tailieunhanh - European Investment Fund - Birthe Bruhn-Léon Head of Mandate Management

Obstacles to mobility remain one of the main lost opportunities of the Single Market. Adoption and implementation of the revision of the Professional Qualifications Directive6 will be an important step to open up professions. Work should continue to examine and reduce unnecessary restrictions for regulated professions limiting the ability of professionals to work in another Member State. Preparing the new generation of programmes under the European Social Fund will be a major goal for 2013, to ensure that this brings the quickest and most effective support to the modernisation of labour market policies and social inclusion policies, strengthening of education and lifelong learning systems, to ensure that groups. | Birthe Bruhn-Léon Head of Mandate Management European Investment Fund EIF Financial Instruments for Employment Growth and Innovation EUROPEAN INVESTMENT FUND EIF at a Glance EU specialised institution for financing SMEs Statutory Objective to Contribute to the pursuit of Community objectives and .to generate an appropriate return on resources Value added and impact focused Geographic Focus Intermediaries EU 27 EFTA Candidate Countries Distributing through Banks and Funds Authorised Capital 3bn EIB 61 EU 30 28 Fin. institutions 9 Including KfW CDC Barclays Intesa AAA rated - stable outlook Governance Board of 7 4 EIB 2 EC 1 FinInst acting independently 1 INVESTMENT EIF Tool Kit for SMEs FUND SME Cash Flows