EBRD annual meetings offer a platform for high-level discussions on global financial and economic developments, address matters of common interest, facilitate bilateral meetings with delegates from international organizations and foreign countries, and engage in events focused on global challenges.
As an important event for any company, an annual meeting also serves as the formal platform for organizations to complete their internal and legal affairs such as reviewing the annual financial report, electing and discharging board members, voting on company amendments, and more.
The EBRD was created in April 1991 to 'foster the transition towards open market-oriented economies and to promote private and entrepreneurial initiative'. Since then we have invested over €210 billion in more than 7,300 projects across three continents.
The EBRD provides project financing for banks, industries, and businesses in the private sector. It also works to improve municipal services, promote entrepreneurship, develop stronger financial institutions and legal systems, and restructure and privatize state-owned businesses.
The EBRD's mission The EBRD was created in April 1991 to 'foster the transition towards open market-oriented economies and to promote private and entrepreneurial initiative'. Since then we have invested over €210 billion in more than 7,300 projects across three continents.
The annual board of directors meeting is held to go over the details of the past year and decide on actions and strategies for the corporation for the next year. Keeping meeting minutes helps to ensure all these actions are documented in the corporate record.
It provides project financing for the financial sector and the real economy, both new ventures and investments in existing companies. It also works with publicly-owned companies to support privatisation, the restructuring of state-owned firms and improvement of municipal services.
In 2025 our Annual Meeting and Business Forum returns to London, our home city and one of the world's great financial centres for the first time in nine years.