Microfinance:  macro relevance and huge potential

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...
EIB Summer School 2023 begins!

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. In a lively “tour...
Supporting Ukrainian refugees in Moldova

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....