EIC supports reform of procurement to ensure fair competition beyond lowest price, enhancing focus on quality in global EIB-financed projects.

On 23 September 2025, EIC President Gustavo Martínez and EIC Director Frank Kehlenbach participated in the Autumn Plenary Meeting of the Global Gateway Business Advisory Group (BAG) in Brussels, chaired by the Director-General of DG INTPA, Koen Doens.

The EIC Workshop on 10 October 2025 during the Autumn Conference in Vienna attracted more than 90 delegates for a vivid discussion on the Global Gateway strategy in the transport sector.

The Global Europe instrument presents the opportunity to use EU external assistance funds more strategically, for EU companies and technologies in the first place, focussing on EU geopolitical and economic interest.

The EIC Workshop on 25 April 2025 during the Spring Conference in Bordeaux attracted more than 100 delegates for a vivid discussion around Decarbonisation of Infrastructure Construction.

Brussels, 17 May 2024:   The joint FIEC-EIC Conference held on 17 May 2024 in Brussels attracted more than 150 delegates from both federations for a discussion on how the European construction industry can help building a competitive, resilient ...

The new Procurement Framework, effective since July 2016, allows the World Bank to better respond to the needs of client countries, while preserving robust procurement standards throughout Bank-supported projects.The new Framework enhances the ...

Two weeks ahead of a fundamental policy shift of the World Bank, which has announced to require as of 1st September 2023 the use of Rated Criteria as the default approach for most international procurements, EIC has published a new ‘Standard ...

EIC welcomes the new EU Global Gateway Strategy as a positive signal to EU partners, however, delivery model for transport infrastructure needs refinement.

The three leading construction industry bodies in Europe, EIC, FIEC and ENCORD, have jointly published the ‘Manifesto on Achieving Carbon and Resource Neutrality in the European Construction Sector’ outlining a long-term vision and plan to reduce ...

The EIC Autumn Workshop 2021 “A Vision for a More Sustainable and Resource Efficient Construction Industry” on 12 November 2021 discussed the elements for a roadmap to transform Europe´s construction sector in line with the EU climate goals. The ...

Since 2016, the World Bank’s Procurement Framework has encouraged the use of rated criteria to evaluate quality, sustainability, and innovative aspects of bids in decision making. Now the Bank has announced on its Website that it will require as of ...