Rastislav Podhorec, CEO of Eximbanka, and Matúš Šársky, Eximbanka’s Director of International Relations, attended a series of technical and high-level meetings with the European Commission in Brussels last week.

One of the main topics was Eximbank’s involvement in the European Commission’s (EC) Ukraine Investment Framework (UIF). Eximbanka’s project portfolio successfully passed the first round of approval within the EC.

This is a unique project in the history of Eximbanka. If the application is also successfully assessed in the second round of approval, it will be the first project of the so-called delegated management of European funds.

In practice, this means that Eximbanka will carry out transactions that are directly linked to the budgetary resources of the European Commission (budget guarantees and grants). Eximbanka can engage in this form of cooperation with the Commission thanks to the Pillar Assessment authorisation.

We are working intensively with SAMRS and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for the Recovery Plan and the Knowledge Economy on this project in order to provide Slovak entrepreneurs with the opportunity to participate in the reconstruction of Ukraine.

Source: Eximbanka

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