In 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development — replacing the 2000 Millennium Development Goals — came into force. With these new Goals that universally apply to all countries will mobilise over ...

The African Development Bank has long recognised that infrastructure investment has a central role in the development agenda and is critical for supporting economic growth, poverty reduction and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. ...

EIC considers that the preferred option to implement the ‘Team Europe’ approach on the financial level would be to establish a European Climate and Sustainable Development Bank (ECSDB) based on the EIB or an EIB + subsidiary. ...

Wiesbaden, 28 April 2023: The EIC General Assembly held in Wiesbaden, Germany, re-elects Benoît Chauvin, Senior Vice-President Business Development from French contractor COLAS, as President of EIC. Gustavo Martínez, Commercial Director and Head of ...

EIC’s innovative “Blending 2.0” concept consists of EU concessional development loans arranged by Lead Financiers ,which are syndicated amongst commercial banks to the extent that commercial bank finance can be guaranteed by comprehensive insurance ...

In September 2017, the European Parliament and the Council adopted the European Fund for Sustainable Development (EFSD), which is the core piece of the EU's new External Investment Plan (EIP). The intention of the EIP is to support more inclusive and ...

The habit of submitting Abnormally Low Tender (ALT) prices under works contracts and the associated issues surrounding this problem has prompted the Multilateral Development Banks to identify a mechanism to curtail such practices.Whereas an ALT may ...

On 24 September 2020, the World Bank and the European Investment Bank (EIB) launched the City Climate Finance Gap Fund to support the development of a project pipeline aiming at providing green urban infrastructure in emerging and developing ...

Berlin, 07. October 2020. EIC´s first-ever virtual General Assembly held on 1st October 2020 has elected Benoît Chauvin, Senior Vice President Business Development at French Contractor Colas Group, as new EIC President. ...

Africa has been and will be in the future a unique partner for Europe for historical, geographical and cultural reasons. Even in an ever-globalising world, the European Union and its Member States collectively remain Africa's most important partner ...

Aid for Trade is assistance provided to support partner countries' efforts to develop economic capacities and expand their trade as leverage for growth and poverty reduction. Globally, the EU and its Member States are the biggest provider of Aid for ...

At the 5th Meeting of the Thematic Group on International Competitiveness in March 2018 in Brussels, which operates in the context of the "Construction 2020" Action Plan, EIC called upon European policy-makers to recalibrate the competitive framework ...