Opportunities for sustainable business
Finnish companies and their partners can benefit from a wide range of business opportunities financed by International Financial Institutions (IFIs), while enhancing sustainable business.
IFIs provide a large and growing, yet underutilized, global market for Finnish companies and their partners, representing a less risky financing source especially in emerging and developing markets.
IFIs refer mainly to multilateral development banks – such as the World Bank and the regional development banks – promoting sustainable social and economic development. EU development financing is also considered in this framework.
About The IFI Financed Market
IFIs account for some 150 billion USD of annual financial flows towards developing markets alone. Most IFIs work mainly in developing countries and some provide financing also for developed economies especially in Europe. IFI financed business opportunities cover a wide range of industries including energy, transport, mining, water supply and sanitation, urban and rural development, health and education.
Main Business
Opportunities
Public Procurement Opportunities
Finnish companies and their partners can compete for IFI financed public procurement opportunities, particularly when Finland is a member country of the IFI in question. IFIs finance governments and other public entities in their countries of operations and part of this financing generates public procurement opportunities. These range from large-scale infrastructure works and goods to solutions and services.
Investment Financing Opportunities
Finnish companies and their partners can seek benefit from IFI investment financing for bankable private sector projects in IFI countries of operations, either as investors or as suppliers. IFIs can also mobilize significant third-party resources for the bankable investment projects. While most investment opportunities directly financed by IFIs tend to focus on large-scale investment opportunities, a few venture funding and networking initiatives focusing on smaller companies have also emerged recently.
Overview of IFIs
Materials
Snapshot of International Financial Institutions – Opportunities for Sustainable Business
This 2021 handbook provides a structured information package on the IFI financed market and related business opportunities.
Guide to Procurements by Development Financiers: Handbook for Companies towards 150 billion EUR Markets (In Finnish)
This 2019 guide by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland provides a wealth of information on the procurements by the international development financiers, including IFIs.
Our services
Business Finland, together with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, helps Finnish companies to better access sustainable IFI financed business opportunities. We help Finnish companies to explore and access IFI financed procurement and investment opportunities by:
- Providing insights and advice on IFIs, IFI financed business opportunities and related requirements.
- Building dialogue and proving networking opportunities with IFIs and other stakeholders in the IFI financed markets.
- Promoting Finnish offering towards IFIs and other stakeholders as appropriate.
For Whom
Our services are meant for Business Finland customers as well as for their partners such as research organizations.
How do I become a customer?
Contact us
IFIs in General
Grace Wang
grace.wang (at) businessfinland.fi
+86 137 1606 9779
