Today, our Board of Directors:
🔹approved updating dual-use projects definition, and backing security & defence, SMEs and innovative startups;
🔹backed €4.5 billion in new financing for innovation, business, transport & agriculture.
More information👉
Today's
@EIB
Board of Directors stepped up support for Europe’s
#security
& defence industry.
New financing for €4.5 billion was approved to support projects in the strategic priority areas of climate action, technological innovation and agriculture.
At
@EECKatowice
with
@JerzyBuzek
discussing 20 years in 🇪🇺 & 🇵🇱 tremendous progress:
✅new strategic infrastructure
✅development of cohesion regions
✅double GDP per capita from €7250 in 2004 to €14750 in 2023.
New challenges are ahead of 🇵🇱 &
@EIB
stands ready to support.
Very fruitful exchanges today at the
@EIF_EU
Board of Directors.
We discussed close to 40 transactions to improve access to finance for small businesses.
We are putting Europe’s
#capital
to work, fostering innovation, productivity, strategic autonomy & our shared values.
Honoured to take over from VP
@GelsoVigliotti
the Chair of the
@EIF_EU
Board.
The risk-financing subsidiary of the
@EIB
Group has a key role to play to support and scale-up Europe's
#SMEs
& startups, fostering innovation and entrepreneurship.
Our new €35m
#InvestEU
agreement w/ Italian multi-utility company Valle Umbra Servizi boosts water service efficiency in the province of Perugia. Our free technical assistance via the InvestEU Advisory Hub helps the region develop a decarbonisation plan 👉
Since 1958, as the EU's financial arm, we have been investing in high-impact projects that improve daily lives.
This is just an example of what the EU does for its citizens.
At
@Europarl_EN
#EUElections2024
,
#UseYourVote
& voice for democracy.
More info➡️
1/2 A really uplifting morning visiting residents in Connaught St; the housing for which was delivered by Govt,
@EIB
,
@FocusIreland
&
@HFA_Ireland
. Listening to stories about the power of waking up in a warm dry bed & how housing is linked to a more hopeful future…
🇦🇿🇪🇺We signed a €10m loan agreement with
@Bank_Respublika
to empower small businesses in Azerbaijan. This loan, part of EIB's MSME Outreach Initiative, aligns with EU's Economic and Investment Plan, promoting sustainability & innovation in the country.
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The European Elections are coming up on 6-9 June.
If you are an EU citizen living in an EU country other than the one you are from, you can vote where you reside.
Check if you are still in time and need to register ↓
#UseYourVote
Delighted to visit
#Ireland
with part of our operations team and also meet the head of the
@EIB
local office, Kevin McKeon, who is doing a fantastic job to support project implementation on the ground.
#DreamTeam
🍀
📷 with the Trinity College
@tcddublin
team
🇨🇮🇪🇺VP Ambroise Fayolle visited San Pedro to strengthen our collaboration with
@GROUPECOFINA
, boosting cocoa value chains in line with EU standards.
This project is part of
#TeamEurope
initiative for sustainable development and the low-carbon transition.
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🇪🇺🇮🇪 Inspiring visit with my dear
@Paschald
to
@EIB
funded Connaught St social housing scheme
A safe and warm home is the foundation for resilient societies
Thank you 🙏 to
@HFA_Ireland
@FocusIreland
for your work on the ground and to tenants Jackie and Al for the warm welcome!
🇮🇪🇪🇺🌍 Thanks for the warm welcome and lively exchange at the Institute of International & European Affairs
#iieatalks
on the strategic role of the
@eib
to put capital to work and contribute to growth, prosperity, technological & social progress in Ireland, Europe and the world.
📢13 May 2024: feel the beat of innovation at the
#EIBVentureDebt
Summit!⛰️
Join innovators, investors, policymakers and thought leaders and explore new networking opportunities.
Register today👇
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@NadiaCalvino
speaks about
@EIB
's diversified portfolio which "leverages Europe's human, financial and institutional capital" and allows it to invest in scale. She adds this investment is always better delivered in conjunction with the home government so that citizens understand…