Giuseppe Blasi, Head of Department, European and International Policies and Rural Development, National Ministry of Agriculture, Italy
Recorded at: Financial needs in the agriculture and agri-food sectors in Italy
Looking back at 2020, what are your views on the work accomplished by fi-compass so far?
Last year has been characterised by the COVID-19 outbreak, certainly one of the most severe pandemic crisis affecting the globe. Cohesion policy has been, and will continue to be key in ensuring a balanced recovery following this pandemic, fostering convergence and making sure that no one is left behind.
Two new fi-compass notes of workshop have been published following ‘the fi-compass Knowledge Hub’ sessions on the selection of financial intermediaries and the combination of financial instruments with grants. This series of events was developed to meet the growing need amongst expert practitioners for events and materials that provide a more in-depth look into topics related to financial instruments.
This document captures the key topics identified and discussed in the fi-compass Knowledge Hub – Combination workshop. Some of the combination options considered by the participants included:
***Not formal guidance***
Nearly 600 participants from all across Europe tuned in to the 2020 flagship fi-compass online conference titled ‘Regional policy financial instruments ready to meet the EU challenges’. The online conference was organised by European Commission’s Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) in partnership with the European Investment Bank (EIB) on 1-2 December 2020. Watch this video summary of the conference to hear from speakers and practitioners.
Over 250 participants from managing authorities, financial intermediaries, EU institutions and stakeholders from the agricultural and agri-food sectors joined the ‘Sixth annual EU conference on EAFRD financial instruments for agriculture and rural development in 2014-2020’ organised by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI), in partnership with the European Investment Bank (EIB) on 16
