EBRD President sets out strategy In an interview with the Financial Times, EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso spoke about the Bank’s strategies in its most challenging countries of operations. She stated that the Bank’s focus on private-sector lending helped strengthen civil society against repressive regimes. The Bank, she said, wanted to “help countries move in the right direction.” Green Transformation in Poland Grzegorz Zieliński, EBRD Regional Director Central Europe and Head of Poland, spoke to Poland’s daily Dziennik Gazeta Prawna about the country’s green transformation. He noted that over 60 per cent of the EBRD s financing in Poland is now green-focused. “Renewable energy sources are the most obvious direction, but we need to clarify how to finance energy efficiency in every area of the economy”, he said.