BIO's response

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BIO's response

16-06-2022

BIO’s response to the article by Mr Raphael Meulders, Feu nourri contre la société publique BIO, published in La Libre, 15 June 2022

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Launch FEFISOL II

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Launch FEFISOL II

01-06-2022

Launch of the new European solidarity financing fund for Africa, FEFISOL II, with a first closing of 22.5 million euros and a technical support envelope of 1 million euros.

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NGO Policy briefs

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NGO Policy briefs

09-05-2022

BIO welcomes the briefing notes published today by 11.11.11, CNDC-11.11.11, and the NGO Coalition Contre la Faim on BIO as a sustainable development actor with respect to agriculture, climate, and governance.

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SDG Frontier Fund Final Closing

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SDG Frontier Fund Final Closing

29-04-2022

First-of-its-kind Belgian impact fund mobilises additional private resources to support African and Asian SMEs in their growth.

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Investment in candi solar

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Investment in candi solar

22-02-2022

responsAbility Investments, the Swiss impact investment manager, and BIO, the Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries, have provided a USD 10 million equivalent multi-currency loan to candi solar, a visionary financial and clean energy platform through which distributed energy infrastructure in emerging markets can be built at scale.

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Call for tender - Development Effectiveness Evaluation

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Call for tender - Development Effectiveness Evaluation

20-12-2021

BIO has just published a call for tender for the next 3 Development Effectiveness Evaluations (period 2022- 2024), including a detailed Terms of Reference for the next evaluation that will focus on “BIO’s contribution to SDG10 – Reduced inequality and inclusive businesses”.

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Belgian impact fund backs the entrepreneurial spirit on the Indian countryside

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Belgian impact fund backs the entrepreneurial spirit on the Indian countryside

18-11-2021

Belgian impact investor Incofin IM raises 45 million euros in a first investment round for its new impact fund focused on rural development in India.

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BIO has launched its first African office in Abidjan which is now open for business

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BIO has launched its first African office in Abidjan which is now open for business

20-10-2021

During a launch ceremony at Résidence de Belgique in Abidjan, last Thursday, October 14, the Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries (BIO) celebrated the opening of its first African office in Abidjan.

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BIO’s investment in Maple Etanol SRL

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BIO’s investment in Maple Etanol SRL

20-10-2021

On the 27th of September 2021, Oxfam Belgium published the report ″Fuelling human rights violations″ addressing the problematic consequences of a bioethanol project co-financed by BIO. Oxfam's testimonies on the excesses concerning environment and health are mostly dated after 2015, two years after Maple Etanol prematurely reimbursed BIO and left our portfolio. Since then BIO no longer had access to the monitoring reports either.

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