Since 1994, Vinstar has undertaken over seventy projects in more than 20
countries. Examples of the latest projects in each geographical region
of focus are shown below:
ASIA
REGION
Country: Bhutan 2003
Funding
Agency: Asian
Development Bank
Project
Description:
Assistance in undertaking a review of the operations
of the country’s Development Finance Institution, the BDFC. This review
was undertaken with a view to advising the quality of BDFC’s service
delivery and the appropriateness of the products that it offers.
Recommendations for the future direction of BDFC are required and a
strategic plan will be developed.
Country:
Laos
2002 to 2003
Funding
Agency: Asian
Development Bank
Project
Description:
Working in the Lao PDR Surveillance Unit to assist
local staff in economic, macroeconomic and statistical surveillance.
Requires the provision of on-the-job training and coordination with other
international agencies.
Country:
Sri
Lanka 2002 to 2003
Funding
Agency: Asian
Development Bank
Project
Description: Working
with the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, state owned commercial banks and
private banks to develop the rural finance sector and strengthen small and
medium enterprises.
Country:
Bhutan
2001 to 2002
Funding
Agency: Asian
Development Bank
Project
Description:
Review of the Bhutan Financial Sector including the
Royal Monetary Authority, state owned commercial banks and the capital
markets sector, and recommendations on the requirement for a sector loan
from the ADB.
Country:
Laos
Funding
Agency: Asian
Development Bank
Project Description: Strengthening Corporate Governance & Management in the State-Owned Commercial Banks. Assisting the banks to achieve further implementation of the revised credit structures and policies, and full compliance with the Bank of Lao PDR (BOL) prudential regulations.
Country:
Mongolia 2000 to 2001
Funding
Agency: Asian
Development Bank
Project
Description: Provision
of services to the Bank of Mongolia and the State Owned Commercial Banks
to establish an interbank market.
Country:
Vietnam 2000
Funding
Agency: World
Bank
Project
Description: Provision
of bank restructuring advice to the State Bank of Viet Nam in relation to
the planned restructuring of the State Owned Commercial Banks. Prepared an
overall recommendations and individual bank restructuring plans.
Country:
Laos 1999 to 2002
Funding
Agency: Asian
Development Bank
Project
Description: Provision
of institutional strengthening skills to assist on the restructuring of
the state owned commercial banks.
Country:
Bangladesh 2000 to 2004
Funding
Agency: World
Bank (IDA)
Project Description: Management of a US$40 million fund to support the development of the non-bank financial institution sector. Provision of institutional strengthening assistance to those organisations.
Country:
Vietnam 1999 to 2000
Funding
Agency: Asian
Development Bank
Project
Description: Assisting
the State Bank of Vietnam in preparing strategies and plans for financial
sector development; taking action to establish the market infrastructure
and the basic money market instruments; and identifying problems and
generating a list of actions that are required to address the issues and
problems facing the development of the money and the capital markets.
Country:
Thailand 1999
Funding
Agency: Private
Sector Bank
Project
Description: Provision
of bank training for the Bangkok branch of a Chinese bank in the areas of
credit and lending, trade finance and treasury.
Country:
Thailand 1999
Funding
Agency: World
Bank / IFC
Project
Description: Diagnostic
review of the Bank Trade Finance market in Thailand to identify demand and
supply gaps and recommend assistance by IFC to Thai corporates, Thai banks
and Foreign Banks operating in Thailand to enhance trade finance
capabilities with particular emphasis on stimulating the export sector
through new export financing.
Country:
Thailand 1998
Funding
Agency: Private
Sector Bank
Project
Description: Provision
of bank training for the Bangkok branch of a Malaysian bank in the areas
of credit and lending, trade finance and treasury.
Country:
Mongolia 1998 - 1999
Funding
Agency: Asian
Development Bank
Project
Description: Review
the requirements and the need for new information technology systems for
the state owned commercial banks in view of the ailing financial
environment and the old systems currently being used by the SOCBs.
Subsequently assist with the preparation of a Tender Document and assist
in the shortlisting and selection of an IT solution for the banks.
Country:
Laos 1998
Funding
Agency: Asian
Development Bank
Project
Description: Assist
the Lao PDR monetary authority to promote the development of an interbank
market. It has been provided as part of a package of TA to support the
financial sector reform measures being implemented under the ADB's second
Financial Sector Program Loan to the Lao Government.
Country:
Indonesia 1997
Funding
Agency: Asian
Development Bank
Project
A review of the regional development banks (BPDs) of
Indonesia to improve their responsiveness to the funding needs of small
and medium sized enterprises.
Country:
India 1997
Funding
Agency: Private
Sector – Union Bank of India
Project
Description: Provision
of credit and lending training to senior staff at the Union Bank of India
to assist in the institutional strengthening of the bank’s lending
function.
Country:
India 1996 to 1998
Funding
Agency: Private
Sector – Union Bank of India
Project
Description: Commercial
lending training for General Managers and AGMs. Restructuring of the
bank’s National Training College in Bangalore. Review and assessment of
the training needs of the bank’s 30,000 staff. Advice on credit and
lending operations. Full review of Treasury operations and recommendation
for future development.
Country:
Laos 1996
Funding
Agency: Human
Resource Development in Banks
Project Description: Providing assistance in the form of on-the-job and seminar based training to the staff of the state-owned-commercial banks in the area of credit and lending and also in the legal field related t secured transactions.
PACIFIC
REGION
Country:
Samoa 2003 to 2005
Funding
Agency: Asian
Development Bank
Project
Description: Provision
of the services of a team of international consultants in the fields of
strategic planning/economic sector policy formulation, economic
statistics, economic modeling, financial and economic analysis, and social
development. The project will seek to broaden and deepen the reform
process and build capacity for strategic planning in line departments
Country:
Tonga
2002
Funding
Agency: Asian
Development Bank
Project
Description: Assistance
in reform of the public sector and overall economic review as part of the
Government of Tonga’s ongoing reform program. Included recommendaions to
changes to compensation structure relating to salaries and pensions. Also
recommended changes related to performance oriented salaries and benefits.
Country:
Samoa
2002 to 2004
Funding
Agency: Asian
Development Bank
Project
Description: Assist
the Government in strengthening the financial and business advisory
intermediaries involved in implementation of the Small Business
Development Project, particularly the Small Business Enterprise Centre,
the Development Bank of Samoa, and the Women in Business Foundation; and
to assist the Government with ongoing efforts to improve the legal and
regulatory framework for the corporate sector generally, in particular
those areas that impact the micro- and small-enterprise sector.
Country:
Tonga
2001
Funding
Agency: Asian
Development Bank
Project
Description: Assisted
in the provision of policy advice to the Prime Minister’s office,
working closely with the Chief Establishment Officer to design and
implement a comprehensive civil service survey, review of the Civil
Service regulations and recommendations for appropriate restructuring of
the PM’s office.
Country:
Samoa
2001 to 2002
Funding
Agency: Asian
Development Bank
Project
Description: Provided
technical assistance to the Economic Planning and Policy Department of
Treasury to build institutional capacity for macroeconomic policy
formulation and analysis; complete sector/strategic plans for tourism,
agriculture & transport sectors; develop and make operational the
input/output model; and ensure sustainability through skills transfer.
Country:
Cook
Islands - 2000
Funding
Agency: Asian
Development Bank
Project
Description:
Assist the Government to develop a restructuring and business development
plan for a new bank that will assume the functions of a development bank
and a savings bank. In addition, initiate the processes required for
implementation of the plan through setting up of a capital structure for a
new bank; develop its board of directors structure and composition.
Further, identify its new mandate, products and services, review existing
policies, review information systems, restructure systems and processes,
prepare a human resource development program to address the critical
shortage of technical skills particularly in credit appraisal, credit
supervision, monitoring and debt recovery; and identify suitable office
premises.
Country:
Samoa
2000
Funding
Agency: IFC
/ SPPF
Project
Description: The
project was set up as the first stage in an ongoing project to move the
National Bank of Samoa towards international best practices in credit risk
management. The main focus was on loan portfolio management, credit policy
and procedures, and credit training, and the findings of the consultancy
were to be used to determine the nature and extent of the subsequent
technical assistance.
Country:
Kiribati
1999 to 2002
Funding
Agency: Asian
Development Bank
Project
Description:
Provided institutional strengthening of the National Economic Planning
Office within the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management. Tasks
included assisting in rolling over 3 year departmental strategic plans;
establishing a training programme for government staff on national and
sectoral policy formulation; establishing a public education program in
building awareness of the government development strategy; and assisting
in improvement of annual budgets/strategic investment program, including
consolidation of outputs, integration of recurrent and developmental
budgets, and project processing within budget system.
Country:
Vanuatu
1998
Funding
Agency: Asian
Development Bank
Project
Description: The
objectives of the TA were to assist the Government of Vanuatu to develop a
restructuring and business development plan for the National Bank of
Vanuatu [NBV], taking into account the mandate to service the banking
needs of the ni-Vanuatu, especially in rural and remote areas and the need
to be commercially viable on a sustained basis
Country:
Samoa 1998 - 2000
Funding
Agency: Asian
Development Bank
Project
Description: The
TA aimed at assisting the Government in the management of the financial
sector reform program by strengthening the institutional capacity of the
Central Bank of Samoa, the National Provident Fund and the Development
Bank of Samoa.
Country:
Palau 1998 - 1999
Funding
Agency: World
Bank / IFC
Project
Description: The
project entailed an overall review of the operations of the National
Development Bank of Palau to determine future requirements, and
recommendations for future actions. Specific areas of the Bank's
operations to be reviewed included current portfolio, credit and lending
operations and IT systems requirements.
Country:
Solomon Islands 1997 - 2000
Funding
Agency: New
Zealand Government
Project
Description: Management
Services Contract to stimulate the private sector in Solomon Islands
through provision of business advisory services and associated training.
Country:
Samoa 1997
Funding
Agency: Asian
Development Bank
Project
Description: Review
of the financial sector including working with the Western Samoa Treasury,
Central Bank of Samoa, National Provident Fund and Development Bank of
Western Samoa.
Country:
Samoa 1997
Funding
Agency: Asian
Development Bank
Project
Description: Comprehensive
review of the Development Bank of Samoa as part of the ADB’sTA design
study.
Country:
Vanuatu 1997
Funding
Agency: Asian
Development Bank
Project
Description:
Financial analysis of key national financial institutions, leading to the
design of an advisory and operational technical assistance project for
funding by the ADB.
Country:
Kiribati 1996 – 2005
Funding Agency:
New Zealand Government
Project Description: A management services contract, which has been renewed on three separate occasions, to manage the daily operations of the Development Bank of Kiribati, assisting with the resolution of its bad loans portfolio, improvement of its operational procedures and establishment as a profitable operation.