Forests are major carbon stores that regulate the global climate. Sustainable forestry can make a crucial contribution to climate change mitigation by managing these important carbon stocks, lowering greenhouse gas levels and providing a source of renewable energy.
Together with air traffic management, airports constitute the infrastructure of civil aviation, and they form one of the pillars of the Single European Sky initiative.
The Results Measurement framework (ReM), which was introduced in a pilot phase in 2012, improves the ex ante assessment of expected project results and enhances the Bank's ability to report on actual results achieved.
The EIB supports the Baltic Sea Region's long tradition of cross-border cooperation by financing long-term projects in transport, energy, the environment, research, development and innovation (RDI), climate action and SMEs.
Exceptional times call for exceptional measures. As the EU bank, we are stepping up our efforts to support growth and jobs. This edition of the EIB INFO seeks to show how projects we finance make a difference, whether by securing jobs with smaller businesses, by making sure important growth-driving infrastructure projects can go ahead, or by keeping up support for cutting-edge innovation and clean energy that help Europe retain its competitive edge on a global scale.
EIB-FEMIP builds on the long-standing financial cooperation with the southern and eastern Mediterranean countries going back more than 30 years. A lending envelope of EUR 9.7 billion has been made available to the nine Mediterranean partner countries for the period 2007-2013.
In line with best banking practice, the most significant corporate governance developments of the year 2012 are summarized in an Annual Statement on Corporate Governance.
The Annual Reports were prepared by the Audit Committee of the Bank, an independent body of individuals appointed by, and reporting to, the Board of Governors. These reports are published in accordance with a decision of the EIB's Board of Governors on 14 May 2013.
Following consultations with the Mediterranean Partner Countries, the European Council of 12th December 2003 endorsed the conclusions reached on 25th November 2003 by the ECOFIN Council to reinforce the FEMIP within the Bank including the establishment of a trust fund allowing donors to complement o...
The Assembly of Donors represents all the Trust Fund donors and meets at least twice a year to discuss, analyse and approve different operations. In 2005, the Assembly of Donors of the FEMIP Trust Fund has drawn up its Rules of Procedure having regard to the Rules Relating to the Establishment and A...
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