Boosting the capacity of the EIB and national promotional banks for innovation, effective industrial policy and economic growth - Related links

European Commission

• The Role of National Promotional Banks and Institutions (NBPIs) in the Implementation of UN Agenda 2030 in Europe (European Commission, discussion paper, 14 March 2025)

European Parliament

• New financial instruments and the role of national promotional banks (European Parliament, Study, 2016)

European Court of Auditors

• The European Fund for Strategic Investments - Contributed substantially to addressing the investment gap, but had not fully reached the €500 billion target in the real economy by the end of 2022 (ECA, special report, 19 March 2025)

European Investment Bank

• Digital finance: catalyst for European transformation (European Investment Bank, press release, 4 March 2026)
• EIB Group 2025 Annual Results Presentation (European Investment Bank, press release, January 2026)
• Powering Europe: EIB Group Activity Report 2025 (European Investment Bank, January 2026)
• EIB Global strategic orientation (European Investment Bank, October 2025)
• EIB Investment Survey 2025 Overview CESEE (European Investment Bank, October 2025)
• Unlocking innovation: Addressing the funding needs of EU technology infrastructures (European Investment Bank, September 2025)
• The state of local infrastructure investment in Europe: EIB Municipalities Survey 2024-2025 (European Investment Bank, April 2025)

Think tanks and other organisations

• Promoting Long-Term Investment in Affordable, Social and Sustainable Housing (ELTI, April 2025) 
• Compendium of Financial Instruments (European Association of Public Banks, 2025)
• Toward a Triangle of Coordination: The Role of the European Com mission, the European Central Bank and the European Investment Bank in (Re-)Making EU Industrial Policy (LUHNIP Working Paper, 2024)
• How to unlock the European Investment Bank's potential: four reforms (FEPS, Study, January 2022) (EN only)
• The European Investment Bank as Policy Entrepreneur and the Promotion of Public-Private Partnerships (New Political Economy, 2020