Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 29 April 2026 - The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group has reached a major strategic milestone with the approval of Five-Year Corporate Strategies for 2026-2030 for the Bank and each of the Group’s affiliates, translating long-term vision into a concrete medium-term agenda for action.

The strategies were approved on 26-27 April 2026 by the IsDB Board of Executive Directors and the respective Boards of Directors of the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit, the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector, and the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation.

They represent the first implementation cycle under the IsDB Group Ten-Year Strategic Framework 2026-2035, approved by the Bank’s Board of Governors and the affiliates’ General Assemblies at the 2025 Annual Meetings in Algiers. They carry forward the direction established by the “In Riyadh at Fifty” Declaration adopted at the 2024 IsDB Group Annual Meetings in Riyadh, marking IsDB’s 50th Anniversary.

Interconnected through a new strategic architecture—marking the launch of the New IsDB Group Model—the strategies are designed to strengthen delivery, deepen coherence, and enhance development impact across the Group, while preserving institutional ownership.

They chart a clearer path for supporting member countries and Muslim communities in a rapidly shifting development landscape—with a sharper focus on country responsiveness, more effective delivery, broader mobilization of finance and partnerships, and a more coherent deployment of complementary capabilities across the Group.

“The approval of the Five-Year Corporate Strategies marks a defining moment in the IsDB Group’s journey to translate strategic vision into disciplined implementation. It reflects our shared commitment to serving our member countries with greater focus, excellence, and coherence. These strategies are designed to strengthen impact, improve delivery, and better serve our member countries and communities,” said H.E. Dr. Muhammad Al Jasser, Chairman of the IsDB Group.

Anchored in the Chairman’s three guiding principles — “Deliver at Scale,” “Deliver with Excellence,” and “Deliver as One” — the strategies prioritize:

• Scaling development delivery
• Improving operational performance
• Strengthening portfolio health
• Deepening partnership-based mobilization
• Reinforcing Group-wide coordination—while remaining firmly grounded in prudence and financial sustainability

The IsDB Institute’s Strategy, approved as part of the Bank’s Five-Year Corporate Strategy, reinforces its role as the Group’s knowledge and advisory arm in Islamic economics and finance, with stronger emphasis on upstream engagement, technical assistance, knowledge adoption, and the integration of Islamic finance solutions into broader Group programming.

The strategies were developed through an extensive process drawing on strategic diagnostics, institutional assessments, financial analysis, member country and stakeholder consultations, and broad engagement with management and technical teams across the Group.

The approval paves the way for the operationalization phase, which will include organizational alignment, the elaboration of thematic and sectoral strategies, country engagement approaches, results systems—including a Group-level results management framework—and phased workplans for the 2026-2030 cycle.

The IsDB Group’s Five-Year Corporate Strategies lay the foundation for a more focused, more effective, and more coherent model of development partnership in the years ahead.