Support to Development Finance Institutions

The GG ICR Facility provides support to national or sub-regional DFIs, wholly or partially financed by public funds and with a development mandate. Commercial financial institutions are not eligible. DFIs must be based in a partner country of DG-INTPA.

DFIs can apply for technical assistance via this page. Additionally, we examine requests for groups trainings and knowledge sharing activities (peer to peer events, webinars, networking activities...) on an ongoing basis. You can contact us at info@icr-facility.eu.

No, the GG ICR Facility does not provide financial support. We provide fully funded technical assistance only, in the form of trainings or advisory services. We cannot pay for staff time of organisations or for equipment.

DFIs request the topics of technical assistance. The content of the technical assistance is then discussed between the DFI and the GG ICR Facility. The GG ICR Facility does not pay for equipment nor for the technical development of IT services such as websites, apps, databases, and other. We may however be able to work with you on conceptualising your IT solution content-wise (e.g. technical studies for the conceptualisation of a digital solution that will contribute to improve the investment climate).

Yes, the GG ICR Facility can support interventions beyond gender-related topics.

The GG ICR Facility aims to equally serve eligible entities from INTPA partner countries with its available resources.  Approval of multiple applications from the same partner will only be considered if previous interventions have been successfully completed and the applicant can provide evidence of initial results. We recommend that you do not submit two applications at the same time and that you establish priorities internally before contacting the GG ICR Facility.

The implementing agencies of the GG ICR Facility are solely responsible for the selection and supervision of experts deployed. They will do this in close cooperation with the requester but according to the rules and procedures applicable to them. The GG ICR Facility can only deploy experts based on its implementing partners' internal procurement processes. These are set up to ensure fair and open competition. If you know of qualified experts, who fit the tendering criteria, we are happy to include them in the procedure.

Based on the nature of the request for technical assistance, implementation may be virtual or on-site, or a combination of both.