For Marie Lauret and Julien Navailles, based in Bidache, the Alter'NA guarantee loan was the stepping stone they needed to enter the agricultural sector and start their organic production.

Thanks to the guarantee loan they were able to finance their production greenhouses, market gardening tools as well as a storage building for their crops.

The Alter'NA guarantee fund, set up with EUR 36 million from Nouvelle-Aquitaine regional funds, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), and the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI, Juncker Plan), has already helped hundreds of farmers in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region to implement sustainable agriculture projects.

Thanks to the Alter'NA financial instruments, Aurélien Perrot, a farmer based in Nouvelle-Aquitaine was able to buy shares in the co-operative farm 'La Roche' were he had been working for three years as an employee, realising his childhood dream.

The guarantee loan allowed him to finance the construction of a barn to raise the farm's goats in good conditions and to facilitate their access to the pastures.

The Alter'NA guarantee fund, set up with EUR 36 million from Nouvelle-Aquitaine regional funds, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), and the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI, Juncker Plan), has already helped hundreds of farmers in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region to implement sustainable agriculture projects.

Thanks to the Alter’NA financial instrument, Rémi Labescau, a young farmer from Nouvelle-Aquitaine could kickstart his cow breeding project and join the family business, a 60 hectare farm previously dedicated to chicken breeding and market gardening.

With the Alter'NA guarantee loan he was able to purchase his herd and the equipment necessary for milking and breeding animals, as well as to renovate all the buildings of his parents’ farm.

The Alter'NA guarantee fund, set up with EUR 36 million from Nouvelle-Aquitaine regional funds, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), and the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI, Juncker Plan), has already helped hundreds of farmers in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region to implement sustainable agriculture projects.

Migrants face many challenges when arriving in the EU. Financial instruments under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and also other funds can be an effective tool to support the integration of migrants. Through advisory activities within the new AMIF workstream, fi-compass explores the areas of integration of migrants most suitable for financial instruments and examines how managing authorities and other stakeholders can go beyond grants when planning their support measures to address their migration challenges.