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Structural Policy and Economic Analysis Unit

The Structural Policy and Economic Analysis Unit, comprised of 12 employees, focuses on providing DG MARE with rigorous economic insights into the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). Key responsibilities include facilitating cooperation with external experts, executing structural policy actions across Member States, and assessing the socio-economic impact of regulatory changes, such as those related to northern hake and IUU fishing. The unit aims to improve data collection on social dimensions in fisheries, developing a strategic approach to socio-economic issues and enhancing the overall effectiveness of fisheries management.

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Structural Policy and Economic Analysis Unit

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  1. Structural Policy and Economic Analysis Unit

  2. Growing in stature • Currently 12 employees • Currently 4 major areas of responsibility

  3. Task 1 • Provide DG MARE units with the analytical means to give economic rigour to all aspects of the CFP • Assist with the concept of policy changes and re-orientation, and oversee that economic and social effects of measures are thoroughly and consistently evaluated • Assist in facilitating improved cooperation with external experts and organisations that deal with economic aspects of fisheries management and policy

  4. Task 2 • Carry out horizontal actions in the area of structural policy • Define general policy in this area and coordinate and ensure consistency between actions taken in the various Member States both with the programming and execution phases • Ensure coordination with other EU structural funds • Supervise, coordinate and finance technical assistance actions at EU level

  5. Tasks 3 • Structural Policy tasks involve the execution of the EFF programmes initiated by Member States • Most important are perhaps the actions envisaged under Axis 4, where the Commission is actively working closely with Member States on a number of fronts.

  6. Task 4 • Undertake impact assessment of new regulations • Undertake socio-economic impact assessments of policy options on long term management plans, (e.g. northern hake, cod), IUU fishing, discard policy, shark action plan etc • Undertake assessments of economic performance of fleets, impacts of fuel prices, vessel decommissioning, subsidies, management reflections, etc • With a direct link now established with structural policy, this will become a more strategic part of the units work  • Improve data - for social data this area needs further work • Baltic cod community profiling work showed a lot of promise

  7. The Social Dimension • Social dimension difficult to assess and often limited to estimating direct employment involved in a fishery that could potentially be impacted by changing regulations • Data supplied through the DCR and does not necessarily reflect the number of jobs lost or the definite impact on specific communities • Some social assessments made for northern hake long term management plan last year • IFM undertook study on Baltic cod fishing communities • Work in hand by University of Helsinki on socio-economic impact assessment of Baltic salmon action plan, based on Bayesian modelling and a sociological belief-modelling approach – interesting results 

  8. Important that your group develops its approach to socio-economic issues, and doing so, also ensuring that it finds synergies with our own work here in Brussels.

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