New International Trade Community Economic Development Initiative
November 1, 2000

The Council for the Advancement of Minority Business Internationally (CAMBI) a leading nonprofit international trade organization for minority businesses, recently announced a new national program. The new International Trade Community Economic Development Initiative (ITCED) is a collaborative effort between CAMBI, The Hannaian Investment & Publishing Group (HIPG), and designated local area public officials (APOs) involved in community economic development. As the premier international trade organization promoting international trade for minority U.S. businesses, CAMBI has developed this initiative to bring minority businesses and publicly elected or appointed officials together in order to facilitate the economic development of their communities through monies derived from International Trade. HIPG a group of African American and Caribbean based investors and entrepreneurs will provide additional infrastructural support to the effort.

The program is designed for the typical small business which will increasingly need to understand and be involved with the details of international trade transactions due to the advent of the Internet, and the increase in internationally based financial and business opportunities in the new global economy.

The involvement of public officials from both sides of the international fence, directly in the ITCED process is important because international trade by definition and necessity is intricately involved with governmental processes. Also, public officials intimately understand the needs and capabilities of their local business marketplace, and how locally available international trade programs may supplement or complement ITCED.

While ITCED is designed to provide its business beneficiaries opportunities to generally enter new markets in the international arena, its specific goal is to research and provide access to market expansion opportunities where profit margins are significantly higher than those available domestically. In pursuit of this objective ITCED will emphasize the lucrative services contract opportunities which exist internationally, and which are particularly receptive to U.S. business interests and expertise.

A prime area of emphasis in ITCED will be on building trade and economic bridges and alliances between Afrocentric and Hispanic countries and the African-American and Hispanic-American business communities.

CAMBI will provide a workshop on ITCED and other important international trade topics at the Treasure Coast International Trade Summit for Minority Businesses at the Marriott Beach Resort on Hutchinson Island in Martin County Florida, January 11-14, 2001. The Conference is cosponsored by the Hannaian Publishing Company, the Martin County Business Development Board, and the Martin County Black Heritage Association. For the first time the conference will add an important element of economic empowerment to the Martin County and Treasure Coast Martin Luther King Day Celebrations. Participants from around the United States and the Caribbean will be in attendance. The full agenda of investment and international trade topics can be viewed on the Internet at http://www.hannaian.com/cambi.

For further information on CAMBI services or for listing in the CAMBI Resource Database and Directories contact: Steve Deveaux, Office of the Executive Director, CAMBI, P.O. Box 841, Pompano Beach, FL 33061, Tel. (305) 621-6286 or e-mail to: cambi@hannaian.com... Website: http://www.hannaian.com/cambi.



From: "Lorenzo, Marcos Daniel" <MARCOSL@iadb.org>
To: "'hhannajr@flinet.com'" <hhannajr@flinet.com>
Subject: IDB Business Briefing on Project Finance, October 5, 2000
Date sent: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 10:23:00 -0400

Dear Mr. Hanna:

Please find attached a file containing a flyer/registration form and a preliminary agenda for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)'s upcoming Business Briefing on Project Finance, which will be held on October 5, 2000, at Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C.

I consider it a great opportunity for those interested in learning how projects are initiated and developed, what types of projects the IDB is financing.

This briefing will provide participants with the opportunity to learn about possible financing mecahanisms for your private infrastructure projects in Latin America and the Caribbean, opening the doors to an extremely vital and still quite untapped market for the majority of U.S. private firms. I also consider this briefing as an excellent networking tool, not only with those in charge of the projects at the IDB, but also with representatives from the other participating firms.

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is the largest regional multilateral development organization, located in Washington, D.C. The Bank was instituted in 1959 to help promote and accelerate social and economic development in Latin America and the Caribbean. It currently has 48 member countries from Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia.

In 1999, the Bank lent over $9 billion for projects in all sectors in its member countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, including an important percentage for e-commerce and telecommunications ventures, with the subsequent procurement opportunities for private sector firms and NGOs through the need to hire goods and services providers in order to carry out the projects above mentioned.

I would appreciate your sharing this information with others that you think will benefit from attending as well as, if at all possible, include it in your calendar of upcoming events. Should you like to learn more about the Bank and its activities, please visit our website at http://www.iadb.org

For questions regarding the briefing or the materials attached, please contact me, Marcos D. Lorenzo at (202) 623-1365 or, electronically, at marcosl@iadb.org

Hope to meet you or a representative from your firm on October 5.

Sincerely,

Marcos D. Lorenzo, Public Information Officer
Inter-American Development Bank
(202) 623-1365
marcosl@iadb.org

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
IN LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN
INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

PROJECT FINANCE

Are you interested in starting or expanding your business opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean? We invite you to attend the Inter-American Development Bank's upcoming Business Seminar: Project Finance, to be held on Thursday, October 5, 2000, from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm, in Washington D.C.

The IDB Group (IDB, Inter-American Investment Corporation and Multilateral Investment Fund) offers a wide range of financial services to private sector investors. The IDB Group's pipeline for project finance in 2000 exceeds $1 billion.

Who should attend? Companies dealing with all types of infrastructure projects, civil engineers, representatives of financial institutions, pension plans and mutual funds, insurance companies, law firms, independent consultants, and consultants from think tanks, NGOs and other institutions and companies interested in expanding their markets overseas.

Why should you attend? To learn how projects are initiated and developed and what types of projects the IDB is financing.

Topics Include: Project financing options for large infrastructure projects (IDB loans and guarantees for privately owned projects in the energy, transport, telecommunications, and water & sanitation sectors); the equity funds, private-sector support activities, and related business opportunities of the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF); financing small and medium privately owned projects in all development-related sectors through the loans and guarantees programs of the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC); development of financial, regulatory and other institutions that govern and support private-sector development; and related procurement opportunities.

Price options: a) $295--includes seminar and a one-year on-line subscription to IDB Projects (the Bank's monthly procurement on-line publication) or b) $220--includes seminar and a six-month on-line subscription to IDB Projects. Registering by Thursday September 28 entitles you to a $50 discount. Registration is on a first-come first-served basis and is non-refundable. For more information, contact the IDB's Public Information Section: tel. 202-623-1397 or 1361; fax 202-623-1403; e-mail: business@iadb.org; Bank's website: www.iadb.org

Fax or mail registration form with payment to IDB Business Seminars, 1300 New York Ave., Stop B-400, Washington D.C. 20577

Enclosed is my payment of $__________________________________

Check (payable to IDB Business Seminars). Check must be drawn on a U.S. bank.

Credit Card # ______________________ Visa MasterCard American Express Exp. Date:______

Signature_______________________________

Name:_____________________________________________________________________

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IDB BUSINESS SEMINAR
IDB AND PROJECT FINANCE

Thursday, October 5, 2000

Andrés Bello Auditorium, 9th Floor

Preliminary Agenda

8:15 a.m. Registration and Coffee

(Morning Sessions)

9:00 a.m. Overview of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Dan Martin
Chief, Public Information Section
Office of External Relations

9:15 a.m. IDB's Private Sector Lending

General Overview

IDB A/B Loan Program - Kevin Corrigan, Head, Syndication Unit

IDB Guarantees - Jack McDonald

Environment - Robert Montgomery, Head, Environmental Social Unit

Ongoing Adminitration - Robert Filippi, Head, Loan Administration Unit

10:00 a.m. Break

10:20 a.m.

Sector Specific (Cases)

Transportation - Group Chief or Investment Officer

Energy - Group Chief or Investment Officer

Water/Sanitation - Group Chief or Investment Officer

Legal Issues

Jacques Cook - to be invited
Senior Counsel, Legal Private Sector Office, Legal Department

12:20 p.m. Adjourn of Morning Sessions

12:30 p.m. Networking Luncheon

Keynote Speech: Project Finance in Latin America: Trends and Opportunities

Antonio Vives
Deputy Manager, Sustainable Development Department

Las Americas Dining Room, 7th Floor

(Afternoon Sessions)

2:30 p.m. Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC)

1) Overview of the IIC

Jorge Roldán - invited
Chief Economist, IIC

2) How to Structure Deals with the IIC

Speaker(s): to be announced - IIC

4:00 p.m. Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF)

Kathryn Hewlett-Jobes
Senior Advisor, Operations Unit, MIF

4:30 p.m. Adjourn


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