1. EUROsociAL-Taxation Project financed by the EU A path towards social cohesion Presentation at the General Assembly of the Cadastral Permanent Committee on Cadastre (PCC) 13th June, Hamburg Simon Schnetzer, Eurosocial

2. 2 What is EUROsociAL? A regional co-operation programme between the European Union and Latin America, promoted by the European Commission, whose objective is to enhance the level of social cohesion in five areas: education, health, justice, taxation and employment. The aim of the programme is to strengthen and introduce innovative and proven tools with which to support the process of formulation, implementation and evaluation of public policies. The Programme shall run for a period of 4 years and has a budget of 36,7 million euro € (80% of the finanancing comes from the EU and 20% from the participating institutions).

3. 3 Salient Features The initiative enjoys political support at the highest levels: Summits of Heads of State and Government held in Guadalajara and Vienna. It is public and participative. It is implemented through a partnership between LatinAmerican and European institutions. Identification of supply and demand through sectoral networks. Its Strategic Nature: the Joint Committee consists of the European Commission, IADB, UNDP, ECLA. 33

4. 4 Programme Organisational Structure Executive Scretariat (Coordination Bureau)

5. 5 What is EUROsociAL taxation? A sectoral project of EUROsociAL Its purpose: Influence public policies and institutional (management) practices in Taxation which have an impact on social cohesion through sharing experiences (EU-LA and LA-LA) The project is organised through a consortium comprised of 5 European and 5 LatinAmerican organisations EUROsociAL Taxation began in October 2005, with a budget of more than €8 millon for the period of 4 years

6. 6 Project Organisational Structure Coordination Bureau

7. 7 Direct Target Groups (18 Latin American countries) –Policy makers –Agents who influence political policy making and Senior Officials responsible for their implementation. –Intermediate level policy managers Indirect Target Groups: –Citizens of Latin America –Public Officials who do not directly participate but who benefit from the outcomes: “Training for Trainers”, on- line courses, documentation on the Portal. Beneficiaries

8. 8 Partners Associate Members

9. 9 Thematic Area Coordinators Strategies to encourage tax payers to voluntarily comply with their obligation Detect and remedy tax fraud Strengthen the organisational and managerial capacity of tax administrations Improve tax payments and land registries Structure and streamline the administration Professionalizing the human resource departments Tax Administration and Human Resources IEF, AFIP & DIAN Analysis of fiscal policies (revenue and expenditure) currently in force in the different political contexts and the impact these have on social equity and sustainable development Direct and indirect taxes as well as potential new taxes and the contribution these make to financing the system of social cohesion Techniques with which to evaluate and reduce fraud and poor governance as well as sanctions Fiscal Policies ADETEF, AFIP & DIAN Description of TopicsArea / Person responsable

10. 10 Thematic Area coordinators (cont.) Fiscal decentralisation: improving coordination and harmonization between the various tax administrations Combat the informal sectors of the economy and improve the procedures to collect the social security contributions Improve the mechanims by which the tax administration and the social security cooperate and share information Financing the Regions and the Social Security System IEF, SRF & OISS Budgetary planning (public income and expenditure) and its application to social cohesion Budget implementation, control and evaluation Budget and Public Expenditure INWENT & SAT Description of TopicsArea / Person responsable

11. 11 Methods: Exchange of Experiences Identify the general institutional and political needs of the recipient country/-ies Identify experience for transfer Phase 1 Identification Phase 2 Validation Analysis and examination Seminars Network meetings Database of experiences Matching supply and demand Establishing contacts Evaluation of the relevance of experience Matching of supply and demand Site visits Phase 3 Implementation Phase 4 Analysis and Dissemination Technical assistance Training courses Pilot projects Evaluation of the outcomes and systmatic implementation of the process Implementation of proposal/-s Management committees Field trips Network meetings Web portal, publications, etc.

12. 12 An instrument to “facilitate” sharing of experiences: a vehicle through which to identify and bring together those offering and seeking new ways and sources of support in such transfer of knowkedge Permanent Forum: for the exchange of experience between practitioners from Europe and Latin America Channel of dissemination: for related news and information on successful experiences which might serve as inspiration

13. 13 Engaging Public Administrations in the Network Identify requests and proposing activties on this basis Proposing experts and participants Active participation in the project activities Crucial support for the implementation of activities Promoting participation and disseminating results Providing feedback on strategy and actions undertaken

14. 14 The EUROsociAL – Taxation Portal A key tool for execution of activities, networking and dissemination of project information On the site: –sections on activities, online fora, publications, tax-related news –data bases of experts and transferable experiences –theme-related information and links Objective: achieving sustainablity of the project beyond the execution phase www.eurosocialfiscal.org

15. 15 SEMINAR ON THE LATIN-AMERICAN CADASTERS IN INTERNET Regional Program for the Social Cohesion in Latin America Spanish Institute of Fiscal Study Spanish Directorate General for Cadastre Portuguese Geographical Institute Lisbon, November 26-28, 2007 Objective of the seminar: presenting and discussing best practices developed in Europe and in Latin-America giving guidelines for implementation of these Participants: 50 officials from Latin American Cadastre Authorities

16. 16 THE CADASTER AS TOOL OF SOCIAL COHESION IN LATIN AMERICA AND EUROPE Regional Program for the Social Cohesion in Latin America Spanish Institute of Fiscal Study Spanish Directorate General for Cadastre Portuguese Geogrophical Institute Lisbon, November 29-30, 2007 Objective of the seminar: Providing a forum for exchange of experience for cadastre authorities from both regions: Europe and Latin-America

17. 17 For more information: Mrs. Ángeles Fernández (IEF): afernandez.eurosocial@ief.meh.es afernandez.eurosocial@ief.meh.es Thank you for your attention.