SEFI developed a capacity building program to raise the knowledge and skills of professionals within private financial institutions in order to help banks understand and assess the opportunities and risks, as well as to overcome perception barriers, associated with financing sustainable energy.
The program is focused on Latin America and Africa. The pilot programs are implemented in Mexico, Tunisia, Egypt and Morocco.
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Engaging the Banking Sector in Financing Sustainable Energy in Mexico
As part of the BASE / SEFI "Capacity Building for Banks" activities, BASE is implementing the "Engaging the Banking Sector in Financing Sustainable Energy in Mexico" project.
This project aims to promote sustainable energy investment by increasing awareness, involvement and capacity of local banks, financial institutions and investors by demonstrating the business opportunities for small-scale renewable energy / energy efficiency projects in Mexico, leading to an increase in commercial banking investment in the sector.
The Project has two main components:
Bankers Training
The development of an online training programme focusing on financing renewable energy and energy efficiency. The training will be developed based on market intelligence from a BASE-led market assessment that will evaluate opportunities and market potential according to Mexican characteristics, targeting primarily small-scale projects and the hotel sector.
The training programme will then be designed and implemented be local partners the 
INCAE business school, InWEnt and UNEP FI who have successfully implemented self-sustaining online training programmes for the banking sector via the ecobanking project .
Bankers Carbon Reduction Potential Tool
In order to assist bankers in understanding and evaluating sustainable energy projects for investment, the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management will develop a standardised application for bankers / loan officers / project finance experts to measure the impact of energy efficiency (and related improved profitability) as well as the carbon reduction potential of a prospective project, the outputs of this tool includes:
-The design of a tool in form of a checklist and guidelines for the Mexican banking sector, based on research and consultation with BASE, INCAE and InWEnt and local project partner banks. This tool would include some general (and thus replicable) metrics or indicators as well as specific metrics to the hotel sector.
-A pilot of the checklist during a "Engaging the banking Sector in financing sustainable energy in Mexico " pilot project
-A report with findings on success of the tool with recommendations for its adaptation
-The preparation of a final tool - to be available to the public (banks, other projects etc.) that could be used for banking sector projects for investment in EE/RE world wide.
The lead partner and project proponent for this project is the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. (add hyper-link - www.frankfurt-school.de) The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety supports this project within the framework of the International Climate Initiative based on a decision of the German Federal Parliament.
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