IQ-Net Interim Meeting on Financial Instruments in Brussels

IQ-Net partners met on 28 March 2012 in Brussels for a day of exchanges on special issues around Financial Instruments and Cohesion policy. Hosted by the Flanders Enterprise Agency, the meeting was organised in cooperation with DG REGIO and attended by 31 delegates from eleven Member States. The event featured presentations by EPRC (State aid), DG REGIO (audit and proposed framework for 2014+) and DG ECFIN (EU-level instruments). Discussions on the topic will be taken forward to feed into the negotiations on the post-2013 period, as well as to contribute to EPRC's new research focus on entrepreneurial finance.