About
The Eastern Partnership Technical Assistance Trust Fund (EPTATF) was established in 2010 to finance technical assistance operations in Eastern Partnership countries. Priority areas include private sector development, social and economic infrastructure development and climate change mitigation and adaptation. The trust fund also provides support for capacity-building programmes, such as training in beneficiary countries and grants for institutional programmes.
At a glance
EPTATF contributors are making a difference to projects in the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood.
Donor funds committed
Donor financing approved
Operations
Total investments supported
Our Donors
EPTATF operations are financed by 10 donors, namely:
Expected Impact
118,000 people employed in construction each year
Safe drinking water for over 66,700 people
More than 2.4 million people with improved connectivity, energy efficiency and secure energy supply
Sustainable Development Goals
Donor-financed operations through our trust funds make a direct contribution to several of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our collective actions unlock billions of euros in investment to combat climate change, eradicate poverty and fight inequality. These are some of the global goals targeted by our trust fund.
Donor-funded instruments
The EIB uses donor funds to enhance the development impact of investment projects. EPTATF supports technical assistance for projects, including upstream studies, capacity building, secondment and internship programmes and dissemination activities.
Geographical scope
Countries eligible for EPTATF funding:
Key publications
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29 September 2023
Trust Funds in action
Resources for development finance are limited. Find out how EIB Global works with 11 trust funds to increase amounts available, support a wide variety of projects and make a positive impact.
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29 September 2023
EPTATF overview
This flyer provides an overview of the trust fund's activities in 2022.
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21 June 2021
Evaluation of the Eastern Partnership Technical Assistance Trust Fund (2010-2019)
An evaluation of the Eastern Partnership Technical Assistance Trust Fund (EPTATF), ten years after its establishment.
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26 July 2018Eastern Partnership Technical Assistance Trust Fund (EPTATF) Contributors Committee: Rules of procedure
The Contributors Committee of the Eastern Partnership Technical Assistance Trust Fund (hereinafter referred to as the "Committee") has drawn up its Rules of Procedure in accordance with the Rules Relating to the Establishment and Administration of the Eastern Partnership Technical Assistance Trust Fund (EPTATF).
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18 June 2021
Eastern Partnership Technical Assistance Trust Fund (EPTATF): Rules of establishment and administration
In its meetings of 14 July and 21 September 2010, the EIB Board of Directors approved the proposal for the establishment of a multi-purpose and multi-sectoral fund, the Eastern Partnership Technical Assistance Trust Fund (the "EPTATF").
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2 October 2023
EPTATF contributors committee
List of the trust fund's representatives
Highlighted stories
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27 May 2024 Anna Yavorska
How to boost business during a war
Special investment fund helps Ukrainian companies grow during the hardest times
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14 May 2024
EIB Global Donor Partnerships
Launch the video and embark on a journey to our projects around the world, guided by our Donor-funded trust funds. By joining forces, we achieve impact.
EIB Global cares for people and the planet thanks to its Donor partnerships.
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25 March 2024
Krakow: Climate and social projects for a sustainable and inclusive city
Krakow is becoming a green city with the support of the European Investment Bank. The second largest city in Poland has embarked on a journey to develop a sustainable, integrated, resilient and inclusive urban environment. The EIB financing is helping Krakow achieve climate neutrality and provide, at the same time, improved social infrastructure for a city committed to help Ukrainian refugees.
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11 March 2024 Tamar Shiloh Vidon
Sweet smell of chocolate
Armenia’s small businesses get a boost, and EU lending finds new local banks to work as conduits as the country makes a geopolitical shift
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7 December 2023 Amy Serafin
A lightbulb moment
Company creates balcony-designed, lightweight solar panels to provide cities with more renewable energy access
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23 November 2023 Chris Knight
‘We will never abandon them’
From hospitals to transport, EU bank support helps Ukrainian cities in the struggle to maintain access to water, electricity, heating and healthcare
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5 October 2023 Dawid A. Fusiek
Green and humane
Kraków is upgrading urban infrastructure to make a greener city for residents and aid Ukrainian families
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25 May 2023 Claire Shirley
Roads to connect Ukraine
Russian blockades make Moldova’s dilapidated roads key to moving grain out of Ukraine and aid in. Here’s how the country is upgrading its transport links
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22 May 2023
Heroes of the Ukrainian economy
Anton Myanovsky owns Gemini Espresso, a young, fast-growing coffee company. Following the Russian aggression in his own county, he saw the frontline approach his coffee plant in March 2022. Anton shares with us how he managed to relocate within a few days his business to Western Ukraine, with the support of a platform by the Bank Lviv and the solidarity of his competitors.
Bank Lviv has created a platform to support small businesses that were forced to relocate because of the war. The platform offers banking and business services. The setting up of the platform received support from the EIB ENTAFI Progamme. Additionally, volunteers from Bank Lviv offer advice free of charge to relocated businesses and connect entrepreners with local business communities.
Find out more about EIB's support to Ukraine.
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3 May 2023 Dawid A. Fusiek
A better future
Yerevan schools are dilapidated, but a big renovation grant from European donors for 150 Armenia kindergartens will make them more energy efficient—and safer for the children
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31 March 2023 Chris Knight
5 ways to rebuild during a war
Report on recovery of Ukraine economy calls for more targeted assistance and greater cooperation among aid groups
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28 March 2023
Takeaways from the EIB Group Forum
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23 March 2023 Peter Koh
Fruitful cooperation
An EU loan improves access to finance for Armenia SMEs
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16 March 2023 Chris Knight
A foundation for Ukraine’s future
From "family-style" orphanages to clinics, Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska makes a plea for aid and urges allies not to forget the war
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16 March 2023
What's the Matter: Stand up for Ukraine
For our third episode of What's the Matter? series, we travelled to Ukraine and neighbouring Poland to learn from Ukrainian refugees about the situation one year after the start of the Russian invasion. Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, also joined us for an interview to discuss the Olena Zelenska Foundation, which she founded a year ago to channel more global aid to local issues such as healthcare, housing, humanitarian aid, childcare and education.
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24 February 2023 Chris Knight
‘We must not lose a generation’
A year after the Russian invasion, Ukraine mayors ask for investment to rebuild schools, educate children and repair a wide range of city services
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19 January 2023 Werner Hoyer
Untangling the polycrisis
As the World Economic Forum in Davos focuses on the ‘polycrisis’, the solution is to see this as a time of ‘polyopportunity’ for investment
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28 November 2022 Dawid A. Fusiek
The needs of refugees
Ukrainian women and children have sought shelter in Poland. The EIB solidarity package helps local authorities support hosts and adapt infrastructure to the needs of the refugees
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17 November 2022 Chris Knight
‘There can be no other flag here’
Under fierce assault since the Russian invasion, one Ukraine mayor describes how EU loans helped the population reject their occupiers
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16 November 2022 Chris Knight
Crisis to spur green transition
Most Europeans believe a green transition is the best response to the energy price crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The EIB Climate Survey has the numbers
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16 November 2022 Chris Knight
For the long haul in Ukraine
The EU bank backs hundreds of projects essential to Ukrainian people’s lives during war
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19 October 2022
EIB commitment to Ukraine’s recovery
The European Investment Bank has been working with Ukraine since 2007. We have invested in the country and supported the recovery of the area affected by the conflict in the Donbas region. Now, with the military invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops, our commitment remains firm. Discover in this video how we will support the reconstruction of schools, kindergartens, community centres and infrastructure destroyed by the war.
Find out more about the Eastern Partnership Technical Assistance Trust Fund (EPTATF)
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14 October 2022
Ukraine’s Minister of Finance Sergii Marchenko and European Commission EVP Valdis Dombrovskis pay tribute to the role of the EIB in supporting Ukraine
After the Second ministerial roundtable on support for Ukraine, held in Washington DC during the IMF - World Bank annual meetings, President Hoyer met with Sergii Marchenko, Ukrainian Minister for Finance and Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission. The meeting follows the EIB’s disbursement of additional €550 million, supported by an EU guarantee, earlier this week. President Hoyer said that the partnership with Ukraine and the European Commission enables the EIB to move fast at delivering support at this most critical time for the country. Together with Vice-President Czerwinska, Hoyer, Marchenko and Dombrovskis agreed that international financial support must remain steadfast.
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15 September 2022
Project Syndicate's Forsaken Futures - EIB President Werner Hoyer's remarks
At the Forsaken Futures event organised by Project Syndicate, EIB President Hoyer reminds us of the energy and climate crisis we face today and provides encouraging perspectives on how to address these challenges.
President Hoyer's speech
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29 June 2022
Hope for Ukraine
European assistance in Ukraine over the past half a decade changed a lot of minds permanently. A civil engineer who helped build the country is ready to do it again. Watch an interview with Roy Draycott, European Civil Engineer at the EIB.
Read his story on Hope for Ukraine.
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14 June 2022 Janel Siemplenski Lefort
Ukraine economic shock
Ukraine trade disruptions and inflation weigh on firms and households, threatening to derail Europe’s recovery and push many into poverty
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13 June 2022
Yerevan mothers: Julieta's story
Julieta’s daughter, Lily, is one of the lucky attendees of Kindergarten 36 in Yerevan, which has been newly renovated. More functional, energy efficient and secure against earthquakes, Kindergarten 36 is the first of 15 kindergartens that the municipality is planning to modernise in the coming years. The project receives support from the EIB, the Eastern Europe Energy Efficiency and Environment Partnership Fund (E5P), as well as the Green Climate Fund via UNDP Armenia. Read more about our work in Armenia.
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3 June 2022 Roy Draycott
Hope for Ukraine
European assistance in Ukraine over the past half a decade changed a lot of minds permanently. A civil engineer who helped build the country is ready to do it again
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25 May 2022
Ecaterina - Moldovan farmers plant seeds of hope
Meet Ecaterina, a farmer in Moldova. Thanks to the EIBs support under the Fruit Garden of Moldova project, Ecaterina planted a vineyard on 21 hectares and created eight permanent jobs in her farm.
The EIB is supporting SMEs in Moldova since 2008 by providing finance and expertise for sound and sustainable investment projects in the Eastern Neighbourhood.
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23 May 2022
Anna - Moldovan farmers plant seeds of hope
Meet Anna, a farmer in Moldova who owns 3 hectares of vineyards. Thanks to the EIB's support under the Fruit Garden of Moldova project, Anna found financial means to modernise her vineyard with a pergola support system.
The EIB is supporting SMEs in Moldova since 2008 by providing finance and expertise for sound and sustainable investment projects in the Eastern Neighbourhood.
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19 May 2022
The EIB is supporting SMEs in Georgia
The EIB offers support and financial assistance to SMEs in Georgia. The EIB has worked with Georgia since 2007, helping small businesses and boosting infrastructure and helping to transform the country.
The bank supports projects that promote prosperity and stability in the Eastern Neighbourhood.
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19 May 2022
Igor - Moldovan farmers plant seeds of hope
Meet Igor, a farmer in Moldova. Thanks to the EIB's support under the Fruit Garden of Moldova project, Igor was able to employ more people on his farm and launch a new range of products, such as natural juices, vegan milk and dried fruit. With this support, Igor is optimistic about what the future holds for him and his farm.
The EIB is supporting SMEs in Moldova since 2008 by providing finance and expertise for sound and sustainable investment projects in the Eastern Neighbourhood.
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21 April 2022
President Hoyer discusses climate finance in the context of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
President Werner Hoyer participated in a conversation organised by the Atlantic Council to discuss how EU investment can assist Ukraine and in building resilient energy infrastructure in Europe. Read more
Find out more on EIB's participation at the 2022 IMF/World Bank Spring meetings.
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20 April 2022
More cooperation, investment, inclusivity and innovation needed to face planetary emergencies, says EIB President Hoyer
As ministers and central bank governors gather for the annual World Bank and International Monetary Fund spring meetings, Werner Hoyer, EIB President, says that multilateral financial institutions are powerful tools for tackling global challenges and must now redouble their cooperation and step up support for the investment, inclusivity and innovation the world needs.
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9 April 2022
EIB President Werner Hoyer at #StandUpForUkraine global pledging event
President Werner Hoyer announces EIB's additional €4 billion pledge to support Ukrainian war refugees during Stand Up For Ukraine global fundraising event for refugees and internally displaced people in Ukraine. Read more on the press release.
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7 April 2022
EIB President Hoyer speaks with Ukraine prime minister Shmyhal: We are 100% committed to rebuilding
The European Investment Bank plans further measures to support Ukraine, in addition to the nearly €670 million in emergency lending delivered in March, EIB President Werner Hoyer told Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal in a phone conversation Thursday.
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27 January 2022
EIB Global – Moving towards stronger cooperation beyond the EU
The European Investment Bank works to improve lives around the globe. From Mali to Cambodia, from Argentina to Morocco, from India to Ukraine, our projects around the world help fight climate change, support local entrepreneurs, improve local health systems, bring innovation, and contribute to gender equality. Today’s great global challenges need even more focus and renewed efforts. This is why we have set up EIB Global, our dedicated arm for our activities outside the EU.
EIB Global brings together all of the resources of the European Investment Bank to support the green and digital transitions through Europe’s global partnerships. As part of Team Europe, EIB Global will be an instrument to establish stronger partnerships with local institutions and other multilateral development banks all around the world.
Find out more about EIB Global.
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16 September 2021 Olga Sushytska
Butting in
Vasyl Tsvyk is betting his artisanal Ukrainian goat cheese can compete with big, Western European producers
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9 June 2021
The City Climate Finance Gap Fund - supporting cities around the world
This video presents the second round of city announcements benefitting from the City Climate Finance Gap Fund. The World Bank and the European Investment Bank (EIB) in cooperation with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), are implementing the City Climate Finance Gap Fund, a new partnership supporting green, inclusive, resilient, creative and competitive cities in developing countries. Through donor-supported technical assistance, with a target of at least 100 million in funding, the Gap Fund aims to unlock an estimated 4 billion to help cities transform climate ambition into finance-ready projects.
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4 June 2021
Skills, knowledge, tools: Solutions for our greatest resource
Sharing knowledge can help solve the developing countries water crisis and make life better for billions of people
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23 March 2021
A guarantee for strawberries
A small Georgian agribusiness gets financing for its organic products from TBC Bank, backed by an EU financial guarantee.
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4 March 2021
Werner Hoyer and Charles Michel opened the new premises of the EU Delegation in Georgia
EIB President Werner Hoyer and European Council President Charles Michel opened the new premises of the EU Delegation.
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2 March 2021
EIB President Werner Hoyer and European Council President Charles Michel in Georgia
EIB President Werner Hoyer and European Council President Charles Michel opened the new premises of the EU Delegation and EIB Regional office in Georgia. During his visit, President Werner Hoyer also signed a new loan extending COVID-19 response measures to the existing credit line at Liberty Bank for a total of €17.5 million.
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13 January 2021 Claire Shirley
Fruits of cooperation
An EU-Moldova agriculture programme helps farmers modernise vegetable production, export to the EU and cope with the COVID-19 pandemic
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15 December 2020
Georgian cheese with a taste of Switzerland
Georgian farmers get EU backing with a loan that helps a partnership with a Swiss agricultural school train them
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9 July 2020
Backing Digital and IT talents in Ukraine
Ukraine has among the largest and fastest-growing populations of IT professionals in Europe with about 200 000 people working in this field. With its dedicated InnovFin Science support, the EIB is helping to boost the countrys innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem. Ukrainian Innovation Campus Project will cover the design, renovation and construction of new, tailored facilities and structures in Ukraines first vertically integrated innovation park UNIT.City. It will also generate 549 full-time and 2,400 temporary jobs, promote research and innovation, and boost the development of Ukraines high-tech industry.
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1 July 2020
Development Solutions: How to be sensitive
Half of the world’s poor live in fragile or conflict-affected countries. To end poverty, we need to break the cycle of fragility with special conflict development solutions
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18 June 2020
Digital transformation of postal services in Ukraine and the EUs Eastern Neighbourhood
Almost 23 million Ukrainians, or 71% of Ukraine's population, is online. With the world embracing digital technology, postal service customers (both businesses and individuals) increasingly expect a modern, digital service. That's why the EU and its bank the EIB, are actively supporting the digitalisation of postal services in Ukraine. The project includes digitalisation of the logistics network, with new sorting hubs and depots for SC Ukrposhta, Ukraine's national postal service provider. Strong digital infrastructure and e-services by postal operators in the Eastern Partnership countries will enable growth and drive sustainable development. We are moving together for a resilient digital transformation in Ukraine and the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood!
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18 June 2020
Working together to reinforce resilience in the Eastern Partnership countries
In the face of COVID-19, the EIB Group together with its European Union partners is strengthening its support in areas like healthcare, digitalisation, SMEs and climate action in the 6 countries of the Eastern Partnership (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine). The EU is reinforcing resilience with an Eastern Partnership that delivers for all!
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11 June 2020
COVID-19 Public Healthcare Programme for Eastern, Central Europe and the Mediterranean region
Alongside its partners, the European Investment Bank continues to respond to the COVID-19 medical emergency by providing €670 million for 7 countries neighbouring the European Union (Belarus, Egypt, Jordan, Moldova, Morocco, Tunisia and Uzbekistan) for healthcare infrastructure and equipment to fight the current pandemic.
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12 November 2019
Improving public services for citizens in eastern Ukraine
The European Union & its Bank, the EIB, are helping to boost public services for citizens in eastern Ukraine through the Early Recovery Programme. 13 different healthcare facilities in Kharkiv are receiving financing for their renovations. The project, which includes treatment centres for victims of both the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the conflict in Ukraine, has been strengthened by a grant from the Eastern Partnership Technical Assistance Trust Fund, financed by 8 EU countries.
Read more on:
- Eastern Partnership Technical Assistance Trust Fund
- our support for health and life services
- our activities in Eastern Neighbours
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18 October 2019
EIB Vice-President Vazil Hudak & Ukraine Finance Minister Oksana Markarova in Washington D.C.
EIB Vice-President Vazil Hudak and the Minister of Finance of Ukraine Oksana Markarova talk about the presence and importance of EIB support in Ukraine during the IMF/World Bank Group Annual Meetings in Washington D.C.
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8 August 2018 Chris Knight
Safer Armenia kindergartens with EU energy efficiency grant
Yerevan schools are dilapidated, but a big renovation grant from European donors for 150 Armenia kindergartens will make them more energy efficient—and safer for the children
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12 June 2018
Yerevan Energy Efficiency
147 Kindergartens in Yerevan – Armenia – will benefit from energy efficiency and resilience to earthquakes improvements by 2020, thanks to EU support. “The EU bank, together with its partners, is making a real difference for the people of Armenia. We encourage projects like this one that help to improve the environment and therefore also the quality of life. The 147 Yerevan kindergartens will show the way on energy efficiency and savings because the cheapest energy is the one we avoid generating”, declared EIB Vice-President Vazil Hudák.
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15 March 2018
Across the border: Connecting Armenia and Georgia
With the financial support of the European Union and the European Investment Bank, Armenia’s three border crossing points with Georgia were upgraded and modernised, ensuring simplified procedures and reduced waiting times for travellers and secure movement of goods across borders. Improving Armenia’s connectivity to the region and the rest of the world can contribute significantly to increased trade and transit, tourism, and foreign direct investment – all supportive of Armenia’s national priorities.
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28 November 2017 Chiara Robotti
The path to road safety in Ukraine and its neighbours
Lviv’s roads saw 5958 accidents, 47 fatalities and about a thousand injuries last year. These figures are even higher in the rest of the Ukraine. The European Investment Bank’s Eastern road safety projects will make roads safer for 3.3 million users.
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20 June 2017
EIB Group EU4Business in Georgia
Private sector is a key driver for growth, employment and innovation in Georgia. Supporting access to finance for MSMEs and mid-sized companies is a top priority for the EIB Group. With the support of the EU, the EIB Group is stepping up its efforts in improving access to finance and building capacity in order to support sustainable and inclusive growth in Georgia.
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7 March 2017
EIB Group EU4Business in Ukraine
Private sector is a key driver for growth, employment and innovation in Ukraine. Supporting access to finance for MSMEs and mid-sized companies is a top priority for the EIB Group. With the support of the EU, the EIB Group is stepping up its efforts in improving access to finance and building capacity in order to support sustainable and inclusive growth in Ukraine.
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19 December 2016 Vazil Hudak
Ukraine investment: Concrete results for reforms
With EUR 3 billion in loans, the EU bank delivers on its part of Europe’s pledge to Ukraine
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19 December 2016
Ukraine: delivering on a promise
On 19 December 2016, the European Investment Bank met its commitment to provide EUR 3 billion of financial assistance as part of the EU’s Special Support Package for Ukraine, agreed in March 2014.
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4 July 2016 Matt Rees
Ukraine rail tunnel reflects boost in EU ties
Ukraine rail tunnel was the first of EUR 3bn wave of EU finance for Ukraine
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18 March 2016 Matt Rees
Georgia investment: Flood relief and highways for a new partner
Georgia rebuilds after flood disaster-and sets up infrastructure for improved trade