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Investing in Young People –
macro-regional approach
2nd October 2013, Mariehamn
Ms. Pauliina Haijanen
(FI/EPP) CoR rapporteur on
the EU Strategy for
the Baltic Sea Region and Added
Value of Macro-regions
The Committee of the Regions is the voice of regions
and cities in the European Union.
• 353 members - regional and locally elected representatives from the
28 EU countries.
6 commissions covering competences in the following policy areas
based on the EU Treaties:
– Employment, vocational training, economic and social
cohesion, social policy, health.
– Education and culture.
– Environment, climate change, energy.
– Transport and trans-European networks.
– Civil protection and services of general interests.
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Latest CoR Opinions on Youth and
Unemployment:
• YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PACKAGE
• CULTURAL AND CREATIVE SECTORS FOR
GROWTH AND JOBS
• THE EU SOCIAL INVESTMENT PACKAGE
• ENTREPRENEURSHIP 2020 ACTION PLAN
EUSBSR: facts and figures
EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region
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First macro-regional strategy;
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Based on long history of cooperation;
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Addresses joint shortcomings in the
Region;
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Demands cooperation and
coordination within the MS;
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Explicitly asks for cooperation and
coordination among the Baltic Sea
States (MSs and non-EU MSs);
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Needs continuous political support,
commitment and ownership;
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EUSBSR is fully aligned with the
Europe 2020 Strategy.
European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region
THEN: EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region 2009
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The first macro-regional strategy
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Organised into four thematic
pillars and one horizontal section
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Action Plan (2009) consisted of
15 priority areas and 13
horizontal actions
4 pillars of the EUSBSR to make the
Baltic Sea Region:
1. an environmentally sustainable
place – 5 priority areas
2. a prosperous place – 4 priority
areas
3. an accessible and attractive
place – 3 priority areas
4. a safe and secure place – 3
priority areas
European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region
NOW: EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region 2013
Objectives, priority areas and horizontal actions
EU2020 and EUSBSR
Europe 2020 Strategy vs EUSBSR: objectives/priorities
Smart
growth
• Research/innovation
• Education
• Digital society (ICT)
Save the sea
• PA ‘Nutri’
• PA ‘Hazards’
• PA ‘Bio’
• PA ‘Agri’
• PA ‘Ship’
• PA ‘Safe’
• PA ‘Secure’
Sustainable
growth
• Reducing greenhouse
gas emissions
• Renewable energy,
energy security
• Entrepreneurship
Connect the
region
• PA ‘Transport’
• PA ‘Energy’
• PA ‘Crime’
Inclusive
growth
• Employment (more
and better jobs)
• Investment in skills
and training
• Combat poverty and
social exclusion
Increase
prosperity
• PA ‘Tourism’
• PA ‘Culture’
• PA ‘Internal market’
• PA ‘Innovation’
• PA ‘SMEs’
• PA ‘Health’
• PA ‘Education’
European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region
Priority Area ”Education” – Actions:
• Develope new methods for training entrepreneurship and
innovation
• To meet the challenge of demographic changes and to combat youth
unemployment
• Making lifelong learning and mobility a reality within the BSR
• Enhance cooperation – on a voluntary basis – between the regional
universities of the BSR
• Closer intregration and cooperation of youth policy structures using
the ”structured dialogue” as an influential instrument for involving
young people in decision-making
• Closer integration and cooperation of youth policy structures
• Social inclusion
European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region
EUSBSR Intervention Logic
COMMON STRATEGIC
FRAMEWORK for 2014-2020:
European Structural and
Investment Funds (ERDF, ESF, CF,
EMFF, EAFRD)
EUSBSR
SEED MONEY FACILITIES:
Swedish Institute, IB.SH, CBSS,
Nordic Council of Ministers
OTHER EUROPEAN UNION FUNDS:
Europe 2020
Strategy
FUNDING
Connecting Europe Facility,
Horizon 2020, LIFE + programme,
COSME, Erasmus for all,
new environment action programme, etc.
OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Actions &
Flagship
projects
e.g. International Banks, national,
regional and local funds, private funds
and investments, funding resources
provided by international institutions,
etc.
Draft Opinion of Ms. Haijanen September 2013:
Added Value of Macro-regional Strategies- key points:
• the macro-regional strategy approach has provided definite added
value when it comes to promoting social, economic and regional
cohesion in Europe.
• the EU brings added value to the development and implementation
of macro-regional strategies,
• the European Commission should remain a key strategic
coordinator in macro-regional cooperation between Member
States.
• multi-level governance is a vital aspect of the implementation of
macro-regional strategies
• local and regional actors and civil society actors should be provided
better opportunities to participate in the implementation of macroregional strategies