Giorgio Napolitano, President of the Italian Republic and Mr Werner Hoyer, President of the EIB
The President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, welcomed on June 2nd the President of the EIB, Werner Hoyer, and Vice President Dario Scannapieco. The meeting focused on the general economic situation both in Europe and in Italy, the role of the EIB in the recovery plan and the EIB lending activity in Italy. Since the beginning of 2014 the EIB has financed projects totalling some EUR 5 bn, especially concentrated on SMEs, and in projects aimed at tackling youth unemployment.
Spain, with the support of other countries and major multilateral development banks such as the European Investment Bank Group, unveiled the Debt Pause Clause Alliance at the IV International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville.
Le Groupe Banque européenne d’investissement (Groupe BEI), en partenariat avec l’Alliance financière pour des émissions nettes zéro a organisé un échange de haut niveau avec des dirigeantes et dirigeants de banques multilatérales de développement et du secteur privé à l’occasion de la Conférence internationale sur le financement du développement à Séville, afin de renforcer la coopération et d’accroître l’investissement privé dans les marchés émergents et les économies en développement.
Ten multilateral development banks (MDBs) active in the water sector have approved global investments totalling $19.6 billion (€17 billion) in 2024. According to the inaugural Joint Annual MDB Water Security Financing Report, launched on the sidelines of the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville, nearly three-quarters of these funds were earmarked for low-, lower-middle-, and upper-middle-income countries.