The Fund has been benefiting from the European Commission technical assistance facility (EC TA Facility) which supports the mission and strategic direction of the Fund, which is primarily to assist public partner institutions in their project develop- ment activities in preparing valuable investments. The application phase for securing grants under the EC TA Facility ended on 31 March 2014. In to- tal, over € 14.0m in EC TA Facility funds has been allocated to support the project development work of 16 public beneficiaries in eight different countries. Report on the European Commission Technical Assistance Facility 31