Profile
European Financing Partners (EFP), a joint venture between the European Investment Bank (EIB) and several European DFIs, is a co-financing vehicle established in 2003 aiming at promoting sustainable development of the private sector and strengthening co-operation between eligible European Development Finance Institutions and the EIB. The EFP provides financing to countries included in the OECD DAC list.
EFP’s operational structure is characterised by an efficient and fast track process. As a result, EFP‘s annual operational costs amount to only €40,000. One outstanding example of how well this can work involves the processing of a large telecommunications project in less than two months from first application to disbursement. In December 2016, EFP was replenished with €190 million.