The EBRD will provide ProCredit Bank with a €70M guarantee for lending to Ukrainian businesses. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will provide guarantees for Ukrainian ProCredit Bank sufficient to support €70M in new lending for small and medium-sized enterprises. The EBRD gua... #ebrd #FinancialGuarantee #GreenTechnologies #LoansforBusiness #ProCreditBank #ukrainianbusiness
The EBRD predicts a slowdown in the Ukrainian economy’s growth. According to an EBRD forecast, Ukraine’s economy will grow by 3% in 2024 and by 6% in 2025. This pace is lower than the 5.3% rise in 2023 following a sharp drop in 2022 caused by the Russian inv... #ebrd #GDPinUkraine #UkraineEconomicForecast #UkraineEconomy #UkraineMaritimeCorridor
How big is the national debt, and how much do Ukrainians owe? According to the Ministry of Finance data, the state’s and state-guaranteed debt as of April 1, 2024, amounts to ₴5.9T ($149B). Since 2020, this amount has increased significantly, mostly due to the f... #ebrd #EIB #ExternalDebt #imf #ukrainedebt #UkraineDebtRepayment #UkraineEconomy #worldbank
The EBRD provides a guarantee to OTP Leasing to finance Ukrainian small and medium-sized enterprises. The guarantee will cover 50% of OTP Leasing’s new subleasing contracts with a total value of up to €80M. Financing will be provided in two tranches of €40M each, the first of which has already been co... #BusinessSupport #ebrd #investments #OTP #OTPleasing
Germany is preparing a new Human Capital Coalition with qualified personnel to ensure the reconstruction of Ukraine. German Development Minister Svenja Schulze said that due to the Russian war of aggression, approximately 11 million Ukrainians are either at the front, displaced within the country, or have been force... #ebrd #RebuildingUkraine #RepatriationInUkraine #SvenjaSchulze #UkraineRecovery #UNICEF
A US regional fund is offering Ukrainian entrepreneurs a $15,000 grant to scale up their processing businesses, and the EBRD will provide mentoring support to innovative startups. The Ministry of Economy and American Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF), whose portfolio is managed by investment company Horizon Capital, have agreed on a grant program for women engaged in busines... #BusinessInnovation #businessinukraine #ebrd #GrantsForBusiness #HorizonCapital #StarVenture #SupportBusiness #WNISEF
Canada will provide Ukraine $1.2B in military aid and a soft loan of $300M. Over five years, Canada will provide CAD 1.6B (about $1.2B) for various lethal and non-lethal military aid packages to Ukraine, according to a project contained within the budget that has been submitt... #CanadaAId #ebrd #imf #LoansForUkraine #MilitaryAidforUkraine #UkraineReconstruction
The EU will provide Ukraine with €3.4B in transition financing and allocate €121M for EBRD recapitalization to increase assistance to Ukraine. The EC has made the first €4.5B payment of transitional financing for Ukraine, and the next payment of €1.5B is planned for this month, subject to Ukraine’s compliance with all established conditions.... #ebrd #EUfinancialAid #UkraineFacility #UkraineRecovery #ValdisDombrovskis
The EBRD provides a €200M guarantee for business lending. The EBRD has provided Oschadbank with a limit for the portfolio mechanism for risk distribution of €50M. This will generate an additional €200M in new financing for Ukraine’s private sector. The EBRD ... #BusinessSupport #CreditRisk #ebrd #LendingInUkraine #LoansforBusiness #oschadbank
Ukraine’s partners provide tens of millions of euros in guarantees for Ukrainian business lending. The Polish bank BGK and Ukrainian Kredobank signed an addendum to an agreement. Kredobank will receive an additional €10M in EC guarantees for lending to Ukrainian entrepreneurs. These funds will incr... #BGK #ebrd #KredoBank #LendingProgram #LoansforBusiness #SupportBusiness
The EBRD plans to invest up to €10B in Ukraine over the next five years, said EBRD Vice President Jürgen Rigterink. He noted that the EBRD, responding to the crisis caused by the war, is focused on five main areas of Ukrainian support, spread between the private sector and... #ebrd #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #JürgenRigterink #SupportBusiness #SupportUkraine
Dragon Capital launched the first stage of an industrial park in the Lviv region – the World Bank has insured the investment. Investment company Dragon Capital put into operation the first phase of the M10 Lviv Industrial Park – a class A warehouse complex with an area of 14,400 square meters. The industrial park is lo... #DragonCapital #ebrd #IndustrialPark #investments #LvivIndustrialpark
The EBRD is ready to invest up to €15B in the Ukrainian economy but expects the continuation of reform efforts. During the Munich Security Conference, EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso said that since the start of the war against Ukraine, the EBRD has invested €3.8B in the Ukrainian economy. In the next five ye... #ebrd #InvestmentsinUkraine #MunichSecurityConference #OdileRenaudBasso #UkraineEconomy
Western aid to Ukraine exceeds the Marshall Plan. The head of the EBRD, Odile Renaud-Basso, in response to criticism, called the support of Ukraine from the West “huge” in terms of the share of support from GDP, and points out that it ove... #ebrd #EUbudget #financialaidforUkraine #OdileRenaudBasso #SupportUkraine #UkraineFacility
The EBRD invested €3.8B in Ukraine over two years, exceeding its target. In 2023, the EBRD directed a record amount of €2.1B to Ukraine, and in 2022 – €1.7B. The largest institutional investor in Ukraine, which significantly increased investment after the invasion of... #ebrd #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #UkraineReconstruction
The EBRD calls for continued financial support for Ukraine and will invest up to €15B. Ukraine needs financial and military support so that Kyiv does not return to printing money to keep its economy afloat, EBRD Chief Economist Beata Javorcik said. According to her, the economic situati... #BeataJavorcik #ebrd #financialaidforUkraine #SupportUkraine #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EBRD increases its capital by €4B to continue investment in Ukraine. The heads of the EBRD approved a resolution to increase the bank’s capital by €4B, bringing it to €34B. It is noted that the additional capital will be used to ensure stable investments in Ukrai... #ebrd #EBRDinvestments #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine
What kind of aid did Ukraine’s allies allocate last week? USAID is increasing the total funding of a grant program to support the innovative transformation and development of Ukrainian enterprises to $11M. About 75 grants will now be provided within the prog... #ebrd #financialaidforUkraine #GrantsforUkraine #KfW #UrsulavonderLeyen #USAID #worldbank
The EBRD will provide a €50M guarantee to a Ukrainian bank to support capital investments in technology and equipment modernization. Credit Agricole Ukraine signed a €50M risk sharing agreement with the EBRD as part of the Sustainability and Livelihoods program. The bank noted that this will allow it to support capital investments ... #CreditAgricole #ebrd #LoansforBusiness
The World Bank supplies$400M for the Ukrainian budget, and the EBRD provides €200M for gas purchases. The state budget of Ukraine received a $400M loan under Great Britain’s guarantee through the World Bank Trust Fund. The funds are part of the fifth financing round of the PEACE in Ukraine project. Th... #ebrd #LoansForUkraine #Naftogaz #PeaceInUkraine #UkraineBudget #worldbank
The EBRD is increasing its capital by €4B for the third time to invest in Ukraine. The Board of Directors of the EBRD recommended to the Bank’s managers to approve a capital increase of €4B to ensure investments in Ukraine, the bank reported. This is the first step to increase... #ebrd #EBRDinvestments #InvestmentsinUkraine
The UK will help the EBRD with war risk insurance for projects in Ukraine. The UK will participate in developing and implementing a pilot project by the EBRD to provide insurance against war risks in Ukraine. The EBRD project envisages creating a new fund to promote the deve... #ebrd #InsuranceUkraine #MIGA #MilitaryRiskInsurance
The EBRD names the key condition for providing Ukraine with financial support for its recovery by international donors. According to EBRD Director for Eastern Europe Matteo Patrone, state-owned enterprises will be the primary recipients of funding for recovery, so it is essential for Ukraine to complete its corporate g... #ebrd #financialaidforUkraine #MatteoPatrone #OECD #UkraineRecovery
The Russian Federation forced the EBRD to sell its stake in the Moscow Stock Exchange for 30% of its value. Russian Forbes reported that the EBRD sold its 5.3% stake in the Moscow Stock Exchange, receiving only a third of its market value – ₽7.28B ($76.3M), instead of ₽22.8B. The bank had to agree to ... #ebrd #MoscowStockExchange #SoftlineIT
Ukrainian agricultural holding will receive $480M in loans for debt refinancing and other needs. The IFC, EBRD, and DFC will provide Ukrainian agricultural holding MHP with $480M for debt refinancing and maintenance of current activities. As reported by the IFC, it will provide $30M for the moder... #agroUkraine #DFC #ebrd #ifc #MHPukraine
The EBRD wants to invest about €1.5B in Ukraine annually. For this purpose, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is working on a plan to increase its capital, EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso said. The bank said in May that it plans to ask s... #ebrd #InvestmentsinUkraine #OdileRenaudBasso #UkraineEconomy
The EBRD plans to increase support for Ukrainian businesses next year. As the Minister of Economy of Ukraine, Yulia Svyridenko, reported after the meeting with the President of the EBRD, Odile Renaud-Basso, the bank is ready to participate in financing the demining of ag... #ebrd #OdileRenaudBasso #SupportUkraine #ukrainianbusiness #YuliyaSvyridenko
The EBRD confirms its belief in moderate growth for Ukraine’s economy in 2023-2024. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has maintained its May growth forecast for Ukraine’s economy for 2023-2024. According to the bank, Ukraine’s GDP is expected to grow by... #ebrd #GDPinUkraine #InflationinUkraine #UkraineEconomy
The EBRD has given the Ukrainian state bank a €60M financing guarantee for Ukrainian business. PrivatBank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development have started cooperation on a risk-sharing program. As part of the program, Ukrainian entrepreneurs from critical industries will re... #ebrd #GrantsForBusiness #PrivatBank
The EBRD expands cooperation with Ukraine’s KredoBank. The EBRD is supporting food security and other critical industries in wartime Ukraine with a new risk-sharing agreement for KredoBank and opening a TFP limit for guarantees and cash advances to enhanc... #ebrd #financeUkraine #KredoBank
URC2023: Ukraine will receive $1.75B from the WB, €600M from the EBRD, and £62M from Britain for the newly created Energy Fund. Ukraine and the World Bank signed a new agreement on ways to attract $500M in credit financing under Britain’s guarantee. According to the head of the Ukrainian government, Denys Shmyhal, the funds wi... #ConferenceLondon2023 #DenysShmyhal #ebrd #energyukraine #InnovateUkraine #UkraineRecoveryConference
International banks will launch a mega-platform for investment in Ukraine. During URC2023, 19 international organizations led by the EBRD signed a memorandum on creating a platform for joint investments in Ukraine. The G7 development financing institutions agreed to develop ... #ConferenceLondon2023 #ebrd #EBRDinvestments #InvestmentsinUkraine #UkraineRecoveryConference
The EBRD predicts an increased flow of private investments in RES in Ukraine. However, the attractiveness of this sector of Ukraine’s economy will increase only after the war, said Harry Boyd-Carpenter, Managing Director of Climate Strategy and Delivery at the EBRD. He added t... #ebrd #EnergyInvestments #energyukraine #HarryBoydCarpenter #RenewableEnergyUkraine #UkraineNuclearEnergy
The EBRD will support several sectors of Ukraine’s economy. EBRD president Odile Renaud-Basso said that several memoranda and projects will be signed into effect this week at a conference on Ukraine’s restoration – designed to strengthen energy security and su... #ebrd #InvestmentsinUkraine #KakhovkaHPP #OdileRenaudBasso #UkraineEconomy
Ukrainian Railways has received €200M from the EBRD for infrastructure modernization and renewal of its rolling stock. The EBRD provided funds under state guarantees for implementing the Project of Extraordinary Support of the Ukrainian Railway. The money will be directed to the purchase of locomotives, upgrades for t... #ebrd #RailwaysInfrastructure #UkrainianRailways #UZmodernization
Norway and the Netherlands provided the EBRD with €170M to help Ukraine, but the bank has asked for more money. The bank reported that Norway had allocated NOK 1.5B to support the activities of the EBRD to strengthen energy security in Ukraine, the bank said. This grant continued Norway’s NOK 2B (€195M) g... #ebrd #financialaidforUkraine #GrantsforUkraine #SupportUkraine
The EBRD presents its forecast for the Ukrainian economy. According to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the growth forecast is at 1% this year and 3% in 2024, assuming the war continues throughout this period at the same intensity as at ... #ebrd #GDPinUkraine #InflationinUkraine #UkraineEconomy
The Ukrainian Investment Platform was launched in Tokyo under EBRD leadership. Development finance institutions (DFIs) of the Big Seven countries – JBIC and JICA (Japan), CDP (Italy), FinDev Canada (Canada), Proparco (France), DFC (USA), BII (Great Britain), DEG (Germany) ... #ebrd #G7 #UkraineInvest #UkraineInvestmentPlatform
The new Horizon Capital fund for investment in Ukraine has several participants. The American International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) invested $25M in the Horizon Capital Growth Fund IV (HCGF IV), which has raised $254M for Ukraine to date. French Ambassador to Ukraine... #DFC #ebrd #HorizonCapital #ifc #LennaKoszarny #UkraineInvestments
The EBRD and MIGA join forces in covering trade finance risk in Ukraine. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) have signed a landmark first co-financing agreement, under which MIGA will issue up ... #ebrd #HiroshiMatano #MIGA #OdileRenaudBasso
The EBRD significantly worsened the forecast for Ukraine’s economy. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development significantly worsened their forecast for Ukraine’s GDP growth in 2023 from the 8% forecast in September 2022 to 1%. EBRD analysts noted that... #ebrd #GDPUkraine #UkraineEconomy
Ukreximbank and the EBRD will launch a new lending program for farmers. State Export-Import Bank Ukreximbank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will launch a new lending program for farmers. According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, representati... #ebrd #LoansforFarmers #Ukreximbank
The EBRD and Mariupol plan to sign an agreement on the city’s revival. The bank reported that on November 17 in Warsaw, the EBRD and Mariupol will sign an agreement to support the city’s revitalization strategy. The EBRD will be responsible for quantifying the exte... #ebrd #InvestmentsinUkraine #MariupolRestoration
The EBRD has worsened Ukraine’s economic forecast for 2023. The EBRD maintained its May forecast for the Ukrainian economy’s decline in 2022 but lowered its projections for Ukraine’s economic growth next year. Earlier this year, the EBRD predicted the drop in... #ebrd #UkraineEconomicForecast
The EU guarantee supports the EBRD in loans to key Ukraine companies. The EBRD and the EU have further strengthened their cooperation in helping Ukraine during wartime. The European Commission committed to providing guarantees to support €70M of recent EBRD loans to Ukr... #ebrd #EBRDinUkraine
Ukrenergo has received the first €50M from the EBRD to increase liquidity. State company Ukrenergo has received the first €50M from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). It is provided under credit agreements to increase liquidity, and is planned to co... #ebrd #Kyivteploenerho #Ukrenergo #Ukrhydroenergo
The EBRD will bolster Ukraine’s energy security with up to €300M for Naftogaz. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will lend up to €300M to help Ukraine’s gas company Naftogaz compensate for the loss of natural gas production following the invasion of Uk... #ebrd #EBRDloan #ebrdukraine #Naftogaz
The EBRD lends €20M to Ukrainian pharmaceutical company Farmak. The EBRD is lending €20M to a leading Ukrainian pharmaceuticals manufacturer under its €2B Resilience and Livelihoods Framework, supporting countries affected by the war in Ukraine. The financing, wh... #ebrd #EBRDloan #Farmak #FarmaKukraine
The EBRD intends to invest $1B in Ukraine this year. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) plans to invest $1B in 2022 and is ready to finance Naftogaz, said Bank President Odile Reno-Basso. “We want to continue investing, an... #ebrd #EBRDinvestments #Naftogaz #Ukrenergo
Britain will provide financial guarantees for the EBRD loan to Ukrenergo. The UK government will provide financial guarantees for the EBRD loan, which Ukrenergo will use to ensure the company’s stable operation in wartime, stated British Minister of Finance Rishi Suna... #ebrd #EBRDloan #Ukrenergo
