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.

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.

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 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.

Baku, Azerbaijan, 16 June 2026 – Senior policymakers, development finance institutions, and regional integration experts have gathered at the 2026 Annual Meetings of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group in Baku under the theme “Regional Integration for Sustainable Prosperity” to discuss how stronger regional cooperation can accelerate sustainable growth, economic resilience, and shared prosperity across IsDB Group member countries. ... Drawing on experiences from Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa, panelists explored the factors driving successful regional integration efforts and examined how countries can strengthen economic connectivity through infrastructure development, regulatory harmonization, digital transformation, private sector engagement, and capacity development.

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.

Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 12 May 2023 – We must leverage the technological disruptions along with the ethical principles of Islamic finance to foster inclusive development, Chairman of the Islamic Development Bank Group, H.E. ... Suminto Sastrosuwito, Director General of Budget Financing and Risk Management, Ministry of Finance, Indonesia; Mr.