Roedd yn bleser gen i heddiw gael cwrdd â Jonathan Taylor, Is-lywydd y DU ym Manc Buddsoddi Ewrop, a hynny ym mhencadlys y Banc yn Lwcsembwrg. Cynhaliwyd trafodaethau cadarnhaol dros ben am sut y gall Cymru elwa ar y Gronfa Buddsoddi Strategol Ewropeaidd. Croesawodd Mr Taylor y cynnydd sylweddol sydd wedi'i wneud yng Nghymru o ran datblygu cyfres o gynlluniau arfaethedig cadarn ar gyfer buddsoddi mewn seilwaith. O ganlyniad i'r gwaith rydym wedi'i wneud i ddatblygu a hyrwyddo'r cynlluniau arfaethedig hyn, roedd yr Is-lywydd yn ymwybodol iawn o'r ystod eang o gyfleoedd cyllido oedd yn bodoli ledled Cymru, ac yn awyddus i gydweithio arnynt. Mae hyn yn cynnwys gweithio'n agos i ailddatblygu Canolfan Ganser Felindre, deuoli rhannau 5 a 6 o'r A456 a'r Rhaglen Ysgolion ar gyfer yr 21ain Ganrif. Buom hefyd yn trafod Morlyn Llanw Bae Abertawe a Metro De Cymru, yn ogystal â'r potensial ar gyfer system fuddsoddi a allai weld grwpiau o fenthycwyr yn y sector Tai, Amddiffyn rhag Llifogydd, Trafnidiaeth ac Addysg Bellach yn cyfuno eu hanghenion ariannol.
Today, I was pleased to meet with Jonathan Taylor, the UK Vice President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), at the Bank's Luxembourg headquarters. We held extremely positive discussions on how Wales can benefit from the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI). Mr Taylor welcomed the significant progress that has been made in Wales, in terms of developing a pipeline of credible infrastructure investment schemes. As a result of the work that we have done to develop and promote this pipeline, the Vice President  was very much aware of, and eager to collaborate on the wide range of financing opportunities across Wales. This includes working closely on the redevelopment of the Velindre Cancer Centre, dualling of sections 5 and 6 of the A465 and the 21st Century Schools Programme. We also discussed Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon and the South Wales Metro, as well as the potential for investment platforms that could see groups of borrowers in the Housing, Flood Defence, Transport, and Further Education sectors aggregate their financing needs.