Highlighting finance from the EU and the other International Organisations - a comprehensive overview of the funding sources available
Featuring the increasing role of Regional Funds
How innovation, SMEs, infrastructure and Public Private Partnership
are significantly impacting on Regional Development
Overview
This forthcoming 3rd Conference on Financing Regional Development is an informative event and pre-operative session intended to various sectors involved in financing Regional Development.
The European Finance Convention intends, with this Conference, to provide the audience with practical information on how to benefit from the numerous facilities available in order to speed up and improve sustainable development of the Regions located in countries which have recently acceded, those in accession process and those that will follow.
With the new period of Regional funding possibilities starting in 2007, the proposed agenda will provide the participants with first hand information on how to best prepare them for the new period after 2006 by listing a wide-ranging overview of current funds (from classical Regional funds to funds for specific business sectors).
Indeed, national experts have already started to address Regions on the decisive steps to be taken well on time, in order to make sure that future national plans will take into consideration the objectives of the respective Regions.
Our top-level speakers will guide the audience on both days through the jungle of open questions related to existing funding possibilities and will prepare them for the selection, application and management of such projects.
Who will attend the 2006 Conference?
The programme of this Conference is specially designed for:
Representatives of Regions in the Acceding Countries, Candidate Countries and Potential Candidate Countries
Representatives of towns and local governments
SMEs, companies and business associations (national and regional)
Various agencies, Chambers of Commerce, research and technology parks
Consultants and legal offices
Financial intermediaries, banks, rating agencies, etc.
Our high-level speakers are coming from both the public and private sectors. It includes:
