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Position Paper Hungary

Position Paper Hungary. Position of the Commission Services on the development of the Partnership Agreement and Programmes in Hungary for the period 2014-2020 L aunch Event 9th November 2012, Budapest. Why a position paper?.

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Position Paper Hungary

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  1. Position Paper Hungary Position of the Commission Services on the development of the Partnership Agreement and Programmes in Hungary for the period 2014-2020 Launch Event 9th November 2012, Budapest

  2. Why a position paper? • Pro-active approach: early stage information on Commission's services position on priorities 2014-20 to Member States • Closer alignment with EU2020 strategy and Country Specific Recommendations (National Reform Programme) • Commission's view on development needs, challenges and priorities • Framework for dialogue between Commission services and Member States

  3. THE COMMON STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK ERDF, ESF, CF, EAFRD, EMFF EU level National level THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT ERDF, ESF, CF, EAFRD, EMFF Operational Programmes for ERDF Rural development programmes (EAFRD) Operational Programmes for EMFF Operational Programmes for ESF National or regional level Operational Programmes for CF Multifund Operational Programmes for ERDF, ESF, CF

  4. Socio-economic situation in Hungary • Slow growth and contracting internal demand, fragile fiscal situation • Expected only growth-driver: net export, but insufficient integration of Hungarian SMEs in global economy • Low employment rate, high level of low skilled people and high inactivity rate • Important regional disparities, rural urban divide, marginalised population

  5. Socio-economic situation in Hungary (cont.) • Low R&D spending and insufficient innovation • Low productivity and added value (processing) in the agricultural sector; structural disadvantages • Poor performance of transport systems • Vulnerability to climate change (flood&droughts) • Fragmentation and degradation of natural habitats

  6. Europe 2020 Headline targets for Hungary .

  7. Challenges for Hungary • Weak enterprise competitiveness; insufficient R&D and limited access to finance • Incompleteness and insufficient operation of infrastructure • Low employment level and weak social cohesion; low quality of public services • Inefficient use of natural resources

  8. Funding priorities • Enhancing business innovation, competitiveness and the effectiveness of R&D • Sustainable and interconnected infrastructure and their efficient use • Increasing the level of employment through economic development, employment, education and social inclusion policies, taking account of territorial disparities • Environment-friendly and efficient use of resources; climate change resilience No ranking, complementarity and mutual reinforcement

  9. Fundingpriority 1 Competitiveness Enhancing business innovation, competitiveness and the effectiveness of R&D - SMEs • Innovation and internationalisation of enterprises, esp. SMEs • Cooperation: research, higher education, innovators • Embedding multi-nationals into local research and economic network • Integration of Hungarian entreprises to global value chain • Tailor-made financial instruments; targeted schemes • Developmentof ICT products, services and use (including in rural areas)

  10. Enhancing business innovation, competitiveness and the effectiveness of R&D (cont.) – research, growth poles Fundingpriority 1 Competitiveness • Investments in research and R&D centres of excellence; transfer of R&D results towards SMEs • completeExtreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) project • Specificstrategy for environmental and agricultural sectors (promote bio-economy, eco-innovation,etc.) • Multipolar development through regional growth poles and innovative clusters • Smart specialisationstrategies • Balancedmultipolardevelopment (poles: universitycities) • Integrated Territorial Invesments (ITI) 10

  11. Fundingpriority 1 Competitiveness Enhancing business innovation, competitiveness and the effectiveness of R&D (cont.) – agriculture, rural economy • Increasing SME contribution to the rural economy, and enhancing the competitiveness of the agricultural sector • Innovativeapproaches for the agricultural sector and rural areas • Adding value locallythroughprocessing and qualitydevelopment • Structural changes

  12. Fundingpriority 2 Infrastructure Sustainable and interconnected infrastructure and their efficient use – energy, water, waste • Energy infrastructure • enhanced cross-border capacities • smart grids to support energy efficiency improvements • Drinking water quality improvement; monitoring • Waste water infrastructure completion and interconnection • Waste management (including in agriculture) investments to re-use, recycle and recover Complementarymeasures, actions to eliminatebottlenecks

  13. Fundingpriority 2 Infrastructure Sustainable and interconnected infrastructure and their efficient use (cont.) - transport • Improving integration, sustainability and cost-efficiency of urban, regional, national and transnational mobility systems • Complete TEN-T corridors, including signalling and control systems • Focus on railways and public transport modernisation • Improvenavigability on the Danube and the River Information Systems • E-toll, congestion charges and network rationalisation Complementarymeasures, identify and eliminatebottlenecks

  14. Fundingpriority 3 Employment(1) Increasing the level of employment through economic development and employment policies, … • Increasing the capacity of public employment services, strengthening active labour market policies • Active and preventive labour market measures to be put in place • Enhance the efficiency and the capacity of the Public Employment Services (PES) • Facilitate geographical and professional mobility • Promote lifelong learning participation • Support self-employment, entrepreneurship and business creation activities • Possibility for Community–led Local Development instruments • Support non agricultural SMEs in rural areas

  15. Fundingpriority 3 Employment(2) … through the integration of the vulnerable groups using a holistic approach (employment, education, housing, health, access to services), • Improve the activity rate of vulnerable groups, the situation of marginalised groups by implementing the Social Inclusion Strategy • Promote social economy, new business models and innovative solutions for social enterprises • Increase accessibility to health care and social services • Continue the de-institutionalisation process

  16. Fundingpriority 3 Employment(3) … through improving the quality of education and ensuring equal access thereto, in particular in pre-school (including childcare) facilities and higher education, • Improve the links between education and labour market • Prevent early school leaving • Ensure access to early childhood education • Maintain tertiary education participation

  17. Fundingpriority 3 Employment(4) … as well as improving services to citizens and businesses through an efficient and financially sustainable public administration • Reduce administrative burdens • Continue the reform of the public administration • Introducing e-government and one-step government windows • Supporting the allocation of adequate human resources for the most sensitive areas • Improve the judiciary system

  18. Fundingpriority 4 Resource-efficiency Environment-friendly and efficient use of resources; climate change resilience • Integrated development and management of Hungarian rivers and water resources • Riskmanagement (plans and monitoring) • Flood management including the restoration of floodplains and wetlands • Improving the efficiency of water use • Preservingnaturalenvironmental values

  19. Environment-friendly and efficient use of resources; climate change resilience Fundingpriority 4 Resource-efficiency • Improving energy efficiency and enhancing renewable energy production and use • In constructions, buildings and housing • Sustainablerenewableenergysupply: wind, bio-energy, solar and geothermalenergy • Energy and environmentalawareness • Innovativeenergy technologies and projects in agriculture and forestry 19

  20. Funding priority 4 Resource-efficiency Environment-friendly and efficient use of resources; climate change resilience (cont.) • Protecting the environment, ecosystem and landscape, preserving biodiversity • Management and restoration of Natura 2000 and high nature value areas • Soil protection • Targeted afforestation • Sustainablefarming practices/organicfarming • Development of ecosystem-basedapproaches

  21. European Territorial Cooperation • Transnational and cross-border dimensions, including the framework of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region notably in: • R&D&I • Low-carboneconomy • TEN-T networks • Water and flood management, risk prevention • Employment, education and inclusion Incorporating the EUSDR objectives in allprogrammes

  22. Territorial development • Simplification of current programming architecture • reduced number of programmes • balance of sectorial and territorial dimensions • Integrated Territorial Investments (ITI) • Require appropriate planning, governance and management: most suitable at NUTS-3 levels (counties) and for major cities • LEADER and Community Led Local Development • convenient for local initiatives e.g. micro-regions

  23. Success factors Someex-anteconditionalities • Comprehensive multimodal transport plan • National research and innovation strategy • Active labour marketpolicy (modernise labour market institutions) • Strategies to reduce early school-leaving; to improve tertiary education attainment, quality and efficiency • Strategy for povertyreduction and Roma inclusion • Implementation of EU acquis in wastewater and waste management • Strategicpolicyframework to reinforce administrative efficiency

  24. Approach : Strategic, integrated and coherent Funds and instruments: synergies and coordination Succesfuldelivery Partnership, non-discrimination, sustainabledevelopment

  25. Public procurement, fraud prevention, audit • Public procurementis the single most important domain to ensuresound management of the Funds. • Reinforcecapacities of actors in award and control of contracts • Independence of the Department of Public ProcurementControls • Online procurementprocesses • Implement and reinforce the anti-corruption programme • Independece and professionalism of the audit authority.

  26. COMMISSION Proposals for Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 Agreement on MFF and adoption of new legislative package Timeline Adoption of Partnership agreement and programmes Position paper and launch event Commission proposal for a Multiannual Financial Framework Common Strategic Framework Communication from the Commission 2014 Dec. 2011 June 2011 Oct. 2011 Oct-Nov. 2012 First semester 2013 end 2013 HUNGARY Negotiations, submission of Partnership agreement and programmes Informal dialogue, technical meetings, draft documents

  27. Thank you for your attention!

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