EC presentation on position paper uk

Position Paper UKPosition of the Commission Services on

the Development of the Partnership Agreement and Programmes in the UK for

the period 2014-2020

José Palma Andrés – Director, DG Regional and Urban PolicyPeter Stub Jorgensen – Director, DG Employment

Armando Astudillo Gonzalez – DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

Jean-Bernard Benhaiem, DG Agriculture and Rural Development

London, 6 December 2012

Contents

A. Context

B. Challenges and Priorities relevant to Funds

C. Priorities for European Territorial Cooperation

D. Success Factors for Effective Delivery

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A. Context

Common Strategic Framework• Strategic, integrated, coordinated and coherent

approach• Thematic concentration• Focus on results• Cooperation• Simplification

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THE COMMON STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK ERDF, ESF, EAFRD, EMFF

THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTERDF, ESF, EAFRD, EMFF

Operational Programmes for

ERDF (incl. ETC)ESF

EMFFEAFRD

EU level

National level

Context 4

Socio-economic Situation UK

• UK GDP per capita 108% of the EU-27• Large regional disparities: between and within

regions• Unemployment: 7.9%. Youth unemployment

20.4%• 80% population urban area• Biggest contributors to growth expected: private

consumption, business and dwelling investment

Context 5

Selection Europe 2020 headline targets

Europe 2020 headline targets Current situation UK

National 2020 target - NRP

3% of EU GDP to be invested in research and development

1.77% No target in NRP

20% energy from renewables 2.9% 15%

75% population aged 20-64 should be employed

73.6% No target in NRP

Reduction in number of people in EU at risk of poverty or social exclusion by al least 20 million

Increase from 13.5m to 14.2m between 2007 and 2010

No target in NRP

Context 6

Why a Position Paper?• Context: closer alignment - Europe 2020

strategy and Country Specific Recommendations

• Pro-active approach: early stage information on Commission services' position on Member States' priorities for 2014-2020

• Commission's view on development needs, challenges and priorities

• Framework for dialogue between Commission services and Member States

7Context

B. Challenges and Priorities relevant to the Funds

Decreasing labour market opportunities and increasing risk of social exclusion

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Significant labour market challenges

Low labour market participation of young people, (NEETs) / increase of part-time or temporary jobs.

High number of low skilled workers, for whom demand is falling.

Gender gap in type of employment/ large proportion of part-time and fixed-term contracts.

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Significant labour market challenges

• Increasing early school leaving (currently 14.9%)

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Significant social inclusion challenges

• Insufficiently flexible and expensive full-time pre-school child care.

• Increasing (2007-10) No of people at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion.

• Secong highest rate of workless households in Europe (17.3% in 2011).

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Increase labour market participation through improved labour market and education policies and reducing the risk of social exclusion

Funding priority

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Priorities and specific objectives• 1. Integration of young people, especially

of (NEETs) into the labour market

SMEs take up more young apprentices. Business starts-ups for young people. Youth guarantee for young people. Young people without basic skills get access to

state funded training.

Promoting Employment and Supporting labour mobility

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Priorities and specific objectives

2. Access to employment and support for labour mobility:

Support unemployed, economically inactive and multiple disadvantaged.Increase employability of the long term-unemployed.Employment in rural and coastal areas.

Promoting Employment and Supporting labour mobility

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Priorities and specific objectives• Active inclusion:

Reduce the number of people at risk of poverty and exclusion.

Increase employability of inactive and multiple disadvantaged.

Facilitating access to childcare services.

Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty

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Priorities and specific objectives

• 1. Lifelong learning and skills upgrade Increase apprenticeships for young people. Improve quality of vocational training. Increase advanced and higher-level skills. Involve more SME's. Encourage adaptation in some sectors and

regions. Access to vocational training to people with

poor basic skills.

Investing in education, skills and lifelong learning

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Priorities and specific objectives

2. Support vocational training in the agricultural, fisheries and forestry sectors.

3. Reduce early school-leaving.

Investing in education, skills and lifelong learning

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Challenge: Stagnant investment in R&D&Iand low availability of finance to the private sector (especially SMEs)

•Stagnating investment in R&I in recent years

•Translating knowledge into new products and intellectual capital, commercialising research

•Access to funding for SMEs

Challenges and Priorities… 18

Priority: Promoting R&D investment and the competitiveness of the business sector

• Support business investment in R&D&I and enhance the effective commercialisation of basic research and the cooperation between research and economic sectors

• Support innovative production and consumption patterns which minimise negative impact on environment

• Increase SME competitiveness and back entrepreneurship, particularly in export-related sectors, through provision of funding (non-bank and business advisory services)

Challenges and Priorities… 19

Priority: Promoting R&D investment and the competitiveness of the business sector

Thematic objective: Strengthening research, technological development and innovation

Challenges and Priorities… 20

Priority: Promoting R&D investment and the competitiveness of the business sector

Thematic objective: Enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs, the agricultural sector and the fisheries and aquaculture sector

Country specific recommendation: Improve the availability of bank and non-bank financing to the private sector and in particular to SMEs

Challenges and Priorities… 21

Challenge: Inefficient use of resources

•Share of renewable energy sources in final consumption should increase

•Preservation of natural resources, quality and availability of water resources, soil quality and erosion

•Sustainable use of marine resources for the further development of the country's blue economy•Economically viable adaptation of the fisheries sector to current, social and environmental sustainability challenges

Challenges and Priorities… 22

Priority: Promoting an enviromentally friendly and resource-efficient economy

• Promote growth and sustainable living through invesments in urban transport and connectivity

• Support energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy

• Improve the management and environmental protection of national resources

Challenges and Priorities… 23

Priority: Promoting an enviromentally friendly and resource-efficient economy

Thematic Objective: Supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors

Thematic Objective: Protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency

Challenges and Priorities… 24

C. Priorities for European Territorial Cooperation

Cooperative approaches in coherence with country-specific programmes, eg:•Fostering innovation, eco-innovation, renewable energy, energy efficiency and environmental protection, sharing best practice, etc.•Mobilisation of co-investments - smart specialisation potential of cooperative cluster nodes. Cooperation synergies.•The Atlantic Strategy•Potential PEACE programme

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D. Success Factors for Effective Delivery

• Strategic, integrated, coordinated and coherent approach

• Monitoring and evaluation aligned to new regulatory framework

• Coordination, complementarity and synergy between CSF funds including use of integrated approaches (ITIs, CLLD, etc.)

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Ex-ante conditionalities:

• Smart Specialisation Strategy

• Employment and training-related conditionalities

• Fisheries-related conditionalities (multi-annual strategic plan on aquaculture, administrative capacity for data collection and implementation of an EU control, inspection and enforcement system)

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Monitoring and evaluation

Emphasis should shift from financial absorption to results. This implies building robust monitoring and evaluation capacities, including regional level, to:• Set realiable targets and track physical progress better• Improve alert mechanisms• Carry out in-depth evaluations and translate their

results into corrective measures• Develop sound methodologies to capture the impact of

the interventions

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Integrated approaches to territorial development

• A broad range of instruments are provided for in this regard and should be fully grasped (e.g. Atlantic strategy)

• In order to stimulate ownership, the role of local actors should be enhanced in line with the LEADER experience

• Integrated Territorial Investments allow the flexible implementation of parts of OPs in a cross-cutting manner – their success may critically depend on setting up sound management structures

• Community-led Local Development offers an integrated bottom-up approach in response to complex territorial challenges

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What Next?

• Informal dialogue meetings between Commission and UK

• Submission of draft Partnership Agreement by UK

• negotiation mandate and observations on Partnership Agreement sent to UK by Commission

• Adoption Partnership Agreement

• Submission of draft Programmes

• Observations on Programmes by Commission

• Final deadline for adoption of Programmes

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Next stepsNext steps

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PA adoption

by EC

Second semester

2013

Second semester

2013

Beginningof the official negotiations between EC and the UK

November2012

November2012

Launch UK

November 2012 until

submission PA by MS

November 2012 until

submission PA by MS

Informal dialogue

between EC and the UK -Discussion

on specific areas

PA/OPs

Second semester

2013

Second semester

2013

Q1 2014Q1 2014 First half 2014

First half 2014

Official submission PA and OPs

OPadoption

by EC

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Timing for negotiations

Next steps 32

It is essential to start the preparation of the new programming documents now.

Work should start on: • Ex-ante conditionalities to be fulfilled by the PA and OPs

submission • Ex-ante evaluation to be ready by the PA and OPs

submission • Involvement of all partners from the start ensuring

ownership of the programmes• Discussions, bilateral meetings

by topicsby funds when necessary

Next steps

Thank you.