Working with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

This event is now closed for registration. Please contact events@britishexpertise.org if you are interested in attending still.

If attending in person, please arrive from 14:45. The event will take place at 15:00-16:30, followed by networking lunch until 17:30.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) was established to help build a new, post-Cold War era in Central and Eastern Europe. It has since played a historic role and gained unique expertise in fostering change in the region - and beyond - investing more than €200 billion in over 7,500 projects. The EBRD is committed to furthering progress towards its guiding principle of ‘market-oriented economies and the promotion of private and entrepreneurial initiative’, and works to make economies more competitive, well-governed, green, inclusive, resilient and integrated.

This event will allow the EBRD to provide an update on the bank’s strategy and guidance on navigating its procurement processes, while also briefing attendees on the Bank’s infrastructure Project Preparation Facility and the current infrastructure project pipeline.

The EBRD is currently active in more than 30 economies from Central Europe to Central Asia and the southern and eastern Mediterranean, including the West Bank and Gaza. Since 2023 the bank has also been exploring incremental expansion of its operations to sub-Saharan Africa, with Benin, Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria granted recipient status earlier this year and Ghana, Kenya and Senegal also progressing through membership steps. Elsewhere, Iraq is en route to becoming a country of operation.

A paid‑in capital increase also took effect at the end of 2024, having been approved by governors in late 2023, bringing the Bank’s capital base to €34 billion to strengthen support for Ukraine’s economy and other priorities across its economies of operation.

Please note, in-person attendance is available for members only; if you are not a member and would like to attend virtually, please contact events@britishexpertise.org.