Addressing the Transport and Trade Logistics Challenges of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS): Samoa Conference and Beyond
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1 Ad Hoc Expert Meeting on Addressing the Transport and Trade Logistics Challenges of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS): Samoa Conference and Beyond 11 July 2014 Investment Facilities for the Caribbean and the Pacific Presentation by Ms. Christiane Leong Ho Yng Expert in charge of Infrastructures and Economic Services African, Caribbean Pacific Group of States (ACP) Brussels - BELGIUM This expert paper is reproduced by the UNCTAD secretariat in the form and language in which it has been received. The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the UNCTAD.
2 Investment Facilities for the Caribbean and the Pacific UNCTAD Ad Hoc Expert Meeting on «Addressing the Transport and Trade Logistics Challenges of SIDS: Samoa Conference and Beyond» Geneva, 11 July 2014 BLENDING FACILITIES Table of content 1. Key aspects of blending : raisons, objectives 2. Sectors coverded 3. Type of grant support 4. Governance structure 5. Facilities for the Caribbean and the Pacific 1
3 INFRASTRUCTURES SECTORS MASSIVE developmental challenges HEAVILY contrained public funds LEVERAGE EFFECT of grants to unclock additional financing OBJECTIVES OF BLENDING FINANCIAL: Increase financing by leveraging funding through the provision of initial financial ressources to the CIF and IFP NON-FINANCIAL: Improve project sustainability. More financial discipline & ownership 2
4 SECTORS COVERDED Transport (road, air and maritime) Energy Water and Sanitation Private sector growth (SME Support) ICT infrastructure Social service infrastructure (health care, education, improved vocational training facilities CLIMATE CHANGE WINDOWS CLIMATE CHANGE Cross cutting sector in the blending mechanims Additional ressources for climate change adaptation and mitigation, as well as transparent tracking of all climate change related projects funded by EU, EIB and other European Finance Institutions (EFI) 3
5 TYPES OF GRANT SUPPORT Direct Investment Technical Assistance Interest Rate Subsidy Risk Capital operations Loan guarentee cost financing TYPES OF GRANT SUPPORT Grant used as direct investment and interest rate subsidy decrease the investment cost for the beneficiary Technical Assistance can accelarate project and improve the quality, efficiency as well sustainability Risk capital (i.e. equity) could be used to support MSMEs Guarantee mechanisms aim at uncloking market financing for development that is held back by high risk perception 4
6 Technical body GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE Operational body Strategic body GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE 1. Technical body Role: screening of projects submitted for financing and discussions on these projects in order to prepare the decision of the operational Board (including grant amount and nature); preparation and screening of the provisional pipeline of projets Participants: Eligible FIs, EC/ DEVCO 5
7 GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE 2. Operational body Role: decision on provisional pipeline and on project eligible for financing, including by setting the amount of grant award Particpants: EC/DEVCO, EU Member States, eligible FIs as observers Goverance Structure 3. Strategic body Role: setting of strategies and priorities in accordance with the national strategies of partner countries Participants: EC DEVCO, EU Member States, eliglible FIs and partner countr participate as observers. 6
8 SUBMISSION OF PROJECTS Eligible Finance Institutions submit project proposals as Lead Financier Multilateral European Finance Institutions (e.g. EIB, EBRD ) European public national development finance institutions from EU Member States (e.g.afd, AECID,BIO, COFIDES, FINFUND, KfW, LUXDEV etc. Regional banks (CDB, IDB, ADB ) CARIBBEAN INVESTMENT FACILITY (CIF) Eligibility and Funding The CIF has been officially launched in March 2013 and is now fully operational, holding the potential to cover the needs in infrastructure investments of Caribbean ACP countries 15 Caribberan ACP countries directly eligible Funding: Euro 40 million from the 10th intra-acp envelop The EU Member States and the Partner countries, if appropriate, can create a «Trust Fund CIF» with voluntary contrubutions 7
9 INVESTMENT FACILITY FOR THE PACIFIC (IFP) The IFP is now fully operations, holding the potential to cover the needs in infrastructure investments of Pacific ACP countries 14 Pacific ACP countries directly eligible Funding : Euro 10 million from the 10th EDF intra- ACP envelop For more information CIF Secretariat DG for Development and Cooperation EuropeAid Unit «Financial Instrument»,DEVCO/C3 L-41 02/141 B-1049 Brussels, Belgium Mailbox: EuropeAid-CIF@ec.europa.eu Website: IFP Secretariat DG for Development and Cooperation EuropeAid Unit «Financial Instrument»,DEVCO/C3 L-41 02/141 B-1049 Brussels, Belgium Mailbox: EuropeAid-IFP@ec.europe.eu Website: 8
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11 Thank you for your attention ACP Secretariat 10
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