Transcript Reformed Partnership and Multi-Level Governance

Reformed Partnership
and Multi-Level
Governance
Ana Maria Dobre
Political Administrator
General Council Secretariat
[email protected]
Cohesion Policy:
The Legislative Package 2014 - 2020
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The Commission presented its proposal on 11 October 2011
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The Cohesion Policy Package consists out of the following six
legislative proposals:
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Regulation laying down common provisions on the ERDF, the ESF, the
CF, the EAFRD and the EMFF covered by a Common Strategic
Framework
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Regulation on the European Social Fund (ESF)
Regulation on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Regulation on the Cohesion Fund (CF)
Regulation on a European grouping of territorial cooperation (EGTC)
Regulation for the support from the ERDF to the European territorial
cooperation goal (ETC)
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The legislative package 2014 – 2020 was adopted at a 1st reading on 16
December 2013 after more than 2 years of negotiations.
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The legislative package 2014 - 2020: the
Main Elements of Reform
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The new Cohesion Policy focuses on an integrated approach with a Common
Strategic Framework applicable to the three major Cohesion Policy Funds, but
also to the Rural Development Fund (EAFRD) and the Maritime and Fisheries
Fund (EMFF) in order to foster greater coordination and coherent planning of
Union investments.
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Thematic concentration on the Europe 2020 objectives is another main element
also with a view to guaranteeing better and more focused spending.
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A new category of transition regions in between the less developed regions and
the more developed regions.
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The reformed partnership principle and multi-level governance approach with an
increased role of the subnational actors in the process of shaping decisionmaking
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Partnership Agreements as strategic documents preparing the programming
period in cooperation with partners and dialogue with the Commission
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The legislative package 2014 - 2020:
the Main Elements of Reform
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Result-orientation is another key concept in the reformed Cohesion Policy, namely
programmes will be evaluated upon targets and indicators, while failure to meet those
targets might lead to suspension of payments or financial corrections.
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6 % of the Cohesion Policy national allocations will be set aside in a performance
reserve. Following a performance review in 2019, the reserve is to be allocated only
to the best-performing programmes (in each Member State) that have attained their
pre-set milestones.
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Ex-ante conditionalities: funding will be conditional on covering minimum set of
prerequisites in the form of fulfilment criteria in order to prepare the ground for
effective and efficient future investments
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Macroeconomic conditionality: establishes the link between Cohesion funding and the
new economic governance. The reformed Cohesion Policy has extended the scope of
application of macroeconomic conditionality to all 5 European Structural and
Investment Funds (ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund, EAFRD, EMFF).
Reformed Partnership and MLG
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Article 5 - The tip of the iceberg and outcome of interinstitutional negotiations
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Several Layers of measures to ensure that partnership is
organised in each Member State
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The organisation of partnership for the preparation of the
Partnership Agreements
Competent regional and local authorities are given a prominent
role in this process, in which however other partners are also to
be included.
Partners shall be involved in the preparation and implementation
of programmes.
The introduction of the European code of conduct to support
Member States in the organisation of partnership, by setting out
a framework for it.
Between Reinforcing and Broadening
partnership
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Reinforcing: The partnership principle is
reinforced at all stages of the policy making
and implementation
Broadening: the concept is broadened to
include a variety of public authorities
economic and social partners and
representatives of civil society, including inter
alia environmental partners and NGOs.
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From Conception to Implementation
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During implementation, the partnership
principle will involve:
 Constant
cooperation with the partners
referred to in Article 5
 Enhancing monitoring and evaluation systems
in order to allow strategic discussions on the
directions the policy takes, on the ways public
money is spent!
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The Code of Conduct on Partnership
The Code of conduct is to support Member
States in implementing the partnership
principle
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practices in involving partners during
preparation of Partnership Agreement and
programmes, internal procedures in
monitoring committees, etc.
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Other Elements of Reform: CLLD
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The introduction of the Community-led
local development:
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focused on specific subregional areas
led by local actions groups or representatives of
public and private socio-economic actors
carried out through integrated and multi-sectorial
area-based local development strategies
designed to take into account local needs
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Further Challenges for the 2014-2020
implementation period
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This strong revised partnership approach is
aimed at bringing a better understanding of
the role of the reformed Cohesion policy for
the whole of the EU
However numerous challenges remain on the
ground:
 Different
state and territorial organisations with
different competences
 Different methods of consultation of partners and
cooperation
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