EBRD

Established in 1991, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has become the largest financial investor in a region that stretches from central Europe to central Asia and the southern and eastern Mediterranean. The EBRD helps countries in this region become open, market economies through offering a wide range of financing mechanisms to promote privatization, restructuring, and liberalization. The EBRD is owned by 64 countries (with the United States being the largest single shareholder), the European Union, and the European Investment Bank.

The Global Markets/Commercial Service Liaison Office to the EBRD (GM/CS-EBRD) is an integral part of U.S. representation at the EBRD and works closely with the U.S. Executive Director’s Office to increase the effectiveness of U.S. participation in EBRD programs. GM/CS-EBRD provides information to U.S. businesses on how the EBRD works and how U.S. companies can participate in EBRD projects. GM/CS-EBRD also offers guidance to U.S. companies throughout the project cycle.