BRUSSELS, 4 October 2024 –More than 200 stakeholders from EDFIs, EU Commission, MDBs, and impact investors took part Wednesday in the EDFI Management Company Corporate Day: “At the crossroads” in Brussels. With 50 more attendees following online, the event featured a signing ceremony for the three EU-EDFI EFSD+ guarantees: EDFI MSME Platform PLUS, valued at €255 million; EDFI Carbon Sinks, totalling €366 million ; and FMO’s DFCD Aya Programme, a €105 million triple-A EU guarantee which enables a €240 million top-up to DFCD’s Land Use Facility. The signings show how collaborative efforts to mobilise capital for sustainable solutions amid geopolitical shifts and economic volatility.

Four panels followed, tackling critical topics such as the impact investment ecosystem, capital mobilisation strategies, and the role of blended finance in sustainable development. Top experts discussed various aspects of impact investing, from positioning the investment ecosystem in a disrupted world to future trends in development finance amidst geopolitical crises.

Participants included EDFI CEOs, and EU Commission officials Koen Doens, Director General, DG INTPA, and Mathieu Bousquet, Director, DG NEAR. Also on hand were Aisha Williams from IFC, EBRD’s Carlos San Basilio, and Obaid Amrane from ASIF.

EDFI MC welcomed 15 portfolio companies, investees of ElectriFI and AgriFI EU-funded facilities managed by EDFI MC.