EU4Green is pleased to announce the next webinar in its Green Finance series, designed to strengthen financial literacy and promote a shared understanding of Green Finance across the Western Balkans. This series is part of the Green Financial Literacy Roadmap, developed following needs identified during the EU4Green inception phase.

Date: December 9, 2025 from 2:00 to 3:30 pm
Format: Online (MS Teams), recording will be available after the webinar at EU4Green website
Duration: 1.5 hours
Language: English

In 2024, EU4Green launched a set of thematic Green Finance webinars addressing knowledge gaps in the region. During the first webinar, participants submitted 33 proposals for future topics, with significant interest in financing opportunities, best practices, and success stories from financing environmental projects.

Responding to this demand, the upcoming webinar will focus on EU financing instruments available to the private sector, with a special emphasis on the Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF) and the support provided by the key WBIF donors – international finance institutions.

What to expect

Participants will gain insights into:

• EU funding programmes targeting the Western Balkans
• WBIF private sector financing instruments
• Innovation and Green Transformation Facility – blending EU grants with EIB financing and technical assistance
• Practice-based examples and case studies
• Success factors, lessons learned, and practical steps to access financing
• Interactive engagement through the Beekast tool for live Q&A and discussion

Speakers

The webinar will feature confirmed experts from:

• Western Balkan Investment Framework (WBIF)
• European Investment Bank (EIB)
• EU4Green & Environment Agency Austria

Participation

The webinar is open to a wide regional audience and targeted atprivate and public sector representatives, interested in financing environmental projects.

We are happy to welcome you at our webinar upon your registration at the following link:

Webinar: EU Financing for the Private Sector in the Western Balkans