Despite the unprecedented challenges, the European Investment Bank Group’s evaluation function (IG/EV) delivered on its ambitious work programme in 2020. It provided timely and useful input for the organisation’s decision-making at the onset of the COVID-19 crisis and helped the EIB Group to…
During 2020, IG/EV worked on seven evaluations, including a comprehensive evaluation of EIB cohesion financing. It also assisted the EIB Group’s early decisions in its response to COVID-19.
The EU treaties entrust the EIB with supporting the reduction of regional disparities in the Union, notably by financing projects in less-developed EU regions. The Evaluation Division of the EIB evaluated how the Bank achieved this objective for the period 2007-2018.
In 2007, the EIB played a major role in developing the green bond market with the issuance of the first climate awareness bond (CAB), the world's first green bond. Since then, the green bond market has grown substantially in size and sophistication.
In November 2020, IDEV presented its annual update to the 2019-2021 Work Program for the year 2021 to the Committee on Operations and Development Effectiveness (CODE) of the AfDB Board of Directors. In particular, since the last work program update, IDEV had received requests for new…
The purpose of the evaluation is to inform the planned revision of the Bank’s Portfolio Review and Restructuring Policy and its guidelines. The evaluation assessed the portfolio review and restructuring policy and guidelines of the Bank as they have evolved over the years, how they have been…