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Donors and the EBRD

EBRD donor programmes are funded by governments and international institutions. Donor contributions for EBRD projects cover essential costs of projects such as consultancy services, audits and training of staff. These costs are often unaffordable for clients to cover on their own. From 1991 to the end of 2010, donors have contributed €2.9 billion to fund EBRD projects.

Donor funding helps the EBRD to address the challenges facing the transition countries. Funding ranges from agreements with single donors for specific projects to programme-wide arrangements involving multiple contributors. The Bank deploys donor funds in the following ways.

Technical cooperation (TC) for:

  • consultancy services for feasibility studies as part of EBRD project preparation
  • institutional reform
  • procurement and project management assistance during project implementation
  • energy audits
  • the TurnAround Management (TAM) and Business Advisory Services (BAS) Programme
  • the development of management skills
  • legal advice to improve legislation and corporate governance, and to develop the regulatory framework.

Investment grants

Investment grants are an alternative source of funding for projects for which the use of loan financing may be limited. Grants are particularly effective for infrastructure and energy projects in poorer countries and regions with limited finances and in heavily indebted countries subject to borrowing constraints. In 2010 investment grants worth €290 million supported Bank projects, including €35 million in concessional loans provided by the Clean Technology Fund (CIF) in support of the Sustainable Energy Initiative.

Performance fees and incentives

These represent incentive payments made to financial institutions under finance facilities supported by the European Union and other donors. Performance fees have focused mainly on programmes providing finance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), infrastructure improvements and energy efficiency.

Risk-sharing facilities

Grant support to risk-sharing facilities underpins the work of the EBRD’s Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP) which promotes trade in the Bank’s countries of operations. Donor contributions provide guarantees to international banks and factoring companies.

For example, the governments of Austria, Germany (through Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau – KfW), the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and Taipei China (through TaiwanICDF) have supported TFP activity in the Bank’s countries of operations.

Last updated 8 June 2011

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