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IMPACT EUROPE
NEWS FROM THE EIB GROUP


The EU bank at a glance
  THE EU BANK AT A GLANCE  

The EIB investment survey: tracking investment needs and constraints across Europe
We interviewed 12 500 businesses of all sectors and sizes and from all EU Member States to find out what limits their investments and what can be done to help.

A history of Europe in six projects
To mark the Treaties of Rome, we published a series of stories on how the EU bank changed Europe in the last 60 years.

Lucknow Metro: the future is now
Moving around in Lucknow, the capital of India’s largest state, is a challenge. The city’s first metro line, supported by the EIB, will change the way citizens move and live.

efsi
  INVESTMENT PLAN FOR EUROPE AT A GLANCE  

Investment Plan for Europe: impact in Portugal
Since 2015, the Investment Plan for Europe has supported investments of EUR 3.4 billion in Portugal. Among many other tangible results, the EIB Group's financing will help 1 000 small businesses grow and create jobs all over the country.

Find out more about the latest results
The Investment Plan for Europe is delivering concrete results, encouraging a sustainable increase in investment, which has been low across Europe since the financial crisis.

See it on the map
Take a look at a selection of projects and see how the Investment Plan for Europe is delivering on its promise to relaunch investment and restore EU competitiveness.

eif
  European Investment Fund at a glance  

Going big for microfinance in Luxembourg
The EIF is providing a guarantee that will enable microlux, a microfinance institution, to provide EUR 5 million in loans to around 400 microbusinesses in Luxembourg over the next three years.

A bright future for entrepreneurs in deprived French urban areas
IMPACT partenaires launched a range of services for future entrepreneurs in deprived French urban areas. The EIF-supported initiative will provide finance to around 250 franchised businesses, generating more than EUR 200m in turnover and creating more than 2 000 jobs over ten years.

Do they use my app the way I thought they would?
AppStud developed an innovate instrument called ‘Azot’, which tracks users’ gestures on mobile applications. To finance his company’s growth, Bastien secured an EU-guaranteed loan provided by the French bank Groupe BPCE and backed by EIF.

  HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE EIB APRIL BOARD  
 
 
  upcoming events  
 
Global Infrastructure Forum 2017    Washington, DC   22 Apr
 
Heads of MDBs meeting   Washington, DC   23 Apr
 
IMF/WBG Spring Meetings 2017   Washington, DC   21 - 23 Apr
 
Annual Report on the control of the financial activities of the EIB   Brussels   27 Apr
 
The State of the Union   Florence   5 May
 
Innovate4Climate - Finance & Markets Week   Barcelona   22 - 26 May
 
Horasis Global & Estoril Conferences   Lisbon   28 - 29 May
 
 
 
 
 
 
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