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SAARC Development Fund’s mission was clear from the beginning – to promote Regional Integration and Economic Cooperation among the SAARC Member States through project funding and collaboration. To realize this mission, we at SDF continue to undertake a number of initiatives for the strategic growth of the region. The last 10 successful years have offered us new projects, partners for co-funding and many new interventions to enable SDF to become a strong regional financial institution.

As we move forward, we also have an ambitious plan ahead of us to make SDF a robust regional financial institution for the strategic growth of this region.

SDF is committed to working closely with the people and the governments of the SAARC Member States. SDF would like to extend it warmest wishes on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the SAARC Development Fund to the people and the governments of the SAARC countries.

Message on 10th Anniversary of SDF

As today, 28 April 2020, marks 10 years of SAARC Development Fund’s establishment as the umbrella financial institution for SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) projects and programmes, I would like to extend our warm greetings to the people and the governments of the eight SAARC Member States.

SDF Secretariat was set up by the Heads of States/Governments of the eight SAARC Member States during the Sixteenth SAARC Summit held in Thimphu Bhutan on 28 April 2010.SDF is committed to working closely with the people and the governments of the SAARC Member States.

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Dr. Sunil Motiwal is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the SAARC Development Fund (SDF).

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“The SAARC region comprises 3% of the world’s area, about 23% of the world population and about 3.3% of the global economy and is considered as one of the fastest growing region in the world. The region is blessed with a considerable young population and abundance of natural resources”

“The Fund is working tirelessly to promote regional cooperation and integration and envisages acting as a catalyst for infrastructure funding in the region by forming consortium of funding agencies and co-financing of such projects”

“If you look at America and Europe, it (trade, travel and tourism) is intra-regional. But if you look at South Asia, it is least integrated region in the world. If you look at intra-regional trade, there is virtually no trade taking place in the SAARC region. There is no intra-regional travel and tourism as such multiplier impact of trade within the region has not benefited the SAARC countries”

“SDF may explore projects that facilitate intra SAARC investment. This will immensely help in economically integrating the South Asian Region will also facilitate development of supply chain in line with the competitive advantages of South Asian Nation, entail development of secondary and tertiary sector in key industries and also facilitate development of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)”

“SDF to work closely with various Multilateral Development Banks, International Financial Institutions, Regional Financial Institutions, Scheduled Commercial Banks, Infrastructure Funding Agencies to form consortium of funding agencies in order to co-finance large infrastructure projects in SAARC Member States.

“SDF to continue focus on co-finance Regional connectivity projects in Transport and Energy sectors in the region along with other Multilateral Development Banks”

“Per the policy guidelines of SDF, loans can be extended to both the private and public sectors in SAARC Member States. SDF to extend more support to the private sector under the MSME sector in SMSs. Focus to be given to innovative and tech based MSME private clusters in SAARC Member States in due course of time”

“We plan to convert SDF into regional bank in the next 2 years”

“SDF focusing on Social, Economic and Infrastructure Areas”

“SDF Regional Cooperation unleasing opportunities”

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