Development Finance International
January - February - Timor-Leste Procedures Manual
DFI continued to assist the Government of East Timor in building its debt management capacity, by launching the preparation of a debt management procedures manual which will assist government to organise all procedures and information flows. This will be finalised during a mission in Q1.
31 January - 4 February - Francophone Medium Term Debt Strategy (MTDS) Workshop
DRI participated in this workshop organized in Dakar, Senegal by Pôle-Dette and sponsored by the World Bank and the IMF. Participants familiarized themselves with the MTDS framework and were shown how to analyze the costs and risks and how to use the simulation software to support the elaboration of the MTDS.
30 Jan - 3 February - DFI Assists Sudan Government to Plan Debt Relief and Capacity-Building
DFI was funded by the Swiss Ministry for Economic Affairs to conduct this mission to Khartoum to assist the government with technical inputs for planning potential debt relief under the HIPC process, depending on various decisions relating to the treatment of debt in the discussions on secession by Southern Sudan. It also assisted the government to plan a 4-year programme for capacity-building to maximize its debt relief and ensure its debt remains sustainable after relief.
27-28 January - DFI Resource-Person at GCAP G8-G20 Advocacy Planning Meeting
DFI was funded by the Heinrich Boell Foundation to attend this meeting of more than 100 global development CSOs, planning their engagement with the G8 and G20 for 2011, in order to analyse implications for cooperation between CSOs and low-income countries. For regular updates by the Foundation on the G20, click here.
25-26 January - UNDCF-OECD Cooperation Planning Meetings
DFI attended highly productive meetings between the UN Development Cooperation Forum secretariat and the OECD Development Cooperation Directorate to plan cooperation over the next two year cycle of the DCF. Meetings were also held with Better Aid and UNESCO to discuss cooperation on DCF events.
