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EU invests more than €116 million in nature, environment and climate Strategic #LIFE

The Commission announced today an investment of over €116 million for the new LIFE Programme's Strategic Projects. The funding will help eight major projects in Belgium, Estonia, Spain, Italy, Poland, Slovakia and Finland reach their climate and environmental targets. The projects are expected to mobilise significant additional funds from other EU funding sources, including agricultural, […]

EU launches new cooperation programmes with Morocco worth €624 million green transition, migration and reforms

Today, in an official visit in Morocco, Neighbourhood and Enlargement Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi announced new cooperation programmes worth €624 million in total to support Morocco's transition to green energy, enhance cooperation on addressing irregular migration management and support Morocco's ambitious reform plans in key areas such as social protection, climate policy, reform of the public […]

EIB and European Commission sign agreement to boost private sector investments in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries #GlobalGateway

Today, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Commission signed agreements for a total volume of €4 billion; consisting of a Guarantee Agreement that will mobilise up to €3.5 billion in lending and a €500 million Trust Fund contribution, to support businesses in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries until 2027. The agreement marks […]

Commission launches €7.5 million calls to support the integration of Ukrainian SMEs in the Single Market

Today, the Commission is launching two calls for proposals under the joint title “ReadyForEU”, with a total budget of €7.5 million. The two calls aim at helping Ukrainian entrepreneurs and businesses to benefit from the Single Market. The calls are funded under the Single Market Programme and follow the recent agreement for Ukraine to join […]

CaixaBank and MicroBank support Spanish small businesses through the InvestEU programme

CaixaBank and MicroBank support Spanish small businesses with guarantees that will enable the mobilisation of more than €1 billion through the InvestEU programme This is the first European Investment Fund (EIF) guarantee agreement signed in Spain under InvestEU. The EIF will provide a guarantee of €150 million to CaixaBank to support the innovation and green […]

Spain: EIB agrees venture debt financing with PackBenefit to accelerate rollout of leading sustainable food packaging technology

EIB and PackBenefit have signed a €13m venture debt agreement to finance a new production plant, as well as research and development projects for sustainable food packaging solutions. The financing, in combination with equity funding from Circularity Capital, will enable PackBenefit to expand its manufacturing capacity of recyclable and compostable food trays for the European […]

Communication marking the two-year anniversary of the creation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility #NextGenerationEU

The European Commission has today adopted a Communication marking the two-year anniversary of the creation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the key instrument at the heart of the EUR 800 billion NextGenerationEU recovery plan for Europe. The Communication takes stock of the concrete results achieved so far through the RRF's unprecedented double-push for […]

Recovery and Resilience Facility: Two years

Recovery and Resilience Facility: Two years on A unique instrument at the heart of the EU’s green and digital transformation

Positive preliminary assessment of Spain's third payment request for €6 billion under the Recovery and Resilience Facility #NextGenerationEU

The European Commission has today endorsed a positive preliminary assessment of Spain's payment request for €6 billion (net of pre-financing) in grants under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the key instrument at the heart of NextGenerationEU. On 11 November 2022, Spain submitted to the Commission a payment request based on the achievement of the […]

Education Cannot Wait Fund to better education for children in crisis

The European Commission and EU Member States, as Team Europe, pledged today to invest €313 million in 'Education Cannot Wait', the United Nations global fund that helps reach vulnerable crisis-affected children with immediate and longer-term education support. This is the biggest contribution to the Fund. The European Union and ‘Education Cannot Wait' both promote access […]

EU support with €11 million in humanitarian aid in Central America and Mexico

The Commission has announced today €11 million in humanitarian aid for Central America and Mexico on the occasion of the “High-level Solidarity Roundtable in support of the 2023 Northern Central America Humanitarian Response Plans”, which took place in Geneva. The funding will focus on: €3.5 million will support the addressing of the humanitarian consequences of […]

The Commission signs an agreement to channel 150 million € towards investments in sustainable infrastructure in Spain #InvestEU

The European Commission and the Official Credit Institute (ICO) have today signed an agreement within the framework of the InvestEU guarantee program worth up to 75 million euros. This package of guarantees will help channel ICO financing of up to 150 million euros towards investments in sustainable infrastructure throughout Spain and other Member States. This […]
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