Key Facts

• A project finance institution to promote market economies
• Invests in 34 countries, from Central Europe to Central Asia
• Owned by 64 countries, the EU and the EIB
• Capital base: €20 billion
• Cumulative investments 1991-2011:  €71.1 billion in 3,374 projects

More facts about the EBRD...

• The EBRD is the only transition bank in the world
• The EBRD is the first international financial institution of the post Cold War period.
• The EBRD is the world’s newest multilateral development bank
• The EBRD is the only IFI with an environmental mandate
• The EBRD began with eight countries of operations – today it has 30.
• Since it was created in 1991, the EBRD has now invested a total of over €71 billion on its own and a total of over €210 billion together with other public and private co-financiers. (as of 2011)
• In 1991, the EBRD had 301 staff representing 33 nationalities. Today, the EBRD has 1,492 staff representing 58 of the 64 Bank’s member countries.
• The EBRD has a capital base of €20 billion
• The EBRD itself became a source of donor funding through the Shareholder Special Fund (SSF), established in May 2008.
• The EBRD has a network of 36 offices in 29 countries. More than half our bankers are based in the region.

Last updated 18 December 2012