The issue of financing regional growth is of paramount importance as it pertains to both a region as a whole and to business entities that make up this region. The currently commencing new perspective of EU programming draws up new goals, introduces new logic in terms of intervention objectives and the ways of their financing. The purpose of this paper is to present the guidelines of the new logic of financing in the programming period in the years 2014–2020 together with the significance of mezzanine financing in creating sustainable regional and corporate development. The article presents an approach to sustainable development in the new logic of funding and mezzanine capital in the financing of environmental protection. It also dicusses the idea of funding by Polish Investments for Development as a new partner in the financing of investment in regions.
Supporting SMEs development is becoming one of the most significant elements of the country’s policy at various levels: the country as a whole, provinces (regions) or at the very local level. This reflects the EU priorities, the EU policy in the previous decade and it is also becoming a priority in the new programming period for the years 2014–2020. The purpose of the article is to indicate the prerequisites of stimulating the development of SMEs by means of financial instruments (other than banking capital) in the new EU programming period. The article presents the role and importance of loan funds as a financial intermediary supporting the development of SMEs. The paper also presents the idea of a new logic of intervention in the use of funds and construction of financial instruments by loan funds.
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