Segnalazione da Social Europe e-newsletter

EIF and European Commission launch new capacity building initiative for micro-credit and social finance providers

The European Investment Fund (EIF) and the European Commission are announcing a new initiative to help micro-credit and social enterprise finance providers develop their businesses under the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI).

The new EaSI Capacity Building Investments Window will reinforce the capacity of selected financial intermediaries in the areas of microfinance and social enterprise finance. Through equity investments (such as seed financing, risk capital) mostly, the EIF will support the development of these finance providers, for instance by

• opening a new branch,
• investing in human resources,
• developing a new IT tool
• financing certain expenses.

Ultimately, these investments will help increase the offer and opportunities for micro-borrowers and social enterprises. (...)

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Publications
	13/01/2017 External Evaluation of the European Training Foundation (13/01/2017) 13/01/2017 EaSI - Better access to finance for a more social Europe (13/01/2017) more publications
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	VT/2016/047 Framework contract for the provision of training to the EURES network Notice: This selection is not exhaustive. For a complete list of current calls for tenders please log on to the tenders/grants webpages or the Tenders Electronic Daily database
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	VP/2016/015 VP/2016/15 - Fast track integration into the labour market for third country nationals targeting exclusively asylum seekers, refugees and their family members VP/2016/018 European Solidarity Corps – occupational strand Notice: This selection is not exhaustive. For a complete list of current calls for tenders please log on to the tenders/grants webpages or the Tenders Electronic Daily database