On 25 November 2025, the OECD published an evaluation report on development cooperation in Slovakia. On this occasion, the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic hosted an expert panel discussion on Leveraging Opportunities and Increasing Impact: Slovakia’s Engagement and Coordination in EU and International Development Finance.
The discussion was moderated by Zulf Hyatt-Khan, Vice-Chairman of the Council of Slovak Exporters. Among the guests were H.E. Carsten Staur (Chairman of the OECD Development Assistance Committee), Marek Csabay (Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs), Jakub Šimek (SAMRS) and Matúš Šársky, Director of International Relations of Eximbanka.
In his speech, he emphasized that, given the current global challenges, it is essential to link support for the competitiveness of Slovak exporters with projects that have a development dimension. The involvement of the business sector in development cooperation is now a global trend – and at the same time the only realistic way for Slovakia to move forward in achieving its OECD membership commitment to invest 0.33% of its GNI in official development assistance.
Eximbanka acts as the “voice” of entrepreneurs in policy-making in domestic and international fora and as a stable part of the Slovak ecosystem of instruments for business engagement in ODA. Together with SAMRS, we are also authorized to implement European Union development instruments that can significantly support the participation of Slovak companies in development projects.