Transcript Convergence objective

Workshop Legal Framework EU Structural Funds 2007 -2013
Riga, 4 December 2006
CHALLENGES FOR THE NEW PROGRAMMING PERIOD
2007-2013
Gerard van Gaalen
Development Agency East Netherlands
department European Affairs
phone: +31 26 384 42 22
www.oostnv.com
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Pleased to meet you !
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Mission Statement
Taking initiatives and supporting activities that lead to a
stronger and more vibrant economy in the provinces of
Gelderland and Overijssel.
The end goal is promoting a sustainable labor market.
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Where do we add value?
Government
Businesses
Knowledge
institutes
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Principals and shareholders
The principals and shareholders of the Development
Agency East Netherlands NV are:
• The Ministry of Economic Affairs (EZ) (57,62%)
• The Province of Gelderland (33,56%)
• The Province of Overijssel (8,82%)
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East Netherlands in figures
Netherlands
East Netherlands
Gelderland
Overijssel
Population (1 August 2006)
16,336.346
3,091,723
1,976,161
1,115,562
Land surface (km2)
41,528.03
8,557.36
5,136.51
3,420.85
Population density per km2
393
361
385
326
Labor force (age 15-64), 2005
7,401,000
1,365,000
870,000
495,000
- primary education (%), 2005
24.4
25.4
25.7
25.1
- secondary education (%), 2005
44.3
45.5
44.6
47.4
- higher education (%), 2005
31.3
28.9
29.7
27.5
GDP (* million €), 2003
476,349
76,053
48,319
27,734
GDP per head (* 1,000 €), 2003
29
25
25
25
Number of jobs, 2006
6,975,400
1,246,400
789,400
457,200
Number of R&D jobs, 2003
85,987
15,935
11,162
4,773
Source: CBS/Statline, October 2006
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New Programme period 2007-2013 cornerstones
• New Legislation
• Council Regulation 1083/2006: General Provisions
• Council Regulation 1080/2006: ERDF
• Council Regulation 1081/2006: ESF
• Council Regulation 1084/2006: Cohesion Fund
• Council Regulation 1082/2006: European Grouping of Territorial
cooperation
• Council Regulation 1085/2006: Instrument for Pre-Accession
(IPA)
• Commission Regulation Implementing Regulation
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Where do ‘New programme period 2007-2013
cornerstones’ we add value?
• Budget Allocation
• Allocation for cohesion policy: Council Dec.
2005
• Allocation by Objective, Fund and Member
State: Comission Decisions July 2006
• Community Strategic Guidelines
• Adopted October 2006
• Aide Mémoire for the desk officers
• Manual for negotiating and implementing
programmes
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New programme period 2007-2013 first objective
• CONVERGENCE AND COMPETITIVENESS
• Regions less than 75% of EU 25 average GDP/head
• States with less than 90% of EU 25 average GNI/head (Cohesion
Fund)
• Statistical effect: regions with a GDP/head below 75% of EU15 and
above 75% of EU25
• Special programme for outermost regions
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New programme period 2007-2013 second objective
•
REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AND EMPLOYMENT
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Cohesion policy at the service of all other regions outside
Convergence in the EU – no community zoning
•
Two elements:
1. Employment based on European Employment
Strategy (ESF)
2. Regional competitiveness (ERDF)
Lisbon strategy
Innovation and the knowledge economy
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New programme period 2007-2013 third objective
• EUROPEAN TERRITORIAL COOPERATION
• The succes of INTERREG III, community added
value
• Cross border co-operation (incl. sea borders)
• Inter-regional co-operation
• Transnational co-operation
• Networking and exchange of experience
• External cross-border co-operation - linked to new
European neighbourhood instrument
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Objectives, Structural Funds and instruments 2007-2013
Structural Funds and instruments
Convergence
ERDF
ESF
Regional Competitiveness
and Employment
ERDF
ESF
European territorial
Cooperation
ERDF
infrastructure,
innovation,
investments
etc.
vocational
training,
employment
aids etc.
all Member States and regions
Cohesion
Fund
environmental and
transport infrastructure,
renewable energy
MemberStates with a
GNI/head below 90%
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Geographical concentration
Regions below or close to 75% threshold
Canarias (E)
GDP/head average
1999-2000-2001
GuadeloupeMartinique
Réunion
Guyane (F)
Açores (P)
below 75% in EU25
Madeira
statististical effect
below 75% in EU15
above in EU25
"naturally" above
75% because of
growth
other regions
Index EU 25
= 100
Art. 5+6 Gen.Reg.
Source: Eurostat
R e g io GI S
Regions having a GDP/head (PPS) lower than 75% of the average, 1999-2000-2001
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Cohesion Fund 2007-2013: Eligible Member States
Allocation: EUR 61.56 bn.
in 2004 prices
Cohesion Fund 2007-2013
Transitional support
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European Territorial Cooperation 2007-2013
Allocation: EUR 7.75 bn. for
cross-border, transnational
and interregional cooperation
Cross-border areas
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Budget new programming period 2007-2013
• Total budget € 307.6 billion (35.7% of EU budget)
• Three new Objectives
• Convergence: 81.7% of total (€ 251.3 billion)
• Regional Competitiveness and Employment: 15.8%
of total (€ 48.8 billion)
• European Territorial Cooperation 2.5% of total (€ 7.5
billion)
• (all figures in 2004 prices)
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Convergence objective
Programmes and
Instruments
Regional and national
programmes
ERDF
ESF
81.7%17
(EUR 251.33 bn)
Eligibility
Regions with a GDP/head
75% of average EU25
Statistical effect:
Regions with a GDP/head
75% of EU15
and >75% in EU25
Priorities
Allocations
•innovation;
•environment/
risk prevention;
•accessibility;
•infrastructure;
•human resources;
•administrative capacity
•transportobjective
(TENs);
Regional competitiveness
and
employment
Member
States
Cohesion Policy
2007-2013
Cohesion Fund
including phasing-out
3 Objectives
Budget: EUR 307.6 bn
(0.37% of EU-GNI)
(2004 prices)
Regional programmes
(ERDF)
and national
programmes
(ESF)
GNI/head 90%
EU25 average
Member States
suggest a list of
regions
(NUTS I or II)
4.1%
EUR 12.52 bn
15.8%
•sustainable transport;(EUR 48.7920.0%
bn.)
•environment;
EUR 61.42 bn
•renewable energy
•Innovation
•environment/risk
prevention
•accessibility
15.5%
EUR 38.4 bn
•European Employment
Strategy
"Phasing-in"
Regions covered by objective 1 beween 2000-06
and not covered by the
convergence objective
3.4%
EUR 10.38 bn
European territorial co-operation objective
Cross-border and
transnational
programmes and
networking (ERDF)
57.6%
EUR 177.29 bn
Border regions and
greater regions of
transnational
co-operation
•innovation;
•environment/
risk prevention;
•accessibility
•culture, education
2.44%
(EUR 7.5 bn.)
of which:
77.6% cross-border
18.5% transnational
3.9% interregional
+ ENPI
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Convergence and Competitiveness and
Employment Objectives
Regions and population covered in EU25/27 (December 2005 figures)
EU27
EU25
Population
Number of
regions
million
Convergence Regions
70
Statistical Effect Regions
Total
Population
% of EU
Number of
regions
million
% of EU
124
27.3
84
153.7
31.7
16
16.4
3.6
16
16.4
3.4
86
140.4
30.9
100
170.1
35.1
Convergence Objective
Competitiveness and Employment Objective
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4.0
4.2
13
19
3.9
Other Regions
155
295.2
64.9
155
295.2
61.0
Total
168
314.3
69.1
168
314.3
64.9
Phasing-in Regions
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EU Cohesion Policy 2007-2013:
Allocation by Objective and Member State
in 2004 prices
REGIONAL
COMPETITIVENESS AND
EMPLOYMENT OBJECTIVE
CONVERGENCE OBJECTIVE
Cohesion
Fund
België/Belgique
Ceska Republika
Danmark
Deutsc hland
Eesti
Ellas
Espana
Franc e
Ireland
Italia
Kypros
Latvija
Lietuva
Luxembourg
Magyarorszag
Malta
Nederland
Österreic h
Polska
Portugal
Slovenija
Slovensko
Suomi-Finland
Sverige
United Kingdom
Bulgaria
Romania
Statistic al
Regional
Convergenc e
Phasing Phasing in c ompetitiveness
out
and employment
579
1.268
373
453
8.370
7.830
15.149
10.553
1.992
8.379
18.727
2.838
3.770
1.019
3.289
3.250
5.779
1.434
584
4.495
18.867
388
420
879
363
193
1.363
2.034
2.647
3.965
7.589
252
12.654
495
3.133
9.123
261
4.761
45
1.865
1.477
914
159
19.562
2.722
1.239
3.433
39.486
15.240
2.407
6.230
254
407
491
2.436
2.015
5.769
158
883
436
399
935
1.446
5.349
3.873
11.143
Not alloc ated
TOTAL
61.558
177.083
12.521
10.385
38.742
EUROPEAN
TERRITORIAL
COOPERATION
OBJECTIVE
TOTAL
173
346
92
756
47
186
497
775
134
752
24
80
97
13
343
14
220
228
650
88
93
202
107
236
642
2.019
23.697
545
23.450
3.058
18.217
31.536
12.736
815
25.647
581
4.090
6.097
58
22.451
761
1.696
1.301
59.698
19.147
3.739
10.264
1.532
1.682
9.468
159
404
6.047
17.317
392
392
7.750
308.041
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New elements of programming period 2007-2013
• General: 3 instead of 7 objectives, 3 instead of 5 funds, mono-fund
programmes, no zoning outside “Convergence” objective
- Three Funds: ERDF, ESF and Cohesion Fund
• No more Community Initiatives
• Programming: 2 steps instead of 3
• No Programming Complement, no measures
• Stronger focus on strategic approach
- National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF)
- clear link with National Reform Programmes (= national
Lisbon
strategies)
- Earmarking
- clear link with Community Strategic Guidelines
• Cohesion Fund integrated in programming approach
- Exception for major projects (above 50 million Euro) and
environment (above 25 million Euro)
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New elements of programming period 2007-2013
• Stronger cooperation with other financial instruments (EIB, EIF)
– JASPERS
– JEREMIE
– JESSICA
• EC Initiative: Regions for Economic Change
– Tool for better exchange of best practices
• Support to housing under certain conditions
• Urban issues: subdelegation to to urban authorities possible
• Further decentralisation to Member States and regions
– Shared management between the European, national,
regional, urban and local level
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New elements of programming period 2007-2013
• Higher intervention rates (up to 85%)
- Differentiation between different groups of countries
Additionality only to be verified for convergence objective
• Financial management at priority axis level, allows greater
flexibility for programme adaptations
•Eligibility of expenses defined according to national rules
(with a few exceptions)
•Control system: proportional if Community cofinancing below 33%
and EUR 250 million of total costs
•SFC 2007: electronic data exchange for all documents
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Structural funds 2007-2013 : Differentiated intervention rates
Criteria
Member States,
regions
ERDF,
ESF
Cohesion
Fund
85%
85%
ES
80%/50%*
85%
AT, BE, DK, DE, FR,
IR, IT, LU, NL, SE,
SF, UK
75%/50%*
-
regions in ES, FR, PT
85%
85%**
CZ, EE, GR, CY, LV,
(1) Member States whose average per
LT, HU, MT, PL, PT,
capita/ GDP below 85% between 2001-03
SI, SK, BG, RO
(2) Member States other than those
under (1) eligible to the Cohesion Fund
(3) Member States other than those
under (1) and (2)
(4) Outermost regions referred to in
Article 299 (2) of the Treaty
* The first rate concerns regions eligible under the "Convergence"; the second one
those under the "Regional Competitiveness and Employment" objective
** If applicable
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Possible growth and employment effects
during programme period 2007-2013
• Growth
Major gains in terms of additional GDP of
approximately 10% in most new MS by 2013 (8.9% in
Poland, more than 10% in Baltic States).
• Productivity
Gains vary between 2.3% (Slovakia; Hungary) and 7%
(Bulgaria; Romania).
• Employment
Overall 2.5 million new jobs (between + 4% to 8%).
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Strategic guidelines,
programming and
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follow-up
Community's strategic guidelines on cohesion
proposed by the Commission,
adpoted by the Council, assent by the
European Parliament
National strategic reference framework
2
proposed by the Member State in applying the
partnership principle; reflects on the Union‘s orientations,
lays down a national strategy and its programming;
finally decided by the Commission
Operational Programmes
3
one programme by fund and Member State
or region, description of priorities, management and
financial sources; proposed by Member State or region;
finally decided by the Commission
Programme management and project selection
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by Member States and regions; “shared management“
principle = concertation with the Commission
Strategic follow-up and annual debate
by the European Council in Spring, based on an
annual report of the Commission and Member States
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Timetable
• 1 August 2006: Structural Funds Regulations enter into force
• 6 October 2006: Council approves Community Strategic
Guidelines (CSG)
• 10 October 2006: CSG enter into force
• October/November 2006: Member States submit National
Strategic Reference Frameworks and Operational
Programmes
• 2007: Commission adopts Operational Programmes
(about 350)
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Points for attention for (new) member states
1. Public procurement
- focus on implementation of EU compliant legislation: use TA
2. Strengthen inter-ministerial coordination
- cooperation between Managing authorities, Certifying
authority, Audit authority and Intermediate Bodies
3. Separation of financial management and control tasks
management checks vs. independent sample checks
4. Adequate accounting systems
- shorten delays with positive effect on absorption capacity
(N+2/N+3 rule)
- SFC 2007: submission via electronic data exchange
5. Recruitment and training of additional staff also for intermediate
bodies and regions
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Points for attention for (new) member states
6. Clear definition of priorities keep flexibility but avoid
«grey zones» Clear definition of areas of intervention
of OP’s, Funds and priorities (cross financing)
7. Project pipeline reserve budget for project
preparation
8. Partnership principle during programming and
implementation national, regional, local, social
partners, NGO's
9. Operational and reliable monitoring systems need for
standardised monitoring tables assessment of
N+2/N+3 risks
10. Careful planning of national co-financing integrate
EU into national budget
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Convergence objectives (1)
1. Research and technological development (R&TD), innovation
and entrepreneurship
2. Information society
3. Environment
4. Prevention of risks
5. Tourism
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Convergence objectives (2)
6. Transport investments
7. Energy
8. Education investments
9. Health
10. Direct aid to investment in SMEs
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