Transcript Diapositiva 1 - Assembly of European Regions

11th AER SUMMER SCHOOL
Baia Mare, Maramures, Romania
27th August – 2ndSeptember 2006
The Maze of EU funding
What does the Union do?
The people who drafted the Treaty of Rome set the
following task for the European Economic
Community:
‘by establishing a common market
and
progressively approximating the economic policies
of member states, to promote throughout the
Community a harmonious development of economic
activities, a continuous and balanced expansion, an
increase in stability, an accelerated raising of the
standard of living and closer relations between the
States belonging to it’.
Regional action
The EU’s regional policy consists essentially of making payments
from the EU budget to disadvantaged regions and sections of
the population. The total amount allocated in 2000-2006 is €213
billion. The payments are used:
 to boost development in backward regions,
 to convert old industrial zones,
 to help young people and the long-term unemployed find
work,
 to modernise farming
 to help less-favoured rural areas.
Regional action
SPECIFIC FUNDS
€ European Regional Development Fund (ERDF),
€ European Social Fund (ESF),
€ Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (FIFG)
€ European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF).
EU payments top up or stimulate investment by
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
REGIONAL GOVERNMENT
DEVELOPMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
PRIVATE SECTOR
TO TARGET THE PAYMENTS WHERE THEY WILL HAVE THE
GREATEST EFFECT, THE EU HAS SET ITSELF
THREE PRIORITYOBJECTIVES:
Objective 1 is to help develop regions where the gross domestic
product (GDP) per capita’ – is less than 75% of the EU average.
This aid, amounting to €135 billion, is two thirds of all the money
allocated to regional policy in 2000-2006. It goes to benefit about 50
regions, representing 22% of the EU’s population.
It is used to get the economy moving in these regions by creating the
the infrastructure they lack, providing better training for local people and
stimulating investment in local businesses.
Objective 2 is to help other regions in difficulty.
They may be areas where the economy is being restructured, declining rural areas,
fishing communities in crisis or urban areas with serious problems.
Objective 3 is to combat unemployment by modernising training systems and
helping to create jobs.
Specific programmes aimed at these objectives include Interreg, which promotes
cooperation across borders and between regions and Urban – which supports the
sustainable development of cities and urban areas in crisis
In addition to these ‘structural’ funds there is a ‘Cohesion Fund’. This is used to
finance transport infrastructure and environmental projects in EU countries whose
per capita GDP is less than 90% of the EU average.
Extending structural policy to embrace the new member states
Enlarging the Union to take in 10 new member states has posed a major challenge
for economic and social cohesion, because development in some regions of these
countries lags well behind the rest of the EU. Enlargement will, in fact, make the
Union more diverse and require further efforts at sectoral and regional adjustment.
A number of ‘instruments’ are already being used to help the candidate countries
Phare programme, which channels aid to the candidate countries in central
and eastern Europe. Over the period 2000 to 2006 they have received a total of
€10.9 billion in ‘pre-accession’ aid.
Then there is ISPA (Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-Accession), which
finances environmental and transport projects and has a budget of €7.2 billion.
Sapard (an instrument for financing agriculture) has a budget of €3.6 billion.
2007-20013 FUNDING
Article 5
Convergence
1. The regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the
Convergence objective shall be regions corresponding to level 2 of the NUTS
level 2 common classification of territorial units for statistics (hereinafter within
the meaning of Regulatio n (EC) No 1059/2003 whose gross domestic product
(GDP) per capita, measured in purchasing power parities and calculated on the
basis of Community figures for the period 2000 to 2002, is less than 75 % of the
average GDP of the EU-25 for the same reference period.
2. The Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund shall be those
whose gross national income (GNI) per capita, measured in purchasing power
parit75 ies and calculated on the basis of Community figures for the period 2001
to 2003, is less than 90 % of the average GNI of the EU-25 and which have a
programme for meeting the economic convergence conditions referred to in
Article 104 of the Treaty. 3. Immediately following the entry into force of this
Regulation, the Commission shall adopt the list of regions fulfilling the criteria
under paragraph 1 and of Member States fulfilling the criteria under paragraph 2.
This list shall be valid from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013.The eligibility
of Member States for the Cohesion Fund shall bereviewed in 2010 on the basis
of Community GNI figures for the EU-25.
Article 6
Regional competitiveness and employment
The regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Regional
competitiveness and employment objective shall be those not covered by Article
5(1) and Article 8(1) and (2).
When presenting the national strategic reference framework
referred to in Article 27, each Member State concerned shall indicate the NUTS
level 1 or NUTS level 2 regions for which it will present a programme for
financing by the ERDF.
Article 7
European Territorial Cooperation
1. For the purpose of cross-border cooperation, the NUTS level 3 regions of the
Community along all internal and certain external land borders and all NUTS level
3 regions of the Community along maritime borders separated, as a general rule,
by a maximum of 150 kilometres shall be eligible for financing taking into account
potential adjustments needed to ensure the coherence and continuity of the
cooperation action. Immediately following the entry into force of this Regulation,
the Commission shall adopt, in accordance with the procedure referred to in
Article 103(2), the list of the eligible regions. This list shall be valid from 1 January
2007 to 31 December 2013.
2. For the purpose of transnational cooperation, the Commission, in accordance with
the procedure referred to in Article 103(2), shall adopt the list of the eligible
transnational areas broken down by programme. This list shall be valid from 1
January 2007 to 31 December 2013.
3. For the purpose of interregional cooperation, cooperation networks and exchange
of experience, the entire territory of the Community shall be eligible.
Article 8
Transitional support
1. The NUTS level 2 regions which would have been eligible for Convergence objective
status under Article 5(1) had the eligibility threshold remained at 75 % of the average
GDP of the EU-15, but which lose eligibility because their nominal GDP per capita
level will exceed 75 % of the average GDP of the EU-25, measured and calculated
according to Article 5(1), shall be eligible, on a transitional and specific basis, for
financing by the Structural Funds under the Convergence objective.
2. The NUTS level 2 regions totally covered by Objective 1 in 2006 under Article 3 of
Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 whose nominal GDP level per capita, measured and
calculated according to Article 5(1), will exceed 75 % of the average GDP of the
EU15 shall be eligible, on a transitional and specific basis, for financing by the
Structural Funds under the Regional competitiveness and employment objective.
Recognising that, on the basis of revised figures for the period 1997 to 1999, Cyprus
should have been eligible for Objective 1 in 2004 to 2006, Cyprus shall benefit in
2007 to 2013 from the transitional financing applicable to the regions referred to in
the first subparagraph.
European Regional Development Fund
The ERDF shall contribute towards the financing of:
(a) productive investment which contributes to creating and safeguarding
sustainable jobs, primarily through direct aid to investment primarily in small and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs);
(b) investment in infrastructure;
(c) development of endogenous potential by measures which support regional and
local development. These measures include support for and services to
enterprises, in particular SMEs, creation and development of financing instruments
such as venture capital, loan and guarantee funds, local development funds,
interest subsidies, networking, cooperation and exchange of experience between
regions, towns, and relevant social, economic and environmental actors; (d)
technical assistance as referred to in Articles 45 and 46 of Regulation (EC) No
1083/2006.
Article 5
Regional competitiveness and employment
three priorities:
1
INNOVATION AND THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY, INCLUDING THROUGH
THE CREATION AND STRENGTHENING OF EFFICIENT REGIONAL
INNOVATION ECONOMIES, SYSTEMIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS, UNIVERSITIES AND TECHNOLOGY
CENTRES WHICH TAKE INTO ACCOUNT LOCAL NEEDS.
2
ENVIRONMENT AND RISK PREVENTION
3
ACCESS TO TRANSPORT AND TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES OF
GENERAL ECONOMIC INTEREST,
enhancing regional R&TD and innovation capacities directly linked to regional
economic development objectives by supporting industry or technology-specific
competence centres, promoting industrial R&TD, SMEs and technology transfer,
developing technology forecasting and international benchmarking of policies to
promote innovation and supporting inter-firm collaboration and joint R&TD and
innovation policies;
stimulating innovation and entrepreneurship in all sectors of the regional and local
economy by supporting the introduction of new or improved products, processes
and services onto the market by SMEs, supporting business networks and
clusters, improving access to finance by SMEs, promoting cooperation networks
between enterprises and appropriate tertiary education and research institutions,
facilitating SMEs‘ access to business support services and supporting the
integration of cleaner and innovative technologies in SMEs;
creating financial engineering instruments and incubation facilities that are
conducive to the research and technological development capacity of SMEs and
to encouraging entrepreneurship and the formation of new businesses, especially
knowledge-intensive SMEs;
stimulating investment for the rehabilitation of the physical environment, including
contaminated, desertified and brownfield sites and land;
promoting the development of infrastructure linked to biodiversity and
investments in NATURA 2000 sites, where this contributes to sustainable
economic development and/or diversification of rural areas;
stimulating energy efficiency and renewable energy production and the
development of efficient energy management systems;
promoting clean and sustainable public transport, particularly in urban areas;
developing plans and measures to prevent and cope with natural risks (e.g.
desertification, droughts, fires and floods) and technological risks;
protection and enhancement of the natural and cultural heritage in support of
socio-economic development and the promotion of natural and cultural assets as
potential for the development of sustainable tourism;
Article 5
Regional competitiveness and employment
three priorities:
1
INNOVATION AND THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY, INCLUDING THROUGH
THE CREATION AND STRENGTHENING OF EFFICIENT REGIONAL
INNOVATION ECONOMIES, SYSTEMIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS, UNIVERSITIES AND TECHNOLOGY
CENTRES WHICH TAKE INTO ACCOUNT LOCAL NEEDS.
2
ENVIRONMENT AND RISK PREVENTION
3
ACCESS TO TRANSPORT AND TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES OF
GENERAL ECONOMIC INTEREST,
strengthening secondary transport networks by improving links to TEN-T
networks, regional railway hubs, airports and ports or multimodal platforms,
providing radial links to main railway lines and promoting regional and local inland
waterways and short-sea shipping;
promoting access to, take up, and efficient use of ICTs by SMEs by supporting
access to networks, the establishment of public Internet access points,
equipment, and the development of services and applications, including, in
particular, the development of action plans for very small and craft enterprises.
Article 5
Regional competitiveness and employment
three priorities:
1
INNOVATION AND THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY, INCLUDING THROUGH
THE CREATION AND STRENGTHENING OF EFFICIENT REGIONAL
INNOVATION ECONOMIES, SYSTEMIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS, UNIVERSITIES AND TECHNOLOGY
CENTRES WHICH TAKE INTO ACCOUNT LOCAL NEEDS.
2
ENVIRONMENT AND RISK PREVENTION
3
ACCESS TO TRANSPORT AND TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES OF
GENERAL ECONOMIC INTEREST,
European Social Fund
INCREASING ADAPTABILITY OF WORKERS, ENTERPRISES AND ENTREPRENEURS
WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE ANTICIPATION AND POSITIVE MANAGEMENT OF
ECONOMIC CHANGE
ENHANCING ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT AND THE SUSTAINABLE INCLUSION IN THE
LABOUR MARKET OF JOB SEEKERS AND INACTIVE PEOPLE, PREVENTING
UNEMPLOYMENT, IN PARTICULAR LONG-TERM AND YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT,
ENCOURAGING ACTIVE AGEING AND LONGER WORKING LIVES, AND INCREASING
PARTICIPATION IN THE LABOUR MARKET,
REINFORCING THE SOCIAL INCLUSION OF DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE
WITH A VIEW TO THEIR SUSTAINABLE INTEGRATION IN EMPLOYMENT
AND COMBATING ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION IN THE LABOUR
MARKET, IN PARTICULAR BY PROMOTING:
PROMOTING PARTNERSHIPS, PACTS AND INITIATIVES THROUGH NETWORKING OF
RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS, SUCH AS THE SOCIAL PARTNERS AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS, AT THE TRANSNATIONAL, NATIONAL,
REGIONAL AND LOCAL LEVELS IN ORDER TO MOBILISE FOR REFORMS IN THE
FIELD OF EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR MARKET INCLUSIVENESS.
POTENTIAL BUDGET
BUDGET
ALLOCATION
OBJECTIVES SELECTIONS
RULES AND REGULATIONS
KNOWLEDEGE
PLANNING DOCUMENTS DRAFTING
PARTNERSHIP
POTENTIAL BUDGET
BUDGET
ALLOCATION
CO-FINANCING EU RATE
CO-FINANCING STATE RATE
CO-FINANCING REGIONAL RATE
CO-FINANCING LOCAL RATE
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
RULES AND REGULATIONS
KNOWLEDEGE
PLANNING DOCUMENTS DRAFTING
PARTNERSHIP
SPECIFIC FUND MISSION
COMPETITION RULES
MARKET RULES
ENVIRONMENT RULES
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
LAST BUT NOT LEAST!
CHECK AND
CONTROL
PROCEDURES
PROJECTS
SELECTION
CRITERIA
PAYMENT
PROCEDURES
MONITORING
PROCEDURES
IMPLEMENTING
PROCEDURES