The president of the European Investment Bank Nadia Calviño participated this week in the annual EU Budget Conference alongside our European Commission partners. Many speakers highlighted the strong potential of the EIB Group to leverage public funds and mobilize private investments, contributing to close Europe´s investment gap and supporting productivity and competitiveness.
Nadia Calviño also exchanged views in Brussels with Moldova’s President Maia Sandu on her country’s path to accession, and in Dublin, she joined Taoiseach Simon Harris and finance minister McGrath to discuss our strategic priorities going forward.
We announced record EIB Group investments in Ireland last year, held the financing group meeting alongside several government ministers and participated in different public events. She also visited EIB financed projects to renovate student accommodation at Trinity College and build new social housing in North Dublin.
This week we also launched our new security and defence one-stop shop to facilitate access to finance for the sector.
Vice-President Nicola Beer announced a highly innovative project for carbon-free, geothermal heating in Bavaria.
Vice-President Ambroise Fayolle was in Côte d’Ivoire, visiting EIB-backed projects for green energy and sustainable agriculture.
Vice-President Teresa Czerwinska joined the Asian Development Bank Annual Meeting in Georgia.
We welcomed a new vice-president, Ioannis Tsakiris, from Greece.
And we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the EU's largest enlargement, a reminder of the transformative power of EU membership!
Watch President Calviño's previous One week, one minute recaps.
