Activity under preparation Gender and Blue economy blending facility <p>The Project will provide the following:</p><p>1. EIB Loans (¿EIB Loans¿ or the ¿Loans¿) to Financial Intermediaries: EIB has signed lines of credit of EUR 350m with a number of FIs. It is expected that these lines of credit will have one gender and blue economy component: a minimum 30% of the credit lines shall be allocated to private entities (Midcap, SMEs, and cooperatives) qualifying as gender or operating in the blue economy2.</p><p>2. Risk Sharing Facility (¿RSF¿) to finance Partial Portfolio Guarantees (¿PPG¿): credit protection on a portfolio basis granted to FIs when on-lending EIB financing to finance gender or blue economy sub-projects and companies to help mitigate the risk associated with the broadening of the FIs¿ activities in quite new sectors and clients for them. Risk sharing protection would be offered to FIs in the form of a ¿first-loss piece¿.</p><p>3. Technical Assistance (¿TA¿) dedicated to participating FIs and Final Beneficiaries (¿FBs¿) to build their capacity and enhance financial inclusion by mitigating the risk associated with the broadening of the FIs¿ activities in new sectors and client categories</p>