European Investment Bank. Enlargement Countries

1. Introduction to the European Investment Bank (EIB)
2. European Investment Bank Group
3. European Investment Fund
4. European Investment Bank strategy:
   1. Enlargement Countries
   2. African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries
   3. Asia and Latin America
   4. European Union-Eastern neighbors
5. Facility for the Euro-Mediterranean Investment and Partnership

The educational aims of the Subject “European Investment Bank (EIB)” are:

1. To understand the purposes and cooperation areas of the European Investment Bank
2. To analyze the European Investment Bank strategy
3. To learn about European Investment Fund

The Subject “European Investment Bank (EIB)” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate: World Trade.

Masters: International Business, Foreign Trade.

Languages: or Banco Europeo de Inversiones Banque européenne d’investissement.

In 1994 was founded the European Investment Bank (EIB), the financing body of EU, to help small enterprises. The function of the European Investment Bank is to supply long-term finance in assistance to Foreign Direct Investment projects.

The European Investment Bank is the largest international non-sovereign lender and borrower.

The European Investment Banks finance projects in 150 countries: pre-accession countries of South-East Europe, Mediterranean partner countries; the African, Caribbean and the Pacific countries, Asia, Latin America, Central Asia, and other neighbors to the East

The majority shareholder of the European Investment Fund is the European Investment Bank, with which it forms the 'EIB Group'. The European Investment Fund provides venture capital for Small and Medium Enterprises. It also provides the guarantees to the financial institutions (banks) to cover their loans to Small and Medium Enterprises.

The European Investment Bank provides finance for the economies in the enlargement region:

1. Candidate countries Turkey, Iceland, Macedonia
2. Potential candidate countries: The Western Balkans

The European Investment Bank encourages the EU Neighborhood Policy in the Eastern Partner Countries by financing substantial interest projects for the European Union.

The eligible countries for the European Investment Bank financing under the ALA IV mandate are:

1. Asia: Brunei, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam - ASEAN Group, Bangladesh, China, India, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Yemen
2. Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela

The European Investment Bank received legislative approval from the Council of EU Ministers to become active in Central Asia (Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) in late 2008.