The COMCEC Financial Cooperation Working Group brought together the relevant experts from the Member Countries regularly to produce knowledge, share experiences and best practices and develop a common understanding as well as approximate policies.
11th Sarajevo Business Forum took place on 11-12 May in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The conference has been positioned as one of the most important business and investment events for Southeastern Europe.
The Boards of Governors and the General Assemblies of the IsDB Group members hold their Annual Meetings to discuss development issues and institutional matters. The theme of this year’s annual meeting will be “Beyond the Pandemic: Resilience and Sustainability”.
Women’s empowerment is essential to enable the participation of women in the development of the different life aspects, socially, politically, and economically. In addition, empowering women economically is essential to achieving economic prosperity. This can be attained by two key means: increasing women’s access to financial services and enabling their contribution to the workforce. Efforts
The annual meeting of the OECD Network of Foundations Working for Development (netFWD) was held on 25–26 March 2026 at the OECD Headquarters in Paris under the theme “Data and Evidence‑based Philanthropy for a post‑FfD4 Development Reality.” The meeting also marked the launch of the third edition of the Private Philanthropy for Development report, which highlighted the
ISTANBUL, 13 May 2026 – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the General Authority of Awqaf (GAA) of Saudi Arabia today co-hosted a landmark event to introduce the Awqaf Excellence Index, a new framework designed to drive institutional innovation and sustainable impact within the global Waqf sector. The event, held at the UNDP Conference
11-13 September 2026 | Republic of Mauritius The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) contributed to the 5thInternational Conference on Islamic Civilization in Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands, held in Mauritius from 11 to 13 September 2026. The conference was jointly organized by the Human Welfare League (Mauritius), the General Secretariat of
Geneva, Switzerland, October 2026 – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) participated in the Innovative Finance conference at AidEx Geneva 2026, one of the leading global events bringing together humanitarian and development actors to explore innovative solutions for financing sustainable development. Representing UNDP, Muniruddeen Lallmahomood, Islamic Finance Portfolio Lead at UNDP's Istanbul International Center
10 October 2026: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Frankfurt School of Finance & Management (FS) collaborate through GIFIIP to Promote Islamic Finance Capacity Building Activities in Afghanistan. The UNDP Afghanistan Country Office, UNDP's Istanbul International Center for Private Sector in Development (ICPSD), and Frankfurt School of Finance & Management (FS) are deepening their