European Investment Bank

  • The EIB - the EU bank
  • Innovative finance, financing innovation
  • Support for sustainable, secure and competitive energy supplies
  • Trans-European Networks - uniting Europe
  • Environmental sustainability - investing in a greener Europe
  • Cohesion and Convergence - developing the regions
  • SMEs - the backbone of the European economy

About us

About the EIB

The EIB furthers the objectives of the European Union by making long-term finance available for sound investment.

Activities in the EU

About the EIB

The EIB Group offers four main services to its clients: loans, technical assistance, guarantees and venture capital.

Activities outside EU

About the EIB

EIB lending is governed by a series of mandates from the EU in support of EU development and cooperation policies in partner countries.


EIB lends wings to Berlin-Brandenburg Airport expansion

copyright: Günter Wicker - Berlin Airports

The Bank has signed off one of the biggest infrastructure loans in Europe to help expand the German capital's international hub. Some 20 years after the fall of the Berlin wall, this "German unity project" is set to contribute to the expansion of trans-European networks.

Public consultations

The EIB organises regular public consultations on key policies governing its operations. At present, it is assessing the comments received during the second round of consultations on its Public Disclosure, Transparency and Complaints Mechanism policies.



News


EIB provides EUR 82 million for Namibia’s only cement factory

The new cement plant will make a significant contribution to reducing poverty and sustainable economic development in northern Namibia. The Ohorongo plant will provide over 300 direct jobs and provide indirect employment for over 2,000 people in the Tsumeb area, a poor rural district.

EIB Information 3-2009 (n°136)

The new EIB information brochure has just gone out. In this issue, the spotlight has been placed onto the EIB's revised policy on offshore financial centres developed at the initiative of the bank's board of directors. The latter was approved on 14 July 2009 following extensive discussions with EU member states, key expert lead organisations, international financial organisations and other concerned stakeholders including civil society organisations.


Spain: EUR 80 million for GEMASOLAR’s innovative solar power project

With a nameplate power of 17 MW, the new plant is a global pioneer in the commercial application of CSP technology and the only existing commercial-scale solar power demonstration project based on a central tower receiver and heliostat field and an innovative molten salt heat storage system. The Gemasolar plant will supply clean and secure energy to 25 000 households, reduce CO2 emissions by more than 30 000 tonnes a year and create around 1 000 direct jobs during the construction phase.

France: the EIB lends EUR 60m for new hospital in Metz

The EIB signed a EUR 60m financing operation with Dexia Crédit Local (DCL) and Caisse d’Épargne for the construction of the Robert Schuman Hospital by the Metz Private Hospitals Association (HPM - Hôpitaux Privés de Metz). The new hospital will have around 600 beds and will bring together leading-edge medical and surgical services and other areas of specialisation in a single complex as from 2012.

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