ESF Financial Instruments for Social Impact: The Portuguese Social Innovation Initiative
This internal workshop, dedicated to European Commission staff, was aimed at raising awareness about the potential for financial instruments co-financed by the ESF to support initiatives and enterprises with measurable social impact, thus enabling the participants to pass-on the workshop’s takeaways to managing authorities across the EU and to the ESF community at large
Addressing price volatility and financing needs of young farmers and agriculture
During the event, the EC and the EIB announced the launch of EUR 1 billion EIB loans package for agriculture and the bioeconomy, with specific targets to support younger farmers. This new loan programme is part of a joint ‘Young Farmers' initiative' between the European Commission and the EIB