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Public commitment, investable opportunity.

EDRIF is a European public-private platform combining guarantees, development capital, bank financing and private investment to make reconstruction and resilience projects bankable.

Explore the model
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01About EDRIF

A European platform that turns public commitment into investable opportunity.

EDRIF is a scalable European public-private platform combining guarantees, development capital, bank financing and private investment, so that strategic reconstruction and resilience projects become bankable. Ukraine is the first programme; Europe is the platform.

Explore the model
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Institutional, financial & industrial partners

  • Development Bank
  • Pension Fund
  • Export Credit
  • Engineering Group
  • Commercial Bank
  • Energy Partner

02The challenge

Reconstruction requires more than capital.

Public resources are becoming available, and substantial private capital exists. The two do not automatically meet.
  • A river meandering through a green valley, seen from the air, with a road following one bank.Risk

    The problem

    No single investor will carry reconstruction on its own.

    What EDRIF does

    Public guarantees stand in front, so banks and institutions can follow.

  • A river meandering through a green valley, seen from the air, with a road following one bank.Scale

    The problem

    Public budgets alone fall far short of what rebuilding costs.

    What EDRIF does

    Institutions and banks multiply every public euro.

  • A river meandering through a green valley, seen from the air, with a road following one bank.Execution

    The problem

    Funding alone does not lay a single cable.

    What EDRIF does

    European industry brings the engineering to deliver.

  • A river meandering through a green valley, seen from the air, with a road following one bank.Projects

    The problem

    Good intentions rarely arrive as bankable proposals.

    What EDRIF does

    EDRIF structures each one until it is ready to finance.

03The capital multiplier

Making every public euro work harder.

Public guarantees and first-loss capital reduce selected risks, so that banks, institutional investors and private capital can finance projects at greater scale.

Public / guarantee layer

€100M

Absorbs selected risks first.

Bank & institutional financing

€300–500M

What it can make possible.

Illustrative

Illustrative: who bears a loss first

€80M
Covered by the public layer
€80M
Shared by lenders
€0

Illustrative and simplified: the public layer takes losses before lenders do. In practice, guarantees can cover selected risks, and project equity also absorbs losses.

Illustrative: public layer and the financing it can make possible
Public / guarantee layer€100M
Bank & institutional financing, lower range€300M
Bank & institutional financing, upper range€500M
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The ratio depends on

  • 01Project risk
  • 02Guarantee coverage
  • 03Financing structure
  • 04Participating institutions
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04Three instruments

One platform, different forms of capital.

Each instrument addresses a different part of the capital structure.

How it works
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    01 · Guarantee Facility

    Guarantee Facility

    Guarantees and first-loss mechanisms to reduce selected risks and unlock third-party financing.

    Form
    Guarantees, first-loss
    Purpose
    Reduce selected risks
    Unlocks
    Bank & institutional financing
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    02 · Reconstruction Debt

    Reconstruction Debt

    Senior, subordinated and project financing for commercially viable reconstruction and resilience projects.

    Form
    Senior, subordinated, project
    Purpose
    Finance viable projects
    Sectors
    Infrastructure, energy, industry
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    03 · Equity & Development

    Equity & Development

    Direct participation where equity is needed to initiate development, strengthen capital structures or unlock financing.

    Form
    Direct participation
    Purpose
    Initiate and strengthen
    Horizon
    Long-term

05Who participates

A public-private investment ecosystem.

EDRIF brings four kinds of participant together. Each brings something the others cannot.
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Public & development

Public risk capacity is what makes private participation possible.

Get in touch

06FAQ

Common questions, answered plainly.

How the platform works, who it is for, and how to get in touch.

  • EDRIF is a European public-private investment platform. It combines public guarantees, development capital, bank financing and private investment, so that strategic reconstruction and resilience projects become bankable.

  • A public layer of guarantees and first-loss capital absorbs selected risks first. That lowers the risk for banks and institutional investors, so a far larger volume of financing can follow for the same projects.

  • Commercially viable reconstruction and resilience projects with measurable economic and societal value, such as infrastructure, energy and industrial capacity.

  • Ukraine is the starting point. Europe is the platform. The model starts with a concrete reconstruction need, with a structure that can serve other European resilience programmes as well.

  • Public institutions provide guarantees and development capital, financial institutions provide long-term financing, and industrial and local partners bring the capability to deliver. Each instrument is built around that division of roles.

  • Public and development institutions, financial institutions, industrial partners and local partners who would like to discuss the model. The contact section below is the place to start.

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07Governance & integrity

Trust is part of the investment model.

Public guarantees only work if the way decisions are made can be examined. What follows is what EDRIF holds itself to.

Governance in detail

  • Decision-making

    Who decides on an investment?

    Governance combines an Advisory Board, an Investment Committee, professional fund management and external advisors. The Investment Committee takes the investment decision.

    Investment Committee

  • Reporting

    How are progress and funds followed?

    Through milestone-based oversight, independent reporting and portfolio monitoring, with clear financial reporting and use-of-funds requirements.

    Independent reporting

  • Compliance

    What is checked before investment?

    Legal, regulatory and governance review takes place before any investment, together with clear ownership requirements.

    Review before investment

  • Procurement

    How is anything bought?

    Through controlled procurement processes and a documented selection of suppliers.

    Documented supplier selection

08Contact

Start a conversation.

Institutions and partners who would like to discuss the model, or explore a role in it, can reach EDRIF here.
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