Our Institutional Engagement and Cooperation Team leads AIIB overall relationship management and strategic engagement with sovereign and non-sovereign partners. It also coordinates AIIB engagement in key global and regional summits, platforms and forums including the G20, MDB Heads Group, UN General Assembly (UNGA), and the Conference of the Parties (COP).
AIIB is a member of the Heads of MDBs group as well as other strategic and working groups on a wide range of topics. AIIB proactively participates and contributes to the discussions of the various MDB working groups to collaborate on shared development challenges.
Since 2018, AIIB has been granted Permanent Observer status in the United Nations. We continue to enhance our global and regional engagement, to multiply our impact and better respond to our clients and to broader development needs.
AIIB cooperates with global leaders and partners on global policy matters, notably as an observer in the Group of Twenty (G20) Finance Track. Through our participation in meetings of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors and G20 Finance Deputies, as well as participation in the G20 Finance track workstreams including the International Financial Architecture Working Group, Infrastructure Working Group, Framework Working Group, Sustainable Finance Working Group, and the Joint Finance and Health Task Force, AIIB supports knowledge sharing and policy coordination.
AIIB is an active participant at the annual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference (COP). This reflects the Bank’s commitment to serving as Asia’s climate partner, and financing infrastructure investments that address the climate challenge within the region and beyond. Through contributions to Joint MDB efforts, AIIB-led events and knowledge sharing sessions, we seek to develop strong partnerships to boost climate action, deliver holistic approaches across climate mitigation, adaptation and nature, and finally to boost tailored innovation for greater impact.
Following a collaborative, inclusive and sustainable partnership approach, AIIB is also closely engaged with philanthropic organizations. These include the Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation.
We are committed to partnering closely with regional programs and initiatives to strengthen regional connectivity with a focus on cross-border connectivity (CBC).
To achieve our ambitious target for CBC projects to represent 25-30% of all financing approvals by 2030, AIIB is proactively engaging with the following regional and sub-regional programs and initiatives at various levels including ministerial-level fora and relevant sector working groups:
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
- Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA)
- Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program (CAREC)
- Greater Mekong Subregion Program (GMS)
- Greater Tumen Initiative (GTI)
- Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT)
- South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Program (SASEC)
AIIB has been contributing to projects which are of critical importance to strengthening regional cooperation and promoting economic growth. These projects are part of the pipelines of our regional cooperation partners.
To promote regional cooperation through the identification and development of bankable CBC projects in its Members, AIIB, in partnership with relevant regional institutions and development partners, has launched the following initiatives designed to facilitate multi-country coordination on capacity building and upstream project preparation.
AIIB also leverages other partnership instruments, such as Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs), Letters of Intent (LOIs), and Exchange of Letters at the senior management level.
