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How to improve EU citizenship education?
What does it mean to be an EU citizen? And how to raise awareness for the European project and improve EU citizenship education? To answer these key questions, the EIB Institute organised on Wednesday 27 June the first symposium on EU citizenship education. The...
![Empowering Equity Academy is launched!](https://institute.eib.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/EEA-1080x675.jpg)
Empowering Equity Academy is launched!
Women and STEM graduates are underrepresented in EU private equity, venture capital and private debt markets, affecting the quality of EU innovation. To address this gap, the Institute and the European Investment Fund (EIF) are joining forces to launch a brand-new...
![Financial education programme in Cyprus completed](https://institute.eib.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Helftin_General_FacebookPost-02-1080x628.png)
Financial education programme in Cyprus completed
What an incredible journey it’s been! The EIB Institute, in collaboration with ActionAid Hellas, a Greek NGO and supported by the Financial Wellbeing Institute, the Central Bank of Cyprus, the Hellenic Bank of Cyprus and the Ministry of Education has successfully...
![EIB artists at the Venice Biennale](https://institute.eib.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/biennale-arte-24-banner2.jpg)
EIB artists at the Venice Biennale
Often dubbed “the Olympics of the art world”, the Venice Biennale is one of the most important events on the art world’s calendar. Organised every two years, it has been held since 1895 with very few interruptions.The 60th edition of the Biennale, which will last...
![First webinar on EIB offering for cultural heritage: recording available](https://institute.eib.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240515-EIB-Masterclass-Funding-Heritage-Banner-mr-768x384-1.jpg)
First webinar on EIB offering for cultural heritage: recording available
First webinar on EIB Group offering for the cultural heritage sector. The online masterclass in funding and advisory services for cultural heritage was the third out of a total of four masterclasses which Europa Nostra has organised in the framework of the European Cultural Heritage Agora Network Project (2022-2024), co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.
![Call for nominations for 7 Most Endangered 2025 is launched!](https://institute.eib.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/7ME2025-1080x630.jpg)
Call for nominations for 7 Most Endangered 2025 is launched!
The call for nominations for the 7 Most Endangered 2025 has been launched!
![German regional railway transport after 2031](https://institute.eib.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/TU-Dresden.jpeg)
German regional railway transport after 2031
Germany is committed to continuing providing sustainable and efficient public transport. In the coming years (2025-2035) authorities both at regional and national level will dedicate increased funding for electrification, and infrastructure expansion and innovative mobility solutions according to the results of a capstone project with TU Dresden Masters’ students presented at the EIB in Luxembourg in April 2024.
![EIB Returns Painting to Rightful Heirs](https://institute.eib.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/EIB-restitution-22apr2024-PhotoDudau-41-1080x675.jpg)
EIB Returns Painting to Rightful Heirs
Following provenance research, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has returned a Flemish Old Master painting by Frans de Momper, which had been spoliated during World War II, to its rightful owners. The painting, titled A Winterscene by a Village with Travellers, like...
![Opera for Peace Academy 2024 in Rome and Paris (15-25 April)](https://institute.eib.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Operaforpeacescreenshot-1024x675.png)
Opera for Peace Academy 2024 in Rome and Paris (15-25 April)
Following the success of the first two editions in Rome in 2022 and Paris in 2023, amidst a backdrop of new challenges on the international stage, Opera for Peace Academy aims this year to amplify voices of peace, for the first time in both capitals (Rome from April...
![And the 7 Most Endangered 2024 are…](https://institute.eib.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/53632191520_8106c27db4_c.jpg)
And the 7 Most Endangered 2024 are…
The 7 Most Endangered sites 2024 have been announced!
![New research contract with Università di Trento (Italy)](https://institute.eib.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/logounitrento20191.jpg)
New research contract with Università di Trento (Italy)
The Institute has signed a new research contract for young researchers (STAREBEI) with Università di Trento (Italy) on “Leading the Sustainable Transition: Multilateral Financial Institutions and Supply Chains Governance”. The research grant will last 12 months...
![Heritage: French-Luxembourgish journalist Stéphane Bern receives 2024 Costa Carras award](https://institute.eib.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Picture4-e1713186809907-1080x675.jpg)
Heritage: French-Luxembourgish journalist Stéphane Bern receives 2024 Costa Carras award
Stéphane Bern, a renowned French-Luxembourgish journalist and a prominent heritage advocate, has won the Costa Carras European Citizens Awards for the Safeguard of Endangered Heritage for his exemplary work in raising awareness of the need to save heritage at risk in...
![Tonga: helping communities after the eruption](https://institute.eib.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Tonga.jpg)
Tonga: helping communities after the eruption
Two years ago, in January, the Tongan archipelago in the southern Pacific Ocean was hit by the largest volcanic eruption recorded since Krakatoa in 1883. The eight-minute volcanic event shot ash 18 kilometres into the sky in a plume 5 kilometres wide. The cloud and...
![Capstone: How did the COVID 19 pandemic impact EU SMEs?](https://institute.eib.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/LSE_Logo.jpg)
Capstone: How did the COVID 19 pandemic impact EU SMEs?
What impact had the COVID-19 pandemic on EU SMEs, and how did national fiscal policies help mitigate this impact ? This was the topic submitted by the European Investment Fund to four students from the London School of Economics’ Master of Public Administration (MPA) in the framework of a Capstone programme.
![Institute launches new financial education programme in Croatia](https://institute.eib.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/banner-360x260-1.jpg)
Institute launches new financial education programme in Croatia
Europe needs better programmes geared at improving financial education of citizens. With only 18% of EU population having a high level of financial literacy, many challenges remain to be addressed across the continent. The European Investment Bank (EIB), through the...
![First EIB course at Prague University of Economics and Business (VSE)](https://institute.eib.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Prague.jpg)
First EIB course at Prague University of Economics and Business (VSE)
The first lecture of the first EIB course at Prague University of Economics and Business VSE took place on 7 March 2024
![New digital Heritage Library and Policy Monitor launched](https://institute.eib.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screenshot-2024-03-05-183525-1-1080x639.png)
New digital Heritage Library and Policy Monitor launched
Everything you’ve always wanted to know about cultural heritage but were afraid to ask is now available online thanks to a new digital heritage library and policy monitor just launched by the European Heritage Hub.
![Applications closed for 2024 Artists Development Programme!](https://institute.eib.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/EIB_20230427_203-1080x675.jpg)
Applications closed for 2024 Artists Development Programme!
📣With the applications cycle now complete, we are pleased to share that the 2024 edition of the Artists Development Programme (ADP) attracted an impressive 376 applications! We would like to extend our sincere appreciation to all artists who applied. We...
![SIT Alumni NEFFA completes seed funding round](https://institute.eib.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/MYCOTEX_by_NEFFA_crop_top_-_NEFFA_display_image_with_robots-scaled-e1686056260406-1080x665.jpg)
SIT Alumni NEFFA completes seed funding round
SIT Alumni NEFFA (New Fashion Factory) has successfully completed its first seed funding round, signalling a significant milestone for the Dutch biotech innovator. The seed funding round is the first investment for the Dutch Industrial Biotech Seed Fund and was...
![First EIB capstone with The Hague University of Applied Sciences](https://institute.eib.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The-Hague-University-of-Applied-Science_Green_English-e1676888752888-1080x353.jpg)
First EIB capstone with The Hague University of Applied Sciences
How has the “EU Restructuring Directive” of 2019 been transposed into national law in eight EU countries and how it compares to UK national law? This was the topic of the first EIB capstone project carried out with students from the International and European Law programme at The Hague University of Applied Sciences in 2022-2023.