Strategy
Operating strategy:
- To finance viable capital projects which further EU objectives
- To borrow on the capital markets to finance these projects
Lending strategy within the EU
Within the EU the EIB has six priority objectives:
- Cohesion and convergence (regional policy)
- Support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
- Environmental sustainability
- Knowledge economy
- Development of Trans-European Networks of transport and energy (TENs)
- Sustainable, competitive, and secure energy
Lending strategy outside the EU
Outside the EU the EIB's priority objectives for lending activity are:
- Private sector development
- financial sector development
- Infrastructure development
- Security of energy supply
- Environmental sustainability
- EU presence
When loaning outside the EU, the bank has lending mandates based on EU external cooperation and development policies, which differ region to region. Its mandates listed by region are:
- Pre-Accession: Candidate and Potential Candidate countries in the Enlargement region (states which could possibly join the EU)
- European Neighbourhood: Mediterranean Neighbourhood / Russia and Eastern Neighbours
- Development: Africa, Pacific and Caribbean (ACP) / Republic of South Africa
- Economic Cooperation: Asia and Latin America (ALA)
Within Pre-Accession countries activities support both the EU priority lending objectives and the objectives of the external mandates.
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