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Apply for EIBURS research grants until 30 September
EU based universities and research centres have until 30 September midnight to apply for two EIBURS research grants on the following topics: Firm competitiveness, growth and digitalisation. Understanding the sources of the productivity growth slowdown is of prime...
Digital Literacy Bootcamp is back!
The Digital Literacy Bootcamp is back! Every Tuesday at 11:00 CEST starting 8 September until 13 October, microfinance specialists can join a webinar and learn about indispensable digital solutions for microfinance institutions (MFIs). The sessions will be dedicated...
SIT Alumni showcased at EVPA conference 2020
How have innovative impact ventures responded to the challenges of COVID-19? On 22 September, from 15:30 to 16:30, eight SIT Alumni will present their innovative solutions online at the annual conference of the European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA),...
Measuring microfinance impact in the EU
What impact do microfinance and welfare programmes have on financial and social inclusion in Europe? And which ensure the best value for money? The European Investment Fund (EIF) has just published in a research paper the results of an EIF-led EIBURS research grant,...
Join the Luxembourg Sustainability Forum 2020 online on 15 September
French five-time Paralympic athlete (he was born without hands or legs) and serial entrepreneur Ryadh Sallem will be the Guest of Honour at the 2020 edition of the Luxembourg Sustainability Forum, the key event on sustainable development in Luxembourg, which will be...
Beating loneliness with a new friend
In today's story of the new series on how Social Innovation Tournament Alumni have continued creating impact under lock down, learn how 1Toit2Ages, a Belgian-based company, expects the elderly house-sharing business to thrive beyond COVID-19 crisis. Read the story...
Artists in residence present their projects
Meta Drčar, Panayiotis Doukanaris and Niamh Schmidtke, winners of the Artists Development Programme 2020, presented their art projects produced under the mentorship of Jorma Puranen to selected museum and art gallery directors at the Abbaye of Neumunster, where they...
A new partner for microlux
microlux, Luxembourg’s first microfinance institution, has signed a partnership agreement with the Cactus company, a Luxembourg family-owned food retail group, to consolidate its commitment to promoting entrepreneurship in Luxembourg. Cactus has been supporting...
What to do if your child is out of shape
In today's story of the new series on how Social Innovation Tournament Alumni have continued creating impact under lock down, learn how Fit for Kids, a Danish-based company, child obesity fitness programme goes online during the COVID-19 crisis to help families and...
What to do with old pills?
In today's story of the new series on how Social Innovation Tournament Alumni have continued creating impact under lock down, learn how GivMed, a Greek-based company, is working hard during COVID-19 pandemic on its recycled medication programme to keep expensive...
First research contract with Bucharest University
The Institute has signed a new research contract for young researchers with Bucharest University of Economic Studies (ASE) for a study on “Sustainable path for just transition for coal regions in Romania" and the first such contract with a Romanian university. The...
Apply for new EIBURS research grant!
The EIB Institute is launching a call for proposal for a new EIBURS research grant on the topic: Firm competitiveness, growth and digitalisation. Understanding the sources of the productivity growth slowdown is of prime importance for policy makers. The EIB pays...
Social Innovator develops
IRIS (Incubadora Regional de Inovação Social), the first Regional Social Innovation Incubator launched by the Institute and other partners to foster regional development through social innovation, is now a non-profit association. The change of structure, as of 12 June...
COVID-19: Luxembourg’s first microfinance institution lowers interest rates
microlux, Luxembourg's first microfinance institution, has lowered its interest rates to help self-employed entrepreneurs hard-hit by the economic crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The self-employed who have no access to conventional bank credit are the...
New SIT Alumni sub-site launched
Every year, finalists of the Institute’s Social Innovation Tournament (SIT) join the SIT Alumni network – a community of more than 100 of Europe’s best social entrepreneurs. The SIT Alumni network helps connect them and other selected social entrepreneurs to more...
Monastery in Setúbal reopens to the public
The 15th century monastery in Setúbal (Portugal), listed among ‘The 7 Most Endangered’ heritage sites in Europe in 2013 by the leading European heritage organisation Europa Nostra and the EIB Institute has now been fully rehabilitated. The rehabilitation project of...
Impact investing in Europe
The EIB Group is uniquely positioned to strengthen the impact investing sector in Europe according to a study, Impact investing in Europe, carried out by Sciences Po master’s students as part of a capstone project with the Institute’s Social Programme and the EIF.
Relief for anxiety online
In today's story of the new series on how Social Innovation Tournament Alumni have continued creating impact under lock down, learn how MyMind, an Irish mental healthcare provider sees a big rise in anxiety during the pandemic. Its response to the coronavirus: online...
SIT Mentoring Bootcamp goes digital
“It was an amazing learning experience for us”: the 15 finalists of the 2020 Social Innovation Tournament (SIT) “got ready for Lisbon” during the SIT Mentoring Bootcamp – held online for the first time because of COVID-19 – from 17 to 19 June. IES Social...
Powerful communication mindsets
In this webinar, Kim Van Niekerk looks at the role that mindset and focus have on written and verbal communication.