Ghana to host Third Green Financing for Sustainable Development Conference
加納主辦第三屆可持續發展綠色融資會議
by ITC News 由ITC新聞
(Geneva-Nairobi-Accra) – The International Trade Centre (ITC), the African Guarantee Fund (AGF) and the Nordic Development Fund (NDF) have announced that the Third Green Financing for Sustainable Development Conference will be held in Accra, Ghana, at the Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel on 21 November 2017.
（日內瓦 - 內羅畢 - 阿克拉） - 國際貿易中心（ITC），非洲擔保基金（AGF）和北歐發展基金（NDF）宣佈，第三次可持續發展綠色融資會議將在加納的阿克拉舉行，於2017年11月21日在MövenpickAmbassador Hotel酒店舉行。
The conference will be followed by a training workshop for selected staff from selected financial institutions on how to lever green finance and the AGF Green Guarantee Facility. The training workshop for financial institutions is by invitation only and will take place on 23-25 November at the Best Western Plus Accra Beach Hotel.
The conference and consecutive training workshops aim to expand access to climate-focused finance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Africa and are in line with the Government of Ghana’s efforts to green the country’s economy.
這次會議和連續培訓講習班旨在擴大非洲中小企業獲得以氣候為重點的資金的機會，並符合加納政府為綠色經濟所作的努力。
Ghana 加納
The conference will provide an opportunity to review the current status of green finance in Ghana and the country’s efforts to green its economy. Ministers and representatives from the Ghanaian public sector will share their experience and lessons learnt from implementing the ‘Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda II’, and the ‘National Climate Change Policy’. Participants from other countries will explore the perspectives of regulators and finance providers and the changes required to spur the development of new products and services.
這次會議將為審查加納綠色金融的現狀以及該國綠色經濟的努力提供機會。加納公共部門的部長和代表將分享他們執行“加納共同增長和發展議程”和“國家氣候變化政策”的經驗和教訓。來自其他國家的與會者將探討監管機構和融資提供商的觀點，以及促進新產品和服務發展所需的變革。
This conference and the workshops are part of a partnership between ITC, AGF and NDF to promote sustainable finance in Africa in four pilot countries. In addition to this third event in Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire will host a similar event for francophone countries in the first quarter of 2018. The first event was organised in Zambia in March 2017, and another was held in Kenya in June 2017.
這次會議和研討會是ITC，AGF和NDF合作的一部分，以促進四個試點國家在非洲的可持續金融。除加納的第三次活動外，科特迪瓦還將在2018年第一季度為法語國家舉辦類似的活動。第一場活動於2017年3月在贊比亞舉辦，另一場活動於2017年6月在肯尼亞舉行。
About the African Guarantee Fund
關於非洲保證基金
Officially launched on 1 June 2012, the African Guarantee Fund is a pan-African non-bank financial institution owned by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID). AGF’s primary mandate is to assist financial institutions in Africa to scale up their SME financing through the provision of partial loan guarantees and capacity development assistance.
非洲擔保基金於2012年6月1日正式啟動，是由非洲開發銀行（AfDB），丹麥國際開發署（DANIDA）和西班牙國際開發合作署（AECID）所有的泛非非銀行金融機構。 。 AGF的主要任務是協助非洲的金融機構通過提供部分貸款擔保和能力發展援助來擴大他們的中小企業融資。
About the Nordic Development Fund
關於北歐發展基金
Established by Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden in 1989, NDF is a joint Nordic finance institution focusing exclusively on climate change and development in low income countries. It supports public and private sector led climate finance operations across Africa, Asia and Latin America and became an AGF shareholder in 2016 with the launch of the green guarantee facility.
NDF於1989年由丹麥，芬蘭，冰島，挪威和瑞典成立，是一個專門從事低收入國家氣候變化和發展的北歐金融機構。它支持非洲，亞洲和拉丁美洲的公共和私營部門主導的氣候融資業務，並於2016年成為AGF股東，推出了綠色擔保機構。
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