Turkiye: Turk Eximbank Earthquake Response Project (Component B of the previously Turkiye: Turk Eximbank Green Infrastructure Support and Earthquake Response Project) (AIIB-P000834)

Regions
  • Europe and Central Asia
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Turkiye
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
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Bank Risk Rating
FI
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Voting Date
Nov 22, 2023
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
Türkiye Ihracat Kredi Bankasi A.S. (Export Credit Bank of Türkiye/Turk Eximbank)
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Finance
  • Humanitarian Response
  • Industry and Trade
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Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 100.00 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.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 100.00 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.
Bank Documents
Corporate Actor Documents
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ AIIB website

Updated in EWS Dec 12, 2023

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Project Description
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As stated by the AIIB, the objective of the project is to restore and develop infrastructure and related facilities in the earthquake-affected provinces of Turkiye

The Project encompasses a sovereign-backed loan of USD100 million from AIIB to Turkiye Ihracat Kredi Bankasi A.S. (Export Credit Bank of Turkiye, or Turk Eximbank, or the Borrower), which serves as an emergency response to the earthquakes in 2023, to help restore and develop infrastructure and related facilities in the earthquake-affected provinces of Turkiye.

Early Warning System Project Analysis
For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

According to the AIIB, the Project will finance activities (i.e., restoration of basic infrastructure services and reconstruction of basic or resilient infrastructure) related to emergency response to the recent earthquakes. Activities included in AIIB's ESEL will not be eligible for financing. The project will further exclude any activities purposed for supporting the expansion of production, transportation, and use of oil and natural gas. Category A sub-project and higher risk Category B activities will be excluded. In addition, all sub-projects will be carefully screened against potential risk of land acquisition and involuntary resettlement risk under the E&S assessment model, and any sub-project that triggers ESS2 will be excluded.

Investment Description
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Financial Intermediary
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Private Actors Description
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Turk Eximbank is a government-owned bank established in 1987.

As stated on the company's website, Turk Eximbank conducts “International Credit and Guarantee” programs aimed at developing economic and political relations between Türkiye and other countries and “Credit Insurance” programs that cover export sector’s exposure against political and commercial risks, as well as “Export Credit” programs, which provide the export sector with low cost financing.


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AIIB Team Leader:

Huaixue Fu - Senior Investment Officer, Financial Institutions and Syndications
Email: huaixue.fu@aiib.org

Financial Intermediary -

Pinar Caliskan - Head of Funding
Email: pcaliskan@eximbank.gov.tr
Website: https://www.eximbank.gov.tr/
Phone: +90 (216) 666 55 00
Fax: +90 (216) 666 55 99
Address: Saray Mah. Ahmet Tevfik Ileri Cad. No:19 34768 Ümraniye / ISTANBUL

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

You can submit an information request for project information at: https://www.aiib.org/en/contact/information-request/index.html

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF AIIB

The AIIB has established the Accountability Mechanism for Project-Affected People (PPM). The PPM provides Òan opportunity for an independent and impartial review of submissions from Project-affected people who believe they have been or are likely to be adversely affected by AIIBÕs failure to implement the ESP in situations when their concerns cannot be addressed satisfactorily through Project level GRMs or AIIB Management processes.Ó Two or more project-affected people can file a complaint. Under the current AIIB policy, when the bank co-finances a project with another development bank, it may apply the other bank's standards. You can refer to the Project Summary Information document to find out which standards apply. You can learn more about the PPM and how to file a complaint at: https://www.aiib.org/en/about-aiib/who-we-are/project-affected-peoples-mechanism/how-we-assist-you/index.html

The complaint submission form can be accessed in Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Bengali, Chinese, English, Tagalog, Hindi, Nepali, Russian, Turkish, or Urdu. The submission form can be found at: https://www.aiib.org/en/about-aiib/who-we-are/project-affected-peoples-mechanism/submission/index.html

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