EA policy-driven bank, the EIB
supports the EU’s priority objectives, especially European integration and
the development of economically weak regions. Recently, the Bank has also
been actively supporting European R&D projects as part of EU's objective of
building the world's leading knowledge-based economy. The EIB is currently
also active in 150 countries outside of the EU, non-EU South-Eastern
European countries, Mediterranean partner countries, ACP countries, Asian
and Latin American countries, Russia and other eastern neighbours of the EU.
According to the EIB, in these
countries, the institution works to implement the financial pillar of the
union's external cooperation and development policies: private sector
development, infrastructure development, security of energy supply,
environmental sustainability. |