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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
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09 January 2019
Keeping in shape is big business
Fitness equipment made on the island plays a major role in the development of the global health and fitness industry, which is poised to grow even more in the coming years
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Article
21 March 2019
EBRD supports trade in Uzbekistan
We are extending a new trade finance facility to UzPromstroybank to stimulate international and regional trade
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Article
05 August 2019
EBRD presents awards for green trade
The EBRD’s Green Trade Facilitation Programme (Green TFP) has recognised the most successful banks under the programme by presenting them with awards for their performance in 2018
EventsAwards, Workshops & Seminars, Forums and Graduations
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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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Awards
07 May 2019
EBRD TFP Information Session and Awards Ceremony
The Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP) holds its annual awards ceremonies at the EBRD’s Annual Meeting to honour the most active issuing and confirming banks involved in the Programme
Upcoming
Dear Readers,
It was with great sadness that due to the pandemic ICC had to make the decision to postpone ICC Austria’s Trade Finance Week 2020 to 14th-18th of June 2021. However as usual, they choose to make the most of it and therefore created a webinar series that will take place from 15th-18th of June, Monday to Thursday 2:30-3:30 pm CET.
And here is the even better news, it is all free of charge!
Here are the registration sites of the webinars they offer:
www.icc-austria.org/en/Seminars/Current-seminars/2508.htm
www.icc-austria.org/en/Seminars/Current-seminars/2509.htm
www.icc-austria.org/en/Seminars/Current-seminars/2510.htm
www.icc-austria.org/en/Seminars/Current-seminars/2511.htm
#EBRD #EBRDTFP #TradeFinance #InternationalTrade #ICC #ICCAustria
Kamola Makhmudova
On the days we can not travel and see our partner banks, we look back to all amazing training we delivered on CDCS with Vincent O”Brian.
Give us a shout if you can find yourself! :)
#EBRD #EBRDTFP #TradeFinance #InternationalTrade #CDCS
EBRD TFP organised technical cooperation workshop in Skopje on 24-25 February 2020 on the topic of Certificate of Documentary Credit Specialist (CDCS), delivered by Vincent O’Brien. Workshop was fully attendant by TFP partner banks and as always had a very active participation. Thank you for joining!
#EBRD #EBRDTFP #TradeFinance #InternationalTrade #2020EBRD #EBRDImpact #Workshop #Training #CDCS #Skopje
#EBRD's Trade Facilitation Programme and International Compliance Association in partnership with Tajikistan Central Bank organised “Money Laundering Risks in Correspondent Banking” and “Financial Crime Prevention” seminars on 25 February 2020 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. For the first time in the history of ICA and the EBRD, both institutions are jointly funding scholarships to 10 employees of the Tajikistan Central Bank 's Financial Monitoring Department and leading 36 trade finance specialists from 12 (twelve) other Tajik banks.
Huge thanks for the organisers Kamola Makhmudova, Ayten Qiyas-Rustamova , Ikbol Hakimov @Bakhodur Yusupov
CONGRATULATIONS with Kamola Makhmudova Jahan Shams
The EBRD’s TFP jointly organised with the Central Bank of Tajikistan the biggest e-learning graduation ceremony in Central Asia. Over 200 bank professionals participated and received their certifications on 19th of February 2020 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. #EBRD #TFP #Graduation #Tajikistan #Internationaltrade