Innovation, ICT and Open Data in

the new 2014-2020 EU Cohesion Policy  

“ONE” Project Conference, Turin - May 30, 2012

Luigi Reggi

Department for Cohesion

Ministry of Economic Development, Italy

•  New EU multiannual budget •  New rules of 2014-2020 programming period •  New role for Innovation and ICT •  Open Data for transparency and effectiveness

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Agenda

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2014 Nov. 2010

2012 – 2013

5th Report on Economic,

Social and Territorial

Cohesion & public

consultation

Agreement on MFF and adoption of

new legislative package

Entry into force and

adoption of programmes

March 2012

Common Strategic

Framework

Oct. 2011

Proposals for Cohesion

Policy 2014-2020

June 2011

Proposal by the Commission for a Multiannual

Financial Framework

(MFF)

Towards a new cohesion policy A long process…

Average 2006 ‒ 2007 ‒ 2008

GDP/capita*

*index EU27=100 < 50 75-90 100-125

50-75 90-100 > 125

EU regional context

Source: European Commission

EU Commission: “Ambitious but realistic” reform of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2014-2020 (June 2011)

Source: European Commission

Simulation: eligible regions

< 75 % of EU average

GDP/capita* *index EU27=100

75-90 % > 90 %

3 categories of regions

Less developed regions

Transition regions

More developed regions

Source: European Commission

A less obvious concentration More resources to developed regions

68,7%

11,6%

15,8%

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

119,2

72,4

307.1

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50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

Budget allocation (in %)

Population covered (in millions)

Less developed regions/MS Transition regions More developed regions

Cohesion Fund¹ 68.7

Less developed regions 162.6

Transition regions 38.9

More developed regions 53.1

European Territorial Cooperation

11.7

Outermost regions and sparsely populated areas

0.9

Total 336.0

¹ €10 billion from the Cohesion Fund will be allocated to the Connecting Europe Facility

Source: European Commission

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•  Comprehensive investment strategy: aligned with Europe 2020 objectives

•  Coherence with National Reform Programmes •  Coordination: cohesion policy, rural development,

maritime & fisheries funds •  Objectives and indicators to measure progress towards

Europe 2020 targets •  Reinforcement of administrative capacity, cutting red

tape (for final beneficiaries) •  Ex-ante conditionalties •  Macro-economic conditionality

Operational Programmes

Partnership Contract

Common Strategic Framework

What’s new in 2014-2020 Cohesion Policy

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1.  Research & innovation 2.  Information and communication technologies (ICT) 3.  Competitiveness of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

(SMEs) 4.  Shift towards a low-carbon economy 5.  Climate change adaptation & risk prevention and

management 6.  Environmental protection & resource efficiency 7.  Sustainable transport & removing bottlenecks in key

network infrastructures 8.  Employment & supporting labour mobility 9.  Social inclusion & combating poverty 10.  Education, skills & lifelong learning 11.  Institutional capacity building & efficient public

administrations

Thematic objectives

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Less developed regions More developed & transitional regions

60% 20%

6%

44%

Flexibility – different regions have different needs Special arrangements for ex-convergence regions

Research & innovation + Information Society*

Energy efficiency & renewable energy Competitiveness of SMEs

Ongoing negotiation process under Danish Presidency Concentration of ERDF investments

Thematic concentration

* Negotiation in progress!!

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R&D Innovation SMEs ICT low-carbon Other

2007-2013 4,716 1,399 1,618 2,485 10,808

2014-2020 5,949 1,766 2,041 1,702 9,570

22,4%

6,7% 7,7%

11,8%

52,8%

28,3%

8,4% 9,7% 8,1%

45,5%

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

Thematic concentration: the case of Italy (simulation based on existing allocation of resources)

Source: Ministry of Economic Development – Department Cohesion, Italy

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Key Actions from proposed Common Strategic Framework: Research & Innovation

•  Innovation in enterprises •  dissemination & adoption of new technologies, in particular Key

Enabling Technologies (through technology transfer, cooperation with research and education actors)

•  Capacity-building for R&I excellence and technological change

•  research infrastructures, facilities and competence centers, science parks

•  Capacity-building for economic exploitation of new ideas from R&I

•  clusters, cooperative partnership between research, education and innovation actors

•  Fields: services, cultural and creative industries, social innovation, public procurement of innovation

GENERAL PRINCIPLES: Differentiated actions depending on the type of region Complementarity with Horizon 2020

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Key Actions from proposed Common Strategic Framework: ICT

•  Roll-out of open, affordable and future-proof Next Generation Access (NGA) Infrastructure in under-served areas

•  eGovernment applications and take-up, eInclusion

•  ICT applications to meet great societal challenges such as eHealth, ageing population, reducing carbon emissions, resource-efficiency, education, smart cities, etc.

GENERAL PRINCIPLES: Investment in infrastructures in areas where market fails to deliver Support should be provided through financial instruments Ensure high level of competition Complementarity with European Social Fund for eSkills, eAccessibility

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A national or regional research and innovation strategy for smart specialisation is in place that: •  is based on a SWOT analysis to concentrate

resources on a limited set of research and innovation priorities;

•  outlines measures to stimulate private RTD investment;

•  contains a monitoring and review system. A Member State has adopted a framework outlining available budgetary resources for research and innovation; A Member State has adopted a multi-annual plan for budgeting and prioritization of investments linked to EU priorities (European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures -ESFRI).

Ex-ante conditionalities: Research & Innovation

Against the “fractal effect” "the same from near as from far"

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A strategy for digital growth within the national or regional innovation strategy for smart specialisation is in place that contains: •  budgeting and prioritisation of actions consistent with the

Scoreboard of the Digital Agenda for Europe; •  an analyses of balancing support for demand and supply of

information and communication technologies (ICT) •  measurable targets for outcomes of interventions •  assessment of needs to reinforce ICT capacity-building.

A national Next-Generation Access (NGA) Plan is in place that contains: •  a plan of infrastructure investments through demand

aggregation and a mapping of infrastructure and services, regularly updated;

•  sustainable investment models that enhance competition and provide access to open, affordable, quality and future proof infrastructure and services;

•  measures to stimulate private investment.

Ex-ante conditionalities: Digital growth

Towards an open, transparent, result-driven policy

Direct “control” by: Citizen, Data journalists, civil society, etc.

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Open data for transparency and policy effectiveness

FORMAT: XML, CSV ACCESSIBILITY: data accessible from a national portal CONTENT: •  Beneficiary name (only legal entities; no natural persons shall

be named) •  Operation name •  Operation summary •  Operation start date •  Operation end date (expected date for physical completion or

full implementation of the operation) •  Total eligible expenditure allocated to the operation •  EU co-financing rate (as per priority axis) •  Operation postcode •  Country •  Name of category of intervention for the operation •  Date of last update of the list of operations

New rules within the Information & Publicity Chapter

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Open data for transparency and policy effectiveness

Level of compliance to 2014-2020 rules on data publication of current Operational Programmes

Source: L. Reggi, The transparency on the beneficiaries of Structural Funds in Europe and Italy, DPS-UVAL 2012

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Thank you! @luigireggi luigi.reggi@tesoro.it

Word cloud of 2014-2020 General Regulation Proposal