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Financial Instruments 2014-2020 under European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF)
Submitted by Karolina on Mon, 22/12/2014 - 10:34
The Europe 2020 strategy for growth and jobs called for a stronger role of financial instruments in 2014-2020. The European Council subsequently gave a mandate to the European Commission that the programming negotiations of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) should be used to significantly increase the overall EU support from these funds to leverage-based financial instruments in particular for SMEs. To achieve this, the new legal and policy framework has widened the scope of financial instruments to include all thematic objectives and all five funds - the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the Cohesion Fund (CF), the European Social Fund (ESF), the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF). The framework also gives more implementation options to Member States.
To support the achievement of this objective, fi-compass, an integrated platform providing comprehensive advice and learning opportunities to the benefit of Member States, their Managing Authorities but also a wider public has been set up by the European Commission (EC), in partnership with the European Investment Bank (EIB).
Participants can expect to further their understanding of how financial instruments can help in their efforts to deliver ESIF 2014-2020 objectives. They will also learn how new initiatives, including ficompass and its multi-region assistance initiative, can support their efforts to implement financial instruments.
Date:
Monday, 19 January, 2015 - 09:00 to Tuesday, 20 January, 2015 - 17:00