FIF - Garanti DPR - Cyprus MSMEs (EBRD-48670)

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
  • 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
Completed
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
U
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
Jul 20, 2016
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
Turkiye Garanti Bankasi AS
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)
$ 5.51 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 5 million (in USD equivalent)
Converted using 2016-07-20 exchange rate.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 5.51 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 5 million
Converted using 2016-07-20 exchange rate.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 5.51 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 5
Converted using 2016-07-20 exchange rate.
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ EBRD website

Updated in EWS Jun 18, 2024

Disclosed by Bank Jan 3, 2017

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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 EBRD website, the EBRD is providing EUR 5 million to Turkiye Garanti Bankas A. under the Financial Intermediaries Framework. The financing will be a part of EBRD`s investment of EUR 55 million in rated notes issued under Garanti`s existing Diversified Payment Rights programme. EBRD's notes are backed by specifically defined foreign currency denominated payment orders of Garanti. It will be used to finance eligible MSMEs operating in the northern part of Cyprus.The facility will effectively leverage Garanti's geographic scope to extend financing to EBRD's priority regions within the MSME segment. 

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.

The EBRD categorized the project risk as 'FI'.

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.
Financial Intermediary
A financial intermediary is a bank or financial institution that receives funds from a development bank. A financial intermediary then lends these funds to their clients (private actors) in the form of loans, bonds, guarantees and equity shares. Financial intermediaries include insurance, pension and equity funds. The direct financial relationship is between the development bank and the financial intermediary.
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.

As stated by the EBRD, Garantibank, listed on Borsa Istanbul, is the third-largest bank in Turkey (by assets) and the second largest privately-owned bank. Garanti is rated BB (stable) / BBB (negative) / Ba2 (stable) by S&P, Fitch and Moody's. Garanti is a universal bank and serves 13.8 million customers in the corporate, commercial, MSME and consumer segments, offering fully integrated financial services through its domestic and foreign branches.


Contact Information
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Project Contact: Gencay Gedik
Email Address: gencayge@garanti.com.tr
Telephone No.: 0090 212 318 17 33, 0090 212 216 62 17
Website: www.garanti.com.tr
Office Address: Levent, Nispetiye Mah. Aytar Cad. No:2 34340 Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey

General enquiries to EBRD: 
Telephone No.: +44 20 7338 7168
Email Address: projectenquiries@ebrd.com

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, 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.

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