European Association of Public Banks and Funding agencies AISBL

EAPB

The European Association of Public Banks (EAPB) gathers over 30 member organisations which include promotional banks such as national or regional public development banks and local funding agencies, public financial institutions, associations of public banks and banks with similar interests from 17 EU Member States and countries, representing directly and indirectly the interests of over 90 financial institutions towards the EU and other European stakeholders.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Alicia Homs Ginel (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Oct 2025 · HOUS Draft Report position

Meeting with Vincent Hurkens (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

17 Sept 2025 · Simplification of financial services legislation

Meeting with Jonathan Denness (Head of Unit Regional and Urban Policy) and

15 Sept 2025 · Structured Dialogue between the EAPB, AECM, ELTI, NEFI and DG Regional Policy Unit B.3

Meeting with Agnese Papadia (Cabinet of Commissioner Dan Jørgensen), Stella Kaltsouni (Cabinet of Commissioner Dan Jørgensen) and European Association of Long-Term Investors

8 Sept 2025 · Pan-European Investment Platform on Affordable and Sustainable Housing

Meeting with Alicia Homs Ginel (Member of the European Parliament)

20 May 2025 · Investment in the European Affordable Housing Plan

Meeting with Elena Arveras (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque)

19 May 2025 · Sustainability Omnibus

Meeting with Karlo Ressler (Member of the European Parliament)

13 May 2025 · Cohesion Policy

Meeting with Irene Tinagli (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair) and European Builders Confederation

29 Apr 2025 · Meeting on housing issues

Meeting with Francesco Corti (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu), Sonia Vila Nunez (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu), Triinu Volmer (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu)

24 Apr 2025 · Meeting to discuss the Social Investment Framework (SIF) and present proposals on housing

Meeting with Peter Berkowitz (Director Regional and Urban Policy) and

20 Mar 2025 · Exchange of views on the future MFF and the increased use of financial instruments from a regional perspective

Meeting with Jonathan Denness (Head of Unit Regional and Urban Policy) and

19 Mar 2025 · Structured Dialogue Meeting between the associations of NPBIs and the DG for Regional and Urban Policy.

Meeting with Agnese Papadia (Cabinet of Commissioner Dan Jørgensen), Stella Kaltsouni (Cabinet of Commissioner Dan Jørgensen)

13 Mar 2025 · Investments for housing

Meeting with Elena Arveras (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque), Lauro Panella (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque)

13 Mar 2025 · Sustainability omnibus and FIDA

Meeting with Jonathan Denness (Head of Unit Regional and Urban Policy), Kadri Uustal (Head of Unit Regional and Urban Policy)

11 Mar 2025 · Joint Working Session on Housing between the European Commission, EAPB and the European Investment Bank.

Meeting with Nicolo Brignoli (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis)

3 Mar 2025 · Omnibus

Meeting with Florentine Hopmeier (Cabinet of Commissioner Piotr Serafin)

20 Feb 2025 · Exchange of views on the future Multiannual Financial Framework and other EU priorities

Meeting with Regina Doherty (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

27 Jan 2025 · FIDA

Meeting with Florika Fink-Hooijer (Director-General Environment)

22 Nov 2024 · Speech at CEO Conference Topics: the Water resilience strategy, Climate Adaptation policy, New Commission priorities

Meeting with Rasmus Andresen (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Nov 2024 · Framework for financial data access

Meeting with Astrid Dentler (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)

27 Mar 2024 · sustainable finance, financing of climate resilience, climate risk management, reporting burden

Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)

27 Mar 2024 · Social taxonomy and the social investment framework

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament) and Bundesverband Öffentlicher Banken Deutschlands eV

21 Mar 2023 · Hydrogen Bank, MFF Revision (staff level)

Meeting with Daniel Freund (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

12 Oct 2022 · Financial Regulation

Meeting with Ville Niinistö (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

3 Jun 2022 · CRR/CRD from public banks perspective - staff level

Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

20 Apr 2021 · COVID-19 situation and the impact on SMEs

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President) and

28 May 2020 · COVID-19 relief measures

Meeting with Florentine Hopmeier (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen) and Bundesverband Öffentlicher Banken Deutschlands eV

16 Oct 2018 · InvestEU Programme

Meeting with Florentine Hopmeier (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen) and

26 Feb 2018 · The role of National Promotional Institutions in the next MFF

Meeting with Ioannis Latoudis (Cabinet of Commissioner Corina Crețu), Jan Mikolaj Dzieciolowski (Cabinet of Commissioner Corina Crețu) and

29 Jan 2018 · Position of the EU Finances

Meeting with Fabien Dell (Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici) and

24 Jan 2018 · MFF

Meeting with Antoine Kasel (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker) and

9 Jan 2018 · Future of EU Financial services

Meeting with Markus Schulte (Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger)

4 Dec 2017 · MFF

Meeting with Marc Lemaitre (Director-General Regional and Urban Policy) and Association européenne du cautionnement

4 Dec 2017 · EAPB and AECM joint position on the future of EU Financial Instruments and Cohesion Funding as part of the new MFF

Meeting with Marc Lemaitre (Director-General Regional and Urban Policy)

27 Oct 2016 · Promotional banks in the European Union in the context of the MFF and the completion of the banking union.

Meeting with Olivier Guersent (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

15 Sept 2016 · DG FISMA’s approach to the specific business models of promotional banks in the leverage ratio framework in the light of the leverage ratio calibration report by the European Banking Authority (EBA) expected to be released in July 2016.

Meeting with Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)

23 Sept 2015 · Introductory Meeting

Meeting with Fabien Dell (Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici), Ioana Diaconescu (Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici)

29 May 2015 · Capital Markets Union