Soft loans continue to be exclusively offered and processed by Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG (OeKB) in Austria.
Instruments
The instruments supplied by OeEB do not necessarily need to be tied to Austrian domestic content. Any company, may it be a supplier or investor, from either an industrialised or developing country is eligible for being considered as customer.
The crucial criterion is the project's proven development impact. In particular, this refers to a project's contribution to poverty reduction, to higher employment levels, to know-how transfer or to sustainable development.
In the light of this objective, OeEB employs two major instruments for the realisation of its projects
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Financing Products, i.e. investment loans and equity projects
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Project-supporting measures, so-called Advisory Programmes
For the purpose of supporting these projects, OeEB makes use of a range of financing instruments, including the support of new ventures (e.g. start-ups), as well as the refurbishment or the expansion of investments. However brand-new technologies or technologies without a proven track record do not qualify.
Working with experts
A decisive prerequisite for an involvement of OeEB is the proven track record of a project promoter in the respective sector or else the cooperation with a well-established project partner with international experience and a high level of expertise in the sector under consideration. The specific features of the individual instruments employed are individually aligned to the specific requirements of the project in question.