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Summary sheet
- Credit lines - Credit lines
Facility provided to the Government of Kosovo to support the economic recovery in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The facility will be used to strengthen the Kosovo Credit Guarantee Fund so that it can extend guarantees towards commercial banks to support micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).
Supporting the financing of working capital needs and investments projects of MSMEs in Kosovo, with particular focus on the sectors most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The operation is part of a wider crisis support programme for the countries in the Western Balkans.
The Bank will require the Kosovo Credit Guarantee Fund to take all the requisite measures to ensure that the projects carried out by the final beneficiaries receiving Bank financing will comply with national legislation and the ElB's Environmental and Social Standards.
The Bank will require the Kosovo Credit Guarantee Fund to take all requisite measures to ensure that any procurement procedures carried out by final beneficiaries for the sub-projects that the Bank finances are in accordance with the Bank's Guide to Procurement.
This operation is covered by the ELM Guarantee.
*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.