The audience will learn about the policy principles and main characteristics of the EFSD+ for investment projects for sustainable development. In this context, the audience will also gain insight into the specificities of EFSD+ concerning the corresponding legal framework, the different financing instruments used (specifically blending and guarantees), and the procedures of negotiation and approval.
Duration: 2 hWhen: June 30th - July 3rd 2025
Where: Brussels and Online
This event is destined exclusively to EU Staff in HQ and Delegations.
The audience will learn about the nature and main characteristics of Common Law Agreements within the legal framework of the EFSD+. In this context, the audience will also gain insight into the specificities of EFSD+ Guarantee Agreements and understand how the contracting parties can collaborate effectively in the realisation of the corresponding investment projects for sustainable development.
This podcast is conceived as the second session of a series of podcasts on specific topics related to EFSD+.
Duration: 47 minAudience will learn about the history and
background of the EFSD+ as well as generalities concerning how DG INTPA and the
EU Delegations work with different stakeholders within the implementation of
EFSD+.
This podcast is conceived as the first session of a series of podcasts on
specific topics related to EFSD+.
At the same time, such podcast series belongs as well to a Training Package on
EFSD+, which includes also a series of training videos.
Duration: 37 min
This course aims to strengthen your understanding of financial inclusion and provide you with an approach to make financial services markets more inclusive. It is designed for funders’ staff. It is also appropriate for facilitators and implementers (staff and governance).
Duration: 3 hours
This session will explore in the first hour the typical areas of the local financial ecosystem for INTPA and EUDs colleagues to be aware, when looking to support access to finance for MSMEs.
Duration: 1 h 30 min
This webinar is destined to EC Staff in HQ and DEL.
These guidelines have been produced by the Directorate-General for International Partnerships — Private Sector and Trade unit. The improvement of the investment climate and business environment reforms (BER) have therefore become important and recurrent elements of EU actions in development cooperation, along with the numerous existing interventions in support of private sector and trade development at micro, meso and macro levels.
Tools and Methods Series, Guidelines No 9
Version, February 2020
Business incubators nurture the development of entrepreneurial companies, helping them survive and grow during the start-up period, when they are most vulnerable. Their programs provide client companies with business support services and resources tailored to young firms.
Duration: 50 min
Cooperatives enterprises are a peculiar model of private sector organizations, present in all economic fields. Their business model is by construction centered on the triple bottom line of financial, social and environmental impact. They often focus on the poorer and more discriminated sectors of society and act as a bridge between the informal and formal economies.
Duration: 1 h 30 min
This webinar is destined to EC Staff in HQ and DEL.
The session on Decent Work and Social Dialogue aims at increasing the awareness of the EU staff involved in development cooperation programmes on how to understand and implement in their projects the concept of decent work and how to use social dialogue in order to improve the efficiency, transparency and ownership of the EU support to partner countries.
Duration: 2 h
This course introduces the basic concepts of the European Fund for Sustainable Development Plus (EFSD+). This course also presents concrete examples of projects supported through combined forms of financial support of the EFSD+, as well as information on the aims of the investment windows and project cycles.
Duration: 2 h