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Europe Direct North Aegean<\/span><\/strong> is one of the three European Information Centers across Greece (out of a total of 18), commissioned by the European Commission, to promote the <\/span>InvestEU<\/span><\/strong> in the North Aegean Islands.<\/span><\/p>\n Our goal is<\/strong> to inform and raise awareness amongst authorized official bodies (national, public and private authorities) as well as citizens about European funding opportunities for development actions, training and development opportunities in a European region. In the context of the public awareness campaigns, workshops, laboratories, visits to projects that indicate the development of the North Aegean region with the financial support of the European Union and more specifically the European Structural Funds as well as radio or television broadcasts, are organized. <\/span><\/p>\n The top priority of the European Commission<\/span><\/strong> is to bring Europe back on track and to increase jobs without creating new debt.<\/span><\/p>\n The Investment Plan for Europe<\/span><\/strong> has three objectives: eliminating barriers to investment, visibility and technical support for investment projects and more efficient use of financial resources. It therefore consists of three pillars<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 The European Strategic Investment Fund<\/span><\/strong> (ETSF) with an initial capital of 21 billion, which provides a guarantee, thus enabling the European Investment Bank to invest in more, sometimes, higher-risk projects and to invest more quickly than without the guarantee.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 The European Investment Advisory<\/span><\/strong> Center and the <\/span>European Investment Portal<\/span><\/strong>, providing technical assistance and increasing the visibility of investment opportunities.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 Improving the business environment by removing regulatory barriers to investment at both national and EU level.<\/span><\/p>\n Expansion of the Juncker Investment Plan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Expanding the Juncker Investment Plan by 2020 and raising the investment target by 315 billion euro to at least 500 billion euro was voted in favor by the plenary of European Parliament in Strasbourg.<\/span><\/p>\n Specifically, the ETSC Regulation 2.0 will come into force on 1<\/span>st<\/span> of January 2018 and in its new form will have significant improvements, such as increased transparency, a greater proportion of sustainable projects, greater focus on small projects and more technical support at local level.<\/span><\/p>\n