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Martur II Project Established in Bursa, Turkey in 1985, Martur Sunger ve Koltuk Tesisleri Tic. Ve San. A.S. (Martur or the Company) together with its subsidiaries engage in design and manufacturing of seats as well as other interior parts for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles. The Company has production facilities in Turkey, Romania, Russia, Algeria, Poland and is in the process of expanding into Morocco. The project entails financing of Marturs expansion investment program in Romania, Morocco and Algeria (the Project). The Project's expected development impact includes (i) increased employment and skills development, (ii) value addition and supply chain linkages in Romania, Morocco and Algeria, and (iii) increased stakeholder benefits (i.e. customer benefits via better access to wider variety of components and parts; supplier benefits via additional domestic purchases). Beyond the project, IFC anticipates the investment will help increase the competitiveness in the auto-parts industry in Romania, Morocco and Algeria.
Virgin Mobile Central & Eastern Europe BeMyMobile Ltd (VMCEE or the Company) is an early stage, mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) with plans to provide mobile telephony services across Eastern Europe and Central Asia.  VMCEE launched operations in Poland in August 2012 and plans to launch in Turkey during 2014.  To this end, the Project consists of supporting VMCEE in the build-out and launch of its operations in Poland and Turkey.  In the future, Russia and Kazakhstan could also be considered. 1) Greater availability, affordability & accessibility of mobile services: VMCEE and (Mobile Virtual Network Operator -"MVNOs" in general) contribute toward lowering the cost and increasing competition in mobile telephony. VMCEE''s data centric product offering will support further expansion of mobile broadband, targeting underserved niche markets by traditional Mobile Network Operators ("MNOs") such as lower income population in rural areas and the youth market with limited purchasing power.  2) Improved productivity through broadband connectivity: VMCEE''s data centric offering contributes to improved productivity through greater broadband connectivity. The broadband connectivity is widely recognized to be a catalyst for innovative business models such as e-health, e-education, e-commerce, etc, directly contributing to economic growth.  3) Increase competition and maximize efficiency:  VMCEE will operate over existing telecoms infrastructure, allowing MNOs owner of the core infrastructure to sell excess minutes and data usage, thus maximizing efficiency and increasing price competition through improved cost structure. The MNOs owner of the core infrastructure benefits by selling additional minutes and data wholesale.  VMCEE (and MVNOs generally) are fully aligned with the regulator''s objective of increasing competition in the target markets.     4) Job creation for youth: VMCEE will operates through extensive networks of SME dealers, distributors and franchises, thus creating job opportunities especially for young and skilled labor force who are attracted to the Virgin brand and the associated brand image.
DARP APS 2 Project 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0.0000       The proposed project consists of an investment program with a regional partner-servicer to support the acquisition and resolution of distressed assets in Europe & Central Asia (ECA). IFC proposes to become an anchor investor in a regional distressed asset resolution platform (the Platform) as well as to take a minority equity investment   in a regional distressed   asset servicing and asset management company.    Accordingly, the Project represents   a further step in   IFCs programmatic response to develop a regional resolution mechanism for the high stock of NPLs in ECA  .     Through the proposed project, IFC will play an   important role   in   i  ) mobilizing capital from the private sector, ii) supporting the development and application of best practice distressed asset resolution techniques across the ECA region, iii) supporting banks in IFC countries of operation to restructure their balance sheets in the aftermath of the financial crisis, and iv) providing liquidity for new lending into the economy. Stakeholder Impact: IFC anticipates that the project will support banks in IFC countries of operation in ECA to rehabilitate their balance sheets, reduce their NPL ratios and cure the high volumes of distressed assets built up in the aftermath of the financial crisis. In addition, the project will provide extra liquidity to vendor banks which can be used for new lending into the economy. Moreover, the project is expected to assist over-indebted small and medium sized enterprises ("SMEs") and consumers to become free of debt and to regain access to the formal economy. Market Competitiveness: The project will be an important catalyst in developing capacity and best practice for distressed asset resolution across the ECA region. Resilience: IFC expects the project to result in lasting systemic improvements to the distressed asset market in ECA. The project will have a demonstration effect for the market for portfolio sales. A strong secondary market serves as a stabilizing factor in financial systems, giving banks a way to re-allocate capital towards more productive assets.
Earlybird II The proposed transaction is an equity investment in Earlybird Digital East Fund II (the Fund, or Fund II or DEF) , a venture capital (VC)  fund that will invest in technology companies in Turkey and Central Eastern Europe. Increased access to risk capital for technology startup
Increased Investee Growth
Improved Competitiveness by catalyzing creation of other fund managers
Improved competitiveness in relevant target sectors by encouraging incumbents to leverage technology
Drujba_Bucha The project is the expansion of Drujbas (Drujba A.D.), and the expansion and modernization of Buchas (Buchansky Glassworks Plant Limited Liability Company) glass container factories.  The project is to be implemented at Drujbas site in Plovdiv, increasing annual capacity from 275,000 tons to 310,000 tons, and at Buchas Kiev site, increasing annual capacity from 52,000 tons to 80,000 tons. It also includes expansion of warehouses at both sites and building renovation at Bucha.  The project will also include installation of automatic cullet washing and sorting lines at Drujbas Sofia site, and at Bucha, to increase use of external cullet, thus reducing raw material and energy use in glassmaking.

Drujba and Bucha are owned by Yioula Glassworks S.A. (Greece), an existing IFC client.  The projects are part of Yioulas strategy to move production into eastern Europe.  It has owned Drujba since privatization in 1997 and acquired Bucha in March 2006. The projects will increase output of quality glass containers and help strengthen upstream and downstream supply chains with respect to raw material procurement, product distribution and marketing, and financing in Bulgaria and Ukraine.  Since Bulgarias total glass container production already exceeds total domestic demand, increased local production of high quality local containers from the project at Drujba will increase export revenues for the country.  

The project at Bucha will transform an inefficient, underutilized glass facility into a competitive supplier, facilitate efficient use of energy and raw materials, and help raise productivity levels in Ukraine.  Yioula will transfer management expertise, technological know-how, advanced marketing and sales techniques, and a proven quality control system to Ukraine and help build expertise in the country. Improved availability of modern, lightweight glass containers will allow domestic bottlers to install modern high speed bottling machines and modern closures, improving the competitiveness of Ukrainian exports, and allowing domestic bottlers to compete more effectively with imported products, benefiting the country and consumers and economy as a whole.
Kunzila Integrated Landscape Management and WASH Project Kunzila Integrated Landscape Management & WASH (KILMWA) is a Five Year (2020-2024) Project that has set out an innovative and comprehensive vision to contribute to a more prosperous and healthy population in Kunzila watershed Participatory Integrated Watershed Management and WASH interventions in alignment with existing initiatives and programmes in the area. The project is funded by The Royal Netherlands Embassy in Ethiopia. The project is implemented by WLRC in partnership with SNV. The project brings together the unique combination of experience and expertise, networks and alliances, and proven approaches the WLRC and SNV have in PIWM and WASH sectors, respectively in Ethiopia, region and globe.
Knowledge Is Power: Combating Snow Leopard Trafficking Through Stronger Data, Information Sharing, and International Cooperation "The purpose of this project is to combat poaching and illegal trade of the snow leopard across its range through improved data collation, information generation, information sharing, and international cooperation. The aim is to address these threats through improved availability and access to datasets on poaching and illegal trade of snow leopars and to generate and share actionable infomation on trafficking with enforcement agencies. Specific activities will include: (1) creating a database on poaching and illegal wildlife trade to house all available data on poaching and illegal trade involving the snow leopard and related species; (2) developing a system to collect data on poaching and illegal wildlife trade from.online sources; (3) facilitating mutual sharing of snow leopard poaching and trafficking data to populate database; (4) setting up probabilistic frameworks to analyze data generated through the database; and building communication lines within relevant government departments and international partners to enable efficient surveillance and real-time information exchange."
SHONGLAP - EMPOWERING 6,750 ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN SOUTH SUDAN AND NORTHERN UGANDA BY BUILDING LIFE AND OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS Building Life and Occupational Skills
Skills Building for Empowerment and Self-reliance Among Out of School Adolescent Girls in Northern Uganda and South Sudan (SHONGLAP) The program has enabled 75% of the girls to become agents of change within their communities. They raise awareness on communicable diseases, personal hygiene, and proper nutrition. This has translated into improved households. This in turn is beginning to reduce the negative trend of marginalization of girls’education and the poverty that emerges from it. The girls have gone out to schools and shared their learnings on Child rights, life skills, dangers of early marriages and pregnancies. This is expected to reduce on school dropout rates Through Advocacy activities like community outreaches the girls have been able to target social values and cultural norms that promote child marriage and early childbearing. The Adolescent girls have acquired various life skills and Occupational skills. They have become more confident, assertive and are participating more and more in household decision making. Increased Local government and parental participation in the program has been registered.
Tanzania Dairy Productivity Project The AgResults Tanzania Dairy Productivity Challenge Project is a four-year, US$4.9 million prize competition that aims to increase dairy productivity by encouraging private sector input suppliers to deliver inputs to smallholder farmers. By providing a prize for each bundle of high-quality inputs delivered, the competitions will increase animal productivity, boost smallholder farmers’ incomes, and strengthen value chain relationships between dairy producers and the formal dairy sector.
China Biodiversity Facility <p>The CBF overarching goal is to improve biodiversity and environment protection in China through nature based solutions and good governance. The CBF facility is planned on an 8 years duration time and is organized in 3 distinct components (plus one separately financed by AFD and Chinese authorities). The EU contribution is earmarked.</p>
Support for EU trade, gender, consumer safety, migration, employment and social affairs policies in China The proposed support for EU policies in China will fund five actions with immediate needs for financial resources, aiming to inform, enhance, maintain and contribute to EU relations and interests towards China: &nbsp;1) EU trade and investments, with the continuation of the project ¿Understanding Chinese Legal Reform 2020 (EUCLERA)¿ ¿ PI/2019/407-3362) Consumer protection, with the continuation of the project ¿EU-China (Asia) action on consumer protection and non-food product safety in Asia¿ ¿ PI/2019/409-9973) Migration and Mobility dialogue, with the continuation of the project ¿EU-China Dialogue on Migration and Mobility support (MMSP II)¿ - PI/2019/407-0684) Labour and Social rights, with the continuation of the project ¿Improving China¿s institutional capacity towards universal social protection¿ - PI/2019/406-2715) Economic Empowerment of Women&nbsp;
Support for the EU¿s Environmental and Energy Policy and Effective Multilateralism in China This Action is aligned with the priorities identified in the China section of the Regional Multi-Annual Indicative Programming Asia and the Pacific 2021-2027, namely:·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Promote European values and interests in the bilateral relations with China, in line with the multi-faceted approach outlined in the `Strategic Outlook¿ Joint Communication;·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Engage China to tackle global challenges, to deliver on international commitments such as the Agenda 2030 and the Paris Agreement and to address its role as global actor and donor by promoting international norms and standards and countering negative impact where necessary.&nbsp;The action focuses on key sectoral policy dialogues and priority areas of engagement, namely energy, climate and environmental issues (relating to the external dimension of the European Green Deal), as well as to the need to uphold rules-based multilateralism and China¿s growing role and influence in international development. Component 1 will aim to advance the transition to a circular economy in line with the EU Circular Economy Action Plan (2020) and the EU Plastic Strategy (2018).Component 2 will seek to promote policy and regulations on water management and security, as well as the role of water policies to address climate change and cross border water management.Component 3 will support EU-China energy cooperation pertaining to the clean energy transition, energy markets and governance and business cooperation.Component 4 aims to promote the effective functioning of the UN system in China, based on the fundamental principles of the UN Charter in the face of increasing attempts at instrumentalisation by the Chinese government.
Supporting NGOs to advance women's decision-making through healthy start in life program in Shaanxi <p>Overall objective: To strengthen Chinese NGOs to mainstream gender equality in the philanthropy and development sector through capacity building, networking, advocacy and research.Specific objective:To promote the contribution of NGOs for advancing women¿s participation in decision-making processes in Shaanxi by the end of 2024,through increased capacity, multi-stakeholder partnerships and policy dialoque.</p>
Activity under preparation EU Support for Health and Safety Analysis in China The Overall Objective of this action is to support the EU-China dialogue on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) standards - with particular focus on highly competitive economic sectors (e.g. green economy, automotive, chemicals, construction and mining) - to contribute to enhancing the level playing field between EU and Chinese companies. The Specific(s) Objective(s) of this action are to:1. Promote EU data and standards to improve China¿s methodology for data collection and analysis systems on accidents at work and other work-related health problems. 2. Analyse the causes of occupational accidents and work-related health problems in China, and thereby promote the development of policies and regulations in line with EU best practices and standards and provide relevant information to the EU policy makers for the dialogues.¿The Outputs to be delivered by this action contributing to the corresponding Specific Objectives are: 1.1 Improved and enlarged pilot data collections in the area of (a) accidents at work, and (b) other work-related health problems for specific economic sectors (e.g. green economy), including a more accurate overview of accidents at work and other work-related health problems in key economic sectors based on more harmonised and comparable data. 2.1 Analytical reports identifying main causes and indicators of occupational accidents and work-related health problems in certain pilot areas of China, and giving recommendations for improved prevention and protection measures and policies. 2.2. Better insights for EU policy makers and the EU-China dialogues on ¿Work Safety and Health¿ on the current OSH situation in competitive economic sectors for EU companies in China.
Transitions to CIRCULAR economy practices in TEXTILE and apparel MSMEs along the lifecycle in Huzhou and Shaoxing Overall objective is to facilitate the transition to circular economy practices in the textile and fashion industry in the Huzhou City and Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province by 2025 in line with the national 14th-Five-Year-Plan and SDG12.2 & SDG12.5.Specific objectives of this proposal are as follows:SO1: Improve sustainable management, resource efficiency and understanding of circular economy principles by the local textile and fashion industry;SO2: Enable a conducive policy environment for circular textile industry at local and national level;SO3: Improve access to finance for eco-design and recycling investments and clean technology transfer.
Towards an inclusive society in China: Empowering and Strengthening Disability-focused CSOs for better advocacy and higher quality services Overall objective: To increase NGOs capacity to empower people with disabilities and better integrate them into societySpecific objectives:1. To strengthen the capacity of Disability-focused Civil Society Organisations (DCSOs) on service delivery and advocacy in a diverse range of disabled communities2. To enhance community voluntary groups of people with disabilities and strengthen their capacity to lead action for change to improve their living conditions3. To build a supportive environment among DCSOs for mutual learning and sustainable development
TA Facility for Green Promotional Loans (TAG-China) <p>The TA Facility for Green Promotional Loans (¿TAG-China¿) aims at supporting the implementation of environmental, forestry and biodiversity projects (¿Investment Projects¿) in China that will be funded by KfW promotional loans.</p>
Activity under preparation European Perspectives on Digital China (EPDC) The Overall Objective of this action is to increase the resilience of the EU bilateral relations with China in the field of digital policies and technologies. The Specific Objectives of this action are:1. To improve strategic understanding of European stakeholders and policy makers on China¿s digital and technological developments (both on policies/strategies and investments), both domestically and in thirds countries as part of its Digital Silk Road/Belt and Road Initiative. 2. To enhance the role of EU experts and researchers specializing in China's digital and technological agenda in informing EU bilateral and connected policies. The Outputs to be delivered by this action contributing to the corresponding Specific Objectives are: 1.1 Improved availability of quality, evidence-based, analysis on China¿s digital and technological developments, and their timely and targeted dissemination among relevant European stakeholders. 1.2 Improved availability and quality of advisory services on China¿s role in the digital and technological domain for EU policy-making. 1.3 A structured, operational and sustainable network of EU experts and researchers specialising in China¿s role in the digital and technological domain is established.
Activity under preparation Observatory on China¿s overseas investments in critical raw materials The Overall Objective of this action is to improve the EU¿s understanding of China¿s overseas investments in critical raw materials (as defined in the Critical Raw Materials Act ¿ CRMA) among European policy-makers to contribute to reducing critical dependencies and strengthening resilience.The Specific Objectives of this action are to:1. Provide an overview of Chinese overseas investments in critical raw materials to assess current and emerging patterns and to try to anticipate China¿s actions globally.2. Generate regular inputs and analysis which can inform relevant EU policies and tools (such as foreign policy, trade, industrial, development).The Outputs to be delivered by this action contributing to the corresponding Specific Objectives are:1.1 Establishment of an observatory (including a pool of experts and a user-friendly and up-to-date database/ spreadsheet) to systematically monitor Chinese global investments and activities in critical raw materials.2.1 Improved tools and easy effective use of a searchable repository of existing papers, articles, studies, analysis by third parties including investment figures.2.2 Improve information and advisory services for EU¿s policy-making in the area of critical raw materials including through new analytical reports to be developed by the observatory experts.
Towards Energy Efficiency in AgriFood Cold Chain Logistic in China <p>Overall Objective: To enhance the resource-efficiency and sustainability of AgriFood Cold Chain Logistic in Tibet, Jingjinji and Shandong (China) by providing MSMEs/SMEs involved in Cold Chain Logistic with mechanisms to reduce energy use &amp; GHG emissions of Logistic Services. Specific Objectives: SO1 ¿ Improve energy-efficiency of MSMEs/SMEs of Tibet, Jingjinji and Shandong involved in AgriFood Cold Chain Logistic Operations and Management (Logistic Services Providers and AgriFood Companies) through tools and capacity building enabling to evaluate, declare &amp; improve the energy consumption and GHG emissions of their logistic services. SO2 ¿Increase the market pull of low-carbon AgriFood Cold Chain Logistic Services in Tibet, Jingjinji and Shandong by creating the confidence and recognition of clients through standard/labelling programmes that demonstrate their commitment towards low-carbon services. SO3 ¿ Stimulate the development of Green Financing Landscape in Tibet, Jingjinji and Shandong by increasing knowledge of MSMEs/SMEs and Financial Institutions on the potential of energy-efficiency measures &amp; green investments opportunities and by supporting them to access to green investments. SO4 ¿ Increase Chinese adoption of resource-efficiency Practices in AgriFood Cold Chain Logistic by means of up-scale/replication measures in further areas and activity sectors of China</p>
Europe -China School of Law  (ECSL) The overall objective of the action is to support the Chinese Government in its efforts to develop a society based on the rule of law. The purpose is to increase capacity for realizing Chinas governance priorities by establishing an EU-China School of Law aimed at significantly improving the knowledge, skills and performance of the Chinese legal profession in relation to European and international law and legal systems as a key factor in supporting the transition process and the sustainabil