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Welcome to Trade Exchange, our new online hub for the EBRD’s Trade Facilitation Programme.
Welcome to the TFP
We are so excited to share with you our new digital version of Trade Exchange. We felt it was important to move to a sustainable product that will allow us to distribute information to you more quickly and allow you to keep up to date with the latest industry developments.
The hub has all of your favourite content from the magazine: the latest industry and EBRD news, in-depth features on trade finance developments, information on training and the trade finance clinic, where you can continue to challenge yourself with the trade finance brain teasers.
Browse the events section for reports and photos of all our big events such as the EBRD TFP Information Session and Awards ceremony, the Trade Finance e-Learning Programme graduation ceremony and the Trade Finance Forum. There is also a list of upcoming events where you can register online if you plan to attend.
Trade Exchange continues to be sponsored by the TaiwanBusiness-EBRD Technical Cooperation Fund, so we will have regular articles from them on many interesting and relevant topics.
A big thank you to all our readers and followers from around the EBRD’s regions. You’ve made Trade Exchange one of the most popular EBRD publications since its launch in 2011. We will still complement the digital version with an annual print version, but all the latest news and events will be published here.
We look forward to hearing your feedback and ideas.
Launched in 1999, the Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP) aims to promote foreign trade to, from and among the EBRD countries of operations through a range of products.
The EBRD’s award winning Green Trade Facilitation Programme (Green TFP) stimulates the supply of high performance technologies and services. Green TFP is an important, innovative step for trade finance and it strengthens the EBRD’s efforts to make the countries where it invests greener with its activities.
TFP at a glance
25,300+
Total number of transactions since 1999
€20bn+
Total transaction value since 1999
Top 10 Confirming banks 2019
1.Commerzbank
2.ING Bank
3.Unicredit
4.Raiffeisen Bank
5.ODDO BHF
6.KBC Bank
7.Deutsche Bank
8.Banca Popolare
9.Citibank
10.UBS
Green TFP
Almost
900
Green TFP transactions have been financed
22 economies where the EBRD invests
The EBRD has supported more than
€675 million
in green trade financing
Effect on environment
Energy savings:
1,513,200 MWh
(equal to annual electricity consumption of 325,338 households)
Water savings:
1,681,399 m3
(equal to annual water consumption of 13,114 households)
Emission savings:
605,376 tonnes CO2
(equal to annual CO2 emmissions from 357,171 passenger cars)
NewsTop stories
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Feature
08 December 2020
Ten years of digital learning!
After a decade of successful trade finance training, we look back on what we’ve achieved and how we can continue our success in the future
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Article
01 December 2020
EBRD presents Green TFP awards
The most successful issuing and confirming banks for environmentally friendly projects in 2019 have been honoured
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Article
05 June 2020
Ukrgasbank receives US$ 90 million trade facility
The coronavirus pandemic is disrupting trade finance throughout the EBRD regions and so the TFP is supporting local importers and exporters by increasing its trade finance limits to banks
EventsAwards, Workshops & Seminars, Forums and Graduations
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Awards
04 June 2020
TFP Annual Event and Awards 2020
With lockdowns in place across the world due to the coronavirus pandemic, our usual TFP Annual Event and Awards Ceremony was unable to take place. But that doesn’t mean that our partner banks haven’t gone unrecognised
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Forums
23-24 October 2019
TFP Trade Finance Forum 2019, Athens
It was a record year for the eighth annual EBRD TFP Trade Finance Forum as we welcomed more participants than ever before to sunny Athens
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The TFP's first historic Factoring conference was organised on 27th of April 2021 together with FCI (formerly known as Factors Chain International) supported by National Bank of Kyrgyz Republic in Kyrgyz Republic. Huge thanks to Neil McKain, Director, Regional Head for Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, Zhyldyz Sulaimanbekova, Head, Banks Supervision Methodology and Licensing Department from National Bank of Kyrgyz Republic and Kamola Makhmudova, Associate Director and Senior Banker for opening the conference and welcoming the participants. ![]()
Huge thanks to our partner FCI (formerly known as Factors Chain International) and speakers for explaining the factoring product and how it has been evolving around the world and how it can be developed in emerging countries. This is a historic step forward for us to develop the factoring business in Kyrgyz Republic and we are very much looking forward to working with the regulator, commercial banks and FCI in this long journey.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!![]()
On 20th of April 2021, the #EBRD's #TFP hosted the 2nd graduation ceremony in #Tajikistan together with the National Bank of Tajikistan to award over 100 staffs from NBT and commercial banks who completed TFP e-learnings and ICA courses.![]()
The ceremony was welcomed by Holikzoda Hokim Hikmatullo, Chairman of the National Bank of Tajikistan, Ayten Rustamova, Head of Tajikistan, Kamola Makhmudova, Associate Director and Senior Banker, DZHAKHONGIR SHAMSIEV, FCCA, CFA, FI Business leader and Bill Howarth, the president of International Compliance Association![]()
TFP continues to invest in talent and promote international trade across the countries where EBRD invests.![]()
#EBRD #TFP #Tajikistan #tradefinance #EBRDImpact
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Factoring Conference in Kyrgyz Republic will take place over zoom on 27 April 2021 at 08:00 London time and 13:00 Local time. ![]()
The conference will host international experts, local commercial banks and Central Bank to discuss the current status of factoring and how it can be developed in Kyrgyz Republic. ![]()
The registration will open in the coming days, please check this link for more information fci.nl/en/event/Factoring-Best-Industry-Practice-Kyrgyzstan#register
On 15th of April 2021 on the day of the #EBRD30 birthday, #TFP hosted the first #Factoring #conference online in #Uzbekistan. Over 100 bank professionals from local and international commercial banks as well as Central Bank of Uzbekistan, #Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan and importers-exporters have taken part. We thank our honoured guests Alkis Drakinos, Director, Head of Uzbekistan, Saidkamolkhon Burkhanov, Head of Banking and Finance Department at Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan, Abrorkhodja Turdaliev, Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Uzbekistan and Kamola Makhmudova, Associate Director for welcoming the participants and opening the conference. We also thank Peter Mulroy, FCI Secretary General and the team of FCI (formerly known as Factors Chain International) for informative presentation and our panellists Zafar Azimov, Deputy Chairman, UzPromstroybank, Shuhrat Babadjanov, Head of Trade Finance, Ipak Yuli Bank and Amirhon Hodjaev, Head of International Transactions and Trade Finance Department, JSCB Hamkorbank for sharing their experiences.![]()
It was a historic step forward for Uzbekistan to develop #Factoring product and business together with the #EBRD. ![]()
#EBRDImpact #TFP #Uzbekitsan #Factoring
EBRD's 30th Anniversary Card from Uzbekistan!![]()
Alina Babeshko, Uzbekistan National Dance Company Navbakhor![]()
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#EBRD #EBRD30 #EBRDTFP