Early Warning System

Countries

Uzbekistan

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

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

May 28, 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

UZPROMSTROYBANK JSCB

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)

$ 40.00 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.

Project Cost (USD)

$ 40.00 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

PSD 51909_Uzbek translation of project document

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ EBRD website

Updated in EWS Jun 20, 2021

Disclosed by Bank Apr 21, 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 EBRD project information, bank provides US$ 40 million ("Loan") to Joint Stock Commercial Bank UzPromStroyBank (UzPSB) for a three years with a purpose of further proceeds to qualified private small and medium sized enterprises ("SME") in line with the Policy Statement.

The Loan will enable UzPSB to diversify its portfolio, which is currently skewed toward large corporate clients, helping it to achieve a more balanced structure. It will also contribute to the expansion of the bank's SME client segment, including via reaching new clients and regions outside of Tashkent. Moreover, the Loan will further competition in the real economy by increasing availability of financing to the Uzbekistan's SMEs and, thus, supporting lending continuation to one of the segments most impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.

The Loan seeks to:

Foster SME competitiveness by increasing availability of financing;
Contribute to the competitiveness of UzPSB by helping improve innovation in strategy; products, processes and marketing related to SME lending;
By ensuring that UzPSB has adequate underwriting and risk management practices in place;
It also seeks to encourage sustainable lending practices, supporting the resilience of the financial system.

Investment Description

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

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

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.

OJSCB Uzpromstroybank (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.

JSCB “Uzpromstroybank” is one of the oldest financial institutions in the Republic of Uzbekistan. Its history dates back to opening of Middle Asian Bureau of Industrial Bank in Tashkent in 1922. Main largest shareholders of the Bank: Fund for Reconstruction and Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Agency of State Assets Management of the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as enterprises of key branches of economy.SCB "Uzpromstroybank" is The Best Leading Partner of the Asian Development Bank in Uzbekistan in 2018 and 2019 (ADB Leading Partner Bank Award), The Best Leading Partner of ICD in Uzbekistan in 2018 and Commerzbank’s Trade Award (Excellent Partnership Of The Year, 2013).

.https://uzpsb.uz/en/general-information/bank-history/

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.

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.