Supranational programmes and initiatives
Jeremie
Jeremie is a joint initiative by the European Commission and the European Investment Fund, created to support improved access to finance for Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SME) and development of micro-credit in regions supported by the European Regional Development Fund. It aims to enable EU Member States and Regions to use their structural fund allocations more efficiently and flexibly.
Jessica
Jessica is the acronym for Joint European Support for Sustainable Investment in City Areas.
The EIB and CEB have been financing urban development through different types of loans. Within Jessica, target loans will complement public resources (Community and national) for actions within the Operational programmes supported by the Structural Funds. By coordinating the approaches from the two banks and the Commission, Jessica aims to help the authorities in the Member States efficiently use public resources from national and Community sources.
Jasper
Jasper, an acronym for „Joint Assistance to Support Projects in European Regions,” is a technical assistance partnership to prepare major projects between the Regio Directorate General, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Bank for Rural Development.
Jasper will provide a pool of expertise, free of charge, to assist structural fund managing authorities with the preparation of major projects. The assistance covers the technical, economic and financial aspects and is available from the early stages of project preparation.
Regions for economic change
The Regions for Economic Change is a new initiative encouraging regions and cities to test best practices for increasing competitiveness and economic modernisation.
Falling under the European Territorial Co-operation Objective, the initiative Regions for Economic Change will work alongside the two existing instruments of the European Regional Policy- the Interregional Co-operation and the Urban Development network programmes, setting economic development themes to encourage economic modernisation. In addition to linking European Cohesion Policy with the renewed Lisbon Agenda, the initiative further support the Community's strategic guidelines on cohesion by establishing a voluntary network for regions, Member States and regions to share effective development schemes.