For at understrege sit engagement i genopbygningen af Balkanområdet efter krigen deltog EIB i oprettelsen af stabilitetspagten for Sydøsteuropa på ministerkonferencen i Køln i juni 1999
With a view to under scoring its commitment to post-war reconstruction in the Balkans area, the EIB participated in establishment of the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe at the Ministerial Meeting in Cologne in June 1999.