EIB Group President Nadia Calviño speaks at Water Forward, outlining the Bank’s commitment to improving water security in Washington DC, during the 2026 World Bank Group-IMF Spring Meetings.
Good morning,
I'm Nadia Calviño, President of the European Investment Bank, one of the key, the largest institutions financing water infrastructures around the world, with flagship projects from Pakistan to Jordan to the Gambia.
This week we will be signing an important loan, together with the World Bank actually, in Papua New Guinea to provide clean water in urban regions.
And that's why I am so proud to join the Water Forward Initiative and to pledge contributions to provide clean water for 300 million people by 2030, a very important contribution to the 1 billion target.
Furthermore, I want to tell you that next year the European Investment Bank is going to be chairing the Multilateral Development Bank family and we will make water and resilience one of the five top priorities where we hope to be delivering concrete results, bringing better livelihoods and life opportunities around the world.
Congratulations and thanks for the opportunity because these partnerships are exactly what the world needs now.
Thank you.