EXPORT & CREDIT BANK - SME CREDIT LINE

Overview
Project Summary Document
Environmental and Social Documentation
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Project ID 34990

Status Complete

Location

Business Sector

Financial Institutions

Notice Type

Private

Project timeline

Exploratory
Passed Concept Review
Passed Structure Review
Passed Final Review
Board Approved
Signed
Implementing
Completed

Project ID 34990

Status Complete

Location

Business Sector

Financial Institutions

Notice Type

Private

Environmental Category

Approval Date

07 Dec 2004

Disclosure date

14 Sep 2004

As per section 1.4.2 (iii) of the Directive on Access to Information: "For Projects approved by Bank management where the Board of Directors has delegated the approval authority, the PSD shall be disclosed at the start of the relevant no-objection notification period to a member country of the Bank in accordance with Article 13 (iii) of the Agreement Establishing the EBRD."

Project Description

The proposed project will provide € 5 million medium-term funding to Export & Credit Bank (ECB) for on-lending to private small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Loan proceeds will be used to finance capital expenditure programmes and related working capital needs.

The project will support ECB’s further growth and market establishment as a bank dedicated to SMEs.

Transition Impact

The project will provide medium term funding for private SMEs, which is limited due to the predominantly short-term deposit base in the country.

The main transition challenge for the project is to increase the financial intermediation which is still very low.

The Client

Export & Credit Bank is a private universal commercial bank registered as a joint stock company under the laws of FYR Macedonia. ECB’s strategic focus is on micro and SMEs.

The EBRD is ECB’s largest shareholder, holding 24% of the voting capital.

EBRD Finance

SME credit line of € 5 million with up to five years maturity.

The credit line will be on-lent to private SMEs across various sectors of economy, including production and manufacturing, services, wholesale and trade.

Project Cost

€ 5 million.

Environmental Impact

ECB will continue to comply with EBRD’s Environmental Procedures for Local Banks. In implementing these procedures, ECB will require its borrowers to comply, at a minimum, with the national health, safety, environmental requirements.

ECB will also continue to adhere to EBRD’s Environmental Exclusion and Referral Lists and will continue to submit to EBRD annual environmental, health and safety report. In addition, ECB is required to comply with relevant national employment laws and standards and Conventions of the International Labour Organisation related to the employment of children and young people, discrimination at work, and forced labour.

Technical Cooperation

Export & Credit Bank has already benefited from three technical cooperation projects with the EBRD:

1. Strategy Expert funded by the Balkan Region Special Fund

2. Retail Expert funded by the Balkan Region Special Fund

3. Director for Business Development funded by the FYR Macedonian Financial Sector Fund.

No new technical cooperation is envisaged for the proposed project.

Company Contact

Elena Urumovska, Associate Banker,
EBRD Skopje Resident Office

Tel: + 389 23 297 804
E-mail: urumovse@ebrd.com

Transition impact

ETI Score:35

PSD last updated

01 Feb 2019

Business opportunities

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Public Information Policy (PIP)

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Text of the PIP

Environmental and Social Documentation is not available for this project.

Selected procurement notices related to this project may be shown below. Further procurement opportunities related to this and other projects, if available, maybe be viewed in the EBRD Procurement Portal.

The EBRD's Environmental and Social Policy (ESP), Access to Information policy (AIP) and Project Accountability Policy (PAP) enable sound and sustainable development in its projects. The Independent Project Accountability Mechanism (IPAM) deals with complaints about environmental, social and disclosure matters related to the Bank’s investments.

No complaints about this project have been made so far.

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