With the mandate to continuously build capacity and deepen the concept of Green Bonds in the Nigerian Debt Capital Market, FMDQ Securities Exchange PLC (“FMDQ”), Climate Bonds Initiative (“CBI”) and Financial Sector Deepening (“FSD”) Africa organised a Roundtable for Stakeholders’ in a Sovereign Green Bond Issuance Process, held at Nigeria Capital Market Institute (NCMI), Abuja on Monday, July 29, 2019.

The session was targeted at three (3) major stakeholders involved in the Sovereign Green Bond Issuance process: Debt Management Office (DMO), Federal Ministry of Environment and Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning, with the goal of identifying how each ministry/agency’s role inter-relates in the development of a vibrant Green Bond Market. The Roundtable provided a platform for each stakeholder to discuss their Green Bond process, understand how it relates with other stakeholders and how to work collaboratively to improve the Green Bond Issuance Process.

The session was attended by thirty (30) persons consisting representatives from Debt Management Office (DMO), Federal Ministry of Environment, Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning.