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The Directorate General for Regional Policy of the European Commission, in cooperation with the European Investment Bank Group is pleased to announce the conference JEREMIE and JESSICA: Innovative financial instruments in EU Cohesion Policy.
This event took place in Brussels at the Conrad on Thursday, 22 October 2009 (starting at 16.30 hrs) and on Friday, 23 October 2009 all day.
The event:
The conference was designed as a flagship event aimed at the promotion of the JEREMIE and JESSICA initiatives and the exchange of best practice among participants. It provided an updated state of play of the implementation of both initiatives in Member States, including presentations by national and regional authorities of case studies and recent developments in their areas.
It also brought together high level participants from EU Member States including policymakers and representatives of the public and private sector involved in:
• JEREMIE - Access to Finance for SMEs
• JESSICA - Sustainable Urban Development
If you have any questions regarding the organisation of this event, please contact events@eib.org
To download the complete conference programme, click here
Presentations:
Workshop 1: Workshop 1 JESSICA architectures –holding funds & urban development funds in Europe
JESSICA: State of play by Dorota Kalina Zaliwska, Head of Financial Engineering Unit, DG Regio
JESSICA in Portugal by Andrea Tinagli, Head of Product Development Southern Europe, JESSICA Task Force, EIB
The case of Wielkopolska (Poland) – A regional JESSICA holding fund by R. Krawczykowski, Director, Wielkopolska Marshall Office
The urban development funds in the state of Brandenburg by Pertti Hermannek, Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg
Workshop 2: JEREMIE implementation – A flexible tool to SME financing
JEREMIE – State of play in EU Member States by George Kolivas, JEREMIE Coordinator, Financial Engineering Unit, DG REGIO
JEREMIE – State of play in EU Member States by Hubert Cottogni, Head of JEREMIE, EIF
JEREMIE implementation with EIF acting as holding fund in the French region Languedoc-Roussillon by Bruno Robino, Head of Region, JEREMIE in Southern Europe, EIF
JEREMIE Implementation with EIF acting as advisor to the regional holding fund: The case of North-East England by Andrew Mitchell, Chief Executive,
North East Finance
Workshop 3: JESSICA as a tool for delivering sustainable urban development & energy efficiency actions
JESSICA holding funds in the EU – A powerful financing instrument for sustainable urban development & energy efficiency actions by Frank Lee, Head of Product Development Northern Europe, JESSICA Task Force, EIB
JESSICA holding fund for London – Delivering urban regeneration and renewable energy infrastructure by Alex Conway, Head of European Programmes Management Unit, London Development Agency
KredEx / CEB co-operation – Financing energy efficiency investments in Estonian housing by M. Seppälä, Country Manager - Nordic & Baltic
countries, Malta, Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB)
JESSICA Holding Fund for Lithuania – Delivering energy efficiency improvements in the housing sector by Valius Serbenta, Director of Housing and Urban Development Agency – HUDA, Lithuania
Workshop 4: JEREMIE implementation – The route to SMEs
Supporting SMEs through JEREMIE - The case of Hungary by Laszlo Kallay, Head of Department for Enterprise Development, Ministry for National Development and Economy
Introduction of a JEREMIE holding fund example: The case of Lithuania by Graham Cope, Head of Region, JEREMIE in Northern Europe, EIF
EIF JEREMIE equity products – The process of implementation by a fund manager by D. Dreimanis, Partner, BaltCap Latvia
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