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Legislative package

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  1. Integrated territorial approach and enhanced effectiveness and efficiencyCommission’s proposals for 2014-2020Meeting of Director-Generals for cohesion policy, territorial and urban developmentWarsaw, 3-4 November 2011Nicholas MartynDeputy Director-GeneralDirectorate-General for Regional Policy

  2. Legislative package • The General Regulation • Common provisions for cohesion policy, the rural development policy and the maritime and fisheries policy • Common provisions for cohesion policy only (ERDF, CF, ESF) • Fund specific regulations • ERDF regulation • CF regulation • ESF regulation • ETC regulation • EGTC regulation

  3. Instruments to promote the integrated territorial approach

  4. Reinforcing Integrated Programming Integrated programme approach The Common Strategic Framework at EU level and the Partnership Contract at national level covering the CSF Funds: ERDF, ESF, CF, EAFRD and EMFF Possibility for Member States to prepare and implement multifund programmes combining ERDF, ESF and the Cohesion Fund Operations can be supported by more than one fund or programme (Art. 55 (8))

  5. Reinforcing community-led local development Integrated approach to community-led local development Facilitates integrated investment by small communities including local authorities, NGOs, and economic and social partners Integrated local development strategies Local action groups to design and implement these strategies Integrated approach and common rules = can be financed jointly from ERDF, ESF, EAFRD and EMFF

  6. Reinforcing Territorial Cohesion Focus on sustainable urban development At least 5% of the ERDF resources to be allocated to integrated actions for sustainable urban development ESF to complement integrated urban development actions Creation of an urban development platform To promote capacity-building and networking between cities and exchange of experience on urban policy at EU level Adoption of a list of cities to participate in the platform Support for innovative actions in the field of sustainable urban development Subject to a ceiling of 0,2% of the annual funding Integrated territorial investments Investments under one or more Operational Programmes can take the form of integrated territorial investments Adressing the specific needs of geographical areas most affectedby poverty or target groups at highest risk of discrimination or exclusionwith special regard to marginalised communities contribution highlighted in the content of each OP

  7. Strengthening territorial cooperation Three strands remain: cross-border, transnational and interrregional cooperation Integral part of the CSF and the Partnership Contract Alignment with Europe 2020 and performance orientation Link to macro-regional strategies and sea-basin programmes Separate regulation to facilitate implementation in a multi-country context

  8. Effectiveness and efficiency

  9. Key elements to enhance effectiveness and efficiency • A simplified policy architecture with two goals • Thematic concentration • Mechanisms to increase performance • Focus on results: indicators • Performance framework • Ex-ante conditionality • Macroeconomic conditionality • Further simplification of policy delivery

  10. Thematic concentration • Member States shall concentrate support on actions bringing the greatest added value in relation to the Europe 2020 strategy • Regulation establishes a menu of thematicobjectivesdirectly linked to the Europe 2020 strategy • Fund-specific regulations define investment priorities • Differentiation between the different category of regions

  11. Thematic Concentration for Less Developed Regions • At least 50% of ERDF resources at national level to be allocated to: • Energy efficiency and renewables (at least 6% of total) • Innovation • SME support • Focus and flexibility – focus on Europe 2020 while flexibility to reflect broader development needs • 60% of the ESF allocation to each OP to be concentrated on up to 4 investment priorities

  12. Thematic Concentration for Transition and More Developed Regions • At least 80% of ERDF resources at national level to be allocated to: • Energy efficiency and renewables (at least 20% of total) • Innovation • SME support • 70% for transition regions and 80% for more developed regions of the ESF allocation to each OP to be concentrated on up to 4 investment priorities

  13. A Focus on Results: Indicators Fund Specific Common Indicators Common output and, where appropriate, result indicators Fund specific rules on baselines, targets and reporting Programme Specific Indicators Output indicators, where appropriate Result indicators related to the priority axis

  14. Performance framework • Focuses on the achievement of programme objectives • Sets out milestones and targets for performance of programmepriorities for 2016, 2018 and 2022 • Milestones established for 2016 shall include financial indicators and output indicators • Milestones established for 2018 shall include financial indicators, output indicators and where appropriate, result indicators • Milestones may also be established for key implementation steps

  15. Performance review The performance framework shall constitute the basis for the performance review in 2017 and 2019 and the disbursement of the performance reserve Information for the performance review is drawn from the progress reports Member States are expected to react to significant shortfalls in the achievement of milestones (measures to improve performance, reprogramming) In the absence of sufficient action, Commission can suspend payments Significant failure to achieve the targets set for 2022 in the performance framework can lead to a financial correction at the end of the programming period

  16. Performance reserve A performance reserve of 5% is set aside at the beginning of the programming period (exception for ETC) The performance reserve is established per CSF Fund, per Member State and per category of region The 5% reserve is allocated to each Member State following the performance review in 2019 Allocation can only be used for priority axes where performance has been satisfactory (milestones have been achieved) – based on Member State proposal

  17. Ex-ante conditionality Conditions to be fulfilled prior to submission of Partnership Contracts and operational programmes Directly related to the thematic objectives or horizontal conditions of effectiveness Specified criteria for fulfilmentdefined in annex IV of CPR Conditionalities must be fulfilled within two years of the approval of the Partnership Contract or by end of 2016 Non-fulfilment of conditionalities at the time of the adoption of the programmes or by the deadline outlined above constitutes a basis for suspension of payments

  18. Regulation: Thematic and general ex-ante conditionalities set out in the Regulation Preparation of programming documents: Member States undertake a self-assessment verifying whether the ex-ante conditionality criteria have been met. Conditionality respected: Draft programmes explain that no further action needs to be taken Partially respect:Draft programmes lay down commitments for fulfilment Not respected: Draft programmes lay down commitments for fulfilment, payments could be made only upon fulfilment Submission of programming documents: The results of the self-assessment and commitments are included in the draft programmes. Negotiation and agreement on commitments: The agreed commitments are set out in the programmes and synthesised in the Partnership Contract.

  19. Macroeconomic conditionality Closer link between cohesion policy and the economic governance of the Union in two areas: Council recommendations The broad economic guidelines, the employment guidelines as well as the Eurozone-specific measures The excessive deficit procedure The macroeconomic imbalances procedure Union financial assistance to a Member State under the European financial stabilisation mechanism under the facility providing medium-term financial assistance for Member States' balances of payments in the form of an ESM loan Commission may request Member Statesto propose amendments to Partnership Contract andprogrammes Commission shall suspend payments and commitments when Member State fails to take corrective measures in line with recommendations

  20. Simplification of policy delivery Aims: • Reducing the administrative burden of beneficiaries • Ensuring an efficient distribution of administrative effort required at national, regional and EU level • Reinforcing legal certainty at all levels • Strengthening assurance Means: • Harmonisation of rules for the CSF Funds (and beyond) • Introducing more flexibility in the set-up of management and control systems • Increased proportionality - taking into account the volume of funding and the risks involved • Addressing challenges faced in 2007-2013 - clarification of rules and modification of rules, where necessary • A wider application of simplified costs (flat rates, lump sums and unit costs) • E- cohesion policy

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