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Name Affiliation Title Toru Yoshida Planning Officer, Sustainability Promotion Office, Planning Division, JICA
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Date: November 17, 2025
Organized by UNFCCC, IDFC, FiCS
Venue (Pavilion Name)：Special Event Room 5 Tapajos
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Name Affiliation Title Constant Harbon International Development Finance Club (IDFC) Secretariat NUCA Program Manager Jens Sedemund OECD Head of the Environment and Climate Change Joaquim Leite NDC Partnership Head of Climate Finance Zef Nureko Chief Economist, Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) Kyosuke Inada Special Advisor, Sustainability Promotion, JICA
Background and Objectives
It is important to strengthen the role of public development banks (PDBs) in mobilizing sustainable development finance and aligning national priorities with international climate goals. The Compromiso de Sevilla, adopted at the Finance in Common Summit, positioned the PDB as the core of the international financial architecture and affirmed that technical assistance (TA) and capacity building (CB) are key to financial reform. Against this backdrop, FiCS launched the “Technical Assistance Hub” in preparation for COP30 to support PDB’s Paris Agreement and SDGs alignment through four pillars: TA provision, global TA catalog, knowledge sharing, and international advocacy. In light of the importance of TA and CB, this session will introduce innovative tools and models to facilitate collaboration among development partners to increase efficiency and impact. It will also discuss comprehensive climate investment strategies, including integrated approaches and gender responsiveness at the country level, and explore collaborative measures to overcome the lack of capacity and resource constraints of small PDBs. In addition, it will work with international initiatives such as the G20 TAAP and MDB Roadmap to accelerate the transition from policy to practice.
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Mr. Cedemundo (OECD) pointed out that the biggest barrier to blended finance utilization is the lack of standardization, and that harmonization of standards and knowledge sharing are essential. Mr. Nureko (DBSA) stressed the difficulty of coordination among multiple stakeholders at the country level and the need for FiCS to serve as an information aggregation hub. Mr. Leite (NDC Partnership) stated that strengthening coordination between assurance mechanisms and technical assistance is essential to accelerate NDC implementation. Mr. Inada (JICA) noted that gender-responsive technical assistance is a strategic element to enhance the quality of climate finance, and introduced specific examples in the energy sector. The need for standardization, integration, regional cooperation, risk reduction, and gender responsiveness was shared, and the need for international coordination around FiCS was reaffirmed.
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