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When culture meets climate
Recognising the key role of culture for transformative climate action was the reason why over 30 Ministers or government representatives and cultural advocates from across the Globe attended the historic inaugural meeting of the ‘Group of Friends of Culture-Based Climate Action’, co-chaired by the Ministers of Culture of the UAE and Brazil, at COP 28 in Dubai.
Armenia: EIB Group donation to UNICEF for refugees psycho-social support
The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group, via its philanthropic arm, the EIB Institute, has donated €200 000 to address the mental health and winter-related needs of the Karabakh Armenian children and their families who have fled to Armenia following the military...
Sofia University wins European Ethics Bowl 2023
A team of students from Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” (FEBA) won the European Ethics Bowl 2023, a competition to raise awareness of the relevance and complexity of current ethical issues in the European context. The topic discussed by the four finalist teams...
Europa Nostra opens new regional hub in Nicosia
Europa Nostra, the Institute’s partner in safeguarding Europe’s cultural heritage, has opened a new Heritage Hub in Nicosia to cover the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, focusing on promoting excellence for heritage preservation, advancing sustainability and culture-based climate action, and (re)building cultural bridges across the region.
Investing for impact
On 23 November, Shiva Dustdar, Director of the EIB Institute will take part in the Big Conversation, a debate marking the opening of the 2023 European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA) Impact Week in Torino (Italy). In a panel moderated by Leslie Johnston,...
EIB Institute at Web Summit 2023
Web Summit is the world’s largest annual technology conference that brings together the people and companies redefining the global tech industry. The EIB Group, composed of the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund, which focuses on small...
After the earthquake: rebuilding mentally in Morocco
A month ago, Morocco was hit by the strongest recorded earthquake in the country and the deadliest in 60 years. Close to three million people from the mountains near Marrakesh and surrounding areas were affected and EIB President Werner Hoyer immediately offered...
SIT 2023: and the winners are…
Swiss company Spring ACT – Action. Compassion. Technology, who has developed a digital companion to help survivors of domestic violence; French company Gribouilli; Maltese company Braintrip and Spanish company Smart Fiiber were the winners of SIT 2023 held in Stockholm.
Second European conference on community disaster preparedness 26 October
Know Your Hazard, the second European conference on community disaster preparedness organised by the EIB Institute, in collaboration with the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre and the Luxembourgish Red Cross, is taking place today at the European Investment...
EIB Art collection: New Acquisitions 2023
The EIB Art collection has been enriched this year by the acquisition of 17 new works by 15 artists including both established names as well as emerging talent. The works are presented during an internal exhibition “There is a crack in everything… that’s how the light...
Head of the Institute receives Global Inspiring Women Worldwide Award
Shiva Dustdar, Director, Head of the EIB institute, was presented the Global Inspiring Women Worldwide Award this week at the WINConference in Rome. WIN selected Shiva Dustdar because she operates with feminine values like being authentic, approachable, while...
Call for nominations for 7 Most Endangered 2024 now over
The call for nominations for the 7 Most Endangered 2024 has been launched!
Celebrating 10 years of protecting heritage
Cultural heritage is key to our European identity. Without it, economic growth would be meaningless. It has a cohesive power that connects European people and communities.
Over the past 10 years, as this new publication highlights, the 7 Most Endangered programme has been helping European communities save historical sites.
Campaign supported by Institute wins European Parliament Citizen’s Prize
A Luxembourg-based campaign to deliver ambulances and generators to Ukraine, supported by an EIB donation, has been awarded the European Parliament Citizen's Prize for Luxembourg. Awarded every year by the European Parliament, the prize goes to projects organised by...
SIT 2023: Jury members announced
The jury has been selected for the Social Innovation Tournament 2023, which will take place on 28 September in Stockholm. Serial entrepreneur Ilonka Jankovich will preside over the jury composed of : fund manager Justina Alders-Sheya, impact investor Elena Casolari,...
Supporting flood-hit Slovenian communities
Some 500 Slovenian families hit by the recent devastating floods in Slovenia will benefit from an EIB grant of €200,000 through the EIB Institute. The catastrophe which claimed lives, homes and livelihoods was the worst natural disaster to hit the country since 1991....
Helping Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, more than 1 million Ukrainian and third-country nationals in need of international protection have crossed the borders into Slovakia, 78% of them women and children. In March 2022, the EIB, through the EIB Institute, donated...
2023 Artists Development Programme laureates announced!
Jonathan Pêpe (France), Lisa Hoffmann (Germany), Marta Djourina (Bulgaria), Larissa Araz (Türkiye) and Zhenia Stepanenko (Ukraine) are the 2023 laureates of the Artists Development Programme (ADP).a residency and mentorship programme organised by the EIB Institute. The five laureates will complete a three-month residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts, in Paris under the mentorship of acclaimed Franco-Italian artist Tatiana Trouvé.
Rehabilitating Skopje Post Office
On the 60th anniversary of the devastating earthquake that shook Skopje the capital of Northern Macedonia on 26 July 1963, the EIB Institute and Europa Nostra published their Technical Report on the Central Post Office in Skopje, one of the 7 Most Endangered for 2021.
EIB Summer School alumni meet in Luxembourg
On 8 and 9 July, 40 alumni of the EIB Summer School coming from all past cohorts gathered in Luxembourg for the annual EIB Summer School alumni weekend. Alumni are former students of the EIB Summer School, an intensive immersion programme into the EIB Group (EIB, EIF,...