Greece: after the fires

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Children playing again on three completely renovated playgrounds a year after the devastating fires in Eastern Attica (Greece): This is the result of the donation campaign held in July 2018 by the EIB Group via the EIB Institute. The playgrounds are in the Marathonas...

Glowee: Illuminated by glowing life from the sea

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Click here to learn how Sandra Rey, CEO of Glowee, one of the past winners of the EIB Institute’s annual Social Innovation Tournament, created an industry for light that needs no electricity. Turn on the glowing sea bacteria! Click here to read all previous...

Venice Microfinance Initiative: results

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Since 2017, seven students from Venice’s Ca’ Foscari University have been offering their knowledge and expertise to selected microfinance institutions on a pro-bono basis under the Venice Microfinance Initiative supported by the Institute. As part of this project,...

“Acting locally”: the social impact of microlux

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“I wanted to contribute to the economic fabric of the country that had welcomed me”. This is how Riad, a refugee who arrived in the Grand-Duchy in 2013, sums up his experience. From an entrepreneur employing 27 people in his native Syria, he became a self-employed...