Andrew McDowell

Director General at @EIB Global, Head of Non-EU Lending and Advisory at the European Investment Bank

[European Investment Bank @EIB]

🇪🇺🌍 #EIBGlobal joins forces with @EU_Commission to support businesses in EU partner countries with €1.3bn in financing.

As part of #GlobalGateway, this will strengthen energy security, boost digitalisation & create jobs across the EU’s neighbourhood.

🔗https://t.co/uB0xptC080

[Nadia Calviño @NadiaCalvino]

We close a very successful year at the @EIB Group, with €100bn in financing for investment

✅ More than 50% for the green transition
🛡️ 3.5% for security & defence

🤝🏼 50% in cohesion regions
🌍 €9bn global partnerships

Thanks to the #DreamTeam💪🏼❤️🧠

Best wishes for 2026! 💫

[Nadia Calviño @NadiaCalvino]

🇪🇺🇺🇦 Excellent meeting with PM @Svyrydenko_Y to discuss priority projects in Ukraine.

We were happy to witness the signature of the new @EIB & @UNDP agreement to reinforce local capacity and accelerate the implementation of over 500 projects in 150 communities.

[European Investment Bank @EIB]

At the #URC2025 plenary session, President @NadiaCalvino outlines the need to start the reconstruction in Ukraine while the war is going on, building resilience as a strong basis for recovery.

'I am extremely confident that the recovery is going to be very fast and strong.'
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[IRENA @IRENA]

The #renewableenergy landscape gained serious traction in 2023, with global investments reaching an all-time high of $570 billion. But this is just the beginning! To achieve the #3xRenewables goal set under the #UAEConsensus at #COP28, annual investments must rise to $1.5 trillion by 2030. Learn more: https://t.co/rscSD6caeD

[European Investment Bank @EIB]

🔴Live from Brussels

🇺🇦🇪🇺 We just signed 3 new projects to restore vital services in Ukraine.

Under the EU's Ukraine Facility, this €300m financing supports the reconstruction of:

🚰water facilities
⚡️district heating
🏢municipal infrastructure

https://t.co/059sgqK5tJ

[Valdis Dombrovskis @VDombrovskis]

✅ Pleased to see that today’s agreements will provide a further €300 million to repair critical infrastructure and maintain essential public services like water and heating. 

The @EU_Commission and @EIB continue to stand with Ukraine and its people.
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[Nadia Calviño @NadiaCalvino]

🇪🇺🇺🇦 We are accelerating our support to Ukraine.

One month after the guarantee agreement with the @EU_Commission, we sign with PM @Denys_Shmyhal financing of €300m for:

✔️water
✔️district heating
✔️municipal services, schools, hospitals and housing

#ThisIsEurope at its best

[European Investment Bank @EIB]

🇦🇱🇪🇺A new €90 million EU financial package will help upgrade the Durrës – Rrogozhina railway section in Albania.

Together with the @EU_Commission, we are developing safer, sustainable and strategic transport links in the #WesternBalkans⤵️

https://t.co/zRqSG8IDWm

[European Investment Bank @EIB]

Africa has the highest rate of women entrepreneurs—yet less than 5% of funding goes to female-led businesses.

To mark #IWD2025, EIB Global’s @AMcDowell & @theAlitheia’s @tolushola explain why investing in women is smart economics and the key to Africa’s growth. 🎥👇

[Nadia Calviño @NadiaCalvino]

Looking back on the #EIBforum, I’d like to share the good exchange with @CoR_President Kata Tüttő on our shared priorities.

The @EIB Group 🤝 @EU_CoR longstanding partnership promotes growth & talent across all EU regions, with a focus on social infrastructure.

[Nadia Calviño @NadiaCalvino]

📽️ Intense agenda with VP @nicolabeerfdp at Munich Security Conference #MSC2025.

The @EIB Group plays a key role in fostering Europe’s competitiveness & security.

At this moment in History, we stand up for European values and rules-based multilateralism for prosperity & peace.

[European Investment Bank @EIB]

At the @IFAD's Governing Council, VP @GelsoVigliotti reaffirmed our commitment to investing in agriculture in developing countries.

Stronger partnerships with UN agencies and international organisations are essential to building resilient, sustainable food systems worldwide.

[Nadia Calviño @NadiaCalvino]

Very good exchange with @SecGenNATO & @eu_eeas @kajakallas & @defis_eu @KubiliusA at the Ambassadors Conference, with a strong message of unity and determination to reinforce 🇪🇺 security & defense capabilities.

We are working together for a strong Europe in a safer world.

[European Investment Bank @EIB]

🇺🇦🇪🇺As part of the Ukraine Energy Rescue Plan, we are providing @NPCUkrenergo with a €86m EU-backed investment.

It will support the construction of protective anti-drone shelters to safeguard the country's energy transmission infrastructure.

Learn more➡️https://t.co/GqDxhaHQ2g

[Nadia Calviño @NadiaCalvino]

Proud to visit the @EIB financed @CivPro_GR Center in Athens.

Thank you minister @VKikilias for guiding us in the state-of-the-art technology hub & introducing the impressive emergency response team to stop fires & rescue people from floods.

Together, we are #MakingADifference.

[European Investment Bank @EIB]

Strong message of solidarity at #COP29, from European partners on financing #Ukraine’s green recovery & reconstruction.

EIB's @AMcDowell stresses:
🟢MDBs climate cooperation 
🟢Our commitment to boost capacity for private investment for clean energy with @EBRD & @EU_NEAR

[European Investment Bank @EIB]

At #COP29, #EIBGlobal’s Director-General @AMcDowell joins partners @the_IDB @theGCF and the Government of Barbados to lay out the first debt-for-climate conversion:

a game changer to free up fiscal space and raise #Finance4Climate adaptation and mitigation in Barbados.

🇧🇧🤝🇪🇺

[European Investment Bank @EIB]

Despite health, price and trade shocks in the last four years, European companies are investing in #ClimateAction and digital transformation.

Discover key data in our latest Investment Survey👇

[European Parliament @Europarl_EN]

7 out of 10 Europeans think that their country has benefitted from EU membership - a figure that has remained relatively stable in recent years.

Check out the full results of the Eurobarometer survey here: https://t.co/7zOeWpLJ1m