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As another week comes to an end, here are some of the highlights from the past week that you might have missed. 🔵We signed new investments inside and outside Europe: in Slovenia to upgrade the power distribution network, helping meet the country's growing electricity demand; in Cabo Verde to modernise and improve existing digital, energy and port infrastructure, turning the country into a premier digital hub for the region; in Senegal to support the private sector. 🔵President Nadia Calviño met with fellow Heads of Multilateral Development Banks to improve the way we work together as a system, and with UN Climate Change Simon Stiell to prepare the upcoming #COP29. 🔵Vice-Presidents Nicola Beer, Robert de Groot, Teresa Czerwińska, Ambroise Fayolle and Kyriacos Kakouris attended various meetings and events, reinforcing multilateral cooperation to deal with global challenges. Watch President Nadia Calviño's #1week1minute video ⤵️

🥁 You’re invited! We're delighted to announce that registrations are now open for the #EuropeanHeritageSummit 2024, taking place in Bucharest 🇷🇴 from 6-8 October. We have an exciting line-up of events, including: 🔺 The #EuropeanHeritageAwards Ceremony 2024 🏆, hosted at the iconic Romanian Athenaeum 🔺 The second European Heritage Hub Forum, focused on cultural heritage & the #DigitalTransformation  🔺 The annual Policy Agora, where we’ll explore quality principles in heritage #conservation Join us as we reflect on & raise awareness of the political, environmental, & societal value of #CulturalHeritage for Europe. ✍ Secure your spot - make sure to register by 25 September  👉 https://lnkd.in/e5UKKU7g

And the 2024 European Investment Bank (EIB) Artists Development Programme laureates are… The laureates of the 2024 edition of the Artists Development Programme (ADP) — the EIB’s flagship talent scouter and accelerator for emerging visual artists from Europe — have been selected! Gilad Ashery (Portugal, 30) and Alessandro Di Lorenzo (Italy, 27) selected for the thematic call Disruption: The Imprint of Man; Maxine Weiss (Germany, 31) selected for the thematic call The Future of Water; Maria Trabulo (Portugal, 35) selected for the geographic call targeting artists from Austria, Croatia, Finland, Hungary, Luxembourg, Portugal, and Slovakia; Yulia Protsyshyn (Ukraine, 34) selected for the geographic call targeting artists from Ukraine.  For the first time, this year’s ADP laureates will benefit from two mentors: Franco-Italian visual artist Tatiana Trouvé, who already mentored the 2022 and 2023 editions; and professor, theorist and art critic Christophe Kihm. Moreover, the 2024 edition will take place in two locations Cité internationale des arts in Paris, and neimënster (Neumünster Abbey Heritage Site for Culture) in Luxembourg. The 2024 laureates will spend the first two months of their residency in Paris, and will move to Luxembourg to complete the ADP cycle in close proximity to the European Investment Bank. http://bit.ly/47fdcZ9 Delphine Munro Ivana Vujeva Shiva Dustdar

The largest windfarm in Denmark will power up over a million homes with 1.1 Gigawatts of clean energy.   The Thor project by RWE is set to supply one in three Danish households with green energy and help us move towards our goal of a net-zero future.   The project is part of the company’s broader decarbonization strategy, which includes investing €55 billion in renewables and aiming for net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.   By 2050, offshore wind farms in the North Sea are expected to deliver at least 300 gigawatts of capacity.   We are supporting the Thor wind farm project with €1.2 billion, as part of the North Sea Energy Cooperation—a wind-energy program aimed at cost-effective offshore renewable energy deployment.   👉 https://lnkd.in/dAb66w5T

Thrilled to speak at the upcoming #BraineconomySummit, part of the Science Summit UNGA79 in New York on 18 September about the role of public investment mobilising private commercial and philantrhopic capital drawing on European Investment Bank (EIB) and my personal experience in setting up innovative financing mechanisms in health / life sciences, including infectious diseases. The scale of the challenge is immense, costing society trillions in health spending and economic loss …what is critically needed is a systemic investment approach across the health value chain, an integrative mindset bringing many different disciplines together and the ability to think at the system’s level while identifying concrete priority investment opportunities! This is also why the EIB Institute includes the brain economy in its #foresight series to raise greater awareness among investors and policymakers about the massive investment challenges and opportunities! Watch the space ! See the link in post below for more information about the Brain Economy Summit! Looking forward to joining many stellar and forward thinking bright minds Paweł Świeboda Harris Eyre MD PhD Rym Ayadi Natasha Müller Annika Sten Pärson Kana Enomoto Devora Kestel A/Professor Jo-An Occhipinti (née Atkinson) Toby Ewing Jillian Manus Steve Carnevale and many more !

"My island is just 39 square kilometres, but the last hurricane decimated it. We had one hurricane 50 years ago; in the past 10 months, we’ve had three, with the last one damaging over 90% of properties." These are the words of Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change, sharing his firsthand experience of climate change’s devastating effects on his home island of Carriacou. For Mr. Stiell, the next five years are critical. We are nearing a natural point-of-no-return, yet there is still hope. The transition has begun, and measurable progress is underway. What we need now is more political will and decisive climate action. Multilateral Development Banks play a crucial role by de-risking investments, supporting vital innovative technologies, and attracting private capital. The cost of inaction is high. That’s why, as the Climate Bank, we: 🟩 Dedicate 60% of our budget to climate and environmental sustainability. 🟩 Support projects and initiatives that mitigate the effects of climate change. 🟩 Plan to triple our adaptation finance by 2025. Ahead of #COP29 in Baku, Mr. Stiell met with EIB President Nadia Calviño and Vice-President Ambroise Fayolle to discuss how we can further contribute to global climate action, achieve the 1.5°C target, and the pivotal role of Multilateral Development Banks in accelerating green finance. #ClimateAction #ClimateChange

Do you have a project to safeguard endangered #heritage? There are 2 weeks left to apply for the #7MostEndangered 2025! ⏰ Launched in 2013 by Europa Nostra & EIB Institute, the #7ME is a civil society campaign to safeguard Europe's endangered heritage 🏛 🌍 The listing of an endangered site is a catalyst for mobilising public and private support, including #funding. Selected sites are also eligible for an European Investment Bank (EIB) Heritage Grant of €10,000 each. 🔎 This year, we are particularly looking out for nominations of heritage affected by #ClimateChange, neglect, conflicts, or human rights violations. Submit your nomination by 15 September 2024 👉 https://lnkd.in/eA-TgSmK 

Did you know that an estimated £5 billion is currently tied up in UK rental deposit schemes? This money could be put to better use. #SITAlumni HUSMUS is an AI-powered marketplace that drives fairer access to homes. They create and provide customisable, affordable insurance that enables all renters to access homes without financial barriers. Watch the video below to find out more and read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/e9qEPany https://lnkd.in/efCpqWeV #ChangeTomorrowToday #SocialInnovation #SocialEntrepreneurship #SocEnt #Impact #SIT23Stockholm #EIBInstitute #EIB #SDGs #GlobalGoals #Stockholm #Sweden #Housing #HousingCrisis #AffordableHousing

88 International signs an agreement with the Ministry of National Education of Morocco with the support of the European Investment Bank (EIB) office in Morocco for a future Morocco88.

https://lnkd.in/eWsgRdRs Did you know that it is estimated that around one-third of women worldwide experience domestic violence? The true number is likely to be higher because most victims don’t report it. #SITAlumni @SpringACT created Chatbot Sophia to provide a safe, anonymous way for victims to learn about the signs of abuse, gather information and evidence, and plan their escape. The chatbot helps people collect evidence, such as photos of bruises or screenshots of abusive messages, and store it in an innovative digital safe. The safe is encrypted and accessed via an image within which Sophia hides a password using steganography. Watch the video below to find out more and read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/e-7c-8Zh #ChangeTomorrowToday #SocialInnovation #SocialEntrepreneurship #SocEnt #Impact #SIT23Stockholm #EIBInstitute #EIB #SDGs #GlobalGoals #Stockholm #Sweden #Chatbot #DomesticViolence8