European Investment Bank (EIB)

We’re scaling up our support for Africa’s development by financing vital sustainable infrastructure and mobilising private capital through Infrastructure Funds. These focus on green energy, digital economy, sustainable mobility, circular economy, urban development, and social infrastructure.   Our role goes beyond funding: ✅ Catalysing private investment with early commitments ✅ Providing technical advice and support ✅ Offering financial expertise tailored to local markets   By investing in funds like Frontier Energy | Africa (via GEEREF blended finance), we help accelerate sustainable growth and create opportunities for communities and businesses across the continent. Watch how the EIB and partners are driving transformational change ⤵️

🌈This year’s Pride Run brought 475 of us together in a powerful show of unity, inclusion, and support for the LGBTIQ+ community. To capture the spirit of the day, we asked: What does Pride mean to you, in one word? The answers came from the heart. Watch the video and feel the energy, unity, and pride that brought us all together. Share your answers with us in the comments below⬇️

Innovation drives Europe’s competitiveness, resilience, and strategic autonomy. This is why it is one of our top priorities. Europe is investing in the ideas, talent, and technologies that will shape the future: from Artificial Intelligence to semiconductors, Cleantech to health, and security and defence to critical raw materials. That’s the goal of TechEU: the EU’s most ambitious financing initiative for innovation to date. With €70 billion in EIB Group financing, TechEU aims to mobilise up to €250 billion by 2027 to help Europe’s startups, scale-ups, and innovation champions grow, and stay, in Europe. TechEU supports the full innovation cycle, offering fast and flexible access to finance through equity, quasi-equity, loans and guarantees. It complements the European Commission’s Startup and Scale-up Strategy and provides a one-stop shop for innovators, entrepreneurs, and researchers. Ready to scale your idea? Explore the new TechEU platform to discover how we can help turn your innovation into impact ⤵️ https://www.eib.org/techeu

As another week comes to an end, take a look back at the main highlights in President Nadia Calviño’s weekly recap video, featuring: 🔵 The Economic and Financial Affairs Council in Brussels 🔵 The Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025 in Rome ...and much more! 🎥 Watch it here ⤵️ #1week1minute

Happy #LuxembourgPride! Pride matters because people are still silenced, excluded or unsafe just for being who they are. Pride is protest. Pride is progress. Pride is courage. Until everyone can live and love openly, it will remain a powerful act of resistance. #EU4Equality

Strong, unwavering support for Ukraine and its people at the Recovery Conference 2025 in Rome. Our delegation, led by president Nadia Calviño and Vice-President Teresa Czerwińska, confirmed the EIB Group’s determination to stand side by side with Ukrainians, supporting the recovery and reconstruction of their country. That’s why during the Conference, alongside our European Commission partners, we have signed nearly €600 million in new financing for: 🔵critical energy and transport infrastructure, to restore hydropower plants, upgrade municipal district heating systems, repair roads and bridges, and improve border crossings 🟡local small and medium-sized businesses, through dedicated loans and EU-backed guarantees provided to Ukrainian banks. We are also supporting: 🔵exports from EU companies to Ukraine, with ten Member States joining the InvestEU Ukraine Export Credit Pilot 🟡project preparation through the new Ukraine FIRST programme, developed in partnership with the EBRD and the European Commission. These agreements reflect our commitment to building hope and opportunity in the country: helping communities rebuild, keeping homes warm, and nurturing local business. Discover how we continue to #StandWithUkraine ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/eqvqmE7Q  

We are pleased to announce that Christian Pilgaard Zinglersen will join the EIB Group as Head of our Permanent Representation in Brussels and Deputy Secretary General. Christian brings a wealth of experience from his role as Director of the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), where he has served for the past five years. His leadership and expertise will help advance our strategic priorities and engagement with EU partners. This appointment reflects our continued commitment to strengthening ties with EU institutions. We look forward to working with Christian, and wish him all the best in his new post. bit.ly/EIBGBrussels

🆕Our new #CESEE Bank Lending Survey is out! It shows that: ✅Credit demand remains robust in #CESEE, driven both by corporate and retail sectors. ✅Banks expect a slight improvement in credit supply conditions in the coming months. ✅2/3 of cross-border banking groups aim to reinforce their operations in the region.   Key insights from the survey also indicate a notable strength of credit demand in the next months, especially among #SMEs. This demand is driven by businesses seeking financing for investments and operational costs, as well as individuals looking to invest in housing.    EIB VP Kyriacos Kakouris commented: “This survey underscores the high market potential in Czechia, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Romania, with profitability being higher in the region when compared to banks overall group operations. CESEE banking sector is proving resilient, and the EIB will continue support the growth of the area”.   EIB Chief Economist Debora Revoltella added: “Improvements in the CESEE Banking sector outlook over the past six months are a sign of the system’ strength. However, the global environment suggests forthcoming structural adjustments in the real economy and re-direction of trade and investment flows. Banks will be challenged to provide the necessary flexibility for the economy to adjust”.   Read the complete survey here 👉 bit.ly/CESEE25

🎓 The seventh edition of the EIB Summer School has just come to an end, wrapping up two weeks of learning, discussion and exchange. 🌍 This year, 80 graduate students from 26 universities across Europe joined us both online and in Luxembourg to learn more about the EIB Group’s work and priorities. 💡 From Youth Talks to workshops and group projects, the students brought thoughtful questions, fresh ideas and great energy throughout the programme. 🎉 Thank you to everyone who took part and helped make it a meaningful experience. And congratulations to the Summer School Class of 2025. We wish you all the best in what comes next.

Happy Pride Week from Luxembourg, our vibrant and welcoming host country! As we celebrate #LuxembourgPride2025, we stand proudly with the entire LGBTQI+ community. Human rights, dignity, and equality are the founding values at the very heart of the European Union. This week and every week, we reaffirm our commitment to building a fairer future for all, because an inclusive Europe is a stronger Europe. #Pride2025 #EU4Equality #LuxembourgPride ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜