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Cohesion Policy 2007-2013
Incorporating the Lisbon
Strategy
Referring to the financial perspectives 20072013 and the latest progress report on
Cohesion.
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Discussion up to February 2004
Cohesion
Policy
2007-2013
1. General support for assisting areas below 75%
of EU average GDP
2. Pressure to help 'statistically affected' regions
Background
3. Pressure for 'territorial cohesion'
(town/country, islands, mountains)
4. The great success and importance of Objective
2 (restructuring of economies hit by change)
5. Divergence over cash and method ( 'one per
cent budget', re-nationalisation)
6. Divergence over the Lisbon Agenda
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Cohesion
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background
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The Lisbon Agenda: growth,
competitiveness, employment
1. The Agenda was adopted on 23-24
March 2000
2. Aims to make Europe the most
competitive and dynamic economy in
the world…
3. Measures on sustainable development
were adopted in May 2001 (Gothenburg
agenda)
4. Various benchmarks and targets:
employment 70% by 2010, R&D 3% of
GDP…
5. Recent reports indicate slow progress
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The Lisbon Agenda: mid term review
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background
Key recommendations:
1. The need for a spending instrument
at EU level
2. The need for increased ownership
involving the regions and social
partners
3. The need for a more strategic
approach
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Cohesion Policy in support of Growth and
Jobs
Cohesion • Europe must:
Policy
2007-2013 • renew the basis of its competitiveness,
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Council, March
2005
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• increase its growth potential and its
productivity
• strengthen social cohesion, placing the main
emphasis on knowledge, innovation and
the optimisation of human capital.
To achieve these objectives it must
• mobilise all appropriate national and
Community resources- including Cohesion
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Key recommendations
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2007-2013
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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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Key recommendations (cont.)
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2007-2013
4) Reduction in the general level of state aid
5) Investment in infrastructure
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6) Create more jobs with more active
employment policies.
7) 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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A more strategic approach
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Clearer division
of
responsibilities
Staff Working Document SEC (2005) 622 of
2 May 2005
1. provides guidance to MS in
drawing up national reform
programmes
• new reporting structure to include
cohesion policy
2. Community Lisbon Programme
(what can be done at EU level)
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New reporting structure
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5. Integrated
Guidelines
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October 2005:
National Reform Programmes
submission by Member States
January 2006:
first Annual Progress Report
submitted by the Commission on the basis
of analysis of national reform programmes
March 2006:
Spring European Council
adoption by European Council of updated recommendations
October 2006:
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submission by Member States of implementation reports
Includes chapter on national strategic reference frameworks
and new OPs
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Financial perspectives 2007-2013
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Financial
aspects
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The budget is now about 1.07% of GNI
The Commission proposed 1.21%
Six MS want 1%
Parliament has proposed 1.18% (with
Cohesion getting 0.41% of GDP)
Proposed compromise for June Summit
was 1.06%, with, for Cohesion Policy:
€307bn (not 336bn): 0.37% GDP (not 0.41%)
Convergence 82% (not 78%)
Competitiveness 15% (not 18%)
Territorial co-operation 2% (not 4%)
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Priorities of the reform
Three new objectives
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Convergence and competitiveness (regions
below 75% GDP, statistical effect regions and
the Cohesion fund)
Reform of the
policy
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Regional competitiveness (former Obj 2&3 with
accent on Lisbon/Gothenburg, mainstream
URBAN)
Conclusions
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Territorial co-operation (all former INTERREG
elements with encouragement to mainstream
them also in above objectives)
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Priorities of the reform
Administrative simplification
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Reform of the
policy
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Keep what is known to be effective
(programming, leverage, partnership,
decentralised management)
Reduce the more complicated aspects
(number of instruments, stages of
programming etc.) while augmenting the role
of the Council (adoption of strategic guidelines)
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Cohesion Policy 2007-2013
Incorporating the Lisbon
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The latest progress report on Cohesion.
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Disparity levels
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progress
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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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Regional disparities
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progress
report, Part I
•Regional disparities remain high (2002)
•189% of the EU-25 average in the 10 most
prosperous regions
•36% in the 10 least prosperous ones.
•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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Trends in disparities
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Part I
•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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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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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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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 2007-2013
Incorporating the Lisbon
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The Strategic guidelines.
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Priorities
The new Strategic guidelines: building in
the Lisbon agenda (1)
I) Making Europe and its regions a more
attractive place to invest and work
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expand and improve transport infrastructures
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improve the environmental contribution to growth and
jobs
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address the intensive use of traditional energy sources
II) Knowledge and innovation for growth
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increase and improve investment in RTD
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facilitate innovation and promote entrepreneurship
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promote the information society for all
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improve access to finance
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The new Strategic guidelines: building in
the Lisbon agenda (2)
III) More and better jobs
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Priorities
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attract and retain more people in employment and
modernise social protection systems
improve adaptability of workers and enterprises and the
flexibility of the labour market
increase investment in human capital through better
education and skills
administrative capacity
health and the labour force
Part IV) Territorial
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Cohesion and co-operation
The contribution of cities to growth and jobs
Supporting the economic diversification of rural areas
Co-operation: cross border/trans-national/inter-regional
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Timetable
Cohesion June 2005:
Policy
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stages
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(No) Decision by Council on Financial Perspectives
Draft Community Strategic Guidelines adopted by
Commission: public consultation
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: regime of 12ths if no budget
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