{"id":20725,"date":"2019-04-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.guidaeuroprogettazione.eu\/getting-investment-back-on-track-in-europe-the-juncker-plan\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T16:30:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:30:54","slug":"getting-investment-back-on-track-in-europe-the-juncker-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/getting-investment-back-on-track-in-europe-the-juncker-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting investment back on track in Europe: the Juncker Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following the suggestion of one of the readers of the Guide to Europlanning, we publish a brief look at an instrument that many people have surely heard of already, but about which perhaps few know the details: the <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/priorities\/jobs-growth-and-investment\/investment-plan-europe-juncker-plan\/what-investment-plan-europe_it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Investment Plan for Europe<\/a>, more often known as the &#8220;<strong>Juncker Plan<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n\n<p>It is an initiative launched by the <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/commissioners\/2014-2019\/president_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President of the European Commission<\/a> with the same name and somewhat &#8220;sui generis&#8221; in the context of <a href=\"https:\/\/euknow.it\/guida\/guida-europrogettazione\/categorie-di-finanziamento-2014-2020\/programmi-comunitari\/\">European programs<\/a> (hence the choice not to include it among the <a href=\"https:\/\/euknow.it\/guida\/guida-europrogettazione\/programmi-comunitari\/\">&#8220;classic&#8221; programs<\/a> described in detail within our <a href=\"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/\">Guide<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n<p>What does the Juncker Plan consist of? The starting point is very simple: to combat the effects of the global economic crisis by mobilizing useful resources and forms of support to revitalize investment in the European Union.<\/p>\n\n<p>The modes of action of the <strong>Juncker Plan<\/strong>are summarized in three main instruments:<\/p>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/priorities\/jobs-growth-and-investment\/investment-plan-europe-juncker-plan\/european-fund-strategic-investments-efsi_it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Fund for Strategic Investments (EuSEF<\/a> ), the main pillar of the <strong>Juncker Plan<\/strong>. The Fund, made available from the EU budget, allows the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eib.org\/en\/efsi\/how-does-a-project-get-efsi-financing\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Investment Bank<\/a> (EIB) to <strong>more easily finance high-risk business projects<\/strong>. Projects and organizations requesting support undergo careful selection.  As explained in detail <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eib.org\/en\/efsi\/how-does-a-project-get-efsi-financing\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, financing can be provided:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>directly by the EIB, through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eib.org\/en\/projects\/cycle\/applying_loan\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its standard loan-related procedures<\/a> (specifically dedicated to promoters),<\/li>\n<li>through EIB equity participation, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eif.org\/what_we_do\/equity\/efsi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for which there are ad hoc instruments<\/a> (dedicated to financial institutions and fund managers),<\/li>\n<li>through a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eif.org\/what_we_do\/equity\/efsi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">specific network of financial intermediaries accredited<\/a> by the EIF, European Investment Fund (present in every European country, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eif.org\/what_we_do\/where\/it\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">including Italy<\/a>). The latter is the reference option for small and medium-sized enterprises.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/priorities\/jobs-growth-and-investment\/investment-plan-europe-juncker-plan\/support-how-you-can-benefit-investment-plan_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Support activities<\/a>, which in turn are divided into:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/eiah.eib.org\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Investment Advisory Hub<\/a>, a single point of access to advisory and technical assistance services intended for private and public project promoters. These are services <a href=\"https:\/\/eiah.eib.org\/find-support\/wizard-page\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">provided in a customized way<\/a> and made more <a href=\"https:\/\/eiah.eib.org\/find-support\/resources\/italy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accessible nationally and locally<\/a> through the involvement of banks and other partners;<\/li>\n<li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eipp\/desktop\/it\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Investment Project Portal<\/a>, an online platform that brings together project promoters and investors to improve the visibility of projects to investors, and with it their funding opportunities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;Macro&#8221; actions to <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/priorities\/jobs-growth-and-investment\/investment-plan-europe-juncker-plan\/improving-business-environment-eu_it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">improve the business environment<\/a>, i.e., recommendations to be implemented at the <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/sites\/info\/files\/2017-european-semester-country-specific-recommendations-commission-recommendations-italy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">national<\/a> and EU levels, strategies and action plans at the community level, <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/regional_policy\/sources\/thefunds\/fin_inst\/pdf\/efsi_esif_compl_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documents<\/a> and other <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/departments\/structural-reform-support-service_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">forms of support<\/a> united by the goal of removing regulatory barriers to investment.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>Also very interesting are the resources provided for better understanding and visibility of the actions of the  <strong>Juncker plan<\/strong>: the collection of  <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/news_it?pages=4261#news-block\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>, the collection of  <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/publications\/documents-investment-plan_it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documents<\/a>, the  <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/priorities\/jobs-growth-and-investment\/investment-plan-europe-juncker-plan\/investment-plan-results_it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">summary of results<\/a>  obtained from the Plan and a presentation of the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/priorities\/jobs-growth-and-investment\/investment-plan-europe-juncker-plan\/investment-plan-case-studies_it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">case studies<\/a>&#8221; most interesting for each country, among the projects funded<strong>.<\/strong>The  <strong>Juncker Plan  <\/strong>is an excellent initiative to fund the innovative ideas that our area is rich with: had you heard about the opportunities offered by the Plan before? How do you plan to make use of it? Join the discussion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/guidaeuroprogettazioneit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on our Facebook page<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the suggestion of one of the readers of the Guide to Europlanning, we publish a brief look at an instrument that many people have surely heard of already, but about which perhaps few know the details: the Investment Plan for Europe, more often known as the &#8220;Juncker Plan.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":29924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[731],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive-archive"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}