{"id":21764,"date":"2025-07-21T09:00:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T07:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keptrust.org\/events\/kep-trust-dhe-ifc-nenshkruajne-marreveshje-per-te-mbeshtetur-bujqesine-e-qendrueshme-dhe-bizneset-e-udhehequra-nga-grate\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T15:37:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T13:37:38","slug":"kep-trust-dhe-ifc-nenshkruajne-marreveshje-per-te-mbeshtetur-bujqesine-e-qendrueshme-dhe-bizneset-e-udhehequra-nga-grate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keptrust.org\/en\/events\/kep-trust-dhe-ifc-nenshkruajne-marreveshje-per-te-mbeshtetur-bujqesine-e-qendrueshme-dhe-bizneset-e-udhehequra-nga-grate\/","title":{"rendered":"KEP Trust and IFC Sign Agreement to Support Sustainable Agriculture and Women led Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Pristina, July 21, 2025<\/strong> \u2013 KEP Trust, one of Kosovo\u2019s leading microfinance institutions, has signed a financing agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for a \u20ac6 million loan\u2014part of a \u20ac15 million approved facility\u2014aimed at fostering sustainable economic development in Kosovo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first installment, amounting to \u20ac6 million, will be disbursed in July 2025. Of the total funding, 50% is allocated to support climate finance projects including Climate Smart Agriculture, while 25% is dedicated to women-owned businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to financial support, the agreement includes technical assistance for KEP Trust staff through training in sustainable agriculture practices and the empowerment of women entrepreneurs, ensuring a comprehensive long-term impact.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis investment marks an important step in advancing economic empowerment through inclusive and sustainable finance,\u201d said Adrian Alo, Chief Financial Officer at KEP Trust. \u201cTogether with IFC, we aim to unlock opportunities for businesses, support green financing, and contribute to sustainable economic development in Kosovo.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;This investment will expand access to finance for micro and small enterprises, particularly in the agriculture sector,&#8221; said Etleva Koka, IFC Financial Institutions Group Manager. &#8220;With half of the loans targeting climate-smart agriculture and a quarter directed to women borrowers, we aim to boost the competitiveness of Kosovo\u2019s microfinance market and support inclusive, sustainable growth.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With this agreement, IFC continues to be one of KEP\u2019s key financial partners, both in terms of investment volume and in advancing the institution\u2019s mission for social and economic development.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pristina, July 21, 2025 \u2013 KEP Trust, one of Kosovo\u2019s leading microfinance institutions, has signed a financing agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for a \u20ac6 million loan\u2014part of a \u20ac15 million approved facility\u2014aimed at fostering sustainable economic development in Kosovo. The first installment, amounting to \u20ac6 million, will be disbursed in July 2025. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keptrust.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keptrust.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keptrust.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keptrust.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keptrust.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21764"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/keptrust.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21766,"href":"https:\/\/keptrust.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21764\/revisions\/21766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keptrust.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keptrust.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keptrust.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keptrust.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}