Session 2: Innovative forms of financing

Theme 4: Innovative forms of financing

Group 4.1

      Chair:

  • Mr. Abdul-Rahman Taha, General Manager, Islamic Corporation for Insurance of Investments & Export Credits (ICIEC), Saudi Arabia

      Rapporteur:

  • Mr. Ron Kopicki, former Senior Private Sector Development Specialist, World Bank, USA

       Panelists:

Name

Organization/Institution Presentation/PDF Country
Mr. Yiping Zhou

Special Unit for South-South Cooperation, UNDP

South-South GATE system USA
Mr. Fritz Monking Horus Food & Agribusiness Equity Fund /Rabobank Provision of Risk Capital Egypt
Mr. Ged Buffee AOFF/International Research Institute for Organic Agriculture (FiBL) EquiTrade™ (ET) - Fostering Co-ownership and Sharing Intangible Value with Poor Producers Switzerland
Mr. Coast Sullenger GAIA International GAIA World Agri Fund Switzerland
Mr. Bruno Cassola Banca Agrileasing Spa The Italian Credito Cooperativo and Banca Agrileasing:  An innovative Approach in Tunisia as “hub” for the Med Area Italy
Mr. Lamon Rutten Audit Control and Expertise (ACE) Credit support and financial engineering Switzerland

Group 4.2

      Chair:

  • Mr. Nasser Al- Kahtani, Executive Director, Arab Gulf Programme for United Nations Development Organizations (AGFUND), Saudi Arabia

      Rapporteur:

  • Mr. Ron Kopicki, former Senior Private Sector Development Specialist, World Bank, USA

       Panelists:

Name

Organization/Institution Presentation/PDF Country
Mr. Hashim Hussein (ITPO Bahrain/ARCEIT, Bahrain); Ms. Matilde Arocena (Flores Del Oeste, Uruguay); Mr. Fadi El Fatih (Plants, Sudan)

ITPO Bahrain/ARCEIT; Flores Del Oeste; Plants

Enterprise Creation and Investment Promotion -- Entrepreneurs Needed for Agribusiness Bahrain/Uruguay/Sudan
Ms. Nedal Hiyar Merchants Union of Fruit and Vegetables Merchants Union of Fruit and Vegetables Jordan
Mr. Bigman Maloa Limpopo Department of Agriculture Revitalization of the Mukumbani Tea Estate and Factory South Africa
Dr. Ezequiel Lemos Consulting Responsible Inclusive Purchasing Program Argentina
Mr. Alessandro Cagli Ferrero Group Ferrero Social Enterprises Programme Italy
Mr. Giovanni Tumbiolo COSVAP Fisheries Cluster Italy