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First part of the SIT Impact Bootcamp: the video
From 27 to 31 May, twenty-eight social entrepreneurs from 12 high-impact ventures gathered at the IRIS headquarters in Amarante, Portugal, for the first part of the Social Innovation Tournament (SIT) Impact Bootcamp 2019. Follow this link to learn more about the...
The Freebird Club: An app for ageing travellers
Click here to learn how Peter Mangan, founder of The Freebird Club, one of the past winners in the EIB Institute's annual Social Innovation Tournament, saw how hosting travellers can bring fun, new friendships and a new meaning in the life of an ageing...
Inequality and … Lecture on “Inequality and bequests”
When? Wednesday 25 September 2019, starting at 13:00 The EIB Institute is partnering with the University of Luxembourg, and others in organising a series of lectures under the general theme of “Inequality and …?” Follow the link for more information. The next...
How can the colour-blind tell colours?
Click here to learn how Miguel Neiva, founder of ColorADD, one of the past winners in the EIB Institute's annual Social Innovation Tournament, has already had some major successes for his invention – a language of symbols – which allows the colour-blind to navigate...
Find your summer inspiration in these 11 short stories
Every year since 2012, social entrepreneurs from different parts of Europe have been competing in the Social Innovation Tournament, directing their efforts and creative minds towards creating unique solutions to everyday problems that are often overlooked. These...
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice wins EIBURS research grant
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Department of economics) has been selected for an EIBURS research grant on the theme of ‘Incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria in credit analysis and ratings”. The project will be supported by the Research...
University of Twente wins EIBURS research grant
The University of Twente has been selected for an EIBURS research grant on the theme of ‘Building the future of inclusive finance: the role of Fintechs and digitalisation’. The University will work with the European Microfinance Network (EMN) and Qredits. The project...
Exhibition of works by ADP 2019 artists in residence
On Monday 8 July, artists Pamela Diamante (Italy), Darta Sidere (Latvia), Karel Koplimets (Estonia) and Mark Mc Guinness (Ireland) presented at the EIB premises the works they produced under the framework of the Institute’s Artists Development Programme (ADP) 2019...
SIT Bootcamp: “Getting ready for Dublin”
The finalists of the Social Innovation Tournament 2019 “got ready for Dublin” during the SIT Mentoring Bootcamp held from 10 to 12 July at the IRIS Social Incubator in Amarante, Portugal.
First academic conference on EIB
The first ever academic conference on the European Investment Bank was organised on 10 and 11 July 2019 in Luxembourg by the University of Luxembourg and the Universita degli studi di Padova.
“Thank you EIB”: EIB Summer School ends
“A real discovery. Thank you EIB!”. From 29 June to 10 July 2019, 70 students from seven universities (College of Europe (Bruges and Warsaw campuses), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, London School of Economics, Sciences Po, Dresden University of Technology and...
Financial education: Italian children benefit
Between 2016 and 2019, 5 572 pupils (aged 8 to 13) and 546 teachers from 40 different villages in mountain areas of Piedmont benefited from MOLE (MOney LEarning), a financial education project jointly organised by the EIB Institute, Turin’s Museum of Saving (Museo del...
Institute supports Florence School of Banking & Finance (FBF) seminar
The Institute supported the Florence School of Banking and Finance (FBF) executive seminar held on 28-29 June on the ‘New World of Financial Stability’ at the European University Institute (EUI). This event, held under the Chatham House rules, gathers yearly...
EIB Summer School begins
Vice-President Andrew Mac Dowell was the keynote speaker of the opening session of the EIB Summer School in Luxembourg on Monday. Vice-President Mac Dowell is Irish and was appointed in September 2016. He is responsible for funding and treasury, financing energy,...
Inequality and child development in deprived populations
Human Capital is key for escaping poverty and attaining higher standards of living, said Professor Costas Meghir from Yale University at an “Inequality and…?” lecture at the EIB in June, organised by the EIB Institute and the University of Luxembourg as part of the “Inequality and…?” series.
Cyclone in Southern Africa: EIB donation results
In March, Idai, an intense tropical cyclone, swept through Southern Africa, leaving more than 1 200 people dead, thousands missing and destroying homes and fields in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. Following the catastrophe, the EIB Group, in an effort coordinated by...
First research contract signed with Università di Parma
A new research contract on «Understanding the Emilian Model : A Network Analysis (NA) approach to investigate industrial relationships» has been signed between the EIB and the Università degli Studi di Parma. The research will last one year. This is the third STAREBEI...
EIB Summer School ready to begin!
Seventy students from seven universities are getting ready to come to Luxembourg on Saturday to attend the EIB Summer School organised by the Institute's Knowledge Programme. For ten days until 10 July 2019, students from the College of Europe (Bruges and Warsaw...
The new plastics economy
“The question is not whether a world without plastic pollution is possible but what we will do together to make it happen,” said Sander Defruyt from the Ellen Mac Arthur Foundation at a seminar on “Rethinking the future of plastics” organised by the EIB Institute and the EIB Corporate Responsibility Department.
IRIS Social innovation meet up 2019
The Social Innovation Meet Up took place in Cinfães (Portugal) on 7 June (click here for a summary video of the Meet Up). It was organised by IRIS, the first Regional Social Innovation Incubator set up by the Institute in partnership with Portus Park and with the...