Making the most effective use of the European Structural and Investment Funds
A Social Platform Seminar
Social Platform, square de Meeus 18, Brussels, 27 September 2016Save the date![](/image/1317/largejpeg/social-platformlogo1.jpg)
Representatives of members of Social Platform (Housing Europe is one of them) and their members (national level) will get together for a one-day capacity building seminar on the use of financial instruments in structural funds from 2007-2013 programming period and the current European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF).
Draft agenda
09:45-10:00 Welcome and introduction – Valentina Caimi, Social Platform
10:00-10:30 Introduction about the different types of financial instruments and their use in the frame of the structural funds / ESIF – Jader Cané, DG Employment
10:30-11:30 Use of financial instruments in the frame of the ESF or ERDF to build social infrastructures (social services facilities, social housing, hospitals, schools etc.) including their refurbishment: presentation and analysis of examples
11:30-11:45 Coffee break
11:45-12:30 Use of financial instruments in the frame of the ERDF to ensure accessibility of the built environment: presentation and analysis of examples
12:30-13:30 Lunch break
13:30-14:30 Use of financial instruments in the frame of the ESF and ERDF for the promotion of social economy and social enterprises: presentation and analysis of examples
14:30-15:30 Use of financial instruments in the frame of the ESF and ERDF for the financing of social, health and education services: presentation and analysis of examples
15:30-15:45 Coffee break
15:45-17:00 Use of financial instruments in the frame of the ESF and the EASI Program to foster employment opportunities for people in vulnerable situations and for human capital development
17:00-17:30 Complementarities between the European Structural and Investment Funds and the European Plan for Strategic Investments
* For more information, please contact Valentina Caimi, Social Platform Policy & Advocacy Adviser