The EIB President Werner Hoyer, accompanied by Vice president Dario Scannapieco, met the President of the Republic of Italy Giorgio Napolitano and the Italian Prime minister Mario Monti during an official visit to Rome on Monday. President Hoyer also presented EIB results for 2011 in Italy during a press conference in EIB Rome’s office.
EIB and EIF Boards of Directors meet in Warsaw to discuss new financing initiatives and affirm solidarity in the aftermath of floods
The Boards of Directors of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF) gathered in Warsaw on 30 September and 1 October, to meet local authorities and discuss new initiatives and financing instruments that will help channel savings into productive investment for the benefit of Europe’s economies. In meetings with Polish officials, EIB Group President Nadia Calviño reiterated that the EU’s financial arm is ready to support reconstruction works in the aftermath of the recent catastrophic floods, and further scale up the financing for climate resilience projects in Poland and Central Europe.