IFC and Czechia
Partners in Private Sector Development




OVERVIEW

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in
emerging markets. Working in more than 100 countries, IFC committed a record $43.7 billion in own-account investments
and mobilization from third parties to private companies and financial institutions in developing countries in fiscal
year 2023 (FY23).* As of June 2023, IFC had a long-term committed investment portfolio of $236 million with Czech
partners spread across sectors in Europe and Central Asia and Türkiye.

IFC is actively exploring business opportunities with Czech companies interested in co-investments in emerging markets
in partnership with the Czech Ministry of Finance.

PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GOVERNMENT

Czechia is a donor to IFC. In December 2022, the Czech Ministry of Finance signed a framework agreement with IFC
to establish the Czechia-IFC Partnership Trust Fund, with initial contribution of $1 million to support IFC’s advisory
and upstream activities in Ukraine under the Global Food Security Platform. This is the first Czech trust fund with IFC.



  IFC’s Long-Term Investment Portfolio with Czech Sponsors

  As of FY23 (ending in June 2023), IFC’s long-term investment portfolio with Czech sponsors amounted to $236 million.
  Czech private sector companies and banks have benefited from co-investments with IFC, while making notable
  contributions to development.

      IFC Long-Term Investment Portfolio as of June 2023               IFC Long-Term Investment Portfolio as of June 2023
        by Industry with Czech Sponsors ($236 million)                    by Region with Czech Sponsors ($236 million)




                                             IFC Long-Term Investment Portfolio
                                         as of June 2023 (Dollar Amounts in Millions)




*The World Bank Group fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30 of the following
calendar year.
  Example of Successful Cooperation


                                 CTP, Central and Eastern Europe
                                 Between June 2021 and July 2022, IFC has invested an aggregate of €150 million
                                 across CTP’s 7 to 10-year green Eurobonds for the development of green-certified
                                 industrial and logistics properties in Romania and Serbia. Headquartered in Czechia,
                                 CTP is the largest listed full-service owner-developer of prime industrial and logistics
                                 properties in Europe based on gross lettable area (GLA). IFC will work with CTP
                                 to further improve its corporate governance policy to meet best practices and
                                 optimize its sustainability and human resources policy, and its formal procedure
                                 for addressing workers’ grievances.




CONTACT
Sadia Sajjad
Tel: +44 20 75 92 85 38
E-mail: ssajjad@ifc.org




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September 2023