Episodes

  • Ep. 23: 10 years of fi-compass insights – Live at FI Campus 2025

    Ep. 23: 10 years of fi-compass insights – Live at FI Campus 2025
    Dec 10 2025

    Main topics: The panel marked fi-compass’s 10th anniversary by reflecting on its impact and highlighting how its publications, knowledge hubs, case studies, and networking have supported the design and implementation of financial instruments. Participants shared future plans focused on green, digital, SME, urban, and innovation financing, with examples like the use of reflows, underscoring collaboration, adaptability, and the growing role of financial instruments in sustainable development across Europe.


    This podcast was filmed live during FI Campus with expert speakers: Cecilia Gyalog, Head of EU Strategy and International Relations at MFB in Hungary; Inga Beiliūnienė, Head of International Relations at the National Promotional Bank in Lithuania; Iva Petkova, Director of the FLAG Fund and the Sustainable Cities Fund in Bulgaria; and Grzegorz Orawiec, Director in the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy in Poland.

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    42 mins
  • Ep. 22: ERDF financial instruments for innovation

    Ep. 22: ERDF financial instruments for innovation
    Oct 31 2025
    A discussion with Sara Dagostini from DG REGIO and Thomas Hüttich from Investitionsbank, hosted by Caterina Pieretto, European Investment Bank.

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    32 mins
  • Ep. 21: ERDF loan, equity and guarantee financial instruments

    Ep. 21: ERDF loan, equity and guarantee financial instruments
    Aug 4 2025
    A discussion with Aleksi Aho, Stela Vulpe, and Nathalie Van Neck from DG REGIO, hosted by Caterina Pieretto, European Investment Bank.

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    24 mins
  • Ep. 20: New to financial instruments?

    Ep. 20: New to financial instruments?
    Jan 24 2025
    A discussion with Iveta Ivánová, Andrzej Urbanik, and Nathalie Van Neck from DG Regio, hosted by Francisca de Novais e Silva, European Investment Bank.

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    23 mins
  • Ep. 19: “Ask Me Anything” – Live at FI Campus 2024

    Ep. 19: “Ask Me Anything” – Live at FI Campus 2024
    Jul 17 2024

    Main topics: combinations of grants and financial instruments, audit methodology, smart growth and sustainable finance, energy efficiency in housing, and horizontal selection criteria in the implementation of financial instruments.

    This podcast was filmed live during FI Campus with expert speakers responding to questions from a live audience: Jonathan Denness, Head of Financial Instruments and International Financial Institutions Relations Unit, DG REGIO, Oana Dordain, Deputy Head of Financial Instruments and International Financial Relations Unit, DG REGIO, Emily Smith, Head of Climate and Urban Unit, EIB, Frank Lee, Head of Financial Intermediary Advisory Division, EIB, and Desmond Gardner, Financial Instruments Advisor, EIB.


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    56 mins
  • Ep. 18: Ready for FI Campus?

    Ep. 18: Ready for FI Campus?
    May 22 2024
    A discussion with Jonathan Denness, Head of Unit in the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, hosted by Frank Lee from the fi-compass team at EIB.

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    12 mins
  • Ep. 17: New Audit Methodology for financial instruments in the 2021-2027 programming period

    Ep. 17: New Audit Methodology for financial instruments in the 2021-2027 programming period
    Mar 14 2024
    A discussion with Dana Greceanu, External Audit and Senior Expert on Financial Instruments from the Common Audit Service at the European Commission and Iva Medugorac from the Head of Department for the Design of Financial Instruments from the Croatian ERDF Managing Authority, the Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds, hosted by Desmond Gardner, European Investment Bank.

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    37 mins
  • Ep. 16: Equity instruments under the European Regional Development Fund, the ERDF

    Ep. 16: Equity instruments under the European Regional Development Fund, the ERDF
    Feb 23 2024
    A discussion with Vivi Papasouli, Mandate Manager at the EIF and Henrik Storm Dyrssen, Project Manager for financial instruments in the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth, hosted by Anna Zurek, European Investment Bank.

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    1 hr and 10 mins