InvestEU is one of the programmes of the next EU budget (2021-2027). It is both a policy instrument and a delivery tool:
The programme consists of three pillars: the InvestEU Fund, the InvestEU Advisory Hub and theInvestEU Portal. Since the start of 2018, EVPA has been closely following the InvestEU negotations, focusing on the InvestEU Fund and Advisory Hub.
Through the InvestEU Fund, the European Commission will provide an EU guarantee of €38 billion, divided over four windows which define the policy areas that InvestEU supports:
EVPA sees the “Social Investment and Skills” window as very promising for the development of the social finance sector. This window will target investments in social enterprises, microfinance, training, social housing, social innovation, integration of migrants and other sectors within the social sphere.
75 per cent of the EU guarantee will be deployed through the EIB Group, the remaining 25 per cent is open to other implementing partners, such as national promotional banks and institutions (NPBIs). This should ensure that also smaller projects will be eligible for funding and that the investments take into account local and sectorial specificities.
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The InvestEU Advisory Hub will ensure that funds are used most efficiently and that financial instruments are adapted to local and regional needs. The advisory support will be delivered along the four policy windows of the InvestEU Fund, and it will also have a cross-sectoral component to cover the horizontal needs.
The advisory services will be available to public and private project promoters, as well as financial and other intermediaries that take care of the implementation of financing and investment operations, and it will cover three lines of support:
75 per cent of the EUR 500 million advisory envelope will be allocated to the EIB. The remaining 25 per cent will be divided among
The main principles of the advisory services is that they ensure local and sectoral outreach, and cover all Member States, with the notion that Member States with a comprehensive market gap will receive more advisory services.
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