Usage of the European Social Fund for capacity building in Latvia Solvita Gulbe Head of European Union Structural Funds Department State Chancellery of the Republic of Latvia

EU funds programming period Objectives 1.Development of competitiveness, facilitation of employment 2.Development of human resources 3.Development of infrastructure

EU funds programming period Priorities 1.Fostering sustainable development 2.Fostering entrepreneurship and innovations 3.Fostering the development of human resources and employment 4.Promotion of Development of Rural Areas and Fisheries 5.Technical assistance

EU funds programming period Thematic axis (branches) 1. Development and efficient utilization of human resources 2. Strengthening Competitiveness and progress towards a knowledge-based economy 3. Improvements in public services and infrastructure as a precondition for balanced national and territorial development

EU funds programming period Operational programs o Human resources and employment - ESF o Entrepreneurship and innovations- ERDF o Infrastructure and services- ERDF and CF

EU funds programming period Priority Administrative capacity within operational program Human resources and employment 1. Measure Better regulation policy 2. Measure Strengthening the capacity of human resources 3. Measure Administrative Capacity and Development Planning Capacity Building of Planning Regions and Local Governments (Ministry of Regional Development and Local Governments) Financial allocation for administrative capacity- 9,51% of the ESF funding

EU funds programming period Activities for implementation of priority Administrative capacity Improvement of Policy Planning, Policy Implementation and Policy Impact Assessment Conducting Policy Research Reduction of Administrative Burden and Improvement of Public Service Quality Development and Introduction of the Quality Management System Improvement of Quality of Public Services at the National, Regional and Local Level Development of Human Resources Planning and Management System in Public Administration Administrative Capacity Building of Social Partners Administrative Capacity Building of NGOs Support to NGOs and Municipalities in Building their Capacities to Implement Measures financed by the Structural Funds Experts involvement in the work of planning regions, towns and districts

EU funds programming period Expectations Administrative Capacity Building Outputs Number of supported direct public administration institutions – 256 or 100% (base value in 2004 – 6 or 2% of the total number of direct public administration institutions) Number of supported non-governmental organisations – 200 or 2.6% of the total number of non-governmental organisations (base value in or 0.5%) Establishment of regional structures of the Latvian Employers Confederation and the Free Trade Union Confederation – 10 (base value in ) Percentage of public administration institutions and institutions funded from the state budget in which human resources planning and management IT systems are introduced – 100% (base value in 2004 – 20%)

EU funds programming period Expectations Administrative Capacity Building Outputs Studies and training on better regulation tools, policy planning and policy impact assessment methods provided, % of studies requested: 1) for employees in public administration – 80% (base value in 2006 – 70%); 2) for employees of local governments – 20% (base value in 2006 – 0%); 3) for social partners – 50% (base value in 2006 – 0%); 4) for representatives of non-governmental organisations – 40% (base value in 2006 – 0%) Number of specialists involved in the planning regions, cities, towns and amalgamated municipalities – 581 (base value in 2004 – 0) Updated existing medium-term development planning documents or development of new medium-term development planning documents in the planning regions or local governments (in cities, towns and amalgamated municipalities) (number) – 98

EU funds programming period Expectations Administrative Capacity Building Results: Governance Effectiveness increase– 1,000 (base value in 2006 – 0,7252) Increasing of Regulatory Quality – 1,200 (base value in 2006 – 1,0584). Increase by 25% in the number of public administration institutions in which the quality management system is introduced (base value in 2006 – 73 institutions) Improvement of quality of development planning documents, binding regulations and decisions adopted by the planning regions, city councils or amalgamated municipalities (%) – 50% (base value in 2004 – 0) An increase by 30% in number of collective agreements (base value in 2004 – 30%)

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