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New Europa Nostra branch to open in Krakow

Europa Nostra, Europe's leading NGO for the safeguarding of cultural heritage, is to open a branch of its network – the Europa Nostra Heritage Hub – in Kraków (Poland), the first European city on the UNESCO World Heritage List, as the first outpost of this...

How well have they done?

The Social Innovation Tournament has seen many finalists and winners in its ten years of existence. But how have they done since then? Our previous series looked at SIT Alumni solutions to tackle the pandemic and the 2020 and 2021 cohorts. This new series is about SIT...

EIB donates for Tonga

Through the Institute, the EIB is donating €150 000 for the safe and sustainable relocation of a community of 358 people in Kanokupolu (Kingdom of Tonga) after their lives and homes were devastated by the eruption of a submarine volcano. In January 2022, Hunga...

Tackling carbon neutrality

How can Sciences Po students contribute to tackling carbon neutrality? Two Sciences Po Paris alumni, Gaia Bellavista and Tommaso Buso offered an answer with the Carbon Neutrality Challenge in the framework of the Sciences Po Chair for sustainable development and...

How to build a European Greentech Ecosystem

How to build a European Greentech Ecosystem

Supporting Greentech clusters and building a more conducive investment environment are the policy measures needed to develop Greentech in the EU according to a capstone project led by LSE Masters students coordinated by the European Investment fund (EIF) and presented at the EIB on 24 March 2022.

First EIB course ends at University of Bari (Italy)

First EIB course ends at University of Bari (Italy)

The first EIB course at Universita degli Studi Aldo Moro di Bari will end with a lecture by EIB Vice-President Gelsomina Vigliotti on 12 April 2022. It started in November 2021 with a focus on the EIB Group’s missions, business cycle, activity in Italy and climate and the environmental efforts.

First EIB courses with University of Coimbra

First EIB courses with University of Coimbra

The first ever EIB course at the University of Coimbra (Portugal) has started with a lecture presenting the EIB Group given by the Head of the EIB Lisbon office on 1st April 2022.​
It will comprise a series of four lectures until 5 May presenting the EIB Group, business cycle and activities in Portugal, the EIB Climate Bank Roadmap and the EIF.

7 Most Endangered 2022: and the winners are…

7 Most Endangered 2022: and the winners are…

Zogu Bridge, (Albania), Récollets Convent, Nivelles (Belgium), Garden City La Butte Rouge, near Paris, (France), Historic Centre of Stolberg (Germany), Neptune Baths, Băile Herculane, (Romania), Orléans-Borbón Palace, near Cádiz, (Spain), Crèvecoeur Fortress, Den Bosch, (The Netherlands)

Support Ukraine’s cultural defenders

Our long time partner Europa Nostra is joining forces with Global Heritage Fund in launching a donation campaign to support the defenders of cultural heritage in Ukraine as well as those working in the cultural heritage world who have been rendered refugees in their...

Last SIT Alumni 2021 stories

Here are our last three stories about the SIT 2021 alumni ! Discover how a German institute offers disabled people how to help communities become more inclusive. Read how Wasser 3.0 fights microplastics water pollution in a innovative way and see how a Danish...

UCL EIB lectures 2022 end

UCL EIB lectures 2022 end

The series of EIB lectures 2021-2022 at University College London (UCL) Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction have ended. They are part of a Masters programme launched in 2013 for infrastructure specialists to develop the multi-disciplinary skills essential for effective financing and delivery of complex infrastructure projects.

ADP 2022: End of calls for applications

The three calls for applications for the Artists Development Programme 2022 are now closed. A jury – consisting of Tatiana Trouvé (the mentor), members of the EIB Arts Committee, a representative of Cité internationale des arts and external art advisers  – will now...