Donor Report 2009

The Donor Report 2009 highlights the crucial partnership between EBRD and its donors and official co-financiers in furthering transition in the Bank’s countries of operations. As the Bank moves further south and east in its operations, the role and contribution of donor support becomes even more critical, with the greatest challenge in the poorest, most highly indebted countries. Donor support for the Bank’s programmes is wide-ranging, from financing energy efficiency to ensuring nuclear safety, facilitating trade flows and encouraging gender equality and women’s participation in business. In 2008 the value of the EBRD’s partnership with donors was underlined as the economic crisis began to bite. As the EBRD looks to the challenging period ahead, it is clear that a concerted team effort with donors is crucial as the Bank rolls out its operational crisis response to countries and business clients in the region.