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LightCastle Partners formally commenced its engagement with UNDP and SME Foundation to operationalize pilot initiatives on blended finance for Cottage, Micro, and Small Enterprises (CMSMEs). The initiative focuses on improving climate-resilient access to finance by strengthening institutional systems, financial tools, and ecosystem partnerships.
CMSMEs play a critical role in Bangladesh’s economy but remain highly vulnerable to climate risks and face significant barriers in accessing formal finance. With Bangladesh’s upcoming LDC graduation and evolving global compliance requirements, the project aims to address financing gaps by enabling risk-sharing mechanisms and mobilizing private capital toward climate adaptation investments.
The engagement will follow a structured and evidence-based methodology, combining institutional diagnostics with ecosystem-level analysis. LightCastle Partners will conduct stakeholder consultations, desk research, and capacity assessments to design blended finance tools, including credit assessment frameworks and monitoring systems aligned with financial, climate, and inclusion indicators.
The implementation will include training and capacity-building initiatives for institutional partners and CMSMEs, awareness sessions across multiple regions, and the development of operational toolkits and guidelines. The process will also integrate gender and climate considerations to ensure inclusive and sustainable outcomes.
As part of the engagement for blended finance for CMSMEs, LightCastle Partners will deliver a comprehensive set of outputs, including a stakeholder engagement plan, validated financial tools, training modules, policy brief, and a final report outlining lessons learned and pathways for scaling blended finance solutions nationwide.
Through this initiative, the partnership aims to strengthen Bangladesh’s CMSME financing ecosystem by enabling climate-resilient investments, improving access to capital, and supporting long-term economic resilience.
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