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EBRD press release
EBRD President to visit Bulgaria
Odile Renaud-Basso to meet government officials and the private sector in Sofia
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Date: 26/05/2022
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– EBRD President to visit Bulgaria on 30 May 2022
– Odile Renaud-Basso to meet the Prime Minister, senior officials and the business community
– Discussions to focus on reforms, energy security, infrastructure, the Recovery and Resilience Facility, and the impact of the war on Ukraine on the Bulgarian economy
The President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), [Odile Renaud-Basso](https://www.ebrd.com/who-we-are/ebrd-president-odile-renaud-basso), will visit [Bulgaria](https://www.ebrd.com/bulgaria.html) on 30 May 2022.
This is Ms Renaud-Basso’s first visit to the country since becoming EBRD President in late 2020, when travel was restricted by the [Covid-19 pandemic](https://www.ebrd.com/what-we-do/coronavirus).
The EBRD President will meet Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, Deputy Prime Minister for EU Funds and Minister of Finance Assen Vassilev, and representatives from the business community and financial sector.
The President will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Minister of Finance on EBRD project implementation support and the co-financing of projects funded with [European Union (EU)](https://www.ebrd.com/who-we-are/structure-and-management/shareholders/european-union.html) funds, including under the country’s Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP), which amounts to €6.3 billion of EU financial support for investments and reforms.
She will also visit Sofia airport, one of the EBRD’s key infrastructural investments in Bulgaria.
The President will engage with local civil society organisations in a virtual meeting on 6 June.
To date, the EBRD has committed more than €4.3 billion to 277 projects in Bulgaria. In 2021, EBRD investment in the country exceeded €245 million.