Webinar | 2026 AIIB Business Outreach Webinar: Procurement Framework and Opportunities

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a multilateral development bank established in 2016 to finance infrastructure and productive sectors for sustainable economic development. Evolving from 57 founding members, the Bank currently comprises 111 member economies, including 106 full members and 5 prospective members. As of September 2026, AIIB has committed over US$76 billion across 388 projects spanning 42 economies worldwide, building a robust project pipeline with growing procurement opportunities.

Focused on sustainable infrastructure investment, AIIB partners with public- and private‑sector clients to deliver high‑quality projects that advance connectivity, sustainability, innovation, and inclusive growth. According to the Bank’s 2025 Annual Operational Procurement Report, between 2016 and 2025, AIIB‑financed projects generated more than 16,450 signed contracts worth US$26.6 billion, with transport, energy and water sectors accounting for the largest share of procurement value. Open competition accounted for 94.3% of total signed contract value, reflecting AIIB’s commitment to fairness, transparency and value for money. Under international open competition, the Bank’s preferred procurement method for high‑value contracts, domestic firms captured 61.1% of total signed contract value over this period, demonstrating strong economic benefits for recipient economies.

DevelopmentAid, in collaboration with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, invites contractors, suppliers, consulting firms, business communities and individual consultants to join the “2026 AIIB Business Outreach Webinar: Procurement Framework and Opportunities”, which will take place on Thursday, October 29, at 1 PM (Brussels Time) / 8 pm (Beijing Time) / 8 AM (Washington DC Time).

Key takeaways

• Get an overview of AIIB’s investment portfolio and project pipeline for North and West Asia
• Explore AIIB’s Procurement Framework and procurement project cycle
• Familiarize yourself with practical insights into AIIB’s procurement procedures and qualification requirements
• Gain practical insights to identify and participate in AIIB‑funded tender opportunities
• Interact directly with AIIB subject‑matter experts in the Q&A session

Speakers

Jiangbo Ning, Senior Portfolio Officer, Public Sector Clients Department, Region 2

Jiangbo is a Senior Portfolio Officer in the Public Sector Clients Department, Region 2 (PSC2), at the AIIB in Beijing. He helps oversee the preparation and implementation of AIIB’s sovereign infrastructure portfolio across North, Central, West and South Asia and the Middle East, covering transport, water, energy and urban development. He regularly leads project preparation and implementation support missions, working closely with government clients, project management offices, contractors and consultants to keep projects on track, resolve procurement and disbursement bottlenecks, and deliver results on the ground.
Before joining AIIB, Jiangbo spent fourteen years at the Asian Development Bank as a transport specialist and later as Deputy Director of its Bangladesh Resident Mission. He has also worked at the World Bank, in international consulting and in government departments in China. Drawing on more than two decades on the lending side of multilateral development banks, he has deep practical insight into how MDB project pipelines translate into concrete business opportunities for contractors, consultants and suppliers.

Chitambala John Sikazwe, Senior Procurement Specialist, Sustainability and Fiduciary Solutions Department

Chitambala is a Senior Procurement Specialist at AIIB and has qualifications in Civil Engineering and Project Management. He has over 25 years’ experience, including in the commercial water utility sector; managing demand-led infrastructure development; leading transport infrastructure procurements; and in development finance, supporting project management teams and governments to achieve development outcomes through suitable project procurement strategies and resilient national procurement systems.

His skills include infrastructure planning; engineering and design; project appraisal, design, and costing; project, Procurement, and Contract Management; and risk identification, mitigation, and management.

Yorkin Alimov, Senior Procurement Specialist, Sustainability and Fiduciary Solutions Department

Yorkin is a Senior Procurement Specialist at AIIB, based in Beijing. He oversees procurement across the full project lifecycle for AIIB-financed sovereign and non-sovereign operations, covering the energy, transport, water, education, health, and urban and rural infrastructure sectors.

In this role, Mr. Alimov supports AIIB clients in developing effective project delivery and procurement strategies, conducting country and project procurement risk assessments, and providing capacity-building support to implementing agencies and project staff.

Before joining AIIB in 2025, he served for eight years as a Senior Procurement Specialist at the Asian Development Bank, based in Uzbekistan. He has over 20 years of experience in procurement, contract management, project management, and business development across both the public and private sectors.
Mr. Alimov holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA).

Host

Ion Ilasco, External Relations & Events at DevelopmentAid

 

 

 

You can familiarize yourself with AIIB’s project procurement here.