EU Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 8 December 2011 DG REGIO I2

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EU Cohesion Policy 2014-20208 December
2011DG REGIO I2 Bulgaria
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Components effectiveness cohesion policy

• Alignment of cohesion policy with Europe 2020
• Reinforced strategic programming
• Thematic concentration
• Conditionality
• Stronger focus on results
• Streamlined delivery system

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Thematic Objectives to Deliver Europe 2020

1. Research, technological development innovation
2. Information communication technologies
3. Competitiveness SMEs
4. Low-carbon economy
5. Climate change adaptation, risk prevention
   management
6. Environment protection resource efficiency
7. Sustainable transport removing transport
   network bottlenecks
8. Employment labour mobility
9. Social inclusion combating poverty
10. Education, skills lifelong learning
11. Institutional capacity efficient public
    administration

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Thematic Objectives Investment priorities

• Common Strategic Framework ? Thematic objectives
• Thematic objective ? Investment priorities
  (Fund-specific)
• Link Cohesion policy actions to a thematic
  objective
• Less developed Member States/ regions may focus
  on a larger number of thematic objectives and/or
  investment priorities
• Example
• Thematic objective Promoting climate change
  adaptation, risk prevention and management
• Investment priorities (ERDF)
• supporting dedicated investment for adaptation to
  climate change
• promoting investment to address specific risks,
  ensuring disaster resilience and developing
  disaster management systems

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Application of ex-ante conditionality
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Thematic ex ante road rail

• Comprehensive national transport plan covering
  core and comprehensive TEN-T
• Rail investments cover mobile assets,
  interoperability and capcity building
• Criteria for fulfillment
• Prioritisation investments contributing to
  mobility, sustainability, reduction GHG, single
  EU transport area
• Realistic/mature project pipeline (timetable,
  budget, )
• SEA
• Measures strengthening capacity beneficiaries to
  deliver projects

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THE COMMON STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK ERDF, ESF, CF,
EAFRD, EMFF
EU level
THE PARTNERSHIP CONTRACT ERDF, ESF, CF, EAFRD,
EMFF
National level
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
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Partnership Contract

• Prepared at national level with close involvement
  of partners
• Agreed between the Commission and Member State,
  includes
• Contribution CSF Funds achieving thematic
  objectives Europe 2020
• Main results expected
• An integrated approach for territorial
  development supported by the CSF Funds
• Effective implementation involvement of
  partners, ex-ante conditionalities, performance
  framework, additionality
• Arrangements for efficient implementation
  administrative capacity, administrative burden
  reduction

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Programming

• Integrated programme approach
• Possibility multifund programmes combining ERDF,
  ESF and the Cohesion Fund
• Priority Axis
• Main unit for management and reporting, budget,
  co-financing rate
• Corresponding to only one thematic objective.
• Corresponding to one or more investment
  priorities.
• Monofund (although OPs can be multi-fund)

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Reduction of travel time
Specific objective Enhancing mobility between
small towns and big cities and towards
international border crossing points
Investment priority Enhancing regional mobility
through connecting secondary and tertiary nodes
to TEN-T infrastructure

• Description of actions needed
• Enhancing the capacity of roads A and B
• Building multi-level intersections in areas x and
  y
• Connecting railway track A to track B

• Km of road upgraded
• Km of new railway line
• No of intersections constructed

• Categories of intervention
• Railways (TEN-T comprehensive)
• Secondary road links to TEN-T road network and
  nodes
• Other national and regional roads

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Multi annual Financial Framework EU Cohesion
Policy

• Budget limited in size commitment level 2013 x 7
  years 1025 billion in 2011 prices 1.05 of
  EU GNI
• Cohesion policy EUR 336 mln (2007-13 EUR 355
  mln)
• Less developed regions NUTS 2 GDP/head lt 75 EU
  27 average (all of Bulgaria)
• Most recent data July 2006
• Total allocation EUR 162.6 billion over 64
  regions with 119 million inhabitants
• Cohesion Fund EUR 68.7 billion (lt 90 GNI/head)
• Less developed regions 162.6 (transition regions
  39, more developed regions 53.1, cooperation 11.7
• Connecting Europe facility 40.0

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Maximum support level - capping 

• Maximum level transfer Funds (ERDF, CF, ESF) to
  MS 2.5 GDP (now 4 GDP)
• Lower absorption problems, national co-financing
• Yet share new MS (EU12) increases 51 ? 57 or
  EYR 249 to EUR 264 cap/year
• 25 ESF less developed regions (BG now 27)
• gt 50 ERDF to energy efficiency and renewable
  energy, research innovation, competitiveness
  SMEs

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Cohesion Fund investments

• Focus on sustainable transport and removing
  bottlenecks in key network infrastructures, by
• supporting a multi-modal Single European
  Transport Area by investing in TEN-T
• developing environment-friendly and low-carbon
  transport systems including promoting sustainable
  urban mobility
• developing comprehensive, high quality and
  interoperable railway systems and
• strengthening institutional capacity and raising
  efficiency of public administrations and public
  services implementing the Cohesion Fund.

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New TEN-T Guidelines

• Core and comprehensive networks
• To be completed by 2050 (comprehensive) and 2030
  (core).
• Core network nodes, connections with
  neighbouring countries' transport infrastructure
  networks.
• Intelligent transport systems, bridging missing
  links and removing bottlenecks, notably in
  cross-border sections, removing administrative
  and technical barriers (interoperability,
  competition), integration transport modes.
• Low-carbon transport (rail and urban public
  transport), facilitating interconnections between
  transport modes such as rail, air, inland
  waterway, road and maritime infrastructure.
• Railway transport infrastructure high-speed and
  conventional railway lines, freight terminals and
  logistic platforms, ITS and ERTMS.

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TEN-T Comprehensive Core Roads, ports,
rail-road terminals, airports
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Railways, ports rail-road terminals
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Budget, time, policy and capacity constraints
negotiation priorities

• Budget BG government estimates EUR 9 billion.
• Time only 7-9 years in a programming period.
  Core TEN-T 2030, comprehensive 2050.
• Other sources of financing to realise transport
  agenda national budget, EIB and public-private
  partnerships.
• Policy perspective new programming period
  favours investments rail multi-modal transfer
  nodes. BG will have to reduce ambitions regarding
  financing road construction

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Timeline

• Jan 2012 EC Communication on Common Strategic
  Framework
• Jan March 2012 Public consultation on
  Communication
• June 2012 Commission proposal for CSF
• 2012-2013 Dialogue COM-MS on Partnership
  Contracts and OPs
• Adoption legislative package, immediate entry
  into force
• 3 months COM adopts CSF
• 6 months MS to transmit Partnership Contracts
  and OPs (incl. ex-ante evaluations) COM to make
  observations within 3 months, adoption within 6
  months PC to be adopted before OPs.
• 9 months ETC programmes to be submitted to COM
• PCs can already be adopted before 2014

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Further information

• Available on DG REGIO website at
• http//ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/index_en.cfm