcome challenges that they face, most importantly rebuild their human capacity and institutions on important foundations namely; professionalism, efficiency, transparency and good governance.
