Key future priorities include climate resilience, digital transformation, inclusive growth, and investing in people. ... The first roundtable was held in cooperation with the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), featuring the GPE–IsDB High-Level Roundtable on the Smart Financing for Education Initiative (SmartEd), marking the launch of Phase II of the initiative.

TheIsDB CEF for Azerbaijan will be based on three main pillars namely, i) Green, resilient, and sustainable infrastructure development, including support for Karabakh reconstruction, renewable energy, regional connectivity, and sustainable production of hydrocarbon resources; ii) Supporting productivity-based growth in a competitive and diversified economy, encompassing private sector development, exports, and innovation in agriculture, as well as the Halal ecosystem, and iii) Cross-cutting areas such as digital transformation, Islamic finance, regional and south-south cooperation, and capacity development. ... Over the years, the Bank has evolved from a single entity into a group comprising five entities: Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), the Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI) tasked with research and training, the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC), the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), and the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC).

Muhammad Al Jasser, Chairman of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, was the keynote speaker today at the Global Sustainable Development Congress, co-organized in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) by Times Higher Education (THE) and KAUST. ... Such topics cover four tracks aligned with the transformations needed to achieve the goals: health and demography; sustainable energy and industry; sustainable environment; and sustainable cities and communities.

This alliance is poised to usher in transformative change in agricultural sustainability and food security across diverse regions. ... With over 194 members, FAO works in over 130 countries worldwide About IsDB: The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) is a multilateral development finance institution that operates in line with Islamic principles to foster economic and social progress in Member Countries.

Strengthening MDB collaboration in key areas for growth and resilience MDBs are strengthening collaboration on critical minerals – working together to support diversified, resilient, and responsible supply chains to underpin energy security, digital transformation, job creation, and value addition in their countries of operation. ... They also highlighted progress in the use of mutual reliance frameworks to ensure seamless joint financing of MDB projects.

Anggito Abimanyu, Deputy Minister of Finance, Indonesia Dr. ... Rami Ahmad also highlighted some of IsDB’s ongoing work: $5.5 billion in climate finance mobilised over three years New Country Engagement Framework tailored to fragile settings, starting with Somalia STEP program delivering education and skills for displaced people in 15 countries Women Techsters Initiative training over 73,000 young women in digital skills in Nigeria Planning Response and Resilience Facility to support 10 million people facing conflict and climate shocks Partnership with ISFD and UNHCR to create a $500 million Global Islamic Fund for Refugees “Resilience and diversification must go hand in hand,” Dr.

Elesawi emphasized four strategic priorities for advancing the halal economy — strengthening infrastructure, promoting sustainability, leveraging Islamic finance, and accelerating digital transformation — as key pillars for building a trusted, competitive, and innovation-driven halal ecosystem.

The session theme: "Accountability, Impact, and Direction: Transforming Women Empowerment at IsDB." signaled a clear focus on accountability and real impact. ... Yahya Rehman of ISDBI highlighted the potential of Islamic social finance — including Zakat, Waqf, and Islamic microfinance — to reach financially excluded women, alongside the role of digital knowledge platforms in scaling impact.

The session centred on the thematic subject of "Empowering the Hard-to-Reach: Tadamon's Journey from Civil Society Mapping to Community Transformation" was held at the margins of the 2025 Annual Meetings in Algeria. ... This year the overall objectives of the Tadamon closed session are to (i) reflect on its success, best practices and lessons of the past years of its Phase 1, (ii) share key findings of outcomes of the self-assessment of the program, (iii) and introduce the enhanced Tadamon Phase 2 a multi-stakeholder program that will, in principle, further align Civil Society Organizations with public project pipelines, Qard al-Hassan financing, digital platforms, and community-based delivery systems.

It comprises IsDB's public-sector and public-private partnership (PPP) funding of US$2 billion, ITFC (the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation) financing of US$900 million, ICD (the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector) financing of US$300 million, and ICIEC (the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit), IsDB Group’s investment insurance arm, coverage of US$3.1 billion. The IsDB Group-Türkiye CEF is based on two strategic pillars: (i) Resilient and Sustainable Transition (ii) Productivity Enhancement, Competitiveness, and Inclusive Growth, and has cross-cutting pillars of Digital Transformation; Islamic finance; Regional Economic Cooperation and Integration; Capacity Development; and South-South cooperation.