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19. Ep. 19: “Ask Me Anything” – Live at FI Campus 2024
55:44||Season 1, Ep. 19Main topics: combinations of grants and financial instruments, audit methodology, smart growth and sustainable finance, energy efficiency in housing, and horizontal selection criteria in the implementation of financial instruments.This podcast was filmed live during FI Campus with expert speakers responding to questions from a live audience: Jonathan Denness, Head of Financial Instruments and International Financial Institutions Relations Unit, DG REGIO, Oana Dordain, Deputy Head of Financial Instruments and International Financial Relations Unit, DG REGIO, Emily Smith, Head of Climate and Urban Unit, EIB, Frank Lee, Head of Financial Intermediary Advisory Division, EIB, and Desmond Gardner, Financial Instruments Advisor, EIB.
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18. Ep. 18: Ready for FI Campus?
11:45||Season 1, Ep. 18A discussion with Jonathan Denness, Head of Unit in the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, hosted by Frank Lee from the fi-compass team at EIB.
17. Ep. 17: New Audit Methodology for financial instruments in the 2021-2027 programming period
36:39||Season 1, Ep. 17A discussion with Dana Greceanu, External Audit and Senior Expert on Financial Instruments from the Common Audit Service at the European Commission and Iva Medugorac from the Head of Department for the Design of Financial Instruments from the Croatian ERDF Managing Authority, the Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds, hosted by Desmond Gardner, European Investment Bank.
16. Ep. 16: Equity instruments under the European Regional Development Fund, the ERDF
01:10:08||Season 1, Ep. 16A discussion with Vivi Papasouli, Mandate Manager at the EIF and Henrik Storm Dyrssen, Project Manager for financial instruments in the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth, hosted by Anna Zurek, European Investment Bank.
15. Ep. 15: Financing RePowerEU: shared management financial instruments combined with grants
35:07||Season 1, Ep. 15A discussion with Kristina Vaskelienė, INVEGA, Lithuania and Aleksejs Kaņējevs, ALTUM, Latvia, hosted by Robert Pernetta, Holding Fund Manager, European Investment Bank.
14. Ep. 14: Quasi-equity finance – a new ERDF model financial instrument
19:56||Season 1, Ep. 14Main topics: Experts from the DG REGIO and IBB Ventures answer your questions about the quasi-equity model financial instrument.A discussion with Sara Dagostini, policy officer at the European Commission’s DG REGIO and Markus Lehmann, finance director at IBB Ventures, hosted by Anna Zurek, from the fi-compass team at EIB.
13. Ep. 13: EaSI Business Development Services pilot supports migrant and refugee entrepreneurs
23:47||Season 1, Ep. 13Main topics: A discussion on the EaSI Business Development Services pilot and how financial instruments can be used to support the integration of third-country nationals using resources under the Asylum, Integration and Migration Fund (AMIF), or co-financed with other resourcesA discussion with Cristina Dumitrescu, Senior Investment Manager in the Inclusive Finance Division at the European Investment Fund, hosted by Bruno Robino, Head of fi-compass at the European Investment Bank.