Vice-President Fayolle's areas of oversight include financing of environment, climate action and the circular economy, the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) (until end-2020), EIB Global (development policy together with Vice-President Östros; pre-accession policy is with Vice-President Pavlova), financing operations in France, Germany, the ACP countries (Africa and the Pacific – except the Caribbean States and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), jointly with Vice-President Östros), OCTs and South Africa. Vice-President Fayolle also oversees relations with international financial institutions, coordination with multilateral development banks (MDBs), and relations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank (WB) and the European Central Bank (ECB).
Benin: Access to reliable and affordable off-grid energy to be transformed under new EIB – ENGIE Energy Access initiative
Households, smallholders and entrepreneurs in remote locations across Benin will be able to access reliable and cheap electricity for the first time under a new off-grid solar scheme agreed between leading solar energy company ENGIE Energy Access and the European Investment Bank, one of the world’s largest financiers of renewable energy.