Press secretariat

Die EIB Global, der für Entwicklungsfinanzierung zuständige Bereich der Europäischen Investitionsbank-Gruppe (EIB-Gruppe), will mit Deutschland und Luxemburg weltweit grüne Finanzierungen vorantreiben. Dazu richtet sie mit einem Startbeitrag der beiden Länder von insgesamt 32 Millionen Euro einen Treuhandfonds für Klimaschutz ein, den Fonds für ein grüneres Finanzsystem (GFS-Fonds).

The European Investment Bank (EIB), in cooperation with the European Commission and the government of Ukraine, announced more than €200 million in new EU grant financing to help restore Ukraine’s reliable water services, secure safe housing for communities across the country and reinforce energy resilience at the ReBuild Ukraine Conference in Warsaw today. These grants complement EIB-financed water recovery and social housing programmes as well as the EIB’s loan to Naftogaz Ukraine.

The European Investment Bank’s international partnerships and development arm, EIB Global, and Zambia Industrial Commercial Bank Ltd (ZICB) have today signed an agreement to mobilise a combined €30 million (ZMW 767 million) to support private sector development in the country’s agricultural sector. The announcement was made during the ongoing EU-Zambia Lobito Corridor Business Forum in the presence of Zambian President, Hakainde Hichilema and EU Commissioner for International Partnerships, Josef Síkela.