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Europeans preferred heritage project 2022 is…
World Vyshyvanka Day, UKraine, an annual holiday celebrated internationally in May that helps preserve the iconic Ukrainian embroidered shirt (vyshyvanka) as an important element of the heritage of the Ukrainian people has won the Public Choice Award 2022 at...
Desolenator (SIT 2016) awarded $100,000 in new funding
SIT Alumni Desolenator (SIT 2016), a Dutch startup that develops solar powered water purification technology, was the winner of the Supernova Challenge in Dubai, the biggest start-up pitch competition in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia, securing the top prize...
Success for Private Art Kirchberg 2022
Close to 600 visitors visited the EIB during the 2022 edition of Private Art Kirchberg (PAK), a biennal open-day of major corporate art collections in Luxembourg. For the return of PAK, after an extended hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, visitors discovered the...
First European conference on community disaster preparedness
Droughts, floods, wildfires and heavy storms... due to climate change, extreme weather events are on the rise around the globe. Being prepared and knowing how to act in the right way and help others can save lives and limit damage. The EIB Institute, in collaboration...
Donation to support Ukrainian war victims
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused the largest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II, with more than 6.3 million people fleeing the country and a third of the population being displaced. Eight months into the war, the need for humanitarian aid in Ukraine...
How to implement the EU Green Deal?
How to implement the European Green Deal, both in its European and its global dimension, will be the focus of Marc Ringel, the new holder of the European Chair for Sustainable Development and Climate Transition at Sciences Po.
SIT 2022: and the winners are…
WaveOut (Austria), Rosi and Newcy (France) and AlgaEnergy (Spain) were the winners of the SIT 2022 held in Vienna (Austria) and online on 29 September. Hale (Italy) was the winner of the Audience Choice Award.
SIT 2022: Let’s hear from the jury…
Have you ever wondered what goes through the minds of the Social Innovation Tournament jury members? How do the judges who are investors or asset managers specialized in assessing start-up companies make their decision? Find out ahead of next week's final event in...
Come visit EIB’s art collection for Private Art Kirchberg 2022
After an extended hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Private Art Kirchberg (PAK) will return on Sunday, 25 September 2022 for an exciting day of cultural and architectural discovery! For the 2022 edition, the EIB - alongside Allen&Overy, Arendt, Clearstream,...
Welcome to our 2022 ADP residents!
The 10th edition of the Artists Development Programme—the EIB’s artists residency and mentorship programme—is officially underway! On 2 September 2022, this year’s ADP laureates arrived at the Cité internationale des arts in Paris to begin their residency. Over the...
Call for nominations extended to 30 September for 7 Most Endangered 2023!
You only have until the end of the month to nominate a site for the 7 Most Endangered 2023! If you know of important heritage in Europe that is endangered – such as an historic monument or an ensemble of historic monuments, an archaeological site, a place of worship,...
Polish students win Rotman European Trading Competition 2022
A team from the University of Warsaw won the Rotman European Trading Competition (RETC), organized on 26 August by University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management/Luiss Guido Carli University of Rome and supported by the Institute. This one-day invitational online...
“I learnt a lot”: 2022 Scaling Impact Executive Programme
The sixth edition was organised jointly with Católica-Lisbon School of Business and Economics at its Lisbon campus and welcomed participants from nine high impact ventures.
SIT alumni benefit from EIC funding
What do Social Innovation Tournament (SIT) winners Arborea (UK), which industrialises photosynthesis to expand the world’s food supply, Nuventura (Germany), which reduces greenhouse gases produced by industrial switchgears, and Glowee (France) (pictured), which...
First EIB Heritage Grant for Giardino Giusti
Giusti garden in Verona is the first recipient of an EIB Heritage Grant
New SIT alumni stories
MyCareMatters cuts down on confusion and stress by helping caregivers understand the preferences of people with dementia; Austrian startup wirkt. offers cross-cultural education and other services to address the integration challenges facing immigrants; The Loop makes...
First EIB Summer School alumni weekend
On 9 and 10 July, 90 alumni of the EIB Summer School gathered in Luxembourg for the first EIB Summer School Alumni weekend. The programme aims to create a community of ambassadors of the EIB Group’s mission among these future potential stakeholders. It is reserved for...
“Fantastic opportunity!”: EIB Summer School 2022 ends
"It was a fantastic opportunity the EIB offered us": 70 students from 18 European universities successfully completed the EIB Summer School 2022. During their two weeks in Luxembourg at the Bank's headquarters, the students learned about the mission and activities of...
Microfinance investing through uncertainty
How can the microfinance sector respond to the triple challenge of the war in Ukraine, the still ongoing pandemic and the need to fight climate change? This is the question participants tried to answer during the 24th Microfinance Centre (MFC) Annual Conference held...
Artists Development Programme 2022: and the winners are…
The European Investment Bank Institute (EIB) and the Cité internationale des arts are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022 edition of the Artists Development Programme (ADP). • Laure Winants (Belgium, 30 years old) and Liviu Bulea (Romania, 32 years old) for...