Measuring the SIT’s impact

Measuring the SIT’s impact

How to measure the impact for startups of the Social Innovation Tournament, the flagship event of the EIB Institute? Master’s students from five business schools (Católica Lisbon, Aston University, Maastricht University, Norwegian Business School and Mannheim...

Donation to help Tunisia tackle COVID-19 crisis

The EIB, through the EIB Institute, has decided to make an immediate €250 000 donation to two NGOs operating in Tunisia to help tackle the current devastating COVID-19 crisis and provide some relief to the overwhelmed health system. The donation will go to Unicef...

Floods in Europe: EIB donates €500 000

Following unprecedented flooding in north-western Europe, the EIB has donated, through the EIB Institute, €500 000 for flood relief and disaster preparedness in Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands. ​Between 14 and 15 July 2021, severe flash flooding...

Arborea (SIT 2017) raises €3.6 million funding

SIT alumnus Arborea (SIT 2017), which is industrialising photosynthesis to expand the world’s food supply, has completed a €3.6 million funding round to scale its technology at a demo facility in Portugal. The facility will be used to demonstrate the company’s ability...

Madagascar: EIB donates €250 000 to alleviate famine

The EIB, through the EIB Institute, has decided to make an immediate €250 000 donation to three NGOs operating in Madagascar to help tackle the disastrous famine crisis — the first such crisis to be declared a direct result of climate change — in the south of the...