STEG Liquidity and Restructuring Facility (EBRD-51859)

Countries
  • Tunisia
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
Approved
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
B
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
Nov 25, 2020
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
Societe Tunisienne de l'Electricite et du Gaz
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Energy
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Guarantee
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 324.65 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 300
Converted using 2020-05-15 exchange rate.
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ EBRD website

Updated in EWS Jun 16, 2020

Disclosed by Bank May 15, 2020

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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 bank provided informaton, the financing involves provision of a sovereign guaranteed loan to Societe Tunisienne de l'Electricite et du Gaz ("STEG" or the "Company") to assist the Company in its reforms and developing Tunisia's electricity sector. The Project combines long-term reform objectives with an immediate response to the COVID-19 crisis.

The proceeds of the Bank's loan will be used to (i) provide liquidity support to STEG as an immediate response to the current COVID-19 crisis, and to (ii) refinance existing short-term debt to lengthen the tenors and provide terms more consistent with STEG's operations.

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

A portion of the project will be provided as liquidity support as an immediate response to the current COVID-19 crisis and another portion will be applied to refinance short-term debt.

Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
- - - - Societe Tunisienne de l'Electricite et du Gaz Client -

Contact Information
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Besma Jaafar Ben Nasr
bjaafar@steg.com.tn 
+216 71 341 345
www.steg.com.tn 
38 rue Kamel Ataturk, 1080 Tunis

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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