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**Future Europe**

Future Europe showcases the innovations that will shape your future. From environmental clean-ups to vaccines, superlasers and smart city tech. The episodes feature a project from each of the 28 European Union countries focusing on health, education, mobility, agriculture, urban development or science. Future Europe presents the projects through the voices of the people involved in them, set against the backdrop of sounds recorded on site. There’s no narrator to tell you what to think. It’s your future; you can figure it out for yourself. With the help of Future Europe. From the European Investment Bank.

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Latest Episodes:

Portuguese toy company aims to make science serious fun Oct 25, 2018

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Find out how Portugal science toys help children across Europe learn about science:

• Providing constructive learning through fun scientific experiences.

• Helping children learn as individuals and transmit their scientific knowledge to others.

• Introducing science to girls who often used to feel excluded from the subject.

For more information visit eib.org/future-europe.

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Ireland takes medical education leap Oct 23, 2018

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Find out how a state-of-the-art Ireland healthcare training helps medical students from all over the world.

• Providing previously unimaginable training through ‘real life’ simulations using special mannequins

• Helping students record and evaluate their performance with support from peers and colleagues—without risk to patients

• Hospitals feel the benefits already as visiting medical students are “much calmer”

• When do patients “have a good cry”?

For more information visit eib.org/future-europe.

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Lithuania gas investment frees the Baltic nation from an energy monopoly Oct 18, 2018

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Find out how a floating terminal makes Lithuania more independent of Russian gas supply:

· Visit the offshore jetty and hear technicians describe the sometimes dangerous work they do

· Learn how the European Investment Bank’s Lithuania gas investment makes the country’s energy supply more independent

· Learn about the contribution to Lithuania’s economy

For more information visit eib.org/future-europe.

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How Luxembourg updated its schools and national library for the 21st century Oct 16, 2018

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Find out how Luxembourg coped with fast population growth in its schools:

· Fast population growth put Luxembourg education under pressure until the investment from the European Investment Bank

· How to make a school energy efficient

· How a renovated school builds student motivation

For more information visit eib.org/future-europe.

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Netherlands waste factory revolutionises food Oct 11, 2018

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Find out how a food waste factory in the Netherlands is changing food production and making a social impact:

• Transforming waste and surplus ingredients into delicious new products

• Providing a new facility for experts and entrepreneurs to learn, plan and discuss food recycling

• Pioneering a new system to reduce food waste by 50% by 2030

• 70% of the factory’s workers are disabled

For more information visit eib.org/future-europe.

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Croatia builds world’s fastest electric car Oct 09, 2018

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Find out why a Croatian entrepreneur decided to build the world’s fastest electric car in Zagreb:

· How did he make an electric car with a 360 km per hour top speed

· Listen to an electric car as it goes from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 2.5 seconds

· Learn how this electric car can be used in other vehicles, including wheelchairs

For more information visit eib.org/future-europe.

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Estonia reaches for the sky Oct 04, 2018

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Find out how a Tallinn Airport investment makes Estonia a key link between Europe and Asia:

· On Europe’s periphery, Tallin is winning the fight against bigger airports, with passenger traffic up 20% a year

· Learn about the smart infrastructure upgrade by the Tallinn Airport investment from the European Investment Bank

· How does Estonia’s northerly position help Tallinn win the fight for flights against bigger European airports

For more information visit eib.org/future-europe.

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How Sweden’s going cashless Oct 02, 2018

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Find out how electronic payments infrastructure helps small businesses compete with big firms:

· iZettle expands the tools small businesses can use to sell their products

· How cash-free is Sweden? Very. Hear how that happened

· The European Investment Bank gave early support to the electronic payments infrastructure company

For more information visit eib.org/future-europe.

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Bucharest apartment renovation fights climate change Sep 27, 2018

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Find out how a big Romania energy efficiency programme to renovate Soviet-era apartment buildings in Bucharest helps in the fight against climate change:

· 20% of Romanians can’t afford to heat their homes. After these renovations, heating bills are cut 50% to 60%

· Some of the residents didn’t like the idea of moving their pigeon coops from their roofs—until they found out how much money they’d save

· The European Investment Bank finances a bigger portion of the deal than usual, because it represents action against climate change

For more information visit eib.org/future-europe.

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Belgium’s future proof smart city Sep 25, 2018

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Find how a Belgium smart cities infrastructure programme transformed one small town’s historic centre:

· Smart Cities infrastructure tailored to new needs of citizens

· How to create a Smart Cities programme for any city or town

· Programme revitalises town centres across Belgium

· One third of Belgian citizens have benefited from Belfius/European Investment Bank project

For more information visit eib.org/future-europe.

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