Enrico Possenti
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More press releases
7 October 2025
EIB Global backs Costa Rica’s first electric train with landmark $250 million loan
The EIB, through its development arm EIB Global, has signed a landmark $250 million loan to support the construction of Costa Rica’s first electric train system. This marks the first EIB loan to the Republic of Costa Rica, the first EIB operation in the country in more than ten years, and the first project jointly financed with the Central American Bank for Economic Integration and the Green Climate Fund.
2 July 2025
IDB and EIB strengthen partnership to boost development impact
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) signed a cooperation agreement to increase financing and deliver stronger development impact in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), during the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) in Seville.
15 June 2025
Egypt and EIB Global set to deploy EU grant aimed at greening Egyptian economy
The European Investment Bank’s development arm (EIB Global) and Egypt have signed an agreement for the use of a €21 million grant to help green the Egyptian economy. The grant, funded by the European Union and managed by EIB Global, is intended to accelerate efforts by the Egyptian private and public sectors to decarbonise and promote environmental sustainability.