Transcript Innovation Union & National Reform Programmes

Preparation of the National Reform
Programmes in the context of Europe 2020
Gerard de Graaf SG
Pierre Vigier RTD.C3
Two pillars structure
• Integrated macro-economic surveillance:
– Objective: stable macroeconomic environment conducive to
sustained and balanced growth
– Actors: MOEs/MOFs, coordinated by DG ECFIN and steered by
ECOFIN
– Instruments: Multilateral fiscal and macro-financial surveillance
and preventive guidance
• Thematic coordination:
– Objective: smart, sustainable and inclusive growth
– Actors: Relevant ministries and DGs (e.g. Research)
coordinated at national and EU level and steered by relevant
Council formations (e.g. COMPET)
– Instruments: Flagship initiatives, monitoring of growthenhancing reforms and Community leviers
European Semester in steady state
January
European
Commission
February
March
Debate &
orientations
European
Parliament
Debate &
orientations
Member
States
May
Spring
forecast
Annual
Growth
Survey
Council of
Ministers
European
Council
April
June
July
Proposals for policy
guidance
(invitations /
recommendations)
Finalisation &
adoption of
guidance
Annual
economic
summit
Autumn:
Peer
review at
EU level
Endorsement
of guidance
Adoption of National
Reform Programmes
(NRPs) & Stability and
Convergence
Programmes (SCPs)
Autumn:
Decisions
at national
level
Framework for reforming national systems
• Headline indicators (EU and national):
 R&D intensity targets
 Innovation indicator
• Europe 2020 Integrated Guidelines (EU):
 IGn°4: Optimising support for R&D and innovation,
strengthening the knowledge triangle and unleashing the
potential of the digital economy
• Self-assessment tool (Member States):
 Review national research and innovation systems using a set
of commonly agreed policy features
 Identify key challenges and critical reforms
Operational guidelines for NRPs
• Content and format:
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Political statement
Macro-economic scenario
Macro-economic surveillance
Thematic coordination: Key measures to attain each national target
Horizontal and methodological issues
• Implementation and monitoring:
 Robust monitoring tools
 Exchange of good practice
 Involvement of social partners and other stakeholders
 Specific provisions for 2010: light NRP
 Outline key challenges
 Present priority reforms to support growth
Different institutional competences
• Commission:
 proposes and implements EU level measures
 assists Member States with their reform process and support
the exchange of good practice
 monitors & reports (annually) on progress achieved
 (where appropriate) proposes country-specific
recommendations to assist Member States
• ERAC, in coordination with EPG:
 fosters progress by MS in implementing Innovation Union
• Competitiveness Council:
 meets once per semester as "Innovation Council“ to take stock
of progress and identify new needs
 takes decisions, eg on flagship actions
 provides input for the Spring European Council
Possible roles of ERAC/ EPG in Europe 2020
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ERAC and EPG to advise Member States as well as
Commission and Council
Distinguish activities linked to the annual Europe
2020 cycle from those related to the development
of ERA and the evidence base
Deliver clear added value by focusing involvement
on a selected number of Europe 2020 milestones
Possible milestones for ERAC/EPG input
1. Annual report on progress of Innovation Union
adopted by Commission (Autumn)
 ERAC and EPG consulted on the overall orientation of the
report during its preparation
 ERAC and EPG to undertake a policy mutual learning
exercise just after its adoption
2. Commission's Annual Growth Survey adopted early
each year
 ERAC and EPG to discuss implication for R&I policies
3. Competitiveness Council preceding the Spring
European Council (“Innovation Council”)
 ERAC and EPG to prepare a timely input to COMPET in
relation with EPC (similar to EPC -> ECOFIN)
Possible implementation modalities
• Creation of a joint ERAC-EPG sub-group
 Objective: assess progress with implementation of Europe
2020 in the area of research and innovation, identifying
bottlenecks and exploring solutions
 Composition: senior officials involved in NRPs and Innovation
Union at national level
 Reporting: both to ERAC and EPG
• Adaptation and use of ERAC instruments
 Policy mutual learning exercises: to be organised along a
limited number (3 or 4) of key challenges drawn from NRPs
 Peer reviews: methodology to be adapted to reflect the selfassessment tool (pilot exercise in Slovenia)