Dear readers,
Welcome to this special summer edition of the fi‑compass Beacon newsletter. The European Commission’s Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative (CRII) and CRII Plus has provided additional flexibility to enable ESIF financial instruments to play their part in the response of Member States to the COVID-19 outbreak. To support the response, fi‑compass has produced a new factsheet and hosted a webinar on the topic, as well as featuring some examples of best practice in our news reports. We have brought all the relevant publications together in this newsletter to provide you with a single point of access to the materials, which are all available on the fi‑compass website www.fi-compass.eu.
The European Commission has already signaled the need to continue and develop the response to the crisis into the 2021-2027 cohesion policy programme period. ESIF financial instruments will be an important tool to support recovery and growth in the long term based on the twin objectives of a green and digital transition. To enable managing authorities to take full advantage of ESIF financial instruments in the next programming period a number of fi‑compass studies have been published. We include in this newsletter the recent Member State specific studies in the AGRI sector, three studies relating to ERDF financial instruments and our forthcoming event and manual on crowdfunding and ESF opportunities.
Finally, as many of you will have noticed we have launched a new podcast series, the fi‑compass Jam Sessions, where you can hear fi‑compass experts and practitioners discuss current hot topics relating to financial instruments. We hope the new format provides you with a different way to engage with our content. If you have any suggestions for future editions we would love to hear from you. You can contact us at info@fi-compass.eu.
The fi‑compass team
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