09/12/2010 (Agence Europe) - €225 million for European Financing Partners. On Thursday 9 December, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI) announced their decision to replenish the co-financed facility European Financing Partners with €225 million to finance private sector investments in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP). The aim is to promote, by means of long-term loans, viable projects by the private sector in the ACP countries. The EIB will provide €100 million and EDFI members BIO (Belgium), CDC (United Kingdom), COFIDES (Spain), DEG (Germany), FINNFUND (Finland), FMO (the Netherlands), NORFUND (Norway), PROPARCO (France) and SWEDFUND (Sweden) the other €125 million. (O.L./transl.rt)