The EIB is currently active in 4 Central Asian countries: Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and most recently Uzbekistan.  

The loans provided by the EIB come from the lending window for Asia provided under the mandate from the Council and European Parliament for the period 2014-2020, out of which €182 million has been made available for use in Central Asia.

In addition, Central Asian countries are eligible under the Bank’s own risk Climate Action & Environment Facility (CAEF) for investment grade projects in renewable energy, energy efficiency, carbon capture, transportation or storage projects aiming specifically to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and projects contributing substantially to security of EU energy supply.

Projects

Since the first EIB loan signed and until the end-December 2018, the EIB has invested a total of €967 million in the region.

Find out more about our cooperation with other institutions and organisations, financing facilities for the Central Asia countries, technical assistance and grants and the institutional framework that covers the Bank’s lending activities.

To enhance the effectiveness of development cooperation, we are one of the partners in the Mutual Reliance Initiative (MRI).

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