Austria: EBRD shareholder profile

Austria is fully committed to the strategic initiatives of the Bank. In recent years, Austria has been focussed on creating programmatic funds in the areas of Green Economy Transition through Green City Action Plans (GCAPs), brownfield urban redevelopment plans and Green Economy Financing Facilities (GEFFs). Austria is also a strong supporter of EBRD multi-donor funds, contributing to the Ukraine Stabilisation and Sustainable Growth Multi-Donor Account (Ukraine MDA) and the High-Impact Partnership on Climate Action (HIPCA).

Geographically, the Western Balkans and Eastern Europe are priority regions. Austria plays a key role in the activities under the European-Western Balkans Joint Fund.

Austria is also an important source of foreign direct investment in the countries where the Bank invests.

The value of joint investment stood at €29.53 billion as of end of December 2023. EBRD finance accounted for €18.74 billion, and Austria investment accounted for €10.79 billion.

The joint investment has been the strongest regionally and in Ukraine, Romania, Poland and Croatia. Broken down by industry, joint Austria - EBRD investment has been the strongest in the following sectors: industry, commerce and agribusiness, financial institutions and sustainable infrastructure.

Austrian banks are also involved in the Trade Facilitation Programme, through which the EBRD guarantees the payment of trade finance instruments issued by banks in the countries where we invest to foreign confirming banks. Since inception, the TFP has supported 713 export and import transactions for Austrian companies for a total € 718.36 million, for transactions which were initiated by banks in the EBRD countries of operation and confirmed by banks in both Austria and abroad. Twenty-two Austrian banks and branches of banks have joined the programme as Confirming Banks (all figures as of December 2023).

From 2018 to 2022, entities from the Austria won 311 procurement and consultancy contracts worth €158.9 million.