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And the 2024 Artists Development Programme laureates are…
The laureates of the 2024 edition of the Artists Development Programme (ADP) — the EIB’s flagship talent scouter and accelerator for emerging visual artists from Europe — have been selected! They are: Gilad Ashery (Portugal, 30) and Alessandro Di Lorenzo (Italy, 27)...
Vanuatu: Helping children to stay in school after disaster struck
In March 2023, twin cyclones Judy and Kevin and an earthquake struck the South Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu impacting nearly all of the country’s inhabitants. According to the National Disaster Management Office, these events affected around 250,000 people, more...
New European Bauhaus Investment Guidelines adopted
The European Commission with the help of EIB’s JASPERS has adopted the New European Bauhaus Investment Guidelines, a tool designed to help both private and public investors align their projects with the NEB values of sustainability, inclusion, and aesthetics.
EIB helps alleviate humanitarian tragedy in Gaza
The EIB has donated €250 000 to provide humanitarian assistance for children in Gaza. The humanitarian support is being provided to Welthungerhilfe and coordinated by the EIB Institute. The EIB donation will support food supplies for malnourished children under five,...
Capstone with Esade on Modelling equity cashflows
Is it possible to predict the capital contribution (drawdown) profile of EIB’s private equity fund investments? This was the question asked to Esade students in the framework of a capstone project with the EIB. The EIB can provide equity financing primarily investing...
Why do EU scale-ups relocate?
EU scale-up firms relocate more frequently than US or UK firms and they often relocate outside of the EU and most frequently in the US, according to a capstone project led by College of Europe masters’ students in 2024 on “The European scale-up ecosystem: Evidence on late-stage enterprises location choice”
“An incredible experience”: EIB Summer School 2024 ends
“You are leading an amazing opportunity for intergenerational exchange. Thank you for giving us a voice at the EIB”: These are the words of some of the 80 students from 24 European universities who participated in the EIB Summer School 2024, organised by the EIB Institute and held online from 24-28th June and from 29 June- 6 July onsite at the EIB campus in Luxembourg.
EIB President Nadia Calviño opens EIB Summer School 2024
EIB President Nadia Calviño gave the open plenary keynote at the EIB Summer School 2024 in Luxembourg and had a fruitful exchange on the future of Europe, the Bank and its strategic roadmap with 80 students from 24 EU universities.
How to improve EU citizenship education?
What does it mean to be an EU citizen? And how to raise awareness for the European project and improve EU citizenship education? To answer these key questions, the EIB Institute organised on Wednesday 27 June the first symposium on EU citizenship education. The...
Empowering Equity Academy is launched!
Women and STEM graduates are underrepresented in EU private equity, venture capital and private debt markets, affecting the quality of EU innovation. To address this gap, the Institute and the European Investment Fund (EIF) are joining forces to launch a brand-new...
Financial education programme in Cyprus completed
What an incredible journey it’s been! The EIB Institute, in collaboration with ActionAid Hellas, a Greek NGO and supported by the Financial Wellbeing Institute, the Central Bank of Cyprus, the Hellenic Bank of Cyprus and the Ministry of Education has successfully...
EIB artists at the Venice Biennale
Often dubbed “the Olympics of the art world”, the Venice Biennale is one of the most important events on the art world’s calendar. Organised every two years, it has been held since 1895 with very few interruptions.The 60th edition of the Biennale, which will last...
First webinar on EIB offering for cultural heritage: recording available
First webinar on EIB Group offering for the cultural heritage sector. The online masterclass in funding and advisory services for cultural heritage was the third out of a total of four masterclasses which Europa Nostra has organised in the framework of the European Cultural Heritage Agora Network Project (2022-2024), co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.
Call for nominations for 7 Most Endangered 2025 is launched!
The call for nominations for the 7 Most Endangered 2025 has been launched!
German regional railway transport after 2031
Germany is committed to continuing providing sustainable and efficient public transport. In the coming years (2025-2035) authorities both at regional and national level will dedicate increased funding for electrification, and infrastructure expansion and innovative mobility solutions according to the results of a capstone project with TU Dresden Masters’ students presented at the EIB in Luxembourg in April 2024.
EIB Returns Painting to Rightful Heirs
Following provenance research, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has returned a Flemish Old Master painting by Frans de Momper, which had been spoliated during World War II, to its rightful owners. The painting, titled A Winterscene by a Village with Travellers, like...
Opera for Peace Academy 2024 in Rome and Paris (15-25 April)
Following the success of the first two editions in Rome in 2022 and Paris in 2023, amidst a backdrop of new challenges on the international stage, Opera for Peace Academy aims this year to amplify voices of peace, for the first time in both capitals (Rome from April...
And the 7 Most Endangered 2024 are…
The 7 Most Endangered sites 2024 have been announced!
New research contract with Università di Trento (Italy)
The Institute has signed a new research contract for young researchers (STAREBEI) with Università di Trento (Italy) on “Leading the Sustainable Transition: Multilateral Financial Institutions and Supply Chains Governance”. The research grant will last 12 months...
Heritage: French-Luxembourgish journalist Stéphane Bern receives 2024 Costa Carras award
Stéphane Bern, a renowned French-Luxembourgish journalist and a prominent heritage advocate, has won the Costa Carras European Citizens Awards for the Safeguard of Endangered Heritage for his exemplary work in raising awareness of the need to save heritage at risk in...