TFP Information Session and Awards Ceremony 2022
After the Covid-19 pandemic meant that our event in 2020 was cancelled, and last year’s was online, the TFP’s Information Session and Awards Ceremony returned in person to honour 2021’s most active partner banks
2022 TFP Annual Event and Awards Ceremony
It had been a long two years, but finally the EBRD’s TFP team was able to host, in person, the 2022 Information Session and Awards Ceremony on 10 May as part of the EBRD Annual Meeting and Business Forum in Marrakech, Morocco.
The event attracted – online and in person – more than 1,300 representatives from issuing and confirming banks, trade finance professionals and key industry specialists.
EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso opened proceedings, and stressed the importance of keeping global trade going.
“The Trade Facilitation Programme is well known for being a community built on close relationships and friendships. Forums such as these demonstrate how we stand united,” she said.
As in previous years, the event was kindly supported by the TaiwanBusiness-EBRD Technical Cooperation Fund.
“The EBRD has done a great job in facilitating global trade through the TFP and, as quickly as it could, it responded to the fallout of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia,” explained Representative Kelly Hsieh from the Taipei Office in the United Kingdom in a video message.
“As a longstanding partner of the EBRD we are pleased to have supported the TFP’s work.”
Before the awards, at the TFP Information Session, discussions focused on the need to support international trade affected by Russia’s war on Ukraine; the development of trade finance in North Africa and the Middle East; and the importance of trade for low-carbon transition.
The long-awaited awards were presented by Francis Malige, EBRD Managing Director for Financial Institutions, who praised the TFP’s partner banks: “You have all contributed to the achievements of our TFP and I would like to congratulate all of you on your impressive triumphs in making an impact in supporting trade at one of the most critical times the world has faced in the 21st century.”
A separate award ceremony paid tribute to those banks most active in Green TFP, which facilitates the trade in goods necessary for energy efficiency improvements and low-carbon transition. The awards were presented by Ksenia Brockmann, EBRD Green Financial System Associate Director.
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“The Trade Facilitation Programme is well known for being a community built on close relationships and friendships. Forums such as these demonstrate how we stand united.”
TFP AWARDs 2022
The TFP Awards 2022 have been presented to banks in the following countries (in alphabetical order)
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Most Active Issuing Bank in Albania
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Most Active Issuing Bank in Armenia
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Most Active Issuing Bank in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Most Active Issuing Bank in Bulgaria
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Most Active Partner Bank in Croatia
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Most Active Issuing Bank in Egypt
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Most Active Issuing Bank in Egypt
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Most Active Issuing Bank in Georgia
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Most Active Issuing Bank in Greece
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Most Active Issuing Bank in Jordan
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Most Active Issuing Bank in Jordan
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Most Active Issuing Bank in Kazakhstan
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Most Active Issuing Bank in Kosovo
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Most Active Issuing Bank in Kyrgyz Republic
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Most Active Issuing Bank in Lebanon
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Most Active Issuing Bank in Moldova
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Most Active Issuing Bank in Mongolia
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Most Active Issuing Bank in Montenegro
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Most Active Issuing Bank in Morocco
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Most Active Issuing Bank in North Macedonia
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Most Active Issuing Bank in Romania
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Most Active Partner Bank in Serbia
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Most Active Issuing Bank in Tajikistan
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Most Active Issuing Bank in Tunisia
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Most Active Issuing Bank in Turkey
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Most Active Issuing Bank in Ukraine
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Most Active Issuing Bank in Uzbekistan
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Most Active Issuing Bank in West Bank and Gaza
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Most Active Confirming Bank in 2021
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“You have all contributed to the achievements of our TFP and I would like to congratulate all of you on your impressive triumphs in making an impact in supporting trade at one of the most critical times the world has faced in the 21st century.”
