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Strategic Report 2013 on programme implementation 2007-2013. REGIO B2 – Evaluation and European Semester. Key points. The 2013 report is based on 27 national strategic reports ( NSRs ). Key messages
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Strategic Report 2013 on programme implementation 2007-2013 REGIO B2 – Evaluation and European Semester
Key points The 2013 report isbased on 27 national strategic reports (NSRs). Key messages • CP ismaking important contributions to growth and jobs and towards the objectives set • Implementation has acceleratedwithout important outputs • The policy has shown a capacity to adapt to changingneeds • Significant outputs and results are stillexpected … but needredoubling of delivery efforts as there are risks in some MS and someThemes
Focus of NSRs 2012 • Assessing impact of the economic and financial crisis on the programmes and response • Contribution to Europe 2020 and Growth Compact • Programmes implementation – evidence on the performance and effectiveness • Conclusions and input to the next round
Crisis Impacts - I • Timing and severity of shocksvary in the EU27 … • "… crisis has emphasisedprevious structural weaknesses …" • Divergent views on relevance for Cohesionpolicy • Northern MS (RCE): CP providesuseful, stable and strategicplatform; strategystill relevant • EU12: Main challenge isdelivery of unprecedentedinvestment programmes • Southern MS: Macro economicimbalancesdominate, with CP seen as essential support to investment • Signs of increasingregionaldisparitites
Crisis Impacts - II • Decreasing demand/delivery: Innovative SME measures, size of projects reduced, longer delivery periods, ICB and TA • Increasing demand: Labour Market measures, access to finance, RTD Infra (EU12) • Stress on capacity in administrationsto deliver • Conflicts / uncertainties / delaysarisinglinked to changingframeworkconditions, structural reforms and austerity programmes
Crisis responses • Thematic reprogramming: • 2012 Youth / SME Action teams (8 MS) • National midtermreview (FR) • National Performance reserve (PL) • Italy – Cohesion Action plan 2011 • Crisisresponses – PT, EL • Anti-Crisis measures • Reduced national co-financing
Thematic reprogramming overview2007 – Dec 2012 • € 35.7 bnreallocatedformally by MS / Commission between 86 themes (10.3% of all 3 funds) • By FUND • ERDF/CF – 30.2 bn out of 270 bn - 11.2% • ESF – 5.5 bn out of 76.6 bn - 7.1% • It iscomprised of • Transferswithin major themes … i.e. betweendifferent RTDI categories • And between major themes … transfersfrom "Human capital" to "Labour Market"
Anti-crisis measures • Increase EU advancepayments 2009 welcomed; • Expendituredeclarationrelated to unapproved Major projects; • Simplification of national / progrmameprocedures: i.e. payment of advances to projects • Reduction in National public co-financing (last resort) – Top up for programme countries
Co-finance reprogrammingreduction of National effort • Starting point: €347 bn EU + €143 bn National public • National public now €128 bnat end 2012 €15 bnlower (-10.6%) • Concentratedmainly in MS in EL, ES, IT, IE, LT, LV, PT, RO - countries severelyaffected by the crisis • Objective is to securewithCohesionpolicyinvestmentwithlower national co-financing (Separately, results of the mid-term verification of additionality 2007-2013 - COM(2013) 104 – based on data 2007-2010 - Link)
Rates of reduction in National Public co-financing – end 2012
II. Contribution to Europe 2020 and Compact for Growth • In their reports MS recognise the importance of Cohesion Policy in support of growth and jobs across multiple fields, i.e. ESF support for essential labour marketresponsesduringcrisis and other structural reforms • Libsonearmarkingexercise: isstill relevant under the Smart and Inclusive pillars of Europe 2020 • Compact for Growth: Several reports referexplicitly to the Compact and many more to importance of Cohesion Policy for growth and job creation.
Examples of EUROPE 2020 contributions from MS - I Cohesionpolicyplays a central role for many MS in sustaininggrowthenhancinginvestments. ERDF has been instrumental in • Support to RTD and Innovation • Support to SME and efforts to improveaccess to finance • SustainableEnergy (energyefficiency esp.) • Essential support to structural reforms in Rail, water sector, education and health.
Examples of EUROPE 2020 contributions from MS – II ESF has been a key tool to preserveemployment and containunemployment Specificexamplesfrom MS reports include • Youthunemployment • Supportingmoderisation of education system • Reforms of active labour marketpolicies • Supporting public administration reforms
Lisbon earmarking • Stillapplies … and the themesfeatured are very relevant for growth and jobs • Commission istrackingit for all MS • In Convergence programmes the rate of selection of Lisbonearmarkedprojectsisbehind the rate for non-Lisbon – 67% vs 76% • In RCE programmes "Lisbon" projectselectionisahead – 77% vs 75%
Convergence Obj. 2007-11Rate of selection of the Lisbon and Non Lisbon priorities
RCE Obj. 2007-11Rate of selection of the Lisbon vs Non Lisbon priorities
2012 Compact for Growth • European Council June 2012 emphasised the role of Cohesionpolicy in the context of growth and jobs • Nearly 55 bn € in 2013 installments have now been committed - all EU budget commitmentsnowavailable to MS • Some MS stillfinalisingprojectselectionin 2013 • 2012 Youth / SME Action teams have helped 8 MS to accelerated & refocus on these (and other) themes • OverallthematicReprogramming 2007-2012 = 35.6 bn €
III. Evidence of performance and effectiveness • MS reports provideoftendetailed narratives of financialtracking / performance in National context • In addition to these qualitative assessments the Commission has lookedatavailablemeasures of implementationthatcanbeaggregated • ERDF/CF Coreindicators - ESF Beneficairy data • Evaluation results • Payment data • Project selection data
III. Evidence of performance and effectiveness – Key messages • ERDF/CF: important increases in reported outputs / resultsin 2011 compared to previousyears • ESF High number of participations – 15 million per yearin 2010 and 2011 – covering all target groups • Interimpaymentdeclaredamount to 42% of availablecredits (01/2013) • Selection of projects @end 2011 stoodat 246 bn € - 71% (Latestestimateis 304 bn € - 88% at end 2012)
Core Indicators : Key Results – ERDF/CF Achieved (see Factsheets) Programmes accelerating, significant progress against nearly all core indicators in 2011 (2012) • Job Creation - 400 000 in 2007-11 (187 000 in 2011 alone) of which • 15 600 RTD jobs • 167 000 jobs in SME • 53 240 RTD projects • 53 160 Startups • 1.9 m served by Broadband • 1 222 MW of renewableelectricity • 2.6 m served by drinking water; 5.7 m connected to waste water treatment
Job Creation commentary • "Direct, permanent jobs created (FTE) thatled to increase in total N° jobs in beneficiary" • There are clearlagsbetweenselection, spending and a resultssuch as jobs created … jobs normallyrealised / reported on projectcompletion • This is a snapshot … next photo in Junethisyear • Strongasymeteries in MS reporting… some MS report high job creationN°s… someunderreporting? • REGIO expert evaluation network lookingat MS practices to betterunderstand and help improvereliability
ESF: Progress Achieved • Key data on ESF support - based on Beneficiary data • Gender • Employmentstatus • Education level • Vulnerable groups • Age • and evaluations
Allocated (2007-2011) vs Paymentspresented to Comm (to 01/2013)
Allocated vs Payments NB: The cut off dates are different – end-2011 vs 01/2013 • Translatingallocations intospendingisuneven: ratio • 42% of budget declared in interimpayments • Strong variations across MS • With 32 Monthsleft to end 2015 there are growingrisks for some MS thatspendingwill not take place and not result in benefits
Thematic trends • Data from end-2011 already 15 Monthsold … long time lag • Persistent sectoraldelaysin some MS clear • Rail, • Energy (renewables), • Broadband, • Capacity Building, Etc; • Growingsigns of over / underprogramming not reflected in formalreprogramming;
III. Evidence of performance and effectiveness – conclusions : • A lot done … muchyet to do !! • Important volume of projectselectionneeded in some MS in 2012-13 • Risks in certain MS in specificthematic areas, I&RTD, IT services, Rail, Other transport, Renewables, Inst. Capacity building • High focus stillneeded on implementation 2007-13 – atriskwithlaunch of new programmes?
13 Thematic factsheets - contents • Outline of activitiessupportedundereachbroadtheme(the themesapproximate to someextent the Thematic Objectives 2014-2020) • Examples of 70 projects on the groundacross the 13 themes – 45 from the National Reports • Financial input … projectselection by theme and code – EU average and National rates • Outputs and results … coreindicators ERDF/ CF … Beneficaries of ESF …
13 Thematic Factsheets • (1) Innovation and R&D • (2) ICT • (3) Other SME and business support • (4) Energy • (5) Environment • (6) Rail • (7) Road • (8) Other transport • (9) Urban and territorial development(Urban dimension, culture, heritage and tourism ETC, Macro regional and transnational ESF) • (10) Labour market • (11) Social inclusion and social infrastructure • (12) Human capital • (13) Institutional capacity building
IV. Pointers for the future: conclusions - I Period 2007-2013 • Clear potential and recognition of CP contribution • … and flexibility in context of the crisis • Growing evidence of delivery • Significant implementation effort still required … from projects, intermediate bodies, MAs • Delays in important areas in some MS to be addressed • Exceptional reductions in national co-financing could be considered where needed, • - Targeting high priority areas • - Earmarking released national resources on growth
IV. Pointers for the future: conclusions - I Period 2014-2020 • Some MS draw lessons for future priorities and flexibility in context of the crisis • need to avoiddelays in agreeing and launching new programmes • More evaluationsneeded of current programmes to help for future • ERDF /CF Coreindicators are useful but not robustlyused in all cases … AIR 2012 new opprotunity • Commission believes limitations of current programmes justifies key new elements in programming for the future
References • Communciation Com (2013)210: • Staff Working document SEC(2013)1 • This Website: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/how/policy/strategic_report_en.cfm • - National reports • - 13 ThematicFactsheets: • - Excel tables • Expert Evaluation Report 2012: LINK