FMDV - Global Fund For Cities Development Information

FMDV acts through three principal lines of work:  Deploy demand-driven financial engineering solutions, at all scales of action Associated Actions • International and regional Experts Directory & Catalogue of strategies, engineering and mechanisms adapted to financing and local economical development needs • Financial hubs (national or regional units of expertise on subnational financing: empowerment, expertise on institutional environments, strategy and engineering, support for project preparation and transactions) • Communities of practices, Expert Meetings, targeted Trainings • City Funding Corporation (a company co-created with EDII, providing financial engineering services such as refinancing, debt negotiation, bond issuing preparation, PPPs montage)  Create enabling institutional environments, and stakeholders convergence to accelerate solution implementation and scaling Associated Actions • Creation and facilitation of, or participation in, Platforms, Forums and multiplayer networks • Organization of international action-oriented conferences • Production of stakeholders, resources and engineering Mappings • Organize the matchmaking between demand and supply; organisation of roadshows • Contribution to, or launch of Calls for projects; generation of projects Pipeline • Launch of Specific Programs (see list below)  Structure, renew and reinforce advocacy for action; produce and share Knowledge FMDV here positions itself as a Knowledge Hub, and as a permanent incubator of operational strategies (Policy-Action Lab). Associated Actions • Follow-up of international negotiations for the strengthening of a Shared Culture of Subnational Financing and related solutions, • Organization of Policy-Action Labs (multi-stakeholders laboratories for debates towards the creation of joint action programs) • Drafting and dissemination of Policy Papers, Reports, Declarations and Roadmaps • Implementation of Training, Study Tours and peer reviews • International campaigns