The morning session of the second day of the workshop was focused on the combined EE FI for public sector buildings. 

The second presentation was made by Mrs Iva Petkova from Bulgarian Fund FLAG about combined FI for EE measures in public buildings. This presentation provided a series of example of energy efficiency projects financed under ERDF urban development funds as well as from FLAG own resources, notably in combination with free technical assistance. This presentation stressed the challenges linked to combinations in two operations. 

Тhe last topic covered during the workshop was related to the use of Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) and Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) to renovate public buildings. Robert Pernetta representing EIB advisory services provided detailed explanations on how EPC and grants can be combined in one or two operations, based on a factsheet published under fi-compass. In addition, the presentation covered concrete case studies of the use of EPCS in Slovenia, Italy and Czech Republic. 

The morning session of the first day of the workshop was dedicated to the design of combined FI and the content of funding agreement with regards to the definition and management of the grant elements in combined FI. 

Mr Aleksejs Kanejevs, representing the Latvian national promotional bank ALTUM, described the way the combined FI are managed by Altum in cooperation with commercial financial intermediaries and how this set up is translated into the funding agreement signed with the Managing Authority.

Dr. Annamaria Kiss, Senior manager at Hungarian national promotional bank MFB and Dr. Mark Bato, representing the Hungarian National Development Centre, ESIF regulatory Department, then presented the structure and mechanics of the combined financial instruments MFB has started to deploy in the 2021-2027 programming period.