Financial instruments: a smarter use of EU resources

Financial instruments: a smarter use of EU resources

Jonathan Denness, who became the Head of the Financial Instruments and International Financial Institutions Relations Unit at the Commission’s Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) in January 2019, spoke to fi-compass about the importance of financial instruments in complementing traditional Cohesion Policy delivery modes.

Why financial instruments and why use them in your Member State/region?

 

MIUR – Investing in innovative companies in Southern Italy

MIUR – Investing in innovative companies in Southern Italy

A new video case study has been published on the fi-compass website that features the financial instrument to support Research, Development and Innovation set up by the Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research (MIUR). This video includes contributions from the managing authority, financial intermediaries and final recipients describing the positive impact of investments by the MIUR financial instrument.

 

Teaser video: ERDF-backed equity financing supporting SMEs – BrainWaveBank, final recipient, Northern Ireland, UK

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This is a teaser video for the fi-compass video case study about ERDF equity financial instruments in Northern Ireland. The short video explains how BrainWaveBank, a small technology company from Northern Ireland, received as a final recipient support through Invest NI’s equity financial instrument co-financed with European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) resources.

fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission – read the English language summary of the Report on ESIF financial instruments from Italy

fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission – read the English language summary of the Report on ESIF financial instruments from Italy

This ‘fi-compass Showcase 2019’ submission is an English language summary of the second edition of the ‘Report on Financial Instruments co-financed by the European Structural and Investment Funds’, prepared by the Agency for Territorial Cohesion in Italy. The report addresses the policy measures in Italy, in the form of loans, guarantees and equity capital investments, envisaged by the Operational Programmes for implementing the cohesion policy. It describes market dynamics, the programming, implementing and system activities for financial instruments.

 

fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission – read the English language summary of the Report on ESIF financial instruments from Italy

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This ‘fi-compass Showcase 2019’ submission is an English language summary of the second edition of the ‘Report on Financial Instruments co-financed by the European Structural and Investment Funds’, prepared by the Agency for Territorial Cohesion in Italy. The report addresses the policy measures in Italy, in the form of loans, guarantees and equity capital investments, envisaged by the Operational Programmes for implementing the cohesion policy. It describes market dynamics, the programming, implementing and system activities for financial instruments.

fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission – watch a video story from Northern Ireland: ‘Neurovalens’

fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission – watch a video story from Northern Ireland: ‘Neurovalens’

This ‘fi-compass Showcase 2019’ submission is a video story about Neurovalens, a small company from Northern Ireland producing wearable technology. Their product called Modius is a second generation wearable technology combining neuroscience and technology to solve health issues. Dr Jason McKeown, Co-founder and CEO of Neurovalens discusses in the video how Invest NI supported his business through the ‘Access to Finance’ financial instrument to grow.

 

fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission – watch a video story from Northern Ireland: ‘Neurovalens’

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This ‘fi-compass Showcase 2019’ submission is a video story about Neurovalens, a small company from Northern Ireland producing wearable technology. Their product called Modius is a second generation wearable technology combining neuroscience and technology to solve health issues. Dr Jason McKeown, Co-founder and CEO of Neurovalens discusses in the video how Invest NI supported his business through the ‘Access to Finance’ financial instrument to grow.

ESIF financial instruments in Italy - MIUR

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This video case study shows how ESIF financial instruments are used to support research and innovation projects in Italy. The video features contributions from the managing authority, fund of funds manager, financial intermediaries and final recipients that provide their own perspectives on the operations. For more information, please see the 'What they say' section below that features additional videos.