This report summarises the main findings of the 24 EU country reports on the financing gap in the agriculture and agri-food sectors, published in June 2020. The analysis is based on the identification and assessment of the supply of and demand for financing, and on the quantification of the unmet demand for financing for the two sectors.
This case study describes the Agricultural Multi-Regional Guarantee Platform set up in 2017 in Italy. The Platform provides loss protection for financial institutions via an uncapped guarantee of 50% on a loan-by-loan basis. It aims to support new loans for agricultural and agri-food final recipients to finance investments in agricultural holdings, as well as for processing, marketing and/or developing agricultural products.
This case study describes the Portfolio Risk Sharing Loan (PRSL) set-up under the National Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 in Romania.
The objective of the PRSL is to overcome the reluctance of the banking system in Romania to lend to farmers, mainly due to a perception of higher risks when lending to the agriculture sector.
This case study reviews the implementation of the EAFRD Revolving Fund for agriculture in the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region in Italy.
With the financial contribution from the RDP, its own revolving resources and additional private contributions from financial intermediaries, the Fund provides subsidised loans for investments. These can be for processing, marketing and developing new agricultural products, as well as improving the performance and competitiveness of agricultural enterprises.
Casa dos Reclamos is a modern digital design and production business operating from state of the art premises in Vila das Aves, Santa Tirso in the northern region of Portugal.
In 2019, it received a EUR 1.8 million loan from Millennium bcp, a financial intermediary of the ESIF fund of funds IFRRU 2020, featured in a recent fi-compass case study.
The European Commission published a Communication on 13 October 2020 (C(2020) 7127 final) that extends the duration of the State aid Temporary Framework to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak by six months until 30 June 2021. The Temporary Framework introduced additional measures to support companies to meet their fixed costs and to clarify the operation of the existing rules.
Tune in to our new podcast episode on how ESIF Financial instruments help the city of The Hague to transition to renewable energy and to regenerate its urban areas. A discussion with Ton Overmeire – manager of The Hague’s Holding Fund, hosted by Chiara Continenza from the fi-compass team at EIB.
The FOSTER TPE-PME fund of funds was set up by the Occitanie region of France with ERDF and EAFRD resources. Through four different financial instruments it provides a range of finance adapted to meet the needs of SMEs in different sectors of the region’s economy.
The IFRRU 2020 fund of funds uses ESIF resources together with public and private sector co-investment to support energy efficiency and urban development projects in Portugal. New video resources have been published on the fi-compass website to complement and enhance the video case study featuring the financial instruments.
