Lot 1  General economic, banking and finance courses  General background:  The European Investment Bank employees a variety of profiles including banking and finance  professionals, but also lawyers, human resources experts, IT specialists and others, with no banking  and finance background. The EIB is keen on equipping its staff members from those different horizons and professional  backgrounds with the necessary basic understanding of the functioning of the banking industry, and the  specificities of the EIB in this landscape.  Target group  To deal with the above challenge, the EIB wants to develop the knowledge of about 800 colleagues.  These staff members have a variety of professional backgrounds and expertise in Banking. To illustrate  the variety of profiles, some colleagues are in support staff positions with no banking fundamentals  knowledge; some are engineers working closely with banking experts within the EIB business cycle,  without a prior specific knowledge of the banking sector. The majority are based in Luxemburg but there  are also colleagues in external offices around the world.  Learning objectives  By the end of the course, participants will be able to:  The EIB welcomes any other topics that the provider sees as important to be covered to tackle the  challenge described above.  The learning plan should focus not only on courses, but also on how to embed the new skills into  practice.  Understand the European Investment Bank’s lending priorities and its product suite  • Understand the role of the European Investment Bank and how it promotes growth  Understand who needs financing and why  • Differentiate between traditional lending institutions and International Financial Institutions  Have insight into how a bank makes money and how regulation places guardrails around how it  does so  • Understand that there are different types of banks and be able to describe what they do & why  2 