Additional loan and grant will buy maintenance equipment and stimulate reform. The EBRD and international donors are supporting vital infrastructure in Tajikistan with a financing package of over US$ 5 million for critical maintenance of the national road network.
EBRD provides US$ 2 million to its partner bank to help SMEs and families save energy. The EBRD has provided new lending to Kyrgyz Investment and Credit Bank (KICB), one of its partner banks in the country, to increase financing for energy efficiency projects.
Bank raises over EUR 10 million to modernise passenger transportation in Osh. EBRD funding of over EUR 10 million will help modernise public transport in Osh by putting 24 new buses and 20 new trolleybuses on the roads of the second largest city in the Kyrgyz Republic and the largest city in the southern region of the country, as well as creating its first formal ticket system.
Kyrgyz citizens and other citizens with resident permit in the Kyrgyz Republic travelling to the Czech Republic can apply for Schengen visa at the Embassy of Switzerland in Bishkek starting from 15th of January 2015.
December 16, 2014, Ak-Say, Batken province: Today local authorities in Ak-Say (Batken province) presented their crime prevention Action Plan for 2015 – 2017 to the public. Twenty-nine local residents took part in writing the plan.
EBRD provides som equivalent of US$ 2 million to its partner bank and helps mobilise US$ 8m from DEG. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has arranged a US$ 10 million financing package for Bai Tushum Bank (BTB), one of its partner banks in the Kyrgyz Republic. For the first time, the German development finance institution, DEG – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH – is providing lending to Bai Tushum alongside the EBRD.