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 organises public consultations on selected corporate and important multi-sector policies, which typically are of interest to all EIB stakeholders. The objectives of a consultation process are in particular:
As a general rule, such consultations include two rounds, lasting 45 and 20 working days respectively, which can be extended whenever appropriate. Public workshops in principle are part of these processes to facilitate a direct dialogue with interested stakeholders, in parallel to a web-based consultation. Stakeholder contributions are examined and evaluated by an EIB's inter-directorate Review Panel.
Once a draft policy document is finalised, it is published for information on the EIB website for 15 working days prior to Board consideration, together with a Public Consultation Report. After Board approval, the policy is published on the EIB website and, if appropriate, in the Official Journal of the European Union.
In addition, simplified web-based consultation or informal stakeholder meetings may take place depending on the type and content of the document at stake.
The European Investment Bank adopted a revised transparency policy and an updated complaints mechanism during its board meeting of 2 February 2010. The new complaints mechanism provides members of the public who are, or feel, affected by the Bank's decisions with a comprehensive tool enabling resolution of disputes.
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