With an overwhelming percentage of the EU population living and working in cities, urban renewal is a central element in the economic and social strategy of the EIB. Operations to date range from social housing projects, to urban transport and environmental improvement schemes, implemented both...

Over 70% of Europeans live in urban areas, and 55% of public investment is made by regional or local governments. The European Investment Bank works on a range of Urban Agenda-related initiatives to share knowledge with local and regional decision-makers in order to improve access to funds and...

Transforming cities and making them smarter and more sustainable are important goals of the EIB's investment approach in the urban sector. Over the last five years (2010-2014), the EIB has provided finance totalling almost EUR 56 billion as well as technical assistance to support these goals in...

Most people in the world live in cities. Urban areas generate around 85% of European GDP and are home to three-quarters of the population. Creating green, sustainable cities, to which the EIB committed over EUR 8bn in 2012, lies at the heart of the Bank's investment activity.

Most people in the world live in cities. 75% of Europeans live in towns and cities and around 85% of the EU's GDP is generated in urban areas. Greening cities and making them sustainable are at the heart of the EIB's investments in urban areas. Over the last five years (2006-2010), the EIB has...

The Investment Facility ("the Facility" or "IF") has been established within the framework of the Cotonou Agreement (the "Agreement") on cooperation and development assistance negotiated between the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (the "ACP States") and the European Union and its...

The Investment Facility ("the Facility" or "IF") has been established within the framework of the Cotonou Agreement (the "Agreement") on cooperation and development assistance negotiated between the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (the "ACP States") and the European Union and its...