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“Amazing opportunity”: EIB Summer School ends
“Extremely valuable”, “Amazing opportunity”: From 27 June to 7 July, 80 students from 22 European universities took a deep dive into the EU’s climate bank role during the EIB Summer School 2023, two weeks of lectures and seminars taught by EIB Group staff members.
Microfinance: macro relevance and huge potential
“Microfinance, despite its modest name, has macro relevance and huge potential,” said EIB President Werner Hoyer as he opened the MFC conference held in Budva, Montenegro, on 24 to 25 May 2023. MFC is a microfinance network representing 115 members from 37 countries...
SIT 2023 mentoring bootcamp: “låt oss åka till Stockholm!”
“låt oss åka till Stockholm!” The 15 finalists of the 2023 Social Innovation Tournament (SIT), the EIB Institute’s flagship event, “got ready for Stockholm” during the SIT Mentoring Bootcamp held from 28 to 30 June in Vienna, Austria. The finalists hail from nine...
EIB Summer School 2023 begins!
EIB President Werner Hoyer opened the EIB Summer School 2023 welcoming 80 graduate students from 22 European universities coming to learn about the EU’s climate bank during two weeks of lectures and seminars taught by EIB Group staff members.
Supporting Ukrainian refugees in Moldova
Refugees often leave their country with the bare minimum. Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, more than 7 million people have fled the country, including 600 000 to neighbouring Moldova. In March 2022, the EIB made a record donation of €2.5 million via...
Helping cholera victims in Malawi
Through the EIB Institute, the EIB has provided emergency humanitarian aid to help the victims of the Malawi's deadliest ever outbreak of cholera by donating €250 000 to three water boards, in southern and northern Malawi together with the Lilongwe water board. The...
New exhibition at the EIB celebrates emerging talent
A new internal retrospective exhibition is currently on show at the EIB’s headquarters, and will stay on until the summer. Titled Accelerating Young Talent, the exhibition covers the 2020, 2021 and 2022 editions of the Artists Development Programme (ADP). This...
Private equity investment in Sub-Saharan Africa
To strengthen private equity (PE) investment in sub-Saharan Africa it is necessary to create a PE support fund, to facilitate knowledge sharing, to set up PE education programme and to support its regional expansion according to the findings of the second capstone project carried out by Masters’ students of Esade (Barcelona, Spain) presented in June 2023.
Promoting social innovators at ChangeNOW
From ROSI, a French start-up offering innovative recycling solutions for solar panels to AlgaEnergy a Spanish biotech company specialised in microalgae-based agro-biological inputs that combat the effects of climate change, eight Social Innovation Tournament (SIT)...
Blue Dots and Spilno
Since the onset of the war in Ukraine on 24 February 2022, many children have had to leave their homes and have been separated from their friends and loved ones. They have witnessed acts of violence and destruction and undergone untold trauma. UNICEF was one of the...
European Heritage Hub is launched
The European Heritage Hub, a pilot project funded by the European Union to strengthen the engagement of citizens with Europe’s cultural heritage and led by Europa Nostra was launched on 10 May in Brussels marking the start of one of the largest cultural heritage-driven projects across Europe to support the green, social and digital transformation of our society.
SIT 2023: Meet Europe’s 15 best social entrepreneurs
15 finalists from 10 countries have been selected for the 2023 Social Innovation Tournament, the flagship initiative of the Institute’s Social Programme recognising and supporting Europe’s best impact entrepreneurs. From innovative solutions such as enabling green...
Donation for Vanuatu
Through the EIB Institute, the EIB has donated €50 000 to help the victims of the twin cyclones and earthquake that struck Vanuatu in March 2023 impacting nearly all of the country's inhabitants. According to the National Disaster Management Office, these events have...
German regional rail transport: between hope and failure
Results of the first capstone project carried out by Master’s students from TU Dresden on “German regional rail transport: between hope and failure” were presented in April 2023.
Impactful solutions at the ChangeNOW Summit 2023
Eight SIT alumni will be showcased at the ChangeNOW Summit 2023, an international summit to be held in Paris from 25-27 May to present concrete actions and innovations to tackle climate change-related issues, which is supported by the EIB and the EIB Institute. The...
First Costa Carras European Citizens award for cultural heritage
The Romanian NGO “ARA – Architecture. Restoration. Archeology” has been awarded the very first Costa Carras European Citizens Award for the Safeguard of Endangered Cultural and Natural Heritage for its exemplary work mobilising citizens to promote and protect the outstanding heritage of Roșia Montană, located in Transylvania (Romania)
The increase in energy prices has mixed impact on SMEs
The unprecedented rise in energy prices due to the war in Ukraine has had a large but heterogenous effect on European SMEs according to a capstone project on ” The impact of energy prices on SME investment and profitability” led by LSE Masters students coordinated by the European Investment fund (EIF) and presented at the EIB in March 2023.
7 Most Endangered 2023 announced
The 7 Most Endangered sites 2023 have been announced!
First EIB courses in Morocco, Egypt and Jordan
With new EIB lectures delivered at three major universities, the Université euro-méditerranéenne de Fès (Morocco), Amman’s Jordan University and Cairo’s Ain Shams University, the Institute is extending its activities on the other bank of the Mediterranean
Institute joins Climate Heritage Network
To keep 1.5°C alive and get climate action back on track, we must engage with the cultural dimensions of the climate crisis: The Institute is joining the Climate Heritage Network to unlock the power of arts, culture and heritage to help people imagine and realise low...