The main objective of EPLO's Ad-hoc Group on EU Investment Policy is to ensure that European investment in the form of European Investment Bank (EIB) lending or bilateral investment is conflict-sensitive. To achieve this, EPLO is developing recommendations on how investment can be made conflict-sensitive and which safeguards need to be put in place to ensure that investment does not aggravate or trigger conflict but contributes to peace.

For more information about the Ad-hoc Group on EU Investment Policy, please contact Josephine Liebl. 

Recent Activities

• On 16 March 2012, EPLO published comments on the EIB's guidance note on stakeholder engagement. Click here to download the comments.

• On 14 October 2011, EPLO published a statement on the EIB entitled The EIB and conflict sensitivity. Click here to download the statement.

• On 27 October 2010, EPLO organised a roundtable discussion on EU investment policy and conflict which brought together representatives of EU Member States and institutions, civil society, academia, the private sector and legal experts working on the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the relation between investment policy and conflict. Click here to download the report of the meeting.

• In January 2010, EPLO provided input to the review of the EIB's external lending mandate. Click here to download the input.

• In November 2008, EPLO commented on the second draft of the EIB's Statement of Environmental and Social Standards and Principles. Click here to download EPLO's comments.

• In June 2008, EPLO commented on the first draft of the EIB's Statement of Environmental and Social Standards and Principles. Click here to download EPLO's comments.