fi-compass library

The fi-compass library contains a range of different information and learning resources covering a variety of topics related to financial instruments under the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF). The fi-compass resources are published and can be downloaded here. They may be particularly useful for managing authorities and other bodies involved in the management of ESIF. They include:

Primary and secondary legislation – Here you can find the primary legal documentation for the Common provisions regulation and the secondary regulations for each of the ESI Funds.
EC Regulatory Guidance – Here you can find the guidance on the application of specific regulatory provisions relevant for the implementation of ESIF financial instruments, as issued by the European Commission.
fi-compass publications - aim to address issues faced by ESIF authorities during the establishment and the implementation of financial instruments, covering different stages of the financial instrument life cycle. They raise awareness on relevant practices, help improve the understanding about regulatory and technical requirements and provide advice on the approach to take. Short informative factsheets, practical manuals and case studies on financial instruments implemented in 2007-2013 and 2014-2020 programming periods can be found here.
fi-compass videos – video resources from fi-compass include films providing general and technical advice about using ESIF financial instruments. Other video material showcases financial instruments 'in action' as well the fi-compass event series and testimonials from practitioners involved with ESIF financial instruments.
News about ESIF financial instruments is published regularly through a series of short articles on our website and the Beacon newsletter is produced to provide a round-up of developments with ESIF financial instruments.
Other resources – this part of the library contains relevant information from EU sources, such as the European Parliament, European Investment Bank Group, Committee of the Regions, and the European Court of Auditors. Information produced by external sources about ESIF financial instruments is also available here.

Latest resources

	15.06.2022 / Case Studies Mikrodarlehen - Microloans for entrepreneurs and start-ups in Saxony, Germany
	18.05.2022 / Brochures Model for a financial instrument with a grant component to support energy efficiency
	16.05.2022 / Case Studies Micro and small loans for rural development 2014-2020, Croatia
	25.03.2022 / Case Studies ESF Financial instruments in Bulgaria
	08.03.2022 / Factsheets Quasi-equity finance for SMEs - A fi-compass model financial instrument
	21.02.2022 / Case Studies Alter’NA EAFRD Guarantee Instrument 2014-2020 Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
	15.12.2021 / Case Studies FMFIB: Fund Manager of Financial Instruments in Bulgaria – a multi-sector fund of funds
	18.11.2021 / Factsheets fi-compass survey 2021
	17.11.2021 / Case Studies EAFRD Guarantee Instrument 2014-2020, Portugal
	16.11.2021 / Case Studies EAFRD guarantee fund for agriculture and agri-food businesses, Poland
	16.11.2021 / Case Studies EAFRD Guarantee Fund 2014-2020, Greece
	10.08.2021 / Factsheets fi-compass Knowledge Hub - Audit and control of financial instruments 2014-2020
	28.06.2021 / EC Regulatory Guidance Audit methodology for auditing financial instruments in the period 2014-2020 – update 2021
	14.06.2021 / Factsheets Key takeaways from the fi-compass study on the use of EMFF financial instruments
	01.06.2021 / Factsheets fi-compass study on the use of EMFF financial instruments
	11.05.2021 / Factsheets Combination of financial instruments and grants under shared management funds in the 2021-2027 programming period
	04.05.2021 / Other resources Summaries of the data on the progress made in financial instruments – Situation as at 31 December 2019
	04.05.2021 / EC Regulatory Guidance 2021 update of the annotated template for reporting on financial instruments
	30.04.2021 / EC Regulatory Guidance UPDATED Guidance on State Aid in European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds Financial instruments in the 2014-2020 programming period
	06.04.2021 / Case Studies Financing the Social Economy in Poland
	26.02.2021 / Factsheets fi-compass Knowledge Hub - Combination of financial instruments with grants
	09.02.2021 / Factsheets fi-compass Knowledge Hub - Selection of financial intermediaries
	01.12.2020 / Case Studies Residential energy efficiency financial instruments in Lithuania
	26.11.2020 / Case Studies FOSTER TPE-PME-AGRI a new generation multi-sector fund of funds, Occitanie, France
	16.11.2020 / Publications Financial needs in the agriculture and agri-food sectors in the European Union
	16.11.2020 / Case Studies AGRI Italy Platform
	13.11.2020 / Case Studies EAFRD Risk Sharing Loan 2014-2020, Romania
	13.11.2020 / Case Studies EAFRD Loan Fund for agriculture Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy
	26.10.2020 / Factsheets The potential for investment in energy efficiency through financial instruments in the European Union
	13.10.2020 / Case Studies Equity financing for SMEs in Greece – EquiFund
	13.07.2020 / Factsheets Factsheet – Responding to the COVID-19 crisis through financial instruments: SIH Anti-Corona Guarantee
	09.07.2020 / Case Studies La Financière Région Réunion - Financial instruments to support SMEs, France
	02.07.2020 / Manuals Crowdfunding and ESF opportunities: future perspectives for managing authorities
	25.06.2020 / Factsheets fi-compass Knowledge Hub – State aid
	11.06.2020 / Factsheets Study on financial needs in the agriculture and agri-food sectors in 24 EU Member States
	06.05.2020 / Factsheets Factsheet – Responding to the COVID-19 crisis through financial instruments
	06.05.2020 / Factsheets European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) and Energy Performance Contracting (EPC)
	27.04.2020 / Factsheets Stocktaking study on financial instruments by sector
	30.03.2020 / Factsheets Gap analysis for small and medium-sized enterprises financing in the European Union
	19.03.2020 / Other resources The 2020 update of the annotated template for reporting on financial instruments according to Article 46 Common provisions regulation
	21.02.2020 / Other resources Audit methodology for auditing financial instruments in the period 2014-2020
	10.02.2020 / Other resources Summaries of the data on the progress made in financial instruments – Situation as at 31 December 2018
	20.01.2020 / Factsheets Supporting the development of Social Finance Ecosystems in Member States under ESF
	25.11.2019 / Case Studies Financial instruments for urban development in Portugal – IFRRU 2020 case study
	15.11.2019 / Factsheets Survey on financial instruments under the European Social Fund (ESF)
	07.06.2019 / EC Regulatory Guidance Guidance for Member States on Article 46 - reporting on financial instruments and on Article 37(2)(c) - leverage effect
	03.06.2019 / Brochures Financing rural, agricultural and forestry infrastructure
	31.05.2019 / Brochures Supporting rural infrastructure and Smart Villages development
	14.05.2019 / Case Studies Case study (Energy Savings in Existing Housing Programme, Greece)
	18.04.2019 / Brochures Survey on financial needs and access to finance of EU agricultural enterprises
	18.04.2019 / Brochures Joint initiative for improving access to funding for European Union Young Farmers
	10.04.2019 / Brochures Using financial instruments to reduce the impact of price volatility in agriculture
	02.04.2019 / MRA Enhancement Capacity of Financial Instrument Application in Consistency with other forms of Public Interventions
	02.04.2019 / MRA MRA-RICE booklet
	02.04.2019 / MRA MRA-RICE Final Phase 2 report
	02.04.2019 / MRA MRA-RICE Final Phase 1 report
	02.04.2019 / MRA MRA-RICE In Depth Case Study - The Hague
	02.04.2019 / MRA MRA-RICE case study The Hague
	02.04.2019 / MRA MRA- RICE case study Milan
	02.04.2019 / MRA MRA-RICE case study Manchester
	02.04.2019 / MRA MRA-RICE case study London
	06.03.2019 / EC Regulatory Guidance Financial instruments - Overview of changes in Title IV of the CPR following the Omnibus regulation
	21.01.2019 / Factsheets Debt finance and use of credit guarantee instruments for agricultural enterprises in the EU
	18.01.2019 / Brochures Stocktaking study of ex-ante assessments
	15.01.2019 / Other resources Summaries of the data on the progress made in financial instruments – Situation as at 31 December 2017
	21.12.2018 / Factsheets Flexible financial products for the agricultural sector in the EU
	21.12.2018 / Factsheets An agricultural-focused EAFRD financial instrument providing market-responsive financial products
	27.11.2018 / Factsheets Final report: fi-compass State aid survey
	21.11.2018 / Factsheets Factsheet (fi-compass study on the Social Impacts Bond programme under Portugal’s Social Innovation Initiative)
	20.11.2018 / Factsheets Final report: fi-compass mid-term survey
	05.11.2018 / Factsheets Factsheet (Setting up a microfinance financial instrument)
	05.11.2018 / Factsheets Factsheet (European Social Fund financial instruments and State aid)
	30.10.2018 / Case Studies Case study (Loans and guarantees for SMEs - The JEREMIE Initiative in Cyprus)
	11.10.2018 / Case Studies Case study ('TEPIX Business Restart' Action, Greece)
	03.10.2018 / Case Studies Case study (Fisheries and aquaculture, Estonia)
	06.06.2018 / Case Studies Case study (Food and agricultural loan fund 2014-2020)
	06.06.2018 / Case Studies Case study (EAFRD Credit Fund Lombardy 2014-2020)
	30.05.2018 / Case Studies Case study (Ex-ante assessment for financial instruments, Sweden)
	11.04.2018 / Brochures, Factsheets EAFRD financial instruments in 2014-2020 Rural Development Programmes
	13.02.2018 / Case Studies Case study (SELFIEmployment, Italy)
	12.02.2018 / Brochures, Factsheets Factsheet (Financial gap in the EU agricultural sector)
	06.02.2018 / Other resources Summaries of the data on the progress made in financial instruments – Situation as at 31 December 2016
	05.02.2018 / Other resources Summaries of the data on the progress made in financial instruments – Situation as at 31 December 2015
	23.01.2018 / Brochures The SME Initiative under the EAFRD
	30.10.2017 / EC Regulatory Guidance EC Regulatory Guidance (Guidance Note on implementation options for financial instruments by or under the responsibility of the managing authority)
	13.10.2017 / Other resources EC summary of data on the progress made in financing and implementing financial engineering instruments
	12.10.2017 / Case Studies Case study (Financial instruments for rural development 2014–2020, Occitanie/Pyrénées-Méditerranée, France)
	19.09.2017 / Brochures Capacity building services on financial instruments in support of ESF managing authorities
	05.09.2017 / Other resources Financial Instruments: A Stock-taking Exercise in Preparation for the 2014-2020 Programming Period - Final Report
	05.09.2017 / Other resources Social Business Initiative - Creating a favourable climate for social enterprises, key stakeholders in the social economy and innovation
	05.09.2017 / Other resources Proposed Approaches to Social Impact Measurement in European Commission legislation and in practice relating to EuSEFs and the EaSI
	04.07.2017 / Case Studies Case study (Innovation Fund, East Netherlands)
	21.06.2017 / Brochures, Factsheets Targeted Coaching on financial instruments for EAFRD managing authorities
	30.05.2017 / Other resources Comments received on the annotated template for reporting according to Article 46 CPR after the EGESIF meetings on 25 February and 27 April 2016
	30.05.2017 / Other resources Old Annotated template for reporting on financial instruments according to Article 46 Common provisions regulation
	12.05.2017 / EC Regulatory Guidance EC Regulatory Guidance (Guidance on State aid in European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds financial instruments in the 2014-2020 programming period)
	16.02.2017 / Manuals Manual (Introducing financial instruments for the European Social Fund)
	15.02.2017 / Case Studies Case study (Financial Engineering Instruments for SMEs, Slovenia)
	21.12.2016 / Case Studies Case study (CAP Troisième Révolution Industrielle Nord-Pas de Calais, France)
	20.12.2016 / Case Studies Case study (Mikromezzaninfonds, Germany)
	20.12.2016 / Case Studies Case study (Central Denmark Entrepreneurship Fund, Denmark)
	28.11.2016 / Brochures, Factsheets Factsheet (Financial instruments for European agriculture and rural development)
	28.11.2016 / Brochures, Factsheets Factsheet (Potential role of market responsive EAFRD financial instruments Feasibility study – initial findings)
	25.11.2016 / Case Studies Case study (Loans for rural development 2014-2020, Estonia)
	15.11.2016 / Case Studies Case study (Creating new jobs and entrepreneurship through financial instruments Mazovia - Poland)
	15.11.2016 / Case Studies Case study (JEREMIE Acceleration and Seed instrument in Bulgaria)
	15.11.2016 / Case Studies Case study (Loan fund INNODEM2 - Belgium)
	15.11.2016 / Case Studies Case study (JEREMIE in Extremadura - Spain)
	15.11.2016 / Case Studies Case study (Ex-ante assessment for financial instruments in Slovakia)
	15.11.2016 / Case Studies Case study (Ex-ante assessment for financial instruments in Scotland)
	25.10.2016 / Case Studies Case study (JEREMIE ESF Lombardy region)
	21.10.2016 / Case Studies Case study (ESF guarantee fund for social inclusion Marche - Italy)
	11.10.2016 / Case Studies Case study (Microcredits for Social Inclusion - France)
	07.10.2016 / Brochures, Factsheets Factsheet (Financial instruments working with personal loans)
	02.08.2016 / EC Regulatory Guidance EC Regulatory Guidance (Guidance for Member States on the selection of bodies implementing financial instruments)
	28.06.2016 / Brochures, Factsheets Factsheet (Financial instruments working with social entrepreneurship)
	13.06.2016 / Manuals Manual (Methodological handbook for implementing an ex-ante assessment of agriculture financial instruments under the EAFRD)
	17.03.2016 / Case Studies Case study (The First Loss Portfolio Guarantee instrument in Malta)
	25.02.2016 / EC Regulatory Guidance New Guidance note about interest and other gains generated by European Structural & Investment Funds support paid to financial instrument (Article 43 Common provisions regulation)
	22.02.2016 / EC Regulatory Guidance New guidelines on combining European Structural and Investment Funds with the European Fund for Strategic Investments
	01.02.2016 / Brochures, Factsheets Factsheet (Financial instruments working with microfinance)
	01.02.2016 / Case Studies Case study (Financing the social economy)
	08.12.2015 / EC Regulatory Guidance EC Regulatory Guidance (Guidance for Member States on Article 42(1)(d) CPR– Eligible management costs and fees)
	12.11.2015 / FAQ Presentation (Financial instruments to support employment and social innovation: EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) )
	04.11.2015 / Manuals Manual (Scoping study for the use of financial instruments under the EMFF and related advisory support activities)
	19.10.2015 / Case Studies Case study (ERDF Languedoc-Roussillon)
	01.10.2015 / Videos Seven steps to effective ex-ante assessments for ESIF Financial Instruments
	11.09.2015 / EC Regulatory Guidance European Structural and Investment Funds Guidance for Member States and Programme Authorities CPR_37_7_8_9 Combination of support from a financial instrument with other forms of support
	11.09.2015 / Brochures, Factsheets Financial instrument products
	11.09.2015 / Brochures, Factsheets Developing an action plan
	04.08.2015 / Case Studies Case Study (ESF Microcredit Fund Campania)
	15.07.2015 / EC Regulatory Guidance EC Regulatory Guidance (Guidance for Member States on Article 41 CPR– Request for payment)
	02.07.2015 / Brochures, Publications Preview of Methodological Handbook for implementing an ex-ante assessment of financial instruments for agriculture supported by the EAFRD
	30.06.2015 / Videos Benefits of the FIs in EAFRD
	05.06.2015 / Manuals Manual (Ex-ante assessment guidance, Vol. V - Financial instruments for urban and territorial development)
	05.06.2015 / Manuals Manual (Ex-ante assessment guidance, Vol. IV - Supporting the shift towards low-carbon economy)
	05.06.2015 / Manuals Manual (Ex-ante assessment guidance, Vol. III - Enhancing competitiveness of SMEs)
	05.06.2015 / Manuals Manual (Ex-ante assessment guidance, Vol. II - Strengthening research, technological development and innovation)
	05.06.2015 / Manuals Manual (Ex-ante assessment guidance, Vol. I - General methodology)
	07.05.2015 / Case Studies Case study (Financial instruments for innovative firms)
	07.05.2015 / Case Studies Case study (The Latvian Credit Fund)
	21.04.2015 / EC Regulatory Guidance EC Regulatory Guidance (Guidance for Member States on Article 37(4) CPR, Support to enterprises/working capital)
	21.04.2015 / Case Studies Case study (First Loss Portfolio Guarantee)
	21.04.2015 / EC Regulatory Guidance EC Regulatory Guidance (Guidance for Member States on financial instruments - Glossary)
	21.04.2015 / Case Studies Case study (Combined Micro Credit and Grant scheme)
	21.04.2015 / EC Regulatory Guidance EC Regulatory Guidance (Guidance for Member States on Article 37(2) CPR– Ex-ante assessment)
	21.04.2015 / Case Studies Case study (Entrepreneurship Promotion Fund)
	21.04.2015 / Case Studies Case study (Technology Start-Up Fund)
	21.04.2015 / Case Studies Case study (London Green Fund)
	21.04.2015 / Manuals Manual (Ex-ante assessment - Quick reference guide)
	21.04.2015 / EC Regulatory Guidance EC Regulatory Guidance (EC short reference guide)
	21.04.2015 / Brochures, Factsheets Factsheet (The European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF))
	21.04.2015 / Brochures, Factsheets Factsheet (The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD))
	21.04.2015 / Brochures, Factsheets Factsheet (The European Social Fund (ESF))
	21.04.2015 / Brochures, Factsheets Factsheet (The Cohesion Fund (CF))
	21.04.2015 / Brochures, Factsheets Factsheet (The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF))
	21.04.2015 / Brochures, Factsheets Factsheet (A sustainable way of achieving EU economic and social objectives (ESIF))
	21.04.2015 / Case Studies Case study (Rural Credit Guarantee Fund)
	21.04.2015 / Case Studies Case study (Urban Development Fund in Pomorskie)
	21.04.2015 / Case Studies Case study (Renovation loan programme)

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