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19 November 2013
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MFF 2014-2020: More Europe for the same money
GDP/capita
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European Structural and Investment
Funds (ESIF) 2014-2020
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Objectives
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Reinforcing effectiveness and performance
More concentration
Focus on results (built into programme design)
Better common & programme-specific indicators, reporting,
monitoring & evaluation
Performance framework
Clear and measurable milestones and targets
Performance reserve: 6 % of national allocations (by
Member State, fund and category of region)
Conditionalities:
Ex-ante conditionality: Ensuring necessary conditions for
effective investment are in place,i.e. regulatory, strategic,
institutional etc.
Macro-economic conditionality: Alignment with new
economic governance: aim is to ensure that the
effectiveness of cohesion expenditure is not undermined by
unsound macro-fiscal policies 7
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Why - what is the problem?
Current programmes too much designed to
spend:
Objectives vague (often deliberately so for maximum
freedom)
How to recognise success or failure often not clear
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Partnership Agreement
An overarching strategy at national level which:
Covers the 5 ESI Funds (ERDF, Cohesion Fund, ESF, EARDF, EMFF)
Sets out the planned use of the Funds
consistent with the Europe 2020 strategy
taking account of territorial challenges
coordinated to ensure an integrated approach
Core elements:
strategic choices: selected thematic objectives, allocations of
funding, main results
list of programmes
coordination between ESI Funds and with other policies
commitments on administrative capacity and reduction of
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Operational programme
The main role of the operational programme is to set out a
coherent intervention strategy for the MS/region/sectors
Core elements:
Selection of thematic objectives, investment priorities,
allocations and justification intervention logic
Financing plan and list of major projects
Integrated approach to territorial development; specific needs
and demographic challenges
Ex ante conditionalities
Performance framework
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Partnership and multi-level governance
MS to organise partnership with the competent regional and
local authorities for PA and each programme, also including
- competent urban and other public authorities
- economic and social partners
- relevant bodies representing civil society
2007-2013
2014-2020
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ERDF thematic concentration (1)
- At least 80% (more developed regions), 60 % (transition regions)
or 50% (less developed regions) to at least two of TOs 1-4:
TO 1 (research and innovation)
TO 2 (ICT)
TO 3 (SME competitiveness)
TO 4 (shift to the low carbon economy)
- At least 20% (more developed & transition regions), 15%
(transition regions) or 12% (less developed regions) to TO 4 -
low carbon economy.
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Ex-ante conditionality
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Why ex-ante conditionalities?
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Types of ex-ante conditionality
(Annex V CPR for Cohesion Policy)
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Example: EAC for TO 3 on SMEs
- measures have been put in place with the objective of
reducing the time and cost to set-up business taking
account of the targets of the Small Business Act (SBA);
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Key stages
The MS has to check which ex-ante conditionalities are applicable
(this is the case where there is a direct and genuine link to the
investment priorities it has selected) and whether the applicable ex-
ante conditionalities are fulfilled.
COM assesses adequacy and consistency of the info provided by MS
If relevant criteria are not fulfilled by submission of the programme:
MS to provide an action plan to ensure fulfilment by end of 2016
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Thank you for your attention!
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