Inclusive and green finance in India for smallholders and SMEs: lessons learnt and opportunities from European funded instruments

INCLUSIVE AND GREEN FINANCE IN INDIA FOR SMALLHOLDERS AND SMEs: LESSONS LEARNT AND OPPORTUNITIES FROM EUROPEAN FUNDED INSTRUMENTS

Practical insights: Huruma Fund & Kuali Fund

The objective of this event is to bring together stakeholders from both the public and private sectors with experience in supporting the inclusive development of SMEs and smallholder farmers in India, with a special focus on green and climate finance.

As the central theme of the event, the experience of the Huruma Fund in India will be showcased, alongside the formal launch of the new Kuali Fund. Both funds, managed by GAWA Capital, are backed by the Spanish Cooperation, the European Union, and the Green Climate Fund. The EU’s contributions to both funds, as well as the GCF’s support to the Kuali Fund, include first-loss capital tranches and dedicated Technical Assistance facilities.

DATE: Tuesday, 14th Oct at 12:30 (IST)

PLACE: The Oberoi Hotel, New Delhi (India)

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DRAFT AGENDA

12:30 – 13:00 Registration

13:00 – 13:45 Networking lunch

13:45 – 14:10 Welcome remarks
Ms. Myriam Ferran, INTPA Deputy Director General, European Commission.
Mr. Antón Leis, Director, AECID (video).
Mr. Henry González, Chief Investment Officer, Green Climate Fund (video).

14:10 – 14:30 Opening session
Ms. Shweta Kumar, Director, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India.
Ms. Lucia Paternina, Chief Economic and Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of Spain.

14:30 – 14:45 Keynote speech
Dr. R.K. Singh, Chief General Manager and Vertical Head, Green Climate Finance Vertical, SIDBI.

14:45 – 15:15 European funded instruments in practice: Building on Huruma Fund, moving forward with Kuali Fund.
Mr. Luca Torre, Founder and co-CEO, GAWA Capital.
Mr. Malkit Didyala, Co-founder, Sindhuja Microcredit.
Ms. Cristina Vicente, Program Manager, INTPA, European Commission (online).

15:15 – 15:30 Coffee break

15:30 – 16:30 Panel Discussion: Agri and Climate Tech – Transforming sectors through technology and its potential links with finance.
Moderator:
Mr. Avishek Gupta, Head of Asia, GAWA Capital.
Panellists:
Ms. Diane Jegam, Regional Director, PROPARCO.
Mr. Vijayasekar Kalavakonda, Senior Operations Officer, IFC.
Mr. Sandeep Bhattacharya, Advisor – Climate Change, GIZ.
Ms. Purvi Bhavsar, Founder and Managing Director, Pahal.

16:30 – 16:50 Fireside Chat. Climate Change challenges and opportunities.
Mr. José Carlos Villena, Director of Development Finance, COFIDES.
Mr. Bartosz Przywara, Energy, Climate and Environment Counsellor, EU Delegation to India.
Mr. Laurent Le Danois, Team Leader, EU Delegation to India.

Vote of thanks/closing remarks by Mr. José Carlos Villena, Director of Development Finance, COFIDES.

A high tea will be served after the event.

RELATED LINKS
Fondo Huruma presentation
COFIDES unveils the Kuali Fund, a pioneer in climate mitigation and adaptation
GAWA Capital. Funds

Madrid, February 24, 2025. GAWA Capital and Pahal Financial Services require consultancy for the development and implementation of innovative and tailored Agri-financing solutions for Pahal to improve its product and service offerings to farmers, in relation to the Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) of the Huruma Fund.

All proposals must be sent, in English, to the following e-mail address: tafhuruma.pahal@gawacapital.com including a copy to firuzi.vakil@pahalfinance.com and neha.sharma@pahalfinance.com. Proposals sent by any other means will not be considered.

Two electronic independent pdf files (Technical Proposal and Financial Proposal) must be sent by email in password-protected PDF format (to ensure the transparency of the process) before 17th March 2025 at 14:00 (CET time). Proposals received after the deadline will not be accepted.

Madrid, June 06, 2024. Compañía Española de Financiación del Desarrollo, COFIDES, has launched a tender with funding from the European Union (AgriFI) for the contracting of consulting services for the evaluation of the Huruma Action. This initiative includes investments from the Huruma Investment Fund and associated Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) projects.

It is required to conduct the evaluation and measure of the results of the Action, by an external evaluation team, according to its intervention logic, which spans from intermediate products to results in the final recipients.

The evaluation will take place in two stages: Stage I Interim Evaluation (to begin in September 2024) and Stage II (Final Evaluation), approximately three (3) years after the completion of the Interim Evaluation.

Each stage is expected to last eight months.

The estimated value of the contract for this bid is €429,752.07, VAT excluded.

Procedure and submission of bids

The bidding documents are available at the following links to the Public Sector Procurement Platform: PCAP Huruma Assessment and PPT Huruma Assessment.

For further information on the process and submission of bids, please contact desarrollo@cofides.es on or before June 24, 2024.

Bids must be submitted electronically, sending the necessary documents duly encrypted to the following email address: desarrollo@cofides.es. The deadline for submission of bids is June 26, 2024, until 2:00 p.m. Madrid time. The keys to decrypt the documents must be sent the same day, between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. hours, Madrid time.

[UPDATE] Call for tenders for farmer mobilization and onboarding of a cluster development program

– In three Indian states (Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh)

[UPDATE] Provisional award of the call for tenders.

Madrid, November 15, 2023. GAWA Capital requires consultancy services to implement a technical assistance programme for farmers: farmer mobilization and onboarding of a cluster development program in relation to the Huruma Fund Technical Assistance Facility. For the purposes of this call for tenders, GAWA is publishing this call for tenders using the simple public tender procedure, in accordance with the attached documentation.

All proposals must be sent, in English, to the following e-mail address: tafhuruma.waycool@gawacapital.com. Proposals sent by any other means will not be considered.

Technical and financial proposals must be sent by email in password-protected PDF format (to ensure the transparency of the process) before 13th December 2023 at 14:00 h (CET time). Proposals received after the deadline will not be accepted. The password will only be sent after 14:01 h (CET time) on 13th December 2023 to the same address to which the proposal was sent. Those proposals whose password is sent beforehand will not be accepted.