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Third progress report on
cohesion
17 May 2005
Towards a new partnership for growth, jobs
and cohesion
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The report contains 3 parts
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Progress
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1. Analysis of economic and social disparities
in the enlarged EU
Structure
2. EU cohesion policy
Strategy in 2000-2006
and
the
Lisbon
3. The future of cohesion policy and the
Growth and Jobs Agenda
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Disparity levels
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Part I
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Disparities in GDP per head between
EU-25 still considerable (2003):
•Latvia – 41% of EU average
•Ireland – 132% of EU average
•Luxembourg – 215% of EU average
•New Member States – below 90% of EU
average
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GDP per head in PPS in 2003
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250
Part I
200
EU25=100
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100
50
0
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Regional disparities
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•Regional disparities remain high (2002)
•189% of the EU-25 average in the 10 most
prosperous regions
•36% in the 10 least prosperous ones.
Part I
•Over 1/4 of the EU’s population in 64 regions have
GDP per head below 75% of EU average.
•90% of population in the new Member States living in
regions with GDP per head below 75% of EU average
•13% of population in EU-15 living in regions with GDP
per head below 75% of EU average
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Regional Disparities in EU27
GDP per head in % in PPP (2002)
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<50
50 - 75
75 - 90
90 - 100
100 - 125
 125
Index, EUR-27 = 100
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Regional GDP Growth 1995-2002
Average growth rate in %
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< 1.48
1.48 – 2.18
2.18 – 2.75
2.75 – 3.62
>= 3.62
no data
HU = 1995-2001
EUR-27 = 2.25
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Employment rates
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•Employment rates – well short of the 70% Lisbon
target
•62.9% for the EU25 in 2003
•Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands and the UK –
only MS with 70%
•22 million additional jobs needed to meet 70% target
•In the new Member States, 7 million additional jobs
needed to meet 70% target (increase of ¼)
•200 of the 254 EU regions are below the target rate
•almost 15% of the population lives in regions where
the rate is below 55%
•employment rates remain low among most of the
least prosperous regions.
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Regional Employment Rates 2003
Employed persons between 15 und 65 in %
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< 55
55 - 60
60 - 65
65 - 70
70 - 75
>= 75
no data
EUR-27 = 62.5
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Productivity: recent improvements
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•strong productivity growth in recent years but
still noticeable differences:
– less than 30% of the EU25 average in Poland
and the three Baltic states
– 150% in Luxembourg and Ireland.
•productivity was below 25% of the EU
average in 15 regions
•but…link between productivity and GDP
•productivity exceeds the EU average regions
with above-average per capital GDP
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Regional Expenditure in Research and Development 2002
in % of GDP
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< 0.45
0.45 – 0.8
0.8 – 1.16
1.16 – 1.88
>= 1.88
no data
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Trends in disparities
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•since the mid-1990s, average EU growth
growth has average just over 2% per year
•regional disparity levels are higher than
national disparities but are also falling
•10% of EU25 population living in poorest
regions (2.2% of total GDP in 2002; 1.5% in
1995)
•still high levels of internal disparities
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Geographical Eligibility for Structural Funds Support 2007-2013
Draft April 2005, GDP/head  2000-2001-2002
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Convergence objective
Regions > 75% in EU25)
Convergence objective
statistically affected regions
Objective 'Regional
Competitiveness and
Employment'
Phasing-in regions,
"naturally" above 75%
Objective 'Regional
Competitiveness and
Employment'
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Index EU 25
= 100
Source: Eurostat
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Cohesion policy and the Lisbon Agenda
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•Growing orientation of SF programmes
towards Lisbon objectives (above 50% in
some programmes)
– significantly higher in relatively more
prosperous regions but lower in the less
developed regions
•Decentralised delivery system key to develop
synergies with Lisbon
• More ownership of the Lisbon strategy
through cohesion policy
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Mid-term review
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•Mid-term evaluations – more emphasis on Lisbon
•Allocation of the performance reserve. Over €8 billion
allocated to successful programmes or priorities
•Objective 1 – continues to be oriented towards
transport and other infrastructure
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some Member States with large Objective 1 areas more emphasis seems to have been placed on
research and innovation
•Objective 2 – more emphasis on economic growth
and competitiveness
•Both Obj. 1 and 2 - education and vocational training
continues to be important
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Spring European Council – March 2005
•Explicit endorsement of importance of cohesion policy
as an instrument for achieving the Lisbon strategy.
Key recommendations:
Part III
1.Community resources, including cohesion policy,
should be mobilised for 3 dimensions of the strategy –
economic, social and environmental.
2.Regional and local actors should take greater
ownership of the strategy
3.Greater synergies between Community funds and
the EIB in R&D
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Spring European Council – March 2005
(cont.)
Key recommendations (continued):
1.Reduction in the general level of state aid
2.Investment in infrastructure
Part III
3.Create more jobs with more active
employment policies.
4.Integrated guidelines to be issued at
Community-level;
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MS to establish national reform programmes
on growth and jobs
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Community Strategic Guidelines 2007-2013
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• Commission proposals for 2007-2013 - more
strategic approach targeted on growth and jobs
•Strategic Guidelines established at Community level
by Council decision
•Basis for National Strategic Reference Framework to define clear priorities for MS and regions
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synergies between cohesion policy and the Lisbon
strategy
consistency with the Broad Economic Policy
Guidelines and the European Employment Strategy
•Consistency with other Community policies and
priorities would be enhanced
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Timetable
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stages
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May 2005:
Commission proposal on 2007-2013 Strategic
Guidelines
June 2005:
Decision by Council on Financial Perspectives
Draft Community Strategic Guidelines adopted by
Commission
Autumn 2005: - Decision by Council and European Parliament on
cohesion policy regulations
- Community Strategic Guidelines published
- Preparation of National Strategic Reference
Frameworks
2006:
Preparation of programmes for period 2007-2013
1 Jan 2007:
Implementation begins
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