The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved its Strategic and Capital Framework (SCF) for the next five years, demonstrating strong and continued support for Ukraine.
The EBRD’s central strategic objective for the 2026–2030 period is to provide exceptional support to Ukraine—sustaining livelihoods during wartime and contributing to the country's prosperous future within Europe as it undergoes reconstruction.
Governors agreed at the end of 2023 to increase the Bank’s paid-in capital by €4 billion to provide significant and sustained investment for Ukraine and help support the EBRD’s priorities wherever it operates.
The Bank has deployed more than €7 billion in Ukraine since the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022 and the new capital will have a multiplier effect which will further increase available investment.
"Delivering on the capital-increase commitments to Ukraine is the EBRD’s highest medium-term priority and a yardstick by which it will be judged. The EBRD will also increase its support to other countries of operation in response to both long-term transition needs and the continuing disruption and displacement resulting from the war in Ukraine," - the Bank said in its statement.
During the new SCF’s five-year period and without reducing its existing commitments, the Bank will also become fully operational in new countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Iraq.
“The Bank enters the next SCF period from a position of strength. This enables us to be even more ambitious for the impact and delivery we strive to achieve, not least in supporting Ukraine, which will continue to be our top priority,” - stated the EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso speaking about Bank's strategic approach for the next five years.
The new SCF identifies three core themes for its activities:
Accelerating the green transition.
Advancing economic governance.
Promoting human capital and equality of opportunity for all.
It also aims to maximise the Bank’s impact through two strategic enablers:
Developing and deploying digital technology.
Mobilising more private capital.
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At least 20 people were killed and more than 50 injured after a suicide bomber attacked a church in central Damascus, Syria’s capital, on Sunday, officials confirmed.
U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities have drawn calls for restraint and diplomacy from global leaders, including British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
Israel is nearing its objective of eliminating Iran’s ballistic missile and nuclear capabilities, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, vowing to continue the campaign until those threats are neutralised.
The U.N. Security Council met on Sunday after U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, as Russia, China and Pakistan proposed a resolution urging an immediate Middle East ceasefire, raising tensions over the legality and fallout of Western military action.
The U.S. maintains a broad military presence across the Middle East, reflecting long-standing strategic interests and evolving regional dynamics.
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