EIB-Universities Research Action Fifth Annual Meeting February 2 nd 2012 Maria Luisa Ferreira EIB Institute
Overview of the Meeting EIB Institute Snapshot of Programme Activities Implementation Procedures Overview of Activities 4 University Networks 4 EIB-ERSA 4 STAREBEI 4 EIBURS Afternoon Seminars (3)
EIB Institute Knowledge Programme 4EIBURS 4STAREBEI 4University Networks 4Cooperation with ERSA 4Cooperation with University of Luxembourg 4New Projects: Advisory Services, Sharing and Dissemination of Knowledge, etc
The EIB University Research Sponsorship (EIBURS) Programme 4 Grants to EU University Research Centres 4 Topics selected by the EIB hinternal call for research topics heib contact person 4 Competitive Selection Process based on: hquality of research carried out in the centre and of the activities proposed h not only academic research but education, networking, dissemination of results hstaff assigned and the management structure for the EIBURS hcapacity to host and work with EIB staff hpotential to send trainees to the EIB 4 Proposal: Financial support: up to EUR 100,000 per year for max. three years
STAges de REcherche BEI (STAREBEI) 4Provision of traineeships to junior researchers between 6 months and 1 year 4Research projects originate from within the Bank 4Joint supervision of a University tutor and EIB co-tutor 4Salary equivalent to the salary of a full-time junior lecturer at the University (up to EUR 2,050)
EIBURS: 17 lines of research Completed h Financial and economic valuation of environmental impacts h Università di Venezia Ca Foscari h Technology assessment and accelaration of innovation h Università degli Studi di Bologna h Public-private partnerships h Universidad Politécnica de Madrid h Social dimensions of sustainable development h Oxford Brookes University h Quantitative analysis and analytical methods to price securitisation deals h EURANDOM, University of Eindhoven h Public investment under budgetary restrictions in new member states h Università degli Studi di Milano
STAREBEI: 23 lines of research selected Completed h Improving Access to Financial Services for Low-income Population and Small Companies h IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra 4 Evaluating Security of Energy Supply in the EU: Implications for Project Appraisal h Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi 4 Private Equity, Firm s Performance and Structural Change h Politecnico di Torino 4 Approximation of Heath-Jarrow-Morton Interest Rate Models Using Finitedimensional Projections h University College Cork 4 Transport Infrastructure Financing through Land Value Capture: Applications to Estonia h University College London 4 Communities Technical Networks their Governance, Ownership and Operation h University of Oulu
Country EIBURS STAREBEI Belgium 1 Finland 1 France 1 2 Germany 3 2 Greece 1 Italy 5 7 Luxembourg 1 Netherlands 2 Poland 1 Portugal 1 Slovenia 1 Spain 1 3 United Kingdom 2 5 Total 17 23
Three University Network Labels: Partnerships with University Networks 4 FEMISE: Euro-Mediterranean Network of 70 Economic Institutes. 4 UNIMED: the Mediterranean Universities Union, association of 73 Universities from the countries bordering the Mediterranean basin. h CREDIT 4 C.R.E.D.I.T: Network aiming to promote research and training in credit risk and credit instruments.
Collaboration with ERSA 4EIB-ERSA Prize (2008; 2009; 2010) 4ERSA Summer School on Financing of Regional Infrastructure (Sweden, 2010) Collaboration with University of Luxembourg and ERSA 4ERSA Summer School 2011 (Luxembourg, 2011)
Belgium Analysis of Investment Needs in Infrastructure Sectors (KU Leuven, Belgium, EIBURS 2011-2014) France The Rising of Credit Risk in Microcredit (Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, EIBURS 2011-2014) Greece The Role of Universal Service for Broadband Access and its Financing (Athens University, STAREBEI 2011) Luxembourg Benchmarking European SME Credit Performance (University of Luxembourg, EIBURS 2010-2011)
Portugal The Economic Impact of Law: An Economic Assessment of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, EIBURS 2010-2013 United Kingdom Financial and Economic Evaluation of Environmental Impacts (University of Stirling, EIBURS 2009-2012) Slovenia Ownership Structure, Corruption, and Performance in Transition Economies (University of Ljubljana, STAREBEI 2011) Spain Energy Efficiency in Ultra- Broadband Next Generation Access Networks (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, STAREBEI 2011)
The Netherlands Financing Young Innovative Firms (University of Tilburg, EIBURS 2008-2011) Italy Development of Public E- Services in Europe (Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo, EIBURS 2009-2012) European IP Regimes and their Impact on Technology Transfer / IP Finance (Università di Bologna, EIBURS 2011-2014) Built to Last: Development Policies and Socio-Economic Foresight in the Cities of Europe (Università Bocconi, STAREBEI 2011)
Germany Infrastructure Funds (TU München EIBURS 2008-2011) Urban Development Funds in Europe: Opportunities, Structures, Operations (TU Dortmund, EIBURS 2009-2012) The History of European Infrastructure Finance (Bauhaus University Weimar, EIBURS 2010-2013) Demographic Change and Local Fiscal Stress: A comparative Study (TU Berlin, STAREBEI 2011)
Additional Information http://institute.eib.org/ or Luisa Ferreira (l.ferreira@eib.org)