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12
July
2017
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Mr Michael Pielke, Mr Alessandro Gargani, Ms Josefine Loriz-Hoffmann, Mr Frank Lee, and Mr Marko Gorban
Macro-regional conference on EAFRD financial instruments for agriculture and rural development in 2014-2020

The event was opened by Josefine Loriz-Hoffmann, Director, DG Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI), European Commission, Marko Gorban, Deputy Secretary General for Agricultural and Rural Life Policies, Ministry of Rural Affairs, Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU, Frank Lee, Head of Financial Instruments Advisory Division, European Investment Bank (EIB) and Alessandro Gargani, European Investment Fund (EIF)

EAFRD EAFRD
Conference
Tallinn
Open
18
May
2017
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Event overview
ESF Financial instruments supporting self-employment and entrepreneurship

Participants from ESF managing authorities, financial intermediaries and other stakeholders from a variety of Member States explored opportunities to use ESF financial instruments supporting this Thematic Objective in the 2014-2020 programming period

ESF/ESF+ ESF/ESF+
Workshop
Vienna
Open
14
March
2017
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Event overview
Financial instruments for enhancing SME competitiveness in the programming period 2014-2020

Speakers presented two distinct cases of how European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) programmes can promote SME competitiveness and leverage the impact of EU funds through the use of different financial instruments: loan, guarantee and equity instruments

All funds All funds
Seminar
Brussels
Open
1
December
2016
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Mr Leonardo Colucci, Mr Andrea Da Pozzo, Mr Bruno Robino, Mr Jader Cané, Mr Ando Siitam
Financial instruments under the ESF and EFSI, including microfinance – European and Italian perspectives

Experts from the Italian Ministry of Labour and the NUVAP, as well as the European Commission, the EIB Group, and microfinance providers represented through the Rete Italiana Microfinanza (RITMI) and the European Microfinance Network (EMN) as microfinance networks shared their experience through presentations and discussion sessions

ESF/ESF+ ESF/ESF+
Seminar
Rome
Open
25
November
2016
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Mr Gabriel Csicsai, Mr Pim van Ballekom, Mr Phil Hogan, Mr Jyrki Katainen, Mr Pier Luigi Gilibert
2nd annual EU conference on EAFRD financial instruments for agriculture and rural development in 2014-2020

Phil Hogan, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, opened the conference. He highlighted the capacity of financial instruments to help farmers and agri-businesses innovate, grow, export and create jobs, which are pillars of the Investment Plan for Europe

EAFRD EAFRD
Conference
Brussels