Five years into the 2014-2020 funding period, the implementation of European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds programmes continues at full speed, with€405 billion already invested in the Europe’s real economy by October 2018, which is 63% of the Funds’ total envelope. €242 billion is left to be invested overthe next 2-3 years, with full completion of investment by 2023 when the funding period will close.