Search En
  • FR
  • DE
menu ClientConnect
Close ClientConnect
Search
Search
  • Who we are
  • back
    • Overview
    • back
      • EIB at a glance
      • back
        • Overview
        • Our priorities
        • Our initiatives
        • Tackling global challenges together
      • Governance and structure
      • back
        • Overview
        • Shareholders
        • Statutory bodies
        • Control and evaluation
        • Organisation structure
      • Corporate responsibility
      • back
        • Overview
        • Providing finance
        • Borrowing
        • Human rights and the EIB
        • Reporting on sustainability
        • Our internal commitment
        • Managing our environment
      • Transparency, accountability and access to information
      • back
        • Public consultations
        • back
          • Compliance
          • back
            • Overview
            • Taxation: avoiding misuse of EIB Group operations
          • Accountability
          • back
            • Overview
            • Complaints Mechanism overview
            • Project procurement complaints
            • Investigating Prohibited Conduct
          • EFSI
          • back
          • What we offer
          • back
            • Overview
            • back
              • Loans
              • back
                • Overview
                • Loans for the public sector
                • Framework loans for the public sector
                • Loans for the private sector
                • Intermediated loans for SMEs, mid-caps and other priorities
                • Microfinance
              • Equity
              • back
                • Overview
                • Venture debt
                • Investments in infrastructure and environmental funds
                • Investments in SME and mid-cap funds
              • Guarantees
              • back
                • Overview
                • Credit enhancement for project finance
                • Guarantees in support of SMEs, mid-caps and other objectives
              • Advisory services
              • back
                • Overview
                • Strategic Development
                • Market Development
                • Project Development
              • Mandates and partnerships
              • back
                • Overview
                • European Guarantee Fund
                • EU Blending facilities
                • EU Trade and Competitiveness Programme in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia
                • Kulima Access to Finance Project
                • SME Access to Finance Initiative
                • Neighbourhood Investment Platform
                • Asia Investment Facility
                • Caribbean Investment Facility
                • Africa Investment Platform
                • Latin America Investment Facility
                • Natural Capital Financing Facility
                • Mutual Reliance Initiative
                • Connecting Europe Facility Debt Instrument
                • ESIF Financial Instruments
                • Donor partnerships
                • InnovFin – EU Finance for innovators
                • Boost Africa
            • Projects
            • back
              • Overview
              • back
                • Our regions of activity
                • back
                  • Overview
                  • The EIB in the Enlargement countries
                  • The EIB in the European Union
                  • European Free Trade Association
                  • EIB in the Mediterranean partner countries*
                  • The EIB in the Eastern neighbourhood countries
                  • The EIB in sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific
                  • Asia and Latin America
                  • Central Asia
                  • United Kingdom and the EIB
                • Our sectors
                • back
                  • Overview
                  • Agriculture sector
                  • Digital economy sector
                  • Forestry sector
                  • Health and life science sector
                  • Energy sector
                  • Transport sector
                  • Urban development sector
                  • Regional development & cohesion
                  • Education and training sector
                  • Water and wastewater management sector
                  • Solid waste management sector
                • Projects to be financed
                • back
                  • Financed projects
                  • back
                    • Project cycle
                    • back
                      • Operations evaluation
                      • back
                      • Media centre
                      • back
                        • Overview
                        • back
                          • Newsroom
                          • back
                            • Overview
                            • All releases
                            • Press contacts
                          • Stories and essays
                          • back
                            • Overview
                            • Stories
                            • Essays
                            • Podcasts
                            • All Cartoons
                          • Events
                          • back
                            • Newsletter
                            • back
                              • Public register
                              • back
                                • EIB surveys
                                • back
                                  • Overview
                                  • EIB climate survey
                                • Multimedia centre
                                • back
                                  • Overview
                                  • Picture library
                                  • Video library
                                  • Infographics
                              • Publications and research
                              • back
                                • Overview
                                • back
                                  • Publications
                                  • back
                                    • Our research
                                    • back
                                      • Overview
                                      • Economic analysis
                                      • Surveys and data
                                      • Assessing EIB impact
                                      • Stories - Economics
                                      • Economic conferences and research networks
                                    • EIB open data
                                    • back
                                      • Open learning: resources for learners and researchers
                                      • back
                                      • Work with us
                                      • back
                                        • Overview
                                        • back
                                          • Investor Relations
                                          • back
                                            • Overview
                                            • Overview of the EIB
                                            • Statistics & publications
                                            • Climate Awareness Bonds
                                            • Debt products
                                          • Jobs
                                          • back
                                            • Overview
                                            • Diversity and Inclusion
                                            • How to apply
                                            • Internships
                                          • Contact us
                                          • back
                                            • Procurement
                                            • back
                                              • Institute
                                              • back
                                              Results
                                              Top 5 search results See all results Advanced search
                                              Top searches
                                                Most visited pages
                                                    • Home
                                                      • Who we are
                                                      • What we offer
                                                      • Projects
                                                      • Media centre
                                                      • Publications and research
                                                      • Work with us
                                                    • Publications and research
                                                      • Publications
                                                      • Our research
                                                      • EIB open data
                                                      • Open learning: resources for learners and researchers
                                                    • Publications
                                                      • Find a publication

                                                    Three foundations: A competitive, sustainable, inclusive Europe

                                                    • PUBLICATION INFORMATION

                                                      08 Oct 2019

                                                      58 Pages (PDF/EN)

                                                      ISBN: 978-92-861-4375-5 (PDF/EN)

                                                      DOI: 10.2867/496239

                                                    • Related tags

                                                    Part of the series :

                                                    • Thematic studies
                                                    • Thematic studies
                                                    PDF (EN) eBook (EN)

                                                    Where would you like to collect your ebook ?

                                                    • epub
                                                    • ibooks
                                                    • kobo
                                                    • google-play
                                                    • amazon-uk
                                                    • amazon-fr
                                                    • amazon-de
                                                    • amazon-it
                                                    • amazon-es
                                                    • amazon-nl
                                                    • amazon-us

                                                    Europe faces a historic opportunity. We need to reimagine European unity as a collective endeavour, as the only way in which we can turn threats to our way of life into the possibility to create a better life for all. This report focuses on three core areas where EU-wide political ambition and investment are truly necessary:

                                                    • Rapid technological change amid increasing global competition, with digital technologies set to have dramatic impacts across all sectors of the economy. Europe needs to become more competitive through innovation and the fast absorption of new technologies if it is to reap the benefits of this wave of change.
                                                    • Increasing breakdown of the global climate and other ecosystems due to our economic system, with action on mitigation – and to adapt to already inevitable changes – now incredibly urgent. In part, this is because of the time lags built into natural systems. In part, it is because of the unavoidable path-dependency and pace of our own response.
                                                    • Growing threats to social cohesion and social sustainability from multiple trends, including how we manage technological change and automation, the climate transition, and societal ageing. This is happening against a background of stalling convergence across Europe, rising income inequality over several decades, rising burdens on households and persistent inequalities of opportunity that are also a drag on economic performance.

                                                    Competitiveness, sustainability and inclusion have to be addressed together, holistically. This is why this report addresses all three with a focus on the complex interlinkages between them. The vital role of far-sighted investment is a key theme that emerges from this investigation. The critical role of European-level collaboration is another. Instead of merely adapting to change, we need to be proactive through timely reform and investment that sets us on a pathway towards a society that is productive, sustainable and inclusive, by design.

                                                    All publications in this series

                                                    • The EIB COVID-19 Economic Vulnerability Index - An analysis of countries outside the European Union
                                                    • From starting to scaling
                                                    • Feeding future generations: How finance can boost innovation in agri-food
                                                    • Feeding future generations: How finance can boost innovation in agri-food - Executive summary
                                                    • Smart Cities, Smart Investment in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe
                                                    • Investing in Europe’s future: the role of education and skills
                                                    • Inequality in Europe
                                                    • Migration and the EU: Challenges, opportunities, the role of EIB
                                                    • Restoring EU competitiveness
                                                    • Unlocking lending in Europe
                                                    • ECON Note - The impact of the recession in 2008-2009 on EU regional convergence
                                                    • ECON Note - PPPs and their financing in Europe
                                                    • ECON Note n°02-2012 - EIB Priorities Studies
                                                    • ECON Note n°01-2012 - EIB Priorities Studies
                                                    • Economic and Financial Reports Volume 01/2010
                                                    • Economic and Financial Reports Volume 05/2010
                                                    • Economic and Financial Reports Volume 04/2010
                                                    • Innovation and productivity growth in the EU services sector
                                                    • Economic and Financial Reports Volume 03/2010
                                                    • Economic and Financial Reports Volume 02/2010
                                                    • Economic and Financial Reports Volume 01/2009
                                                    • Economic and Financial Reports Volume 01/2008
                                                    • Economic and Financial Reports Volume 03/2007
                                                    • Economic and Financial Reports Volume 02/2007
                                                    • Economic and Financial Reports Volume 01/2007
                                                    • Economic and Financial Reports Volume 03/2006
                                                    • Economic and Financial Reports Volume 02/2006
                                                    • Economic and Financial Reports Volume 01/2006
                                                    • Economic and Financial Reports Volume 03/2005
                                                    • Economic and Financial Reports Volume 02/2005
                                                    • Economic and Financial Reports Volume 01/2005
                                                    • Economic and Financial Reports Volume 02/2004
                                                    • Economic and Financial Reports Volume 01/2004
                                                    • Economic and Financial Reports Volume 02/2003
                                                    • Economic and Financial Reports Volume 01/2003
                                                    • Economic and Financial Reports Volume 02/2002
                                                    • Economic and Financial Reports Volume 01/2002
                                                    • Economic and Financial Reports Volume 03/2001
                                                    • Economic and Financial Reports Volume 02/2001
                                                    • Economic and Financial Reports Volume 01/2001
                                                    • Economic and Financial Reports Volume 02/2000
                                                    • Economic and Financial Reports Volume 01/2000
                                                    • Economic and Financial Reports Volume 02/1999
                                                    • Economic and Financial Reports Volume 01/1999

                                                    Other publications you may like...

                                                    22 January 2021

                                                    Data Protection Rules Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1725

                                                    These rules refer to the function of the Data Protection Officer (the DPO), but also to the obligations of other important stakeholders inside the EIB (Controllers and Processors) and the rights of the data subjects.

                                                    21 January 2021

                                                    EIB Investment Report 2020/2021: Building a smart and green Europe in the Covid-19 era

                                                    The EIB’s Investment Report 2020-2021 provides an economic analysis of the toll the COVID-19 crisis took on European firms’ investment, while also shining a spotlight on the areas in which Europe continues to innovate.

                                                    European Union Economics
                                                    21 January 2021

                                                    EIB Investment Report 2020/2021 - Key findings: Building a smart and green Europe in the COVID-19 era

                                                    These key findings, provide a short accessible summary of the EIB Investment Report 2020-2021 messages.

                                                    European Union Economics
                                                    Logo eib

                                                    © European Investment Bank 2021

                                                    Information
                                                    • Work with us
                                                    • Contact
                                                    • Privacy
                                                    • Terms of use
                                                    GET OUR NEWSLETTER

                                                    Receive updates of the EIB Group’s activities in Europe and around the world.

                                                    Next
                                                    Please use a valid email address
                                                    Thank you for subscribing to the European Investment Bank’s monthly newsletter.
                                                               
                                                    European Union EIB Institut European Investment Fund
                                                     

                                                    Our website uses anonymised cookies to give you the best browser experience and to collect aggregated statistics. This does not include online advertising cookies.

                                                    Manage cookies  
                                                     

                                                    Cookies on our Careers Section

                                                    Our website uses anonymised cookies to give you the best browser experience and to collect aggregated statistics. If you agree, this website section will also include third-party cookies used in online advertising.

                                                    Manage cookies  
                                                      Coronavirus pandemic: All about the EIB Group’s response