Following the Guarantee Facility signature with ProCredit Macedonia, EIF and the Government of the Republic of Macedonia marked the first deployment of this instrument in the country with a press event, led by Deputy PM Vladimir Pesevski. Read more
The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Crnogorska Komercijalna Banka (CKB), have signed a guarantee agreement to support Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Montenegro via a Guarantee Facility under the Western Balkans Enterprise Development and Innovation Facility (WB EDIF). Read more
With the investment ENEF will become an equity holder in EECF, the ultimate owner of Trgovački centar Max Stoja d.o.o., a limited liability company incorporated in Croatia for the purpose of the development and management of a state of the art retail and entertainment centre in Pula. Read more
The EIB has published its regular Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (CESEE) Bank Lending Survey. The link to the complete survey can be found below: Read more
Following the good results of the first round of financing of the WBEDIF Guarantee Facility, and with the endorsement of the Platform Adivisory Group (PAG), the instrument has been replenished with additional European Union funding. On 18 March 2016 the corresponding Call for Expression of Interest went live and the EIF shall begin receiving applications and selecting Financial Intermediaries to allocate funding to. Read more
On Dec 28, 2015 the second ENEF deal was signed – a EUR 2 million quasi-equity investment in Krajina Klas co-financed on pari passu basis by EBRD and ENEF. Read more
Please find below the new WBEDIF leaflet, available as pdf and in hard copy upon request to EIF (wbedif@eif.org). Our new leaflet incorporates more information on the Support Services and updated structures of the financial instruments. Read more
This survey, commissioned by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), includes two main components, which are The Public Opinion Barometer – a survey of public opinion of South East Europe (SEE) citizens, and the Business Opinion Barometer – a survey of business sentiment. Read more
Representatives from all WBEDIF partners, together with the Western Balkans Beneficiaries, met at the historic premises of the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance in Rome, on Monday 15 June 2015 to hold semi annual discussions on the strategic direction of the Platform
