In March 2024, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Ukreximbank signed EBRD Unfunded Risk Sharind Facility Agreement to provide an unfunded portfolio risk-sharing instrument to Ukreximbank for new financing for the private sector in the amount of EUR 40 million in response to the war in Ukraine.
The facility is related to:
The EBRD’s facility could cover 50 percent of Ukreximbank’s credit risk on newly issued sub-loans worth EUR 40 million to private businesses operating in Ukraine in a primary sector of agriculture, farming and fishing and other sectors.
EaP SMEC component provides for eligible sub-borrowers the possibility to receive EU-funded technical assistance and investment incentives upon completion of their investment projects under the frames of EU4Business initiative.
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In June 2023, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Ukreximbank signed the Loan Agreement in the amount of USD 50 million to finance private and municipal companies operating in agricultural, municipal and other core economic sectors in Ukraine.
The loan was provided to Ukreximbank under the frames of EBRD’s Resilience and Livelihoods Framework, which has been established by EBRD in response to the war in Ukraine and endorsed by the Board of Directors on 9 March 2022.
The loan will both reinforce Ukreximbank’s lending capacity, helping it to secure and diversify its funding base, and provide financing support to private businesses (including small- and medium-sized enterprises, mid and large corporates) and to municipalities affected by the war, thus contributing to safeguarding their human and organisational capital.
On the basis of multi-year successful cooperation, on 10 December 2018, Joint Stock Company The State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development launched the Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises Financing Programme (Programme). The Programme was aimed at supporting the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Ukraine and was backed by funding by the European Union under the EU4Business Initiative.
Under the Programme Ukreximbank provided medium- and long-term financing in the national currency towards Ukrainian small business investment projects, with the particular accent on strengthening of the economic association with the EU.
The Programme also included the availability of qualified technical support by the European consulting and engineering companies and the possibility for sub-borrowers under the Programme to obtain investment grants from the European Union.
This document was produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.
Willing to broaden the possibilities to finance the customers’ external activity, Joint Stock Company the State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine (Ukreximbank) and The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the EBRD) signed sets of documents on Ukreximbank participation in the EBRD Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP).
The documents signed currently include:
Reference: The EBRD’s Trade Facilitation Programme promotes foreign trade with Eastern Europe and the CIS region. Through the programme, the EBRD provides guarantees to international confirming banks. The programme can guarantee any genuine trade transaction associated with exports from, or imports to, the EBRD’s countries of operations. More than 100 issuing banks in the region participate in the programme together with over 800 confirming banks globally.
More information available on http://www.ebrd.com/apply/trade/index.htm
In April 2007, the Bank and the EBRD signed a Loan agreement on Ukraine Energy Efficiency Programme (UKEEP) in the amount of USD 50 million to finance investment projects of private Ukrainian companies aimed at decreasing energy intensity and introducing modern technologies to improve their competitive positions.
The following types of sub-projects are eligible for financing within the Programme:
Under UKEEP, considerable attention is paid to environmental protection.
Following successful implementation of the Programme, in December 2008 the EBRD extended the Loan facility to Ukreximbank by additional USD 50 million, designated for sustainable energy sub-projects of private Ukrainian companies. Furthermore, in February 2012 Ukreximbank and the EBRD signed a Loan Agreement in the amount of USD 50 million to focus on further strengthening of joint support of sustainable energy projects of the Ukrainian private entities in SME sector.
