Public consultation on EIB’s Transparency Policy

Overview

On 4 July 2014, the European Investment Bank (EIB) launched a public consultation as part of the review of its Transparency Policy. The review process concluded with the adoption of a revised policy by the EIB’s Board of Directors on 06 March2015. The EIB Transparency Policy sets out the EIB Group’s approach to transparency and stakeholder engagement. It defines the procedures of the Bank concerning information requests from the public, as well as the information that the EIB makes routinely available to the public.

All relevant documentation regarding this public consultation can be found in the below table.

May 2014	Announcement of upcoming consultation on EIB website
4 July 2014	Publication of draft revised policy on EIB website and call for stakeholder comments
10 July 2014	Kick-off meeting in Brussels
10 September 2014	Consultation meeting in Brussels
26^th September 2014	Deadline for submitting contributions
October 2014	Review of stakeholder comments and preparation of final draft Policy
9 January 2015	Publication of draft revised policy, draft Consultation Report and Bank comments to stakeholder contributions (issues matrix) on EIB’s website (at least 15 working days before discussion at the EIB’s Board of Directors)
3 February 2015	Board meeting on revised Policy, Consultation Report and Bank comments to stakeholder contributions
6 March 2015	Approval of revised Policy by EIB governing bodies
10 March 2015	Final revised EIB Transparency Policy, Consultation Report and Bank comments to stakeholder contributions published on EIB website

Event	Date	Documents
Launch of consultation	02/07/2014	Draft revised policy for consultation Overview of changes in policy List of EIB documents routinely published 2013 report on the implementation of the Transparency Policy 2010 EIB Transparency Policy
Consultation meeting in Brussels	10/09/2014	Kick-off meeting, 10 July 2014 Consultation meeting, 10 September 2014
Publication of stakeholder contributions	09/01/2015	Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND) Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) Client Earth Counterbalance / Bankwatch Dennis de Jong (Member of the European Parliament) Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag (DIHK) Joint civil society submission Max-Q Finance Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) Transparency International
Publication of EIB comments to stakeholder contributions	10/03/2015	Issues Matrix
Publication of Consultation report	10/03/2015	Consultation Report
Publication of final draft document	09/01/2015	Draft Policy
Adoption of new document by EIB’s Board of Directors	10/03/2015	EIB Group Transparency Policy

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Transparency
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Stakeholder Engagement
Complaints Mechanism
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