Stock-taking of 2014-2020 and looking forward
7th annual EU conference on EAFRD financial instruments
Online conference
Programme
Thursday, 18 November 2021
The 7th annual EU conference on EAFRD financial instruments ‘Stock-taking of 2014-2020 and looking forward’, organised by the European Commission – Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI) in partnership with the European Investment Bank (EIB), will focus on the results, challenges and achievements reached in the outgoing programming period 2014-2020, and will take place online on Thursday 18 November 2021. The conference will be opened by Janusz Wojciechowski, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, by Spilios Livanos, Minister of Rural Development and Food, Greece and by Christian Kettel Thomsen, Vice-President, European Investment Bank. The conference will further set the policy directions for the use of new financial instruments under the CAP Strategic Plans, or the continuation of current ones, in line with the recommendations issued by the European Commission and the novelties introduced in the new legal framework. The newest EAFRD-supported guarantee instrument put in implementation in Greece, alongside all innovations linked to its monitoring and reporting, will be featured in a dedicated session during the conference. Additionally, representatives of EAFRD managing authorities from several European capitals will share their current experiences and intentions for using financial instruments for agriculture in the future. This will be complemented by interventions from DG AGRI and the EIB outlining possibilities for further support to the EAFRD managing authorities.
Programme
Thursday, 18 November 2021
10.20 – 10.35
The view of the European Farmers and agri-cooperatives on the access to finance and its importance for EU agriculture
Session 1 – The case of the Greek EAFRD Guarantee Fund 2014-2020
10.35 – 10.40
Video on the Greek EAFRD Guarantee Fund
11.25 – 11.45
Panel discussion and Q&A with the audience
11.45 – 12.00
Break
Session 2 – The future of the EAFRD financial instruments
12.00 – 12.15
EAFRD financial instruments in 2014-2020 and their importance for the future CAP Strategic Plans
13.15 – 13.35
Panel discussion and Q&A with the audience
Detailed information about the sessions
Opening statement from the Ministry of Rural Development and Food in Greece
9.30 – 9.40
Video message from the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, European Parliament
9.50 – 10.00
Video message from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food, Slovenia
10.00 – 10.10
The view of the European Farmers and agri-cooperatives on the access to finance and its importance for EU agriculture
10.20 – 10.35
Financial needs in Greek agriculture and the role of financial instruments
10.40 – 10.55
Costas Apostolopoulos
Head of Evaluation and Institutional Support Unit, Greek Managing Authority
Anthi Katsirma
Evaluation Manager of Evaluation and Institutional Support Unit, Greek Managing Authority
(panel discussion)
EAFRD financial instruments in 2014-2020 and their importance for the future CAP Strategic Plans
12.00 – 12.15
Silvia Michelini
Director, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Carolina Gutierrez Ansotegui
Deputy Director of Rural Development, DGDRIFA, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Spain
Izabella Stańczak
Chief specialist of the Technical Assistance and Promotion Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Poland
Adela Stefan
Director of the Directorate – Methodology, Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation within the Managing Authority of the Rural Development Programme, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Romania
EAFRD managing authorities sharing their future with financial instruments
12.15 – 12.40
EIF managed EAFRD financial instruments and the options for the future
12.40 – 12.55
Technical support for developing CAP Financial Instruments
12.55 – 13.15
Michael Pielke
Head of Unit F3, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Registration
Registration to the online conference is required. Online registration for the webinar will be open until Tuesday, 16 November 2021, 12.00 CET.
