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One minute warning for epilepsy
In today's story of the new series on how Social Innovation Tournament Alumni have continued creating impact under lock down, learn how Spanish company MJN Seras' seizure brain monitor delivers early warning of attacks. Read the story here and follow the link...
Shopping for the planet
In today's story of the new series on how Social Innovation Tournament Alumni have continued creating impact under lock down, learn how goodbag encourages shoppers to protect the planet by making it possible for retailers to join its high-tech environmental shopping...
EIB Climate Chair launched at European University Institute
EIB Vice-President Emma Navarro and European University Institute (EUI) President Renaud Dehousse have launched the EIB Chair on Climate Change Policy and International Carbon Markets (“EIB Climate Chair”) on 18 June 2020. The EIB Climate Chair is entirely supported...
Series on Financial Management
This webinar series is a starting point, introducing important concepts that entrepreneurs can delve into on their own through online research or local experts. Use these webinars as a starting point and explore the knowledge of the web to dig deeper.
2020 ADP artists in residence arrive in Luxembourg
Meta Drčar, Panayiotis Doukanaris and Niamh Schmidtke, winners of the Artists Development Programme 2020, have started their residency in Luxembourg, where they will spend five weeks working on an art project under the mentorship of Jorma Puranen. Because of the...
7 Most Endangered 2021 call for nomination launched!
The call for nominations for the 7 Most Endangered 2021 Programme is launched! If you know an important endangered heritage gem in Europe -an historic monument or an ensemble of historic monuments, an archaeological site, a place of worship, an industrial complex, a...
Connected for jobs
In today's story of the new series on how Social Innovation Tournament Alumni have continued creating impact under lock down, learn how Konexio, a French-based organisation, helps vulnerable people from France to Malawi get digital training at home during COVID-19...
Response to the 2017 fires in Portugal
Nine houses have been rebuilt in the Portuguese municipalities of Castanheira de Pêra and Pedrógão Grande thanks to the €500 000 EIB donation to the REVITA fund, as part of the EIB response to the devastating forest fires that hit central Portugal on 17 June 2017,...
Fighting hunger and waste in Turkey
In today's story of the new series on how Social Innovation Tournament Alumni have continued creating impact under lock down, learn how Fazla Gida, a Turkish food waste company, is creating new value for food banks and charities. Read the story here and follow the...
Alternative Finance Forum postponed to 2021
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the second Alternative Finance Forum (AFF) organised by KEPA – Business and Cultural Development Centre to take place in Thessaloniki (Greece) on 1 October 2020 and supported by the Institute has been postponed to 13 October 2021. The AFF...
Break the chain of COVID-19
In today's story of the new series on how Social Innovation Tournament Alumni have continued creating impact under lock down, learn how Bayes Impact’s coronavirus tracking website is slowing the spread of disease. Read the story here and follow the link to read all...
New research contract with Johns Hopkins University
The Institute has signed a new research contract for young researchers with Johns Hopkins University-School of Advanced International Studies, Bologna, for a study on “Coastal Flood Risk Assessment in Skåne region, Sweden". The research will start in May 2020 and last...
Bridging generations to ease COVID-19 isolation
In today's story of the new series on how Social Innovation Tournament Alumni have continued creating impact under lock down, learn how during retirement home coronavirus crisis, Adopta un Abuelo turns to the telephone to help the elderly. Read the story here and...
Virtual hospitals for Italy’s crisis
In today's story of the new series on how Social Innovation Tournament Alumni have continued creating impact under lock down, learn how Ultraspecialisti's telemedicine connects patients and doctors during the coronavirus crisis in Italy. Read the story here. Photo:...
The EIB Summer School Alumni Programme is launched!
To keep up the spirit of the EIB Summer School where selected graduate students from EU universities learn about the activities of the EIB Group, the EIB Institute is launching a dedicated programme for all the Alumni. The Programme is reserved for all previous...
Helping people step out safely in a crisis
In today's story of the new series on how Social Innovation Tournament Alumni have continued creating impact under lockdown, learn how Walk With Path, based in Britain, has developed a device called Path Finder that helps Parkinson’s patients walk independently and...
Circular sanitiser for the hands
Today's story of the new series on how Social Innovation Tournament Alumni have continued creating impact under lockdown, shows us how iNex Circular, a French company that fights industrial waste, has found a new mission in COVID-19 pandemic hand sanitiser. Read their...
EIB meets La Sapienza
The 2020 ‘’EIB meets La Sapienza’’ course ended on 22 May with a seminar on “The European Investment Fund: Social Commitment & Impact Finance”.Three other lectures took place on “The EIB Group Corporate Presentation” (24 April), “How do we work & how do we make decisions” (8 May) and “Investment Cost/Benefit Evaluation & Social Impact Evaluation” (15 May).
Creating incentives for positive consumer behaviour
Christoph Hantschk, cofounder of goodbag, a tech start-up, sees evidence that amid crisis some people are reconsidering what is truly essential While the COVID-19 crisis has slowed retail activity across the world, Christoph Hantschk believes something positive will...
Financial management in four steps: From start up to scale up
The EIB Institute is hosting a series of four webinars on financial management for social entrepreneurs: “From start up to scale up”. Thomas Ferré, from the European Investment Fund’s Mandate Management – Equity team and a former social entrepreneur himself with a...