European Investment Bank
About the European Investment Bank (EIB)
The EIB raises substantial volumes of funds on the capital markets which it lends on favourable terms to projects furthering EU policy objectives. The EIB continuously adapts its activity to developments in EU policies. The bank:
- enjoys its own legal personality and financial autonomy
- operates in keeping with strict banking practice and in close collaboration with the banking community, both when borrowing on the capital markets and when financing capital projects
- EIB website
FP7 Risk Sharing Finance Facility (RSFF)
The European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have joined forces to set up the Risk Sharing Finance Facility. The RSFF cabe used to fund high-risk but crediworthy FP7, JTI and ETP Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) projects
JASMINE the Joint Action to Support Micro-finance Institutions in Europe launched in 2007
Micro-finance institutions have chosen this year to review the initiative launched by the European Commission in November 2007 for the development of micro-finance in support of growth and employment.
The European Commission and the EIB Group (the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund) have developed a joint action known by the acronym JASMINE (Joint Action to Support Micro-finance Institutions in Europe).
