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Two SIT Alumni receive EU support
Two SIT alumni, Lixea (SIT 2018) and Glowee (SIT 2018) have received support from the European Innovation Council (EIC), a new programme under Horizon Europe with a budget of over €10 billion for 2021-2027 to develop and expand breakthrough innovations. Lixea’s goal...
2021 ADP artists start their residency in Luxembourg
Alexandra Hunts, Jošt Franko, Andrej Polukord, and Agnieszka Mastalerz the four winners of the Artists Development Programme 2021, have started their residency in Luxembourg where they will spend five weeks working on an art project under the mentorship of Jorma...
New series about SIT Alumni
We are launching a new series about how Social Innovation Tournament Alumni are changing the world with their innovative ventures. Every month we will present a new SIT Alumni success story. We are beginning with Aprendices Visuales, a Spanish NGO that helps children...
President Hoyer at Sciences-Po: A vibrant plea for Europe
On Monday 17 May, in Paris, EIB President Werner Hoyer delivered a vibrant plea for Europe to hundreds of Sciences Po students connected online.
SIT alumni at ChangeNOW 2021
SIT alumni Arborea, Breeze Technologies, CM Fluids, Helioz, MIWA, SoilSteam International, Sponsh and Usitoo will be showcased at the ChangeNOW Summit 2021, the largest positive impact gathering in the world, which will take place online on 27-29 May with the support...
President Hoyer to address Sciences Po students
On Monday 17 May, in Paris, EIB President Werner Hoyer will address students of Sciences Po, France’s leading university for social sciences, on the theme "Financing the Future: The EU Climate Bank at the forefront of sustainable finance". President Hoyer will...
SIT 2021: Europe’s 15 best social entrepreneurs selected
Fifteen finalists have been selected for the 2021 edition of the Social Innovation Tournament, the flagship initiative of the Institute’s Social Programme recognising and supporting Europe’s best social entrepreneurs. From innovative solutions for kidney failure, or...
Cooking Sections (ADP 2016) nominated for the Turner Prize
Former ADP artists Daniel Fernández Pascual and Alon Schwabe, forming the duo Cooking Sections, have just been nominated for the Turner Prize, one of the most prestigious awards in the world of contemporary art. The Artists Development Programme (ADP) is a unique...
President Hoyer visits social incubator in Portugal
On the occasion of Porto Social Summit, EIB President Werner Hoyer, accompanied by Vice-President Mourinho Félix, visited Portugal’s first regional social innovation incubator, IRIS, to see how the EIB Institute is supporting regional development through social...
Donation to help India tackle COVID-19 crisis
The EIB, through the EIB Institute, has decided to make an immediate €250 000 donation to three NGOs operating in India to help tackle the current devastating COVID-19 crisis in the world’s second most populated country. The donation will go to Unicef Luxembourg, Red...
President Hoyer at the State of the Union conference
On Friday 7 May (15:30 - 16:15), EIB President Werner Hoyer will be speaking at the State of the Union (SOU) conference “Europe in a changing world” (6-7th May 2021) for the tenth anniversary of this annual forum for high level reflection on the European Union...
Pompeu Fabra University wins EIBURS 2021-2023
Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, has been selected for an EIBURS research grant on "Firm competitiveness, growth and digitalisation". The research will be conducted in partnership with ESADE Barcelona and will run for three years (2021-2023). This is the first...
Artists Development Programme 2021: four artists selected!
Four budding artists were chosen out of 218 applications for the 2021of the Artists Development Programme (ADP) a six-week residency and mentorship programme in Luxembourg organised by the EIB Institute. Agnieszka Mastalerz (29, Poland) was selected for the Geographic...
Last days to apply for EIBURS research grant!
You have until 30 April to apply for the EIBURS research grant on the topic: ‘Impact of gender mainstreaming in infrastructure projects – Evidence from a water project in Madagascar’ Since 2017, the EIB Group Strategy on Gender and Women’s Economic Empowerment (GS)...
How to protect coastal areas from climate change?
Results of a STAREBEI research grant on How to protect coastal areas from climate change? were presented in March 2021 at the EIB by Marie Lendelova from Johns Hopkins University-SAIS, Bologna.
SIT Alumni hit the airwaves
SIT Alumni are hitting the airwaves to raise awareness on the importance of Social Entrepreneurship for children by talking to teenage reporters of Rádio Miúdos, a Portuguese radio station, itself a SIT Alumnus. Starting 22 April, ten SIT Alumni will be interviewed...
How to make a volunteering programme successful
Management support, a matching gifts programme and a network of coordinators are the key pillars of a successful volunteering corporate programme according to Sciences Po Masters students in the framework of a capstone project.
Estimating the future needs of European SMEs
How to estimate the future financing needs of European SMEs was the question asked by the EIF to LSE Master’s students in the framework of a capstone project, the results of which were presented to the EIB Group in March 2021.
7 Most Endangered 2021: and the winners are…
Achensee Steam Cog Railway, Tyrol, (Austria), Cemetery Complex of Mirogoj, Zagreb, (Croatia), Five Southern Aegean Islands (Greece), The Giusti Garden, Verona (Italy), Dečani Monastery (Kosovo), * Central Post Office in Skopje (North Macedonia) and San Juan de Socueva Chapel and Hermitage, Cantabria, (Spain).
EIB courses at TU Dresden, Sapienza and College of Europe
New EIB courses have started at TU Dresden, Sapienza and College of Europe Bruges.