Our Mission is to further the objectives of the European Union by making long-term finance available for sound investment.
The EIB Group promotes Corporate Responsibility through its mission and activities in the service of the European Union, through the way it implements these and through its internal management.
The EIB attaches great importance to engaging with civil society and building cooperative relations with its representatives.
The EIB furthers the objectives of the European Union by making long-term finance available for sound investment.
The EIB Group offers four main services to its clients: loans, technical assistance, guarantees and venture capital.
EIB lending is governed by a series of mandates from the EU in support of EU development and cooperation policies in partner countries.
An SME loan of EUR 100m was signed by the EIB in Ukraine at the end of 2009. It comes under the SME facility decided at the Eastern Partnership Summit in May 2009 and forms part of the Joint IFI Action Plan concluded last year between the EIB, the EBRD and the World Bank Group. The Bank has signed loans in Ukraine for a total of EUR 465m since it started its operations in the country in 2006.
The EIB organises regular public consultations on key policies governing its operations. On February 2nd 2010, it adopted a revised transparency policy and an updated complaints mechanism, unique among international financing institutions.
The EIB has granted the Madrid Region two loans of EUR 200 million and EUR 80 million for renovating municipal infrastructure and building a number of research centres. The EUR 200 million loan will be used to upgrade municipal infrastructure in some 170 municipalities spread throughout the region as part of Madrid’s Regional Investment and Service Programme.
The Bank's growing role in renewable energy lending has gained recognition. Over the last year, the EIB has been awarded a number of prizes from several specialised publications. In particular, it scooped the title ‘Renewable Lender of the Year', awarded by Euromoney and Ernst & Young.
The EIB will grant EUR 325 million to K.U.Leuven and UZ Leuven for the construction and completion of the “Health Sciences Campus Gasthuisberg”, a first-class medical and university center providing acute care, education and research in a single location, “Gasthuisberg” in Leuven. The EIB decided to support the project, considering it as a major initiative in line with the European policies for health, education and innovation.
The EIB will launch this year a new consultation process on the occasion of the revision of its Transport Lending Policy. This consultation is of particular importance as it will be the first sector policy the Bank will consult upon publicly. In any event, the Bank will adopt a flexible approach in terms of timetable and procedures to allow a meaningful consultation.
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