OeEB focuses on core tasks, namely the identification, structuring, evaluation and implementation of development finance projects. A high-performing network of partners is thus of overriding importance for the entire span of all project stages.
Beyond the extensive involvement by the local Coordination Offices of the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), as well as the Foreign Trade Offices of the Austrian Federal Chamber of Commerce (WKO), OeEB cooperates closely with both bilateral and multilateral international financial entities, such as the World Bank Group, IFC, EBRD, ADB, AfDB, EIB, KfW, AFD and others.
An especially important partner is EDFI, the association of European Development Finance Institutions. This Brussels-based group of international, bilateral development entities, provides long-term finance for private sector enterprises in developing and reforming economies. EDFI members are instrumental in supporting companies in their investments in developing countries, offering venture capital, long-term loans or guarantees.
An extensive exchange of information and an active cooperation on specific projects is carried out with the following institutions:
- AfDB - African Development Bank (Co-operation agreement signed in June 2008; aiming for joint support of commercially self-sustaining projects, primarily originating from the private sector from both enterprises and financial institutions in developing countries).
www.afdb.org
- BSTDB - Black Sea Trade Development Bank (Supporting economic development and regional cooperation by providing trade and project financing, guarantees, and equity for development projects, supporting both public and private enterprises in BSTDB’s member countries in the Black Sea Region).
www.bstdb.org
- EU Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund (Member of Project Finance Group. Transnational and regional infrastructure projects in Sub-Saharan Africa with special focus in the sectors of energy, water management, transport and telecommunication ).
EU Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund
- NIF - Neighbourhood Investment Facility (Promotion of construction in transport and energy infrastructure interconnections between the EU and its neighboring countries. Focus areas: energy, transport and environment sectors, as well as SME development and social sector projects).
NIF
- Practitioners' Network for European Development Cooperation.
www.dev-practitioners.eu