Philanthropy report 2019 available!

In 2019, we helped the victims of tropical cyclone IDAI that swept through Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. Nine NGOs active in the region received EUR 261 695 to provide emergency aid, including health care and psychological support. We inaugurated the three...

Social Incubator expands

IRIS, the first Regional Social Innovation Incubator has strengthened its presence in the city of Porto and the northern region of Portugal  with a new space dedicated to social entrepreneurship and social innovation inaugurated on Monday 6 January 2020. The new space...

Season’s greetings from the EIB Institute

  Happy holidays and best wishes for 2020 from the EIB Institute! A lot happened in 2019. The second Summer School took place with 70 students from seven universities. HeHop (France), Jelly Drops (UK), Fazla Gida (Turkey) and Zouri Shoes (Portugal) were the...

How to make energy efficiency projects attractive?

Three-quarters of the EUR 400 billion needed annually to help the EU achieve its 2050 climate targets must be invested in energy efficiency if the EU is to meet its targets, but how to make firms consider energy efficiency projects? This was the topic of a young...