For the second year in a row, the European Investment Bank (EIB) will hold a series of guest lectures at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FEBA) at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”. Last year, FEBA became EIB’s first academic partner in Bulgaria, with a series of 5 guest lectures.

This year the joint initiative will start again with a guest lecture by the EIB Vice President Lilyana Pavlova. The topic of her lecture will be “EIB - history, mission and current challenges”, and the event will be held online on March 8 from 15:00 to 16:30. Registration is open at this address: https://forms.gle/cYVHgWMGTuAjkXPNA.

Until the end of March 2021, 3 more EIB guest lectures will be held. They will be open to all students and alumni from FEBA:

• On March 15, 2021 from 17:00 to 18:30 - Teodor Radonov, Head of EIB Representation for Bulgaria, Sofia, will present the topic "Business cycle and operations in Bulgaria" - registration for the lecture at: https://forms.gle/cYVHgWMGTuAjkXPNA

• On March 22, 2021 from 17:00 to 18:30 - Alexandrina Boyanova, Loan Officer, Climate Action & Environment Coordinator, will present the topic "Implementation of the green strategy" - registration for the lecture at: https://forms.gle/cYVHgWMGTuAjkXPNA

• On March 29, 2021 from 17:00 to 18:30 - Hristo Stoyanov, Regional Mandate Manager, European Investment Fund (based in Sofia), will present the activities of the Fund and current challenges - "EIF Presentation & COVID response" - registration for the lecture at: https://forms.gle/cYVHgWMGTuAjkXPNA