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Regional Policy and Information Society Programming for 2006 – 2013

Regional Policy and Information Society Programming for 2006 – 2013. Pozna ń, 22 June 2006. Reiner Kneifel-Haverkamp Desk Officer, Unit H.1 Poland Directorate General for Regional Policy. Contents. What is Regional Policy - in a nutshell?

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Regional Policy and Information Society Programming for 2006 – 2013

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  1. Regional Policy and Information Society Programming for 2006 – 2013 Poznań, 22 June 2006 Reiner Kneifel-Haverkamp Desk Officer, Unit H.1 Poland Directorate General for Regional Policy

  2. Contents • What is Regional Policy - in a nutshell? • Lisbon - Where Regional Policy and Information Society meet … • Benchmarking and evaluation in Regional Policy • Practical Conclusions for programming of OPs with ICT components

  3. Regional Policy – basic objectives 1 • Strengthen the economic and social cohesion of the enlarged Union in order to promote the harmonious, balanced and sustainable development of the Community. • The action taken with the aid of the Funds, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and other existing financial instruments, shall be aimed at reducing the economic, social and territorial disparities.

  4. Regional Policy – basic objectives 2 The action taken under the Funds shall incorporate, at national and regional level, the Community’s priorities in favour of sustainable development • by strengthening growth, competitiveness and employment, social inclusion, • as well as protecting and improving the quality of the environment.

  5. Cohesion policy in a nutshell • € 307.6 billion – for 2007-2013 Three funds • Cohesion Fund • European Regional Development Fund • European Social Fund Three objectives • Convergence • Regional competitiveness and employment • Territorial Co-operation

  6. Cohesion policy and Lisbonalready now an issue • +/- € 10.3 billion in R&D • +/- € 7 billion on ICT • of which: • infrastructure + technology 45% • services for citizens (e-health, e-government, education) 35% • services for enterprises (e-commerce, training and networking) 20% Investments in 2000-2006

  7. Cohesion policy in a nutshell Principles • Concentration • Programming (strategic approach on European, national and regional level) • Decentralised management • Additionality • Partnership

  8. Cohesion policy and Lisbon Cohesion Policy in Support of Growth and Jobs:Community Strategic Guidelines, 2007-2013 • Make Europe more attractive place to invest and work • Knowledge and innovation will be the beating heart of European growth • Policies to allow our businesses to create more and better jobs Increased focus on Lisbon priorities

  9. CSG: Three Priorities • improving the attractiveness of Member States, regions and cities by improving accessibility, ensuring adequate quality and level of services, and preserving their environmental potential; • encouraging innovation, entrepreneurship and the growth of the knowledge economy by research and innovation capacities, including new information and communication technologies; and • creating more and better jobs by attracting more people into employment or entrepreneurial activity, improving adaptability of workers and enterprises and increasing investment in human capital.

  10. Cohesion policy and ICT In June 2005 the EC issued the Community Strategic Guidelines • ensuring uptake of ICTs by firms and households and promoting development through the balanced support for the supply and demand of ICT products and both public and private services, as well as through increased investment in human capital. These actions should increase productivity, promote an open and competitive digital economy and an inclusive society. • ensuring availability of ICT infrastructure where the market fails to provide it at an affordable cost and to an adequate level to support the required services, especially in remote and rural areas and in new Member States.

  11. Possible benefits of ICT dissemination • Major lever for improving both productivity levels and the competitiveness of regions; • Encourage the re-organisation of production methods and the emergence of new business and private services. • The efficient and effective delivery of public services - in particular e-government and e-health – has a significant potential for economic growth and for enabling new services. • Contribute to regional development by favouring the creation and growth of poles of excellence in ICT activities and developing connectivity and networking among enterprises and SMEs in particular.

  12. ICT dissemination – Policy measures • improving innovation support services for SMEs with the particular objective of boosting technology transfer between research institutions and enterprises. • develop skills needed in the knowledge economy • develop content through the delivery of applications and services such as e-government, e-business, e-learning, e-health (often less costly alternatives, particularly in remote and sparsely-populated areas) • Create infrastructure which is available and capable of supporting broadband services across the Union at an accessible cost.

  13. Major challenges in ICT policy • Bridging the Broadband Gap • Implementing successful policies • Supporting the up take of ICT and broadband by users and businesses • Developing more standardised markets at EU level

  14. Bridging the Broadband gap • Operational savings based on rationalisation and use of modern technology with the expected growing use of wireless communications and access platforms (e.g. 3G, WIFI, WIMAX and satellite), deployment of fibre in LAN…. • Managing radio spectrum with greater flexibility and the principles of 'service neutrality' and 'technological neutrality' • Unlicensed spectrum' model adequate to the openness of the market to the small and micro entrepreneurs

  15. Investment in ICT infrastructureBasic Rules • Take into account rapid technological development, • Respect the principles of technological neutrality and open access, • Comply with competition rules and with the implementation of the regulatory framework for electronic communications.

  16. Bridging the Broadband gap • Where there are genuine market failures, the EU Structural Funds play a vital role in stimulating investments in broadband infrastructure and services, boosting competitiveness and innovation and enabling all regions of Europe to participate fully in the knowledge economy" Commissioner Danuta Hübner, Commissioner responsible for Regional Policy – March 2006

  17. Implementing successful policies Successful regional and national policies in promoting broadband penetration are those that • Promote the development of a network infrastructure • Promote services to consumers and businesses • Support IT education, training and use of broadband applications • Promote a competitive regulatory environment

  18. Supporting the up take of ICT and broadband by users and businesses • Structural Funds support the development of e-government, e-health applications, etc. • Regional policy supports the exchange of good practices among different regions and countries and supports networks • Structural Funds will provide improved access to finance for business development through the Joint European Resources for Micro to Medium Enterprises (“JEREMIE”) that can help to ICTs up take

  19. Earmarking – Information Society • Telephone infrastructures (including broadband networks) • Information and communication technologies (access, security, interoperability, risk-prevention, research, innovation, e-content, etc.) • Information and communication technologies (TEN-ICT) • Services and applications for the citizen (e-health, e-government, e-learning, e-inclusion, etc.) • Services and applications for SMEs (e-commerce, education and training, networking, etc. • Other measures for improving access to and efficient use of ICT by SMEs

  20. Programming of Structural Funds Operational programmes shall contain: • SWOT analyses; • Ex-ante evaluation; • Information on the priority axes and their specific targets. Those targets shall be quantified using a limited number of indicators for output and results... The indicators shall make it possible to measure the progress in relation to the baseline situation and the effectiveness of the targets implementing the priority axis.

  21. Designing a high quality system of indicators • Clear, focussed strategy; • Context indicators; • Baselines; • Ex-ante quantification (results oriented system, time series, benchmarks); • Core indicators • Innovation: special attention to process issues

  22. The programme and its environment

  23. Output, results, Impacts

  24. Conclusion • The results from the UNDERSTAND project can contribute, jointly with other sources such as DG INFSO’s Information Society Benchmarking Report, to designing a manageable indicator system for regional (and national) Operational Programmes • Key challenge: Set key quantifiable targets and design pertinent indicators!

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