By supporting business climate and investment environment reforms, the ICR Facility aims to help generate more decent jobs and contribute to improving livelihoods in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries.
The ICR Facility offers specific and targeted technical assistance of up to 90 expert days for business environment and investment climate improvement initiatives. Technical assistance is provided at the economy-wide, sectorial and value chain level based on requests.
What are the areas for Technical Assistance offered?
We have opened a new Call for Proposals to request support to receive free technical assistance aimed at avancing Women's Economic Empowerment. Apply by December 12th, 2023.
The ICR Facility supports selected national or sub-regional development finance institutions (DFIs) with tailor-made capacity building. Capacity building can be provided in three areas:
The ICR Facility further supports a greater number of DFIs through the dissemination of good practices and lessons learned from tailor-made capacity building.e
Through the activities and lessons learned of our interventions, the ICR Facility identifies, compiles and shares good practices for improving the business environment and investment climate. The ICR Facility supports communication among peers who are active in business environment and investment climate reform. Public and private actors will have innovative tools at hand to create a more conducive, sustainable and inclusive business environment. This includes:
