EDFI Transforming Global Value Chains (EDFI TGVC) is a joint guarantee programme designed by the members of the EDFI Association and EDFI Management Company under EFSD+, the financing arm of EU Global Gateway. The programme is designed to support European Development Finance Institutions (EDFIs) and their private and public co-investors to scale up debt investments into local, regional and value chain companies and services in developing countries covering the following targeted range of key sub-sectors:
- Agribusiness value chains, including food and beverage and formulated complementary food (infant food),
- Sustainable production and manufacturing value chains, including e-vehicles and critical raw materials,
- Health value chains and the education sector, including pharmaceuticals,
- Retail, wholesale, transportation, storage, logistics and digital company value chains, sustainable tourism, and
- Construction and real estate sector including green buildings.
The TGVC programme can offer significant impact in supporting employment for women and young people as well as environmental and digital transformation. Additionally, these local value chain companies can become key role models in terms of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) standards, and innovative and climate friendly solutions. The local, national and regional value chain and service companies, especially mid-size corporates and SMES, because of their ability to scale fast and employ larger numbers of people, are key to helping achieve the SDGs and the Paris Agreement on Climate change, as well as ensure respect of human rights and reflect the principles and standards established within the EU’s Green Deal and the EU’s Global Gateway flagship and Team Europe initiatives.
The TGVC programme aims to create local value addition, promote regionalisation and increase sustainability by enabling EDFIs and co-investors to invest (via credit) in mid-caps, corporates and SMEs that operate in the aforementioned key sub-sectors within the approved geographical scope (emerging countries located in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific).
EDFI TGVC will contribute to important EU Policy Priorities such as the Global Gateway Climate and Energy objectives, the TEI Digital Connectivity, or the EU initiative in support of developing and strengthening key value chains.
Total guarantee
€194 million
Geographical focus:
Sub- Saharan Africa, Americas and the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific
Total EDFI financing mobilisation target
€ 628 million
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