Name: EIB Group Forum 2025—Investing in a more sustainable and secure Europe
Start: 2025-03-5 08:00
End: 2025-03-7 06:00

This year’s Forum focused on Europe’s investment priorities, presenting best practices and effective strategies to address investment needs. With the expertise of the EIB Group, we explored how to mobilise resources to support Europe’s goals, strengthen the single market and prevent economic fragmentation.

The Forum also featured:

A special session on affordable and sustainable housing across Europe;
The launch of the 2025 EIB Investment Report, a comprehensive analysis on investment and investment finance.

For the first time, the Forum also included the EIB Global Days, a dedicated section on world challenges. In line with the EIB Group’s Strategic Roadmap, the panels focused on high-impact investments outside the EU, leveraging EU mandates and guarantees to support EU policies around the world. Key topics included Ukraine, energy security, health and critical raw materials.

Highlights from the Forum

Security in every sector

Europe can best counter geopolitical threats by sticking to its values – even as it boosts investment in security, defence and a range of other sectors, experts at the EIB Forum said.

Agenda and speakers
Media advisory
Recordings: Day 1 - Day 2 morning sessions - Day 2 afternoon sessions - Day 3

Daily sessions

Find below all the recordings of our panel sessions and keynote interventions:

5 March

11:00-11:15 CET - Official opening
Official opening of the 2025 EIB Group forum with Nadia Calviño, President of the European Investment Bank Group
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Read President Calviño's speech
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11:15-12:30 CET - Panel – Decarbonising Europe’s industry
This panel examined how Europe can foster a more integrated EU market for energy and industrial development. The session discussed solutions for energy market integration, the importance of coherent regulations and standards, and how resource allocation can help regions and communities benefit from the green transition and mitigate the costs.
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13:45-14:55 CET - Panel – Digital Europe: A framework for innovation to flourish
The panel examined ways to finance and build the architecture needed to secure Europe’s position at the forefront of the next generation of innovation.
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14:55-16:05 CET - Panel – Safeguarding global stability and Europe's prosperity and security
This panel discussed how Europe can strengthen its geopolitical position to safeguard stability, maintain economic and social resilience, and ensure long-term security and self-reliance in a rapidly changing world.
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16:30-16:50 CET - Presentation of the EIB Investment Report
The EIB Group launched its Investment Report 2024/2025 with Debora Revoltella, Chief Economist at the European Investment Bank.
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Discover the Investment Report

16:50-18:00 CET - Panel – Mobilising private capital
This panel examined how targeted policy actions and financial instruments can mobilise private capital and foster a more integrated EU market.
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18:00-19:00 CET - Panel – Ringing the bell - Investing in gender equality: the role of capital markets
Bringing together leaders from capital markets, the panel discussed how capital markets can mobilise investment for this purpose, amid evolving EU legislation on sustainable finance, ensuring that financial flows translate into meaningful progress.
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6 March

09:25-09:30 CET - Opening keynote by Antonio Costa
Opening keynote by Antonio Costa, President of the European Council
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09:30-10:40 CET - Panel - Frontier technologies in food, biotech and life sciences
Europe has long been a major player in biotech, food and life sciences. To compete, the EU must scale up innovation and strengthen production capabilities within its borders and reinforce its financial ecosystem to drive and ensure long-term leadership in these critical industries.
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10:40-10:50 CET - Keynote by Teresa Ribera
Keynote by Teresa Ribera, Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition at the European Commission
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10:50-11:00 CET - Special session - Partnering to boost affordable and sustainable housing across Europe
Keynote speeches by Nadia Calviño, President of the EIB Group, and Dan Jørgensen, European Commissioner for Energy and Housing
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11:00-11:45 CET - Panel - Towards a pan-European investment platform for affordable and sustainable housing
Addressing Europe’s need for more affordable and energy-efficient housing requires coordinated efforts that bring together funding, policy, regulatory measures and advisory support. This session discussed how a new pan-European Investment Platform will help achieve these goals and deliver impactful solutions with speed by mobilising resources and streamlining collaboration.
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11:45-12:30 CET - Panel - Impactful solutions to scale up investments
Drawing from concrete examples, the focus of this session was put on how the pan-European Investment Platform could help accelerate the scaling up of bottom-up solutions with support from EU and national level.
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13:45-14:05 CET - Official opening of EIB Global Days
The EIB Global Days are focusing on EU's impact in the world. This first edition was inaugurated by Nadia Calviño, President of the EIB Group, and Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization
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14:05-14:15 CET - Special address by Yulia Svyrydenko
Special address by Yulia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine
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14:15-15:40 CET - Panel - Seizing the opportunities of EU enlargement
The prospect of further EU enlargement presents opportunities to strengthen Europe's security, stability and sovereignty. The pathway for accession is needed, balances the expectations, rights and obligations of candidate countries and the EU. This panel explored how to ensure that the EU enlargement is a success.
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16:00-16:25 CET - Fireside chat with Valdis Dombrovskis
Fireside chat with Valdis Dombrovskis, European Commissioner for Economy and Productivity, and Shirin Wheeler, Communications Principal Advisor at the European Investment Bank
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16:25-17:30 CET - Panel - Partnering for Ukraine’s reconstruction
With immense financing needs, particularly in critical sectors such as energy, targeted and well coordinated investments are essential to rebuild infrastructure and restore resilience as Ukraine embarks on its path to EU accession.
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17:30-18:30 CET - International Women’s Day Special Event - Scaling solutions towards inclusion and economic growth
Diversity and inclusion is a key driver of sustainable economic growth and societal progress. This high-level conversation brought together leaders from politics and finance, to explore how we can accelerate progress in diversity and inclusion, including closing the gender gap.
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7 March

09:00-10:10 CET - Panel - Strengthening energy security beyond the European Union
This session explored strategies to reinforce energy networks, improve cross-border cooperation, and unlock new opportunities for energy partnerships, policy frameworks, and technological advancements can support a more secure and interconnected energy future for Europe and its neighbours.
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10:10-11:20 CET - Panel – Global health partnerships
This session discussed EIB Global and international partners focus on increasing the impact of strategic alliances and large-scale initiatives to address global health challenges, and enhancing resilience and preparedness on a global scale.
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11:20-12:30 CET - Panel – Building strong value chains for critical raw materials
Access to critical raw materials is a global priority and a key driver of sustainable industrialisation and economic growth for both the EU and its partners. Ensuring resilient value chains for these essential resources requires strong and strategic investment.
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12:30-12:45 CET - Closing remarks
Mikołaj Dowgielewicz, Deputy Secretary General at the European Investment Bank, officially closed the 2025 EIB Group Forum.
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Read the key takeaways of the sessions and check out our official agenda.

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Forum take-aways

Our featured speakers shared their key messages.

Partnering for Ukraine

President Calviño, Commissioner Kos and First Deputy Prime Minister Svyrydenko

Jeromin Zettelmeyer

Director of Bruegel

Ekaterina Zaharieva

European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation

Julie Becker

Chief Executive Officer, Luxembourg Stock Exchange

Marjut Falkstedt

Chief Executive at the European Investment Fund

Teresa Ribera

Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition, European Commission

Irene Tinagli

Chair of the HOUS Special Committee, Member of the European Parliament

Jan Klawitter

Head of Government and International Relations, AngloAmerican

Odile Renaud-Basso

President of the EBRD

Tarja Jaakkola

Assistant Secretary General of NATO

Teresa Czerwińska

Vice-President, European Investment Bank

Ann Mettler

Vice-President, Breakthrough Energy

Luca de Meo

Chief Executive Officer, Renault Group

Stefano Pontecorvo

Chairman of Leonardo

Tedros Ghebreyesus

Director-General, World Health Organization

Björn Gillsäter

Managing Director, Global Donor Relations at Gavi - the Global Vaccine Alliance

Nadia Fettah Alaoui

Minister of Economy and Finance, Morocco

Ryan Richardson

Chief Strategy Officer at BioNTech

In focus

Key announcements

EIB Investment Report 2024/2025: Innovation, integration and simplification in Europe

President Calviño opens the EIB Group Forum: This is Europe

5 Mar 2025

New EU programme launched with banking sector to support women entrepreneurs across Europe

5 Mar 2025

Germany: INERATEC secures €70 million financing commitment for Europe’s largest e-Fuel-production plant in Frankfurt

5 Mar 2025

Championing gender equality and women's economic empowerment

European Commission and EIB Group sign €2 billion guarantee under Ukraine Facility to support country’s reconstruction and resilience

6 Mar 2025

European Commission and EIB Group lay foundations for a new pan-European investment platform for affordable and sustainable housing

President Calviño opens EIB Global Days: Prosperity built upon partnerships

6 Mar 2025

€10 million EIB Global and WHO initiative to strengthen public health across Lebanon

6 Mar 2025

All announcements

Finance and advice for housing in Europe

More homes. Better homes

The European Union, through the EIB Group and the European Commission, commits to strengthening Europe's housing sector by providing the finance and expertise needed to build more innovative, energy efficient and affordable homes.

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