20-04-2023
NEFI members stress the importance of simple and proportional rules to optimize the benefits of EU support for SME
NEFI high-level meeting took place in September 2022 and was hosted by SID Bank in Ljubljana.
Presidents and board members of 18 European development banks and financial institutions, members of NEFI, as well as senior representatives of the European Investment Fund and the European Commission, discussed the challenges, opportunities and actions of NPBIs to promote green transition and mitigate the impact of energy crises for European SMEs, how they can be addressed in the context of the Invest EU, and the strategies and positioning of NPBIs in the new European Financial Perspective 2021-27.
At the end of the meeting, a joint Statement was signed by all the participating NEFI members and forwarded to the European Parliament, the European Council and the European Commission. On the one hand, Statement highlights the contribution and the importance of the NPBIs in achieving the EU's growth objectives, the successful implementation of InvestEU and increasing the resilience of the economy hit by COVID-19 and the energy/Ukraine crisis. On the other hand, the Statement highlights the regulatory, administrative and procedural complexity of the InvestEU rules, the EU Financial Regulation and the fragmentation of the EU Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and makes concrete proposals to improve the efficiency of the EU funding programmes.
The signed statement can be downloaded below.
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