VISP - UZ Liquidity Facility

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Overview

The provision of a senior loan up to € 150 million to provide emergency liquidity support to PJSC "Ukrainian Railways" (the "Company", "UZ"), an existing client of the Bank, in order to mitigate the effect of the COVID-19 crisis (the "Project" or the "Facility"). The Facility will be secured by a pledge over the Company's existing rolling stock. The Project is presented as part of the Vital Infrastructure Support Programme ("VISP") under the EBRD's Solidarity Package 2.0.

Project ID 52208

Status Cancelled

Location

Ukraine

Business Sector

Transport

Notice Type

State

Company Contact Information

Mr. Andriy Fedoseev, Acting Investment Policy Director
fedoseev@uz.gov.ua
+38044 4651401
www.uz.gov.ua
5 Tverska Yezhy Giedroytsya) St., Kyiv, 03150, Ukraine

Project ID 52208

Status Cancelled

Location

Ukraine

Business Sector

Transport

Notice Type

State

Approval Date

08 Jul 2020

Disclosure date

22 May 2020

Project description

Project objectives

The proceeds of the loan will finance emergency liquidity support to provide UZ with working capital needed for its operations.

Transition impact

ETI Score:65

Primary Quality - Resilient: The operation is part of the Bank's COVID-19 Solidarity Package and is presented under the VISP. The Bank's loan will be used to support the immediate working capital needs of the Company, ensuring the Company's logistical operations capacity is adequately preserved throughout and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.

Secondary Quality - Competitive: The project will support wider rail sector governance reforms through the implementation of the Corporate Governance Action Plan (CGAP) for UZ's subsidiaries under the Regional Programme for Improving Corporate Governance in Selected the EBRD Investee Companies and Banks, development of a stand-alone anti-corruption action plan and its implementation, introduction of procurement certification.

Client information

UKRAINIAN RAILWAYS PJSC

Ukrainian Railways PJSC is a vertically-integrated railway company fully owned by the Govrenment of Ukraine. The Company was established as a public joint stock company in October 2015, via reorganisation of the former State Administration for Railway Transport of Ukraine, as part of the ongoing railway sector reform.

EBRD Finance Summary

EUR 150,000,000.00

Total project cost

EUR 150,000,000.00

Additionality

Financing structure: Crisis response - the EBRD financing is provided under extraordinary circumstanses of the COVID-19 crisis and effectively bridges a liquidity gap due to adverse market conditions. Public sector - the EBRD investment is needed to close the funding gap complementing other sources, such as from IFIs, government, commercial banks.

Environmental & Social Summary

Categorised B (2019 ESP). The provision of short-term working capital is not associated with any new environmental or social risks or impacts. Due diligence for this transaction will comprise a review of the company's annual report, its corporate environmental protection plan and progress with implementation of the environmental and social action plan (ESAP) for the Bank's previous projects. This solidarity loan does not require additional monitoring or reporting. EBRD will continue to monitor UZ's environmental and social performance via reporting for the previous transactions.

Technical Cooperation and Grant Financing

TC 1 - Preparation of an Anti-Corruption Action Plan and support to the Company with its implementation.

TC 2 - CGAP for the Company's subsidiaries under the Regional Programme for Improving Corporate Governance in Selected EBRD Investee Companies and Banks.

Company Contact Information

Mr. Andriy Fedoseev, Acting Investment Policy Director
fedoseev@uz.gov.ua
+38044 4651401
www.uz.gov.ua
5 Tverska Yezhy Giedroytsya) St., Kyiv, 03150, Ukraine

PSD last updated

22 May 2020

Understanding transition

Further information regarding the EBRD’s approach to measuring transition impact is available here.

Business opportunities

For business opportunities or procurement, contact the client company.

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Email: projectenquiries@ebrd.com

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Tel: +44 20 7338 6794
Email: procurement@ebrd.com

General enquiries

Specific enquiries can be made using the EBRD Enquiries form.

Environmental and Social Policy (ESP)

The ESP and its associated Environmental and Social Requirements (ESRs) set out the ways in which the EBRD implements its commitment to promoting “environmentally sound and sustainable development”. The ESP and the ESRs include specific provisions for clients to comply with the applicable requirements of national laws on public information and consultation, and to establish a grievance mechanism to receive and facilitate resolution of stakeholders’ concerns and grievances, in particular, about the environmental and social (E&S) performance of the client and the project. Proportionate to the nature and scale of a project’s environmental and social risks and impacts, the EBRD also requires its clients to disclose information, as appropriate, about the risks and impacts of projects or to undertake meaningful consultation with stakeholders and consider and respond to their feedback.

More information on the EBRD’s practices in this regard is set out in the ESP.

Integrity and compliance

The EBRD's Office of the Chief Compliance Officer (OCCO) promotes good governance and ensures that the highest standards of integrity are applied to all of the Bank's activities in accordance with international best practice. Integrity due diligence is conducted on all Bank clients to ensure that projects do not present unacceptable integrity or reputational risks to the Bank. The EBRD believes that identifying and resolving issues in the project assessment and approval stages is the most effective means of ensuring the integrity of Bank transactions. OCCO plays a key role in these protective efforts andhelps to monitor integrity risks in projects post-investment.

OCCO is further responsible for investigating allegations of fraud, corruption and misconduct in EBRD-financed projects. Anyone, either within or outside the Bank, who suspects fraud or corruption should submit a written report to the Chief Compliance Officer by email to compliance@ebrd.com. OCCO will follow-up all matters reported. It will review all matters reported. Reports can be made in any language of the Bank or of the Bank's countries of operation. The information provided must be made in good faith.

Access to Information Policy (AIP)

The AIP, which entered into force on 1 January 2025, sets out how the EBRD discloses information and consults with its stakeholders to promote better awareness and understanding of its strategies, policies and operations. Please visit the Access to Information Policy page to find out what information is available from the EBRD website.

Specific requests for information can be made using the EBRD enquiries form.

Independent Project Accountability Mechanism (IPAM)

If efforts to address environmental, social or public disclosure concerns with the Client or the Bank are unsuccessful (for example, through the client’s project-level grievance mechanism or through direct engagement with Bank management), individuals and organisations may seek to address their concerns through the EBRD’s Independent Project Accountability Mechanism (IPAM).

IPAM independently reviews project issues that are believed to have caused (or to be likely to cause) harm. The purpose of the mechanism is: to support dialogue between project stakeholders to resolve environmental, social and public disclosure issues; to determine whether the Bank has complied with its Environmental and Social Policy or the project-specific provisions of its Access to Information Policy; and where applicable, to address any existing non-compliance with these policies, while preventing future non-compliance by the Bank.

Please visit the Independent Project Accountability Mechanism webpage to find out more about IPAM and its mandate and how to submit a Request for review. Alternatively, contact IPAM by email at ipam@ebrd.com for guidance and more information on IPAM and how to submit a request.

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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VISP - UZ Liquidity Facility

Overview

Company Contact Information

Project description

Project objectives

Transition impact

Client information

EBRD Finance Summary

Total project cost

Additionality

Environmental & Social Summary

Technical Cooperation and Grant Financing

Company Contact Information

PSD last updated

Understanding transition

Business opportunities

General enquiries

Environmental and Social Policy (ESP)

Integrity and compliance

Access to Information Policy (AIP)

Independent Project Accountability Mechanism (IPAM)