Vice-President Pavlova's areas of oversight include the cohesion policy, financing of economic and social cohesion, advisory, Joint Assistance to Support Projects in European Regions (JASPERS) and European Investment Advisory Hub (EIAH), Joint European Support for Sustainable Investment in City Areas (JESSICA), IT and data governance, the Strategy for the Danube region Financing operations in Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, the Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF) and Turkey, and transport financing. Vice-President Pavlova also oversees the relations with the Vienna Initiative and the the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDV).
Czech Republic: EIB signs a CZK 5 billion loan with ČEPS to modernise and reinforce the electricity transmission network
The EIB signed a CZK 5 billion loan (equivalent to €190 million) with ČEPS, a.s., the state-owned Czech Transmission System Operator. This investment aims at strengthening the electricity transmission infrastructure of the Czech Republic.