Value proposition

Supporting cities and regions to better finance & invest into their services and urban infrastructures

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