Regional policy financial instruments ready to meet the EU challenges
Webinar
Programme Wednesday, 2 December 2020
The European Commission – Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) in partnership with the European Investment Bank (EIB) is pleased to invite you to participate to this online conference, structured in a modular format to allow participants to join the sessions that reflect their specific interests.
The ‘plenary’ session on day one, 1 December, will consider several key horizontal topics relating to the implementation of financial instruments in the 2021-2027 programming period.
On day two, 2 December, we will present a session on InvestEU and two parallel sessions on key sectors in the new Multiannual Financial Framework: SME financing and Energy Efficiency.
Day 2 – Wednesday, 2 December 2020
10.45 – 11.00
Break
Parallel sessions on SME support
Parallel sessions on Energy Efficiency
11.00 – 11.30
11.00 – 11.30
11.30 – 12.00
11.30 – 12.00
12.00 – 12.45
12.00 – 12.45
Parallel sessions on SME support
11.00 – 11.30
SME financial instruments in the response to the COVID-19 crisis
11.30 – 12.00
fi-compass report – Gap analysis for SME financing
12.00 – 12.45
Panel discussion – Financial instruments to support SMEs
Parallel sessions on Energy Efficiency
11.00 – 11.30
Energy Efficiency financial instruments contribution to the EU climate targets
11.30 – 12.00
Financial instruments to support Energy Efficiency in housing
12.00 – 12.45
Panel discussion – Scaling up investment in Energy Efficiency in Housing
Detailed information about the sessions
Day 2 – Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Welcome and opening of day two
9.00 – 9.05
The ‘plenary’ session on day two will present a session on InvestEU, follwed by two parallel sessions on key sectors in the new Multiannual Financial Framework: SME financing and Energy Efficiency.
InvestEU Programme – Outlook for the upcoming period
9.05 – 10.45
InvestEU is the EU's proposed flagship investment programme to kick-start the European economy. Presentations and panel discussion will provide information as regards the latest state of play of the InvestEU MS Compartment, the products and policy priorities currently designed under the SME and RID policy windows, the scope for demarcation between the MS and the EU compartment and the view of two Member States about setting up a MS Compartment.
Tsvyatko Velikov
Policy Analyst, DG REGIO, European Commission
Mariateresa Di Giacomo
Team Leader, DFI Strategy and Coordination, Mandate Management, European Investment Bank
Katarzyna Kaczkowska
Deputy Head of Department, Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy, Poland
Parallel sessions on SME support
Bruno Robino
Head of fi-compass, European Investment Bank
Sessions moderator
Parallel sessions on Energy Efficiency
Emily Smith
Head of Unit, Financial Instruments Advisory, European Investment Bank
Sessions moderator
Gianluca Massimi
Head of Region – Iberia, Italy, Malta and Western Balkans, European Investment Fund
SME financial instruments in the response to the COVID-19 crisis
11.00 – 11.30
The outbreak of COVID-19 has disrupted the normal operations of many EU industries and put some companies under severe financial pressure. The Commission has made various financial measures available to support European SMEs to facilitate the provision of financing to SMEs adversely affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.
The first presentation will focus on these measures, the changes in the CPR and lessons in view of 2021-2027 programming period. The second presentation will focus on how to support SMEs with REACT-EU in particular in the form of a quasi-equity type of instrument.
Energy Efficiency financial instruments contribution to the EU climate targets
11.00 – 11.30
The session will focus on the sustainability of the EU’s economy, including the role of domestic heating and ESCOs.
Carlos Sanchez Rivero
Team Leader, Energy Efficiency Finance, DG ENER, European Commission
fi-compass report – Gap analysis for SME financing
11.30 – 12.00
Financial instruments related to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent over half of the total ESIF funds committed to financial instruments in the 2014-2020 programming period. The session will focus on the fi-compass report, ‘Gap analysis for small and medium-sized enterprises financing in the European Union’, considering the financing gaps for SMEs in all EU Member States.
Financial instruments to support Energy Efficiency in housing
11.30 – 12.00
The renovation of buildings to improve their energy efficiency will play an important role to help the EU and Member States to meet this objective and their commitments under the Paris Agreement. The session will focus on the recently published fi-compass report, ‘The potential for investment in energy efficiency through financial instruments in the European Union’, a summary of the potential for financial instruments in the energy efficiency sector in the 2021-2027 programming period.
Adam Abdulwahab
DG REGIO, European Commission
Marina Marasović
Managing Director, Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (HBOR)
Panel discussion – Financial instruments to support SMEs
12.00 – 12.45
A panel discussion on how ERDF financial instruments can support SMEs.
Panel discussion – Scaling up investment in Energy Efficiency in housing
12.00 – 12.45
A panel discussion on how promoters of ERDF financial instruments can mobilise investment in the sector in the 2021-2027 programme.
Closing session
12.45 – 13.15
In the final ‘plenary’ session the moderators of the panel sessions will resume the key messages from these sessions.
A final summary of the event and closing remarks.
Registration
Registration to the online conference is required. Online registration for the conference will be open until Friday, 27 November 2020, 17.00.
