Stock-taking on financial instruments in certain sectors
FI Campus 2019 – Highlights
FI Campus 2019 took place on 4-5 December 2019 in Brussels. The theme of this flagship fi-compass event was ‘Looking ahead to 2021 and beyond’. The programme included interactive panels on the proposed new Common Provisions Regulation and InvestEU as well as presentations on horizontal topics related to ESIF financial instruments, such as State aid and audit. Fund-specific sessions, case studies and workshops were organised on the use of financial instruments in a range of different sectors such as SME competitiveness, research development and innovation and urban development. Further information about FI Campus 2019 is available here: https://www.fi-compass.eu/event/5506/fi-campus-2019-looking-ahead-2021-and-beyond
ESIF financial instruments: results of annual summaries
New fi-compass case study – IFRRU 2020
New fi-compass case study – IFRRU 2020
The IFRRU 2020 ESIF financial instrument for urban development and energy efficiency features in the latest fi-compass case study. Published on the website in November 2019, the case study describes how the fund of funds has been created with a small specialist management team to implement financial instruments on behalf of eight Portuguese managing authorities.
New ESPON report published on financial instruments and territorial cohesion
New ESPON report published on financial instruments and territorial cohesion
The ESPON 2020 Cooperation Programme has recently finalised an applied research project on financial instruments. The ESPON European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) which is responsible for the programme's implementation has released a final report on financial instruments and territorial cohesion. The report features a territorial analysis of the impacts of ESIF financial instruments, primarily in 2007-2013 and includes a synthesis report, a main report and scientific annex and five case studies.

