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EU budget Review and 5th Cohesion Report
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Dirk Reyntjens, DG EMPL ESF Coordination UnitESF Evaluation partnership meeting19 November 2010
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Delivering key policy priorities
EU added value
A results-driven budget
Mutual benefits through solidarity
A reformed financing of the budget
Five key principles for the budget
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Emerging vision for the EU
The Europe 2020 strategy – towards a smart,
sustainable and inclusive Union
New emphasis on policy priorities to be supported by
the EU budget
The issue is not about spending more or less – but to
spend more intelligently
Develop the right tools to make a difference for the EU
citizens
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Research and innovation
A common strategic framework for innovation: Innovation Union
Refocus on major societal challenges, such as energy supplies and
greenhouse gas emissions reductions
Deliver the European Research Area and modernise education systems
Infrastructures of the future
cross-border infrastructure in transport (inter-modal connections),
communication (high-speed broadband) and energy (smart technologies)
Appropriate regulatory framework and strong involvement of private
investors.
Smart growth
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Mainstreaming energy and climate policies
Large-scale dedicated funds devoted to investment in distinct
programmes
Mainstreaming inside policies like research, cohesion, agriculture and
rural development may be more efficient.
The Common Agricultural Policy
Direct payments: strong case for progressively bringing payments
levels closer together and moving away from historical references.
Greening direct aids.
Rural development: greener and more closely linked to other policies
in a common strategic framework.
Sustainable growth
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Cohesion policy
Cohesion to benefit to all, with concentration on less developed MS.
CSF for cohesion, agricultural, rural and fisheries funds.
A contractual agreement between the Commission and the MS
reflecting the commitments at national and regional level.
Stronger thematic concentration on the Europe 2020 priorities
Options for increasing quality and performance, e.g. through
reserves and introducing a certain level competition amongst MS
« Smart specialisation » of programmes rather than overlapping
schemes
Inclusive growth
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The right skills for tomorrow’s workforceESF reflects new balance in EU economics policy:
promote inclusion alongside growth
Targeted investment to foster adaptability, lifelong
learning, inclusion, education and training and institutional
capacity
Refocus ESF to secure 2020 targets
Devise a European Employment Initiative with joint
initiatives in education, employment and integration
Inclusive growth
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European Globalisation Fund:
Supporting sectors under pressure:
Extended EGF could be put on permanent
footing
Help cushion the impact of disruptions on
workforce
simplification of procedures
Inclusive growth
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One visible programme promoting European unity in
diversity to integrate cultural programmes and the
involvement of young people.
EU Solidarity Fund: broaden the scope and make
interventions faster and more effective.
More emphasis on the management of external borders,
return policy, asylum and integration of legal immigrants.
Citizenship
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Incentivising the use of resources Link to discussion on reinforcing economic policy
coordination.
Possible introduction of conditionalities defining a specific set
of targets on which disbursement of EU funds would depend.
Other options: performance reserves or modulate co-financing
rates to performance.
Need to define specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and
timed objectives as well as performance indicators.
A budget delivering results
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A MFF structure to reflect priorities – 2 options A framework reduced to a minimum of (three) headings: Internal
expenditure, External expenditure and Administrative expenditure.
Internal expenditure heading possibly divided in four sub-
headings: smart growth, sustainable growth, inclusive growth, and
citizenship.
Duration of the MFF Commission favours ten year period, but with a substantial mid-
term review ("5+5"), possibly facilitated by substantial reserves and
margins.
A budget delivering results
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Simplify and minimise administrative burdenProposal to revise the Financial Regulation contains bold measures for
simplified financial rules.
A clear set of common principles for eligibility rules under shared and
centralised management should be agreed.
Ensuring sound financial management Need for a common understanding of the tolerable risk of error for different
policy areas and proportionality of controls.
Shared management: the system of payments based on a declaration of
payments by Member States, rather than on expenditure by beneficiaries
could be extended.
A budget delivering results
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The 5th Cohesion Report and its conclusions:
Options for the future
1. Enhancing European added value
2. Strengthening governance
3. Streamlining delivery
4. Architecture of the policy
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1. Enhancing European added value
Reinforcing strategic programming – translate EU 2020 objectives into investment priorities
Focus resources on limited number of key priorities
Introduce stronger incentives and conditionality
Improving evaluation, performance and results
Stronger emphasis on new financial instruments
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2. Strengthening governance
Reinforcing partnership (improve involvement of local and regional stakeholders, social partners, civil society)
Introducing a new dimension: territorial cohesion
Reinforcing territorial co-operation
Developing an ambitious urban agenda
Addressing areas with specific geographical or demographic features
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Improving financial management
Reducing the administrative burden
Simplifying financial discipline
Reviewing financial control
3. Streamlining Delivery
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Full geographical coverage distinguishing between: Less developed regions More developed regions Transition regions
Simpler system – replaces current phasing-out and phasing-in system
Territorial cooperation
4. Architecture
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In line with the Budget Review: Focus the ESF on securing the 2020
targets Greater visibility and predictable funding
volumes for the ESF Contribution to European employment
initiative
4. Architecture
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Questions
1. How could the Europe 2020 Strategy and cohesion policy be brought closer together at EU, national and sub-national levels?
2. Should the scope of the development and investment partnership contract go beyond cohesion policy and, if so, what should it be?
3. How could stronger thematic concentration on the Europe 2020 priorities be achieved?
4. How could conditionalities, incentives and results-based management make cohesion policy more effective?
5. How could cohesion policy be made more results-oriented? Which priorities should be obligatory?
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Questions
6. How can cohesion policy take better account of the key role of urban areas and of territories with particular geographical features in development processes and of the emergence of macro-regional strategies?
7. How can the partnership principle and involvement of local and regional stakeholders, social partners and civil society be improved?
8. How can the audit process be simplified and how can audits by Member States and the Commission be better integrated, whilst maintaining a high level of assurance on expenditure co-financed?
9. How could application of the proportionality principle alleviate the administrative burden in terms of management and control? Should there be specific simplification measures for territorial cooperation programmes?
10. How can the right balance be struck between common rules for all the Funds and acknowledgement of Funds' specificities when defining eligibility rules?
11. How can financial discipline be ensured, while providing enough flexibility to design and implement complex programmes and projects?
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Questions
12. How can it be ensured that the architecture of cohesion policy takes into account the specificity of each Fund and in particular the need to provide greater visibility and predictable funding volumes for the ESF and to focus it on securing the 2020 objectives?
13. How could a new intermediate category of regions be designed to accompany regions which have not completed their process of catching up?
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Timeline
19 October 2010: Budget Review (COM(2010)700) 10 November 2010: Fifth Cohesion Report 11 November 2010 – 31 January 2011: public consultation 31 January/1 February 2011: Cohesion Forum
Spring 2011: Proposal on future financial perspectives Summer 2011: Legislative proposals End 2012: Adoption of new legislative package and expected
agreement on new budget post 2013
2013: Finalisation of new programming documents 2014: Entry into force
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Make your voice heard!
Public consultation open until 31 January 2011:
ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/cohesion_report
Thank you for your attention!
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