New EaSI Fund for Job Creation and Social Inclusion
The new fund called EaSI Funded Instrument has been launched with a loan fund of €200 million to boost the lending capacity of microfinance institutions and social enterprise lenders in Europe. The EaSI Funded Instrument provides senior and subordinated loans to microfinance institutions and social enterprise lenders to boost on-lending to micro-enterprises and social enterprises.
In order to support job creation and social inclusion, the EaSI Funded Instrument aims to improve access to finance for:
- micro-enterprises, including the self-employed and those that employ vulnerable people
- social enterprises
The loan fund is a partnership between the EU, the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund.
Learn more about this new Fund here.
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EQUASS
The European Quality in Social Services (EQUASS) is an initiative of the European Platform for Rehabilitation (EPR). EQUASS enhances the social sector by engaging social service providers in continuous improvement, learning and development, in order to guarantee service users quality of services throughout Europe.
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This website received support from the EPR framework partnership agreement with the European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion for 2018-2022 from the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI). For further information please consult: http://ec.europa.eu/social/easi