DEG - Technical Assistance for the implementation of multiple budgetary guarantees with DEG (Carbon Sinks, EDFI Transforming Global Value Chain Guarantee Programme, EDFI JEFFREI, EDFI Liquidity Platform for Impact LPI) <ol><li data-list="bullet" class="ql-align-justify"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span>Technical Assistance for the implementation of multiple budgetary guarantees with DEG (EDFI Carbon Sinks, EDFI Transforming Global Value Chain Guarantee Programme, EDFI JEFFREI, EDFI Liquidity Platform for Impact LPI)</li></ol><p>This contract is the ¿shell¿ contribution agreement for the Technical Assistance (TA) for the implementation of multiple budgetary guarantees with the Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (DEG). Its main objective is to secure the funds allocated to TA activities for the following Proposed Investment Programmes (PIPs) as approved by the EFSD+ Operational Board on:</p><p>¿&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;EDFI Carbon Sinks</p><p>¿&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;EDFI Transforming Global Value Chain Guarantee Programme</p><p>¿&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;EDFI JEFFREI</p><p>¿&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;EDFI Liquidity Platform for Impact LPI</p><p>Negotiations of EDFI Carbon Sinks is at legal drafting level stage, with the view of launching the ISC before the end of 2023. EDFI Transformational Global Value Chain Programme, EDFI JEFFREI and EDFI Liquidity Platform for Impact LPI¿s negotiations still have to begin, as the PIPs were not included in the first batch of EFSD+ investment programmes. </p><p class="ql-align-justify">Annex I and Annex III of the ¿shell¿ contribution agreement must be amended after the signature of the EFSD+ guarantee agreements related to each PIP.</p><p class="ql-align-justify"><br></p>