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Discover the impact of financial instruments and how they meet the financing needs of businesses around Europe.

Green energy courtesy of your bio-waste

Thanks to an ERDF financial instrument, Hector le Collector — a start-up that collects urban food waste from offices and restaurants and transforms it into bio-energy — was able to purchase equipment and expand its services, collecting 45 tons of bio-waste in 2021.

A strong impact on vulnerable people

ARTE, a Polish organisation fighting social exclusion was backed by an ESF financial instrument which helped it expand and improve their service offering.

EAFRD keywords for 2021

Despite the pandemic, 2021 was an extremely rich year as far as EAFRD financial instruments are concerned. Performance and flexibility were the themes running through the whole year.

Passive windows improve the carbon footprint of buildings

The FOSTER TPE-PME loan was a real game-changer for Immoblade. The Toulouse-based start-up is now signing its first contracts and equipping major clients such as Aéroports de Paris with its smart windows.

fi-compass launches new ERDF products

In 2021, the fi-compass support for ERDF/CF financial instruments broke new ground with the launch of its Member State Specific support programme. The combination of financial instruments with grant should also remain a topic of key interest in the 2021-2027 period.

What the future holds for ESF financial instruments

While the drafting of the 2021-2027 Operational Programme has been in full swing, fi-compass witnessed a substantial increase in the uptake of ESF financial instruments in the 2014-2020 programming period.

More capacity building to increase the uptake of EMFF financial instruments

A new study on the use of EMFF financial instruments was published on the fi-compass website as well as on the EU Publication Office web page.

In addition to assessing the experience in the use of, or the reasons for not using financial instruments in this sector in the 2014-2020 programming period, the study explored the potential use of financial instruments in the new MFF.

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