Riyadh Gears Up for the 2024 Islamic Development Bank Group’s Annual Meetings and IsDB Golden Jubilee Celebration

The Islamic Development Bank Group (IsDB) is set to hold its 2024 Annual Meetings and IsDB Golden Jubilee in Riyadh from April 27-30, under the Royal Patronage of the Custodian of Two Holy Mosques, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud. The 2024 Annual Meetings will be held under the theme of “Cherishing our Past, Charting our Future: Originality, Solidarity and Prosperity”, which marks IsDB’s 50 years of fostering socio-economic development in its member countries.

As the premier South-South multilateral development Bank, the 2024 IsDB Group Annual Meetings and IsDB Golden Jubilee are expected to attract international and regional attention. The Annual Meetings will feature a series of side events with top-level panelists from government, international and regional organizations, the private sector, academia, and civil society.

Ministers of Economy, Planning, and Finance from IsDB's 57 member countries will participate in the event, along with representatives of international and regional financial institutions, Islamic banks, private sector companies, national and international development finance institutions, international and regional organizations, NGOs, chambers of commerce & Industry, and business councils.

The meetings will provide an opportunity to explore ways to consolidate economic relations among IsDB member countries and maximize cooperation with participating financing institutions.

During this Annual Meetings, IsDB Group will also celebrate the Bank’s Golden Jubilee to commemorate five decades of unwavering collaboration, steadfast partnerships, and transformative change. It marks a significant journey of IsDB that began 50 years ago in Riyadh with the inaugural meeting of IsDB Board of Governors, which was graced with the attendance of the Emir of Riyadh at that time HRH Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud.

A number of forums, seminars, and meetings will take place during this historic gathering including the Governors Roundtable Meeting, the 18th IsDB Global Forum on Islamic Finance, IsDB Group 2024 Private Sector Forum, the Role of SMEs in Saudi Vision 2030, Charting a Course for Augmenting SDGs Financing, Leveraging Islamic Finance for Developing Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, Arab Coordination Group Forum, Future Vision Symposium, General Assembly of Federation of Consultants from Islamic Countries (FCIC).