Rastislav Podhorec, CEO of Eximabank, and Matúš Šársky, Eximabank’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).
Eximbank’s project portfolio has successfully passed the first round of EC approval.
This is a unique project in the history of Eximbank. If the application is successfully assessed in the second round of approval, it will be the first project of the so-called delegated management of European budgetary funds.
In practice, this means that Eximbank will carry out transactions that are directly linked to the European Commission’s budgetary resources (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 Knowledge Economy on this project to provide Slovak entrepreneurs with the opportunity to participate in Ukraine’s recovery.