EU FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT TIPS

FI Campus 2018 is an event for all ESIF financial instruments practitioners from across the EU. It is organised by the European Commission in partnership with the European Investment Bank (EIB).

FI Campus 2018 participants will have the opportunity to create their own individual learning curricula, choosing from parallel sessions of their particular interest:
 

• Case studies on ESIF financial instruments 2014-2020 in different Member States and regions for a number of Thematic Objectives, including practical examples of using opportunities of the new Omnibus Regulation to combine ESIF and EFSI resources, 
• Workshops on key horizontal topics related to ESIF financial instruments 2014-2020,
• Discussion panels on the role of financial intermediaries,
• Also fund-specific sessions related to financial instruments under the:
  • - European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), 
  • - European Social Fund (ESF), 
  • - European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), and the 
  • - European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF).

Online registration will close on Friday, 23 November 2018. 

The Seal of Excellence is the high-quality label awarded to projects submitted to Horizon 2020 which were deemed to deserve funding but did not receive it due to budget limits. It recognises the value of the proposal and supports the search for alternative funding.

The Seal of Excellence Certificate rewards unfunded H2020 proposals which were above this quality threshold with a high-quality label and the Seal of Excellence holder can then approach alternative regional, national, private or public funding sources. In addition, it helps interested funding bodies willing to invest in promising proposals (including national & regional authorities through European Structural & Investment Funds) to identify these projects more easily.