Making the most effective use of the European Structural and Investment Funds
A Social Platform Seminar
Social Platform, square de Meeus 18, Brussels, 27 September 2016Save the date
Representatives of members of Social Platform (Housing Europe is one of them) and their members (national level) will get together for a one-day capacity building seminar on the use of financial instruments in structural funds from 2007-2013 programming period and the current European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF).
Draft agenda
09:45-10:00 Welcome and introduction – Valentina Caimi, Social Platform
10:00-10:30 Introduction about the different types of financial instruments and their use in the frame of the structural funds / ESIF – Jader Cané, DG Employment
10:30-11:30 Use of financial instruments in the frame of the ESF or ERDF to build social infrastructures (social services facilities, social housing, hospitals, schools etc.) including their refurbishment: presentation and analysis of examples
11:30-11:45 Coffee break
11:45-12:30 Use of financial instruments in the frame of the ERDF to ensure accessibility of the built environment: presentation and analysis of examples
12:30-13:30 Lunch break
13:30-14:30 Use of financial instruments in the frame of the ESF and ERDF for the promotion of social economy and social enterprises: presentation and analysis of examples
14:30-15:30 Use of financial instruments in the frame of the ESF and ERDF for the financing of social, health and education services: presentation and analysis of examples
15:30-15:45 Coffee break
15:45-17:00 Use of financial instruments in the frame of the ESF and the EASI Program to foster employment opportunities for people in vulnerable situations and for human capital development
17:00-17:30 Complementarities between the European Structural and Investment Funds and the European Plan for Strategic Investments
* For more information, please contact Valentina Caimi, Social Platform Policy & Advocacy Adviser