Editing European Investment Bank (section)

=== 2000s ===
In 2000 the EIB Group was created and the European Investment Bank became the majority shareholder of the EIF, the specialist arm for providing risk capital. Also in 2000 the [[Cotonou Agreement]] – signed in Benin's largest city by the 15 Member States of the European Union and 78 African, [[Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States|Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP Countries)]], replaced the [[Lomé Convention]] (1975). Under the [[ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly|ACP-EU]] Partnership Agreement, the EIB expanded its cooperation with non-EU countries outside Europe having agreements with the Union.<ref name=":9" />

Following the [[Lisbon Strategy|Lisbon European Council in 2000]], the EIB changed objectives. The bank continued providing infrastructure and policy support to the European Union, as well as contributing to achieving the Lisbon summit's stated objective of making Europe a high-technology and knowledge-based economy.<ref name=":9" />

In 2004, the EIB received a mandate from the European Union for operations in [[Russia]], [[Belarus]], [[Moldova]] and [[Ukraine]]. In the same year the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Malta and Cyprus entered the European Union, followed by Bulgaria and Romania in 2007 and Croatia in 2013.<ref name=":9" />

From 2002, the Bank and the European Commission started coordinating their efforts in investments aimed at mitigation and [[climate change adaptation|adaptation to climate change]]. In 2007 the EIB issued the first Climate Awareness Bonds on the capital markets, the world's first Green Bonds. The funds raised were earmarked to match disbursements to EIB lending projects in the field of renewable energy and energy efficiency.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web|title=Disclaimer|url=https://www.eib.org/investor_relations/disclaimer.htm|access-date=2021-04-28|website=www.eib.org|language=en}}</ref>