Financial instruments

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Financial instruments help to trigger investments on the ground for revenue-generating and cost-saving activities while maximising private investment with minimum public support to deliver the Cohesion Policy objectives of economic, social and territorial cohesion. Financial instruments represent a more efficient and sustainable alternative to complement traditional grant-based support. The European Regional and Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund support projects on the ground through financial products, such as loans, guarantees and equity.

The aim of using financial instruments is not only to make cohesion policy funding more efficient and sustainable since resources are paid back and can be ‘recycled’. At the same time, they also create incentives for private investors to engage in projects, and for the projects to increase their performance and practice greater financial discipline.

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