All managing authorities using European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) are required by Article 46 of the Common Provisions Regulation (CPR) to send to the European Commission a specific report covering their operations comprising ESIF financial instruments.

The updated annotated reporting template for ESIF financial instruments is available here on the fi-compass website.

The RegioStars Awards 2020 have been launched by the European Commission. Applications are invited from EU funded projects which demonstrate excellence and new approaches in regional development. fi-compass encourages you especially to submit to this competition examples of financial instruments under European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) and the projects they are supporting.

The European Commission’s ‘Audit methodology for auditing financial instruments 2014-2020’ is available here on the fi-compass website.

The European Commission has published its annual report summarising data on the use of ESIF financial instruments for the period ending December 2018.

The fi-compass factsheet ‘Supporting the development of Social Finance Ecosystems in Member States under ESF – Lessons learned from the Portuguese Social Innovation Initiative’ is now online and available for download. This publication sets out to help managing authorities that are taking their first steps in supporting the social economy ecosystem in their territories.