The Setting up of the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency

1. The Setting up of the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency Presentation by Ralf RAHDERS 13 February 2006

2. Executive Agencies set up by the Commission • Existing Agencies: • Intelligent Energy (DG: TREN) • Public Health (DG: SANCO) • Education, Audiovisual and Culture (DGs: EAC and INFSO) • Agencies under consideration: • Trans-European Transport Networks (DG TREN) • Research Budget (DG RTD + research DGs) • Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (DG ENTR + other involved DGs) • “Fundamental rights and justice” & “Solidarity and management of migration flows” (DG JLS) • TAIEX (DG ELARG) • Crises response operations (DG RELEX)

3. Objectives of setting up the Agency • Commission strategy: • Replacing private bodies by public bodies • Separating political/legislative tasks and management tasks • Entrusting programmes to a well-resourced, specialised body • Enhancing programme management and service to beneficiaries • Staff stability (longer term contracts) • Synergies between programmes • Integrated work processes • On 14 January 2005 the Commission adopted Decision 2005/56/EC setting up the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency

4. Organisation Chart Director G. GASCARD Audit Comenius/ Grundtvig/ E-Learning/ Lingua P1 B. HOLMES Erasmus / J. Monnet / Study Centres P2 R. RAHDERS Leonardo da Vinci P3 M. HOLIK Erasmus Mundus P4 J. FRONIA • Culture • P5 • A. KOSMOPOULOS Youth P6 P. COVA Citizenship P7 M. JORNA Media P8 C. DASKALAKIS HR/Admin/ IT/ Communication R1 J. BARDOLET Finances Accounting Programming R2 H. COUSIN Total staff 34 Total staff 37 Total staff 18 Total staff 17 Total staff 20 Total staff 25 Total staff 24 Total staff 65 Total staff 32 Total staff 17

5. Unit P2

6. Agency Structure • Total staff: 296: • 63 seconded officials • 12 temporary agents • 221 contract agents • Organisation chart: • 8 operational units • 2 horizontal units • internal audit capability • Management bodies: • Director (4 year appointment by the Commission) • Steering Committee (2 year appointment by the Commission) • Two parent DGs of the Agency: DG EAC and DG INFSO

7. Management Tasks entrusted to the Agency as of 2006 • Drawing up calls for proposals • Project selection (in some cases the Commission adopts the selection decision) • Contracting projects • Financial management: • Operational budgets of programmes: > 300 Mio/year • Administrative budget: approx 34 Mio/year • Monitoring of projects (intermediate reports, final reports) • Communication and information with beneficiaries • On the spot controls • Annual work programme and activity report

8. Tasks remaining within the Commission • Management of certain programme strands • Annual work programmes in the fields of education, audiovisual and culture • Political and budgetary priority-setting • Programme evaluation and information • Supervision of the agency • Chairing programme committees (the role of the committees remains unchanged) • In certain cases: adoption of the project selection

9. Thank you for your attention!