Implementation of financial instruments in the Czech Republic and in Slovakia
This fi-compass workshop brought together managing authorities and other stakeholders involved in ESIF financial instruments in the Czech Republic and in Slovakia to discuss how such instruments can be deployed in a number of specific areas and sectors
ESF Financial Instruments for Social Impact: The Portuguese Social Innovation Initiative
This internal workshop, dedicated to European Commission staff, was aimed at raising awareness about the potential for financial instruments co-financed by the ESF to support initiatives and enterprises with measurable social impact, thus enabling the participants to pass-on the workshop’s takeaways to managing authorities across the EU and to the ESF community at large
Addressing price volatility and financing needs of young farmers and agriculture
During the event, the EC and the EIB announced the launch of EUR 1 billion EIB loans package for agriculture and the bioeconomy, with specific targets to support younger farmers. This new loan programme is part of a joint ‘Young Farmers' initiative' between the European Commission and the EIB
EAFRD financial instruments: adequate products for financing rural infrastructures
Michael Pielke, DG AGRI, European Commission, opened the event by highlighting the importance to further raise awareness and facilitate exchange of experiences and ideas on the potential for financial instruments in supporting agricultural and rural infrastructures under the EAFRD
Energy efficiency and renewable energy financial instruments for managing authorities – FIRECE project
The FIRECE project aims at improving the capacities of the public sector and related entities to plan territorially based low-carbon strategies in the framework of Regional Energy plans, supporting the low-carbon energy transition of traditional industrial sector to meet the regional energy saving targets defined according to EU and national legislation.