City of Lviv emergency liquidity loan under RLF

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Overview

A senior loan of up to EUR 25 million consisting of EUR 15 million committed ("Tranche 1") and EUR 10 million uncommitted financing ("Tranche 2") to provide emergency liquidity support to the City of Lviv (the "City") and key municipal utilities/operators - existing clients of the Bank ("Recipients") in order to mitigate the effect of the ongoing war on the City's financial position (the "Project" or the "Facility").

Project ID 53825

Status Repaying

Location

Ukraine

Business Sector

Municipal Infrastructure

Notice Type

State

Project timeline

Exploratory
Passed Concept Review
Passed Structure Review
Passed Final Review
Board Approved
Signed
Implementing
Completed

Company Contact Information

Pavliv Andriy Petrovych
andrzej.pavliv@gmail.com
+38 (032) 254-60-06
https://city-adm.lviv.ua/
Rynok Square, 1, Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, 79008

Project ID 53825

Status Repaying

Location

Ukraine

Business Sector

Municipal Infrastructure

Notice Type

State

Environmental Category

Approval Date

19 Sep 2022

Disclosure date

20 Sep 2022

As per section 1.4.2 (iii) of the Directive on Access to Information: "For Projects approved by Bank management where the Board of Directors has delegated the approval authority, the PSD shall be disclosed at the start of the relevant no-objection notification period to a member country of the Bank in accordance with Article 13 (iii) of the Agreement Establishing the EBRD."

City of Lviv emergency liquidity loan under RLF (Ukrainian) (PDF, 0.55MB)

Project description

Project objectives

The proceeds of the Bank's investment will be used for liquidity support to the City to provide support to the City itself and key municipal companies, existing clients of the Bank (Recipients) - to compensate for temporary revenue losses (in particular capital revenues) and additional expenses due to the ongoing war related issues and support the City's vital municipal infrastructure providers with the day-to-day running costs (payroll, etc.), operating and maintenance costs, servicing the debt under existing projects with the EBRD (if required).

The Project is consistent with the "War on Ukraine - EBRD Resilience Package".

Transition impact

ETI Score:70

ject will contribute to the following TI qualities:

Primary - Inclusive -as the Project will help the City to adapt to the impacts of the war in Ukraine, in particular with respect to the refugee flows i and to continue its support to incoming and existing IPDs.

Secondary - Resilient - as the Project will support the City and consequently its key municipal companies affected by the wider economic consequences of the war

Client information

CITY OF LVIV

The City of Lviv, the administrative centre for Lviv Oblast, is the seventh largest city in Ukraine and the largest one in the western part of the country with a population of 758,000 people, and ca. 1 million in Lviv agglomeration.

Given its location, and the City's role as a major educational (27 universities) and economic centre and the concentration of industry (including food industry, light industry, IT industry with ca. 21 thousand IT specialists, heavy machinery, chemical and construction industries), it is a natural destination for IDPs.

EBRD Finance Summary

EUR 25,000,000.00

A senior loan of up to EUR 25 million consisting from EUR 15 million committed ("Tranche 1") and EUR 10 million uncommitted financing ("Tranche 2")

Total project cost

EUR 25,000,000.00

Additionality

The City requires the Bank's support amid the unprecedented crisis in Ukraine caused by the ongoing war with the Russian Federation. While the previous project with the City (RF i Lviv Liquidity support signed in 2021) helped to mitigate the negative impact of COVID-19, the City now has to find sources of additional liquidity to support its day-to-day operations. Local lenders are not able to provide such medium term financing, given difficult economic situation in the country.

EBRD financing specifically targets Resilience and Livelihoods programme aiming to help the City, key municipal operators and the City's residents to cope with negative impact of the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Environmental & Social Summary

Categorised B (2019 ESP). The provision of short-term working capital to the existing clients is not associated with any new environmental or social (E&S) risks or impacts. ESDD has been undertaken by ESD specialists and confirmed that the City and companies have demonstrated encouraging signs of resilience and adequate policy making even under war-time circumstances and largely continue to be in compliance with national law and relevant EBRD PRs, and are on track with implementation of the existing ESAPs. However, the institutional capacity and resources of the companies were significantly stretched due to the war situation and unprecedented pressure to address Environmental, Social, Health and Safety and Public safety (ESHS) risks and issues. Therefore this project will be supported by the TC to provide ESHS management capacity support for the municipal clients, to ensure implementation and governance of the existing projects in line with the requirements of the PRs. Support will also be provided to the City to address the needs for restoration, adaptation, and development for the war and post-war periods according to the principles of sustainable development and Build-Back-Better approach. The Clients will be also provided with support to review the current methodology for monitoring and reporting GHG emissions and necessary improvements/changes/adjustments if needed. The Clients are required to continue to ensure that the new project complies with the PRs as well as submit annual E&S reports to the Bank.

Technical Cooperation and Grant Financing

TC: Environmental, Social and Health Safety Management Capacity Support for the City of Lviv and the municipal companies.The TC will provide ESHS management capacity support for the municipal clients, to ensure implementation and governance of the existing projects in line with the requirements of the Environmental and Social Policy (ESP)

Company Contact Information

Pavliv Andriy Petrovych
andrzej.pavliv@gmail.com
+38 (032) 254-60-06
https://city-adm.lviv.ua/
Rynok Square, 1, Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, 79008

PSD last updated

20 Sep 2022

Understanding transition

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Environmental and Social Policy (ESP)

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More information on the EBRD’s practices in this regard is set out in the ESP.

Integrity and compliance

The EBRD's Office of the Chief Compliance Officer (OCCO) promotes good governance and ensures that the highest standards of integrity are applied to all of the Bank's activities in accordance with international best practice. Integrity due diligence is conducted on all Bank clients to ensure that projects do not present unacceptable integrity or reputational risks to the Bank. The EBRD believes that identifying and resolving issues in the project assessment and approval stages is the most effective means of ensuring the integrity of Bank transactions. OCCO plays a key role in these protective efforts andhelps to monitor integrity risks in projects post-investment.

OCCO is further responsible for investigating allegations of fraud, corruption and misconduct in EBRD-financed projects. Anyone, either within or outside the Bank, who suspects fraud or corruption should submit a written report to the Chief Compliance Officer by email to compliance@ebrd.com. OCCO will follow-up all matters reported. It will review all matters reported. Reports can be made in any language of the Bank or of the Bank's countries of operation. The information provided must be made in good faith.

Access to Information Policy (AIP)

The AIP, which entered into force on 1 January 2025, sets out how the EBRD discloses information and consults with its stakeholders to promote better awareness and understanding of its strategies, policies and operations. Please visit the Access to Information Policy page to find out what information is available from the EBRD website.

Specific requests for information can be made using the EBRD enquiries form.

Independent Project Accountability Mechanism (IPAM)

If efforts to address environmental, social or public disclosure concerns with the Client or the Bank are unsuccessful (for example, through the client’s project-level grievance mechanism or through direct engagement with Bank management), individuals and organisations may seek to address their concerns through the EBRD’s Independent Project Accountability Mechanism (IPAM).

IPAM independently reviews project issues that are believed to have caused (or to be likely to cause) harm. The purpose of the mechanism is: to support dialogue between project stakeholders to resolve environmental, social and public disclosure issues; to determine whether the Bank has complied with its Environmental and Social Policy or the project-specific provisions of its Access to Information Policy; and where applicable, to address any existing non-compliance with these policies, while preventing future non-compliance by the Bank.

Please visit the Independent Project Accountability Mechanism webpage to find out more about IPAM and its mandate and how to submit a Request for review. Alternatively, contact IPAM by email at ipam@ebrd.com for guidance and more information on IPAM and how to submit a request.

Environmental and Social Documentation is not available for this project.

Selected procurement notices related to this project may be shown below. Further procurement opportunities related to this and other projects, if available, maybe be viewed in the EBRD Procurement Portal.

The EBRD's Environmental and Social Policy (ESP), Access to Information policy (AIP) and Project Accountability Policy (PAP) enable sound and sustainable development in its projects. The Independent Project Accountability Mechanism (IPAM) deals with complaints about environmental, social and disclosure matters related to the Bank’s investments.

No complaints about this project have been made so far.

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City of Lviv emergency liquidity loan under RLF

Overview

Project timeline

Company Contact Information

Project description

Project objectives

Transition impact

Client information

EBRD Finance Summary

Total project cost

Additionality

Environmental & Social Summary

Technical Cooperation and Grant Financing

Company Contact Information

PSD last updated

Understanding transition

Business opportunities

General enquiries

Environmental and Social Policy (ESP)

Integrity and compliance

Access to Information Policy (AIP)

Independent Project Accountability Mechanism (IPAM)