Best Practices

General Operational Policies*

FUNDS UNDER ADMINISTRATION

SOURCES OF FUNDS

Reference: AB910 (2/83)
Increase in the Bank's resources. Administration of bilateral funds.

The following is a list of the funds which are administered by the Bank under the terms of agreements with governments or government agencies.

Does not include funds related to the Multilateral Investment Fund and cofinancing activities.

TECHNICAL COOPERATION FUNDS

Austrian Technical Cooperation Trust Fund "AUF"
Agreement (9/92)

Trust Fund for Belgian Consultants "BCF"
Letter of agreement (5/91)

Canadian Fund for Technical Assistance "CTA" (CANTAP–2)
Agreement (9/96)

Danish Consultants Fund "DCF"
Agreement (4/94)

Special Fund for European Technical Assistance in Latin America "EC2"
Agreement (3/97)

European Community Special Fund for Microenterprises "ECM"
Agreement (3/97)

Finnish Consultancy Fund "FCF"
Agreement (6/97)

French Technical Cooperation Fund for Consultancy Services and Training "FTC"
Agreement (1/97)

Israeli Consultant Trust Fund "IST"
Agreement (9/92)

Italian Consulting Firms and Specialized Institutions – Trust Fund "ITC"
Letter of agreement (7/92)

Italian Individual Consultant Trust Fund "ITI"
Letter of agreement (7/92)

Italian Trust Fund "ITF"
Letter of agreement (10/91)

Japanese Consultants Fund "JCF"
Agreement (2/95)

Netherlands Environmental Technical Cooperation Trust Fund "NEE"
Agreement (8/93)

Norwegian Fund for Women in Development "NOW"
Letter of agreement (1/93)

Norwegian Fund for Innovation in Social Programs "NIS"
Letter of Agreement (2/97)

Norwegian Fund for Microenterprise Development "NFM"
Agreement (3/98)

Norwegian Technical Cooperation Fund for Consulting Services "NFC" (NORAD)
Letter of agreement (3/94)

Portuguese Technical Cooperation Trust Fund "PTF"
Agreement: letter of understanding (5/91)

Spanish Technical Cooperation Fund for Consulting Services "SPI" (ICEX)
Letter of agreement (12/93)

Swedish Trust Fund for Consulting Services and Training Activities "SWC"
Agreement (12/91)

Swiss Technical Cooperation Fund for Consulting Services and Training "STC"
Agreement (12/94)

United Kingdom Technical–Cooperation Fund for Consulting Services "KCF"
Letter of agreement (3/94)

US "Evergreen" Fund for Consultants "UEF"
Agreement (6/95)

US Consultancy Fund on Sustainable Markets for Sustainable Energy "UDE"
Agreement (9/97)

REGULAR TRUST FUNDS

These funds are used to prepare and/or implement projects:

Canadian Fund "CDF"
Agreement (12/64)

European Economic Community Special Fund for Small Projects in Latin America "ECP"
Agreement (9/91)

Grants Fund established by the Japanese Government "JSF"
Agreement (4/88)

Japanese Government Scholarship Fund "JSS"
Letter of agreement (2/91)

Norwegian Fund for Latin American Development "NDF"
Agreement (10/87)

Government of Spain – Quincentennial Fund "SPQ"
Agreement (9/90)

Social Progress Trust Fund "SPT"
Agreements (3/73, 10/75, 11/77)

Swedish Trust Fund for the Financing of Micro and Small Enterprise Activities in Bolivia "SWB"
Agreement (11/93)

Swedish Trust Fund for Small Projects "SWP"
Agreement (5/92)

United Kingdom Fund for Latin American Development "KDF"
Agreement (10/70, 7/71)

Venezuelan Trust Fund "VTF"
Agreements (2/75, 3/81)

OTHER ESTABLISHED FUNDS

Funds administered by donors:

Fund established by the Argentina Government "ARF"
Agreement (11/70)

Canadian Fund for Long–Term Export Financing
Letter of agreement (6/65)

Export–Import Bank of Japan "EIJ"
Agreement (3/87)

German Technical Cooperation Trust Fund "GEF"
Letter of agreement (9/92)

Israeli Fund for Rural Development
Agreement (7/70)

Israeli Fund for Technical Cooperation Programs for Human Resources Training "ISF" (Mashav)
Agreement (9/92)

Netherlands Fund for Project Development
Cooperation agreement (9/65)

Trust Fund of the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food (MAPA)
Memorandum of understanding (2/93)

* The operational policies of the Inter-American Development Bank are intended to provide operational guidance to staff in assisting the Bank's borrowing member countries. Over the course of the Bank's more than 40 years of operations, the approach to developing operational policies has taken various forms, ranging from the preparation of detailed guidelines to broad statements of principle and intent. Many policies have not been updated since they were originally issued, and a few reflect emphases and approaches of earlier years which have been superseded by specific mandates of the Bank's Governors, the most recent being the Eighth Replenishment mandates of 1994. In accordance with the Bank's information disclosure policy, the Bank is making all of its operational policies available to the public through the Public Information Center. Users please note that the Bank's operational policies are under a process of continuous review. This review process includes preparation of best practice papers summarizing experience at the Bank and other similar institutions, and sector strategy papers.