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DBSA seeks to promote economic and social development by mobilising financial and other resources from national and international private and public partners for sustainable development projects in South Africa, the SADC region and the broader African continent.

The bank’s mission is to advance development impact by expanding access to development finance and effectively integrating and implementing sustainable development solutions to: 

• Improve the quality of life of people through the development of social infrastructure, 
• Support economic growth through the investment in economic infrastructure, 
• Support regional integration, and 
• Promote the sustainable use of scarce resources.

The ECOWAS Project Preparation and Development Unit (PPDU) was established in 2011 as a Specialised Agency mandated to prepare regional bankable infrastructure projects in line with the ECOWAS objectives of regional integration and economic development. 

The main functions of the PPDU are to:

• Prepare and develop regional integration infrastructure projects in ECOWAS Member States;
• Manage a dedicated infrastructure fund for preparation of the projects;
• Promote public/private partnerships in investment financing and project management in ECOWAS

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a partnership for international cooperation where 183 countries work together with international institutions, civil society organisations and the private sector to address global environmental issues. Since its inception, the GEF has provided more than $12.5 billion in grants and leveraged over $58 billion in co-financing for thousands of projects in developing countries. The World Bank serves as the trustee of the GEF.

The DBSA was accredited as a National Project Agency (NPA) for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in 2014.  As a NPA, the DBSA is committed to follow all GEF policies and establish the conditions in which the Bank can seek resources from the GEF Council for the preparation and implementation of projects in South Africa. Accreditation of the DBSA as a GEF agency has placed the DBSA at the global arena in terms of providing financial assistance to environment and climate change projects. This fits into the DBSA’s strategy and focus area of Energy/Environment. As a GEF agency, the Bank is at an opportune position to access and leverage funds from other global sources. 

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is a new global fund created to support the efforts of developing countries to respond to the challenge of climate change.  GCF helps developing countries limit or reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and adapt to climate change. It seeks to promote a paradigm shift to low-emission and climate-resilient development, taking into account the needs of nations that are particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts.

The DBSA received its accreditation as an entity of the GCF in March 2016. The DBSA is accredited as a direct access entity that can implement all sizes (in terms of total amount as well as environmental and social risk category) of GCF funded projects in the Sub-Saharan Africa region.  The Bank has the opportunity to access GCF funds in order to support innovative and risk-sharing approaches in projects that contribute towards low-carbon and climate-resilient development.

The purpose of the IIPSA funding is to enhance sustainable economic growth and the delivery of key services affecting development in South Africa and in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region.  Using financial leverage as a key principle, IIPSA aims to address the constraints to infrastructure development in South Africa and in the SADC region.