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1 Regional Policy Future of Cohesion Policy and Investments in Health Christopher Todd, Head of Unit, Slovakia European Commission, Directorate General for Regional Policy http://ec.europa.eu./comm/regional_policy

2 Regional Policy

3 Europe 2020 Strategy Challenges Cohesion Policy: key role to achieve EU 2020 goals Europe 2020 Strategy – a new strategy for Europe Smart growth Growth for all Sustainable growth EU Member States will propose national targets for 2011 Future Cohesion Policy must be aligned with Europe 2020 Funding will remain concentrated in less developed regions

4 Regional Policy Reinforcing the Strategic Programming Thematic Menu Common Strategic Framework - covers cohesion, rural development and fisheries policies and coordination with other EU instruments Partnership Contract – contains thematic objectives, investment priorities, conditionalities, performance framework

5 Regional Policy A menu of thematic objectives Research & innovation Information and communication technologies (ICT) Competitiveness of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) Shift towards a low-carbon economy Climate change adaptation & risk prevention and management Environmental protection & resource efficiency Sustainable transport & removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures Employment & supporting labour mobility Social inclusion & combating poverty Education, skills & lifelong learning Institutional capacity building & efficient public administrations

6 Regional Policy Reinforcing Performance & Results Ex-ante conditionality Conditions to be fulfilled prior to submission of Partnership Contracts and operational programmes Directly related to the thematic objectives or horizontal conditions of effectiveness Conditionalities must be fulfilled within two years of the approval of the Partnership Contract or by end of 2016 Non-fulfilment of conditionalities at the time of the adoption of the programmes or by the deadline outlined above constitutes a basis for suspension of payments

7 Regional Policy Regulatory package 2014-2020 Ex-ante conditionality Health: The existence of a national or regional strategy for health ensuring access to quality health services and economic sustainability Contains coordinated measures to improve access to quality health services; contains measures to stimulate efficiency in the health sector, including through deployment of effective innovative: technologies, service delivery models and infrastructure; contains a monitoring and review system. A Member State or region has adopted a framework outlining available budgetary resources for health care.

8 Regional Policy Regulatory package 2014-2020 ERDF Investment priorities All thematic objectives can be supported by the ERDF The regulation includes, for every thematic objective: A definitive list of investment priorities which set the aims for intervention by the Fund Example  Thematic objective: promoting social inclusion and combating poverty:  Investment priorities: (a) investing in health and social infrastructure which contribute to national,regional and local development, reducing inequalities in terms of health status, and transition from ins t itutional to community-based services;

9 Regional Policy Elements of the Common Strategic Framework Thematic objectives and key actions – the role of the CSF funds in relation to Europe 2020 Coherence and consistency with EU economic governance Reinforcing coordination and integration among the CSF Funds and with other EU policies and instruments Horizontal principles and policy objectives Meeting the territorial challenges of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth Annex setting out for each thematic objective: targets and policy objectives, key actions, implementation principles, coordination and complementarity Annex setting out priorities for cooperation activities

10 Regional Policy Thematic objective: promoting social inclusion and combating poverty: Key actions for the ESF: Enhancing access to affordable, sustainable and high-quality services, including health care and social services of general interest: – enhanced access to affordable, sustainable and high-quality healthcare with a view to reducing health inequalities, supporting health prevention and promoting e-health, including through targeted actions focused on particularly vulnerable groups; – enhanced access to affordable, sustainable and high-quality social services such as employment and training services, services for the homeless, out of school care, childcare and long-term care services; – targeted early-childhood education and care services, including integrated approaches combining childcare, education, health and parental support, with a particular focus on the prevention of children's placement in institutional care; – access to e-services to promote e-inclusion; – support for the transition from institutional care to community-based care services for children without parental care, people with disabilities, the elderly, and people with mental disorders, with a focus on integration between health and social services.

11 Regional Policy Thematic objective: promoting social inclusion and combating poverty: Key actions for the ERDF: – investment in health and social infrastructure to improve access to health and social services and reduce health inequalities, with special attention to marginalised groups, such as the Roma and those at risk of poverty; – infrastructure investments that contribute to the modernisation, structural transformation and sustainability of health systems, leading to measurable improvements in health outcomes, including e-health measures; – targeted infrastructure investments to support the shift from institutional to community based care, which enhances access to independent living in the community with high quality services -support infrastructure investments in childcare, elderly care and long-term care. – support for the physical and economic regeneration of deprived urban and rural communities including the Roma, which reduces the spatial concentration of poverty, including the promotion of integrated plans where social housing is accompanied notably by interventions in education, health including sport facilities for local residents and employment;

12 Regional Policy For more information InfoRegio: ec.europa.eu/inforegio RegioNetwork: www.regionetwork2020.eu


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