Financial intermediaries and ESIF financial instruments – working with managing authorities on loan and guarantee instruments
The event attracted nearly 100 delegates from 20 Member States, including representatives from ESIF managing authorities, financial intermediaries, NPBIs and private sector financial institutions and other ESIF stakeholders.
EAFRD financial instruments working with rural infrastructures
Rural Europe relies on infrastructure both to provide essential services for its residents, businesses, and visitors and to exploit its resources in a sustainable way. The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) can invest in rural infrastructures through financial instruments that support income-generating or cost-saving projects in sectors such as energy, waste, water, Information and Communication technology (ICT), among others
4th annual EU conference on EAFRD financial instruments for agriculture and rural development in 2014-2020
In total 250 participants from 20 Member States met to discuss the role of financial instruments in supporting agriculture and rural development and also heard about the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) at the conference in Sofia on 5 and 6 June 2018, during the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU
EAFRD financial instruments in the 2014-2020 programming period
The seminar ‘EAFRD financial instruments in the 2014-2020 programming’, held on 24 May (afternoon) and 25 May 2018 (full day) at the premises of the Polish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Warsaw, focused on awareness raising, information sharing and training how financial instruments can help to deliver objectives of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
Second ESF Conference ‘Financial instruments funded by the European Social Fund – boosting social impact’
The two-day conference was opened by Marianne Thyssen, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility, who highlighted the importance of investing in people and the need to structure investment platforms for social impact investment