COVID-19: New Support Measures under the EaSI Program

This webinar is dedicated to the new measures recently announced by the European Commission and the European Investment Fund (EIF) under the Employment Social Innovation (EaSI) program. It will offer a detailed look into the measures announced in July 2020 under the EaSI Guarantee instrument, that aim to further incentivize financial intermediaries to lend money to small businesses, mitigating the sudden increase in perceived risk triggered by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, and alleviating working capital and liquidity constraints of final beneficiaries targeted by the EaSI program.

Presenters: 

• Dimitrios Niafas, Program Officer at DG EMPL of the European Commission.
• Per-Erik Eriksson, Head of Inclusive Finance at the EIF.