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KfW Development Bank Activities in South East Europe Roland Siller First Vice President South East Europe & Turkey The Danube Strategy Implementation and Financing High-Level Meeting Belgrade, September 27, 2010 60 Years of KfW Financing with a Public Mission ● Promotional bank of the Federal Republic of ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Germany Founded in 1948 as Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau Shareholders: 80% Federal Republic, 20% federal states Headquarters: Frankfurt am Main Branches: Berlin and Bonn Representative offices: about 60 offices and representations worldwide Balance sheet total at end-2009: EUR 400 billion 4,265 employees (2009) Best rating: AAA/Aaa/AAA 2 Our Reputation A strong environmental and climate protection bank ● KfW is one of the leading environmental and climate protection banks world-wide ● In 2009, EUR 19,8 billion outstanding for environmental and climate protection ● of which EUR 17 billion are for renewable energies and energy efficiency Broad experience as No. 1 Environmental Bank in Germany A Bank with a Wide Array of Functions Domestic promotional activities Promotion of SMEs, Promotion of entrepreneurs, housing, education, environmental and climate protection infrastructure and business start-ups social development Financing of municipal infrastructure projects and promotion in Europe International project and export finance Promotion of developing and transition countries 4 KfW Development Bank – Europe and Caucasus Some Key Figures Staff 70 in Frankfurt plus some 40 in KfW Representative Offices Ongoing Projects some 500 in 17 Countries KfW Representative Offices 12 (Western Balkans: 7) Portfolio (Loans and Grants) EUR 4.7 Billion Disbursements in 2009 EUR 0.7 Billion Danube Strategy – what KfW can contribute Priority areas of the Danube Action Plan KfW Core Areas of Activities ● To improve sustainable transport and energy connectivity ● ● ● To protect the environment, preserve water resources and manage risks ● ● ● To reinforce socio-economic and human development ● ● Energy efficiency (rehabilitation of TPP, district heating systems, public buildings; upgrading of transmission and distribution systems etc.) Renewable energy (rehabilitation of HPP, first wind farm BiH) Integration of regional electricity market (transmission lines, support of the energy community SE Europe) Improvement of transport systems (e.g. Danube Bridge VidinCalafat) Financial support for reaching EU Environmental Standards Municipal and rural water supply, sewage disposal, waste management Greenfielding of Microfinance Banks; Support of Pro Credit Network SME and Energy Efficiency Loans incl. Advisory Services Structuring of EFSE and Green For Growth Fund (GGF) Financial Cooperation in Serbia Priority areas of cooperation ● Energy, water/waste water, financial sector ● Environmental friendly public transport as potential new field of activities ● Wide range of financing instruments ● Financing of investments and TA => Approach capacity development to reach EU standards ● Close monitoring of the projects ● Projects amounting to approx. 570 million EUR Portfolio Pipeline under implementation ● Pipeline of about 340 million EUR ● energy efficiency ● environmental measures in TPP ● renewable energies ● water supply/waste water treatment, waste disposal ● rural development Contact Details Roland Siller First Vice President South East Europe and Turkey +49-69-7431-4575, [email protected] 9 Thanks for your attention!