Embedding Governance & Participation in the European Structural Funds London Voluntary Sector Training Consortium Embedding Governance & Participation in the European Structural Funds ~ Ray Phillips, LVSTC Director EAPN Seminar: 2010 and Beyond: the legacy we want! Brussels, May 2009

Governance, Participation & The Funds “.. More and better partnerships are needed to strengthen the participation and institutional capacity of local and regional authorities, the social partners and NGOs .. Stakeholders need to be involved in the setting and the implementation of objectives .. Training is needed to reduce staff turnover and achieve the standards required to manage substantially increased amounts of funding in the 2007-2013 period” ~ Growing Regions, Growing Europe – Fourth report on economic and social cohesion (Provisional Version) : EUROPEAN COMMISSION, May 2007

Governance, Participation & The Funds 2010 Challenge to The Funds Expressing the partnership principle Responding to active inclusion Reinventing trans-nationality Undertaking a mid-Programme review Preparing for 2014-2020

Governance, Participation & The Funds Partnership Principle “Article 11 ~ framework of close co-operation” competent public authorities economic and social partners any other appropriate body representing civil society, environmental partners, non-governmental organisations and bodies responsible for promoting equality between men and women.

Governance, Participation & The Funds Active Inclusion “The Commission will encourage use of the provisions of the new ESF regulation to support active inclusion measures, namely: a) Developing and testing integrated pathways to active social and economic inclusion b) Mainstreaming innovative integration approaches c) Disseminating and transferring good practice in promoting social inclusion across all Member States” Modernising Social Protection for greater Social Justice & Economic Cohesion EC COMMUNICATION, 620 Final, 2007

Governance, Participation & The Funds Trans-nationality post~EQUAL landscape cross-national partnerships overcoming national differences building on good practice appropriate economies of scale active inclusion

Governance, Participation & The Funds Mid-Programme Review systemic NOT cyclical response to the economic crisis indicators for those most disadvantaged in the labour market social inclusion as an over-arching objective + cross-cutting theme significant allocation to social inclusion targeting disadvantaged groups ensuring local reach via grass-roots/street-level organisations

Governance, Participation & The Funds Empowering the Third Sector “The aim of technical assistance is to enhance the quality and speed up the coherence of action by the Funds and to ensure that the best and most effective use is made of it. It is a flexible tool intended to benefit all the partners at the different stages in the implementation of structural assistance.” Structural policies ~ Technical assistance granted under the Community Structural Funds: COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, November 1994

Governance, Participation & The Funds (Pan-EU) Technical Assistance ~ Article 45 project preparation and appraisal case studies and profiles evaluations ~ poverty-proofing partnership building ~ delivery & strategic information dissemination computerised systems ~ data-collection exchange

Governance, Participation & The Funds 2014-2020 New Programme future of cohesion policy for EU of 27+ working together response to global crisis ~ public, private & third sectors convivial tool for combating exclusion ~ vox populi rebalancing in favour of social + regional  ~ partnership, targeting, transparency, apt indicators, monitoring, evaluation space for social innovation by street-level/grass-roots NGOs EC to exercise authority to ensure compliance via innovative use of pan-EU Technical Assistance in hands of NGOs

Thank you! ~ Ray Phillips www.lvstc.org.uk Tel: (0044) 207 7538 4309