Brussels, Day 1, January 19 2015
Conference preparation has finished. The first guests enter the Charlemagne building.
Work Programme 2015
EC Director-Generals: Jerzy Bogdan Plewa, DG AGRI; Lowri Evans, DG MARE; and Walter Deffaa, DG REGIO, at their seats in the Gasperi Room
Wilhelm Molterer, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank and Walter Deffaa, Director-General Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission shake hands
Marjut Santoni, Deputy Chief Executive of the European Investment Fund and Walter Deffaa, Director-General of Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission shake hands
Wilhelm Molterer, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank, and Jyrki Katainen, Vice-President of the European Commission, meet in the Gasperi Room
Jyrki Katainen, Vice-President of the European Commission and Wilhelm Molterer, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank discuss in the Gasperi Room
Wilhelm Molterer, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank, and Jyrki Katainen, Vice-President of the European Commission, shake hands during the Financial Instruments 2014-2020 under European Structural and Investment Funds conference in Brussels, 19 January 2015
Around 450 participants take their seats in the Gasperi Room as the conference is about to start
Jyrki Katainen, Vice-President of the European Commission, welcomes the audience
Jyrki Katainen, Vice-President of the European Commission
Wilhelm Molterer, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank
Jobs, Growth and Investment Plan & ESIF Financial Instruments. From left to right: Jerzy Bogdan Plewa, EC; Michel Servoz, EC; Wilhelm Molterer, EIB; Katrina Sichel, Moderator; Walter Deffaa, EC; Lowri Evans, EC; Marjut Santoni, EIF
Jobs, Growth and Investment Plan & ESIF Financial Instruments. Walter Deffaa, Director-General Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission
Jobs, Growth and Investment Plan & ESIF Financial Instruments. Katrina Sichel, Moderator; Walter Deffaa, EC; Lowri Evans, EC
Jobs, Growth and Investment Plan & ESIF Financial Instruments. Jerzy Bogdan Plewa, EC; Michel Servoz, EC; Wilhelm Molterer, EIB; Katrina Sichel, Moderator; Walter Deffaa, EC; Lowri Evans, EC; Marjut Santoni, EIF
Jobs, Growth and Investment Plan & ESIF Financial Instruments
Jobs, Growth and Investment Plan & ESIF Financial Instruments. Michel Servoz, Director-General, Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
Jobs, Growth and Investment Plan & ESIF Financial Instruments. Jerzy Bogdan Plewa, EC; Lowri Evans, EC; Walter Deffaa, EC; Michel Servoz, EC; Marjut Santoni, EIF; Wilhelm Molterer, EIB
Lessons Learnt from Financial Instruments in Cohesion Policy 2007-2013. Kiril Velitchkov, CIBANK, KBC Group; and Miglena Dobreva, Ministry of Economy of Republic of Bulgaria
Lessons Learnt from Financial Instruments in Cohesion Policy 2007-2013. Žaneta Maskaliovienė, Ministry of Social Security and Labour, Lithuania
Lessons Learnt from Financial Instruments in Cohesion Policy 2007-2013. Audrius Zabotka, INVEGA, Lithuania
Lessons Learnt from Financial Instruments in Cohesion Policy 2007-2013. Kenroy Quellennec-Reid, Greater London Authority
Key Features and Opportunities of Financial Instruments under ESI Funds 2014-2020. Nicholas Martyn, Deputy Director-General, Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission
Parallel workshop - Financial Instruments under the EAFRD and EMFF. Aldo Longo, Director, DG AGRI, European Commission, in the Jenkins Room, Charlemagne building
Ground floor of the Charlemagne building
Ricardo Pinheiro, DG REGIO, and conference participants
Coffee break
Katrina Sichel, Moderator; Björn Gabriel, EIB
Parallel workshop - Financial Instruments under the ERDF, CF and ESF. Andriana Sukova Toscheva, DG EMPL, European Commission
Parallel workshop - Financial Instruments under the ERDF, CF and ESF
Advisory Platform for ESIF Financial Instruments. Rudolf Niessler, Director, DG REGIO, European Commission
Advisory Platform for ESIF Financial Instruments. Simon Barnes, Head of Advisory Services, EIB
Corina Crețu, Commissioner for Regional Policy