Unified rules for EU Funds

ESIF EFSI CEF CF ETC FP7 EGTC CPR ERDF MRS TFEU TOs CBA RGP HORIZON2020 CLLD ITI COSME EAFRD EMFF ESF EIB JAP JEREMY JESSICA RGP

complementarity and synergy or “one fund fits all?” Cohesion Policy EFSI ESIF Horizon 2020 CEF

Legal framework ESIF Funds EFSI Horizon 2020 CEF CPR, ERDF, ESF, ETC, EGTC, EAFRD, EMFF 18 implementing and delegated acts Guidance documents EFSI One regulation Horizon 2020 Two regulations CEF One delegated act

Planning and programming Can we mix ESIF and EFSI? Can we steal HORIZONs easy structure? If so, how are we fighting disparities?

Financial allocation

Bottom-up vs. Top-down 2014-2020 new provisions: Funding combination Thematic objectives Intervention logic Performance Ex-ante conditionalities Horizon 2020 Multiannual work programmes CEF Pre-identified list of projects Funding combination

Budget implementation State Aid Different rules Audit and control Internal External Other independent control bodies European Court of Auditors Streamlined monitoring and evaluation AIRs + evaluations Shared Cohesion Rural Direct management Horizon 2020 COSME Erasmus+ Creative Europe EaSI CEF

Post 2020 recommendations Find the main goal and reshape Proactive Stable policy Predictable Balance result orientation and simplification with audits Switch focus from correction to prevention Define common indicators to find the impact Control the results not the details Complement, don’t overlap Less is more Help hubs

Post 2020 recommendations – ETC specifics Customized and targeted simplification Single regulation Focus on principles List of non-eligible expenditures State Aid exemption Guidelines and designation process for AA Tailored made indicators E-MS use, SCOs Measures to prevent errors

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