European Investment Bank

Bridging the gap:
an investment plan
for Europe

The Investment Plan for Europe aims to revive investment in strategic projects around Europe to fuel growth and employment opportunities for a more competitive EU. See at www.eib.org/invest-eu

Bridging the gap: an investment plan for Europe

European Investment Bank

One minute, one project
Community SMEs in Italy providing a space for freedom and security
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Landmark projects in the European Union
Discover concrete examples of EIB’s projects at the service of all EU citizens.
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EIB: sustainable growth and jobs
This short film explains how the European Investment Bank generates sustainable growth and employment across the European Union and beyond.
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The European Investment Bank at a glance
This leaflet explains clearly the role of the EIB, its remits, activities and operating methods.
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The EIB: who benefits?
See the positive impact our financing has on people’s quality of life, both inside and outside the EU.
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The EIB, a responsible bank
A brief introduction on EIB’s corporate responsibility.
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President Hoyer attends European Council meeting that lends support to Investment Plan for Europe

The European Fund for Strategic Investments, a collaboration between the EIB and the European Commission, will mobilise EUR 315bn of new investment for Europe of over the next three years. President Werner Hoyer has confirmed that the EIB Group will start activities under the Fund early in 2015, even before the initiative’s structure is formally agreed.

Investment Offensive for Europe

The EU Task Force on Investment has published a report showing that there is significant potential for investment in Europe. The report identifies some 2,000 projects, proposed by Member States, for potential implementation over the coming three years. The EIB will help assess the projects to create a transparent pipeline of economically viable projects that can best foster the competitiveness of Europe´s economy.

Ukraine: EIB President Werner Hoyer visit and EU commitment to supporting Ukraine

The EIB agreed a EUR 150 million loan to upgrade the gas transmission infrastructure along the Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod gas pipeline in the Ukraine. The deal was signed in Kiev on 1 December, when President Werner Hoyer and Vice-President Laszlo Baranyay met with President Petro Poroshenko and with Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenuk, reaffirming the EU Bank’s support for the Ukrainian economy. The Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod pipeline transports natural gas from Russia to Ukraine and the EU and also, through reverse flows, from the EU to Ukraine.

December E-Newsletter is out

The EIB and the European Commission have joined forces to support the Investment Plan for Europe. Read the latest edition of our e-Newsletter for more information on the European Fund for Strategic Investments, as well as the EIB’s EUR 3bn investment commitment to Ukraine, jobs for youth in Poland and all our other top news.

Calendar

18
DEC
European Council meeting

Brussels
16
JAN
InnovFin Seminar - France

Paris
02
FEB
EIB Board of Directors Seminar with Civil Society

Luxembourg
04
FEB
InnovFin Seminar - Sweden

Stockholm
05
FEB
InnovFin Seminar - Finland

Helsinki