Early Warning System

Countries

Morocco

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Financial Institutions

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.

Project Status

Proposed

Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.

Bank Risk Rating

Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."

Voting Date

Feb 12, 2025

Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.

Borrower

Banque Marocaine pour le Commerce et l'Industrie

A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.

Sectors

Finance

The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.

Investment Type(s)

Loan

The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.

Investment Amount (USD)

$ 34.24 million

Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported EUR 33,250,000.00
Converted using 2025-01-09 exchange rate.

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ EBRD website

Updated in EWS Feb 6, 2025

Disclosed by Bank Jan 9, 2025

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Project Description

If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the bank-provided information, the project involves the provision of a senior unsecured loan of up to EUR 35 million in favour of Banque Marocaine pour le Commerce et l'Industrie ("BMCI"), as part of a EUR 65m "GEFF +" Package (including also a EUR 30 million MidGEFF loan). Up to EUR 1.75 million is expected to be co-financed by the Green Climate Fund ("GCF") and a comprehensive incentive grants and technical assistance package will be funded by the European Union, as part of the Morocco Decarbonisation and Climate Resilience Programme ("MDCR"), as well as the GCF. The proceeds of the loan will be used by BMCI for on-lending to private companies to finance their climate change mitigation and adaptation investments in a gender-responsive way.

The project will promote a green economy in Morocco by supporting private sector Moroccan MSMEs and Midcaps implementing climate change adaptation and mitigation investments in a gender-responsive way. The project will specifically target, among other things: small-scale renewable energy, energy efficiency, green buildings, circular economy, climate adaptation investments (with a particular focus on water efficiency and sustainable land management), digitalisation and blue economy investments.

Investment Description

Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Private Actors Description

A Private Actor is a non-governmental body or entity that is the borrower or client of a development project, which can include corporations, private equity and banks. This describes the private actors and their roles in relation to the project, when private actor information is disclosed or has been further researched.

BMCI is a universal bank operating in Morocco since 1943.

BMCI is a 66.7% subsidiary of BNP Paribas, operating as a fully-fledged bank in Morocco. Other shareholders include AXA (8.9%), AtlantaSanad (8.4%) and a free float representing c. 16% of BMCI's shares.

Private Actor 1	Private Actor 1 Role	Private Actor 1 Sector	Relation	Private Actor 2	Private Actor 2 Role	Private Actor 2 Sector
-	-	-	-	Banque Marocaine pour le Commerce et l'Industrie	Client	Finance

Contact Information

This section aims to support the local communities and local CSO to get to know which stakeholders are involved in a project with their roles and responsibilities. If available, there may be a complaint office for the respective bank which operates independently to receive and determine violations in policy and practice. Independent Accountability Mechanisms receive and respond to complaints. Most Independent Accountability Mechanisms offer two functions for addressing complaints: dispute resolution and compliance review.

http://www.bmci.ma/
26 Place des Nations Unies, Casablanca, Morocco

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

You can request information by emailing: accessinfo@ebrd.com or by using this electronic form: https://www.ebrd.com/eform/information-request

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF EBRD

The Project Complaint Mechanism (PCM) is the independent complaint mechanism and fact-finding body for people who have been or are likely to be adversely affected by an European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)-financed project. If you submit a complaint to the PCM, it may assess compliance with EBRD's own policies and procedures to prevent harm to the environment or communities or it may assist you in resolving the problem that led to the complaint through a dialogue with those implementing the project. Additionally, the PCM has the authority to recommend a project be suspended in the event that harm is imminent.

You can contact the PCM at: pcm@ebrd.com or you can submit a complaint online using an online form at: http://www.ebrd.com/eform/pcm/complaint_form?language=en

You can learn more about the PCM and how to file a complaint at: http://www.ebrd.com/work-with-us/project-finance/project-complaint-mechanism.html