Hubert Cottogni, Deputy Director, European Investment Fund
Recorded at: Macro-regional conference on EAFRD financial instruments, Warsaw
The macro-regional conference on EAFRD financial instruments for agriculture and rural development was held on 24 October 2016 in Warsaw. It covered the financing of the EU agricultural sector supported by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and included a variety of perspectives and a wide range of speakers. Please read the whole story of this event and download all the seminar materials related here.
This guidance note applies to financial instruments using the European Structural & Investment Funds (ESIF).
The European Commission has adopted two new 'off-the-shelf' financial instruments for investments using the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds: the Co-investment Facility and the Urban Development Fund.
A macro-regional seminar was organised by fi-compass to raise awareness about opportunities for using financial instruments supported by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). The event was titled ‘EAFRD financial instruments for agriculture and rural development in 2014-2020’ and took place in Madrid on 31 May.
A macro-regional seminar was organised by fi-compass to raise awareness about opportunities for using financial instruments supported by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). The event was titled ‘EAFRD financial instruments for agriculture and rural development in 2014-2020’ and took place in Rome on June 13th 2016. Please read the whole story of this event and download all the seminar materials related here.
The purpose of this fi-compass handbook is to serve as a guidance document for managing authorities preparing an ex-ante assessment with the intention to implement financial instruments under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).
This video presents a summary of some of the main points discussed during the fi-compass workshop ‘Microfinance under the European Social Fund (ESF) 2014 – 2020’ which took place in Brussels on 3 February 2016. Please read the whole story of this event and download all the seminar materials related here.
A macro-regional seminar were organised by fi-compass to raise awareness about opportunities for using financial instruments supported by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). The event was titled ‘EAFRD financial instruments for agriculture and rural development in 2014-2020’ and took place in Madrid on 31 May. You can read the full story of this event and download all the materials related here.
Sharing knowledge and experience about financial instruments in action is a central part of the fi-compass remit. Such networking happens through information events and written case studies. One example of this peer exchange refers to lessons learned from using microcredit in Italy’s Marche region. Here, a microfinance instrument has been successfully promoting social inclusion using microcredit and a guarantee fund that can also be combined with grants and business mentoring advice. This approaches uses co-finance from both the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF).
