1 European Union Regional Policy – Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Territorial development

2 European Union Regional Policy – Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Agenda Territorial development in strategic documents Tool-kit for integrated territorial development Community-led local development Integrated territorial investment Poverty mapping Specificities for ETC programmes Macro-regional and sea basin strategies

3 European Union Regional Policy – Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Territorial approach The CSF identifies: –key territorial challenges (urban, rural, coastal and fisheries areas etc.) –priority areas for cooperation (taking into account macro regional and sea basin strategies) –coordination mechanisms among the CSF funds and with other relevant Union policies and instruments

4 European Union Regional Policy – Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Territorial approach The Partnership Contract sets out an integrated approach to territorial development including: –the mechanisms at national and regional level that ensure coordination between the CSF Funds and other Union and national funding instruments and with the EIB – the arrangements to ensure an integrated approach to the use of the CSF Funds for the territorial development of urban, rural, coastal and fisheries areas and areas with particular territorial features (in particular with reference to community led local development, integrated territorial investment and the list of cities to participate in the urban development platform) –a list of cities where integrated actions for sustainable urban development are to be implemented and an indicative annual allocation for these actions at national level – an integrated approach to address the specific needs of geographical areas most affected by poverty or of target groups at highest risk of discrimination or exclusion, with special regard to marginalised communities, where appropriate, including the indicative financial allocation for the relevant CSF Funds

5 European Union Regional Policy – Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Territorial approach The operational programme should set out its contribution to the integrated territorial approach defined in the PC including: –the mechanisms that ensure coordination between the Funds, the EAFRD, the EMFF and other Union and national funding instruments, –a planned integrated approach to the territorial development of urban, rural, coastal and fisheries areas and areas with particular territorial features; –the list of cities where integrated actions for sustainable urban development will be implemented; – the identification of the areas in which community-led local development will be implemented; –the arrangements for interregional and transnational actions; –where appropriate, the contribution of the planned interventions towards macro regional strategies and sea basin strategies; –contribution to the integrated approach to address the specific needs of geographical areas most affected by poverty or target groups at highest risk of discrimination or exclusion.

6 European Union Regional Policy – Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Integrated programming and delivery (1) –Territorial programming – defining programme areas to address territorial needs, functional geographies Integration through: –Joint programming – integrated planning and development of programmes under cohesion policy and other EU and national instruments –Multi-fund programmes – operational programmes combining ERDF and ERDF (and CF) to facilitate joint planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation –Cross-financing – not a territorial element, but can facilitate implementation where moderate intervention from ESF or ERDF would be needed to complement the main investment

7 European Union Regional Policy – Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Integrated planning and delivery (2) Community-led local development – facilitates the implementation of bottom up local development initiatives financed from several EU instruments (elaborated LEADER approach) – option for ERDF, ESF, compulsory for EAFRD, EMFF Integrated territorial investment – a delivery mode, which entails the implementation of parts of several priority axis as a “bundle” to ensure integrated territorial investment – option for ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund Poverty mapping - an integrated approach to address the specific needs of geographical areas most affected by poverty or of target groups at highest risk of discrimination or exclusion List of cities where integrated actions for sustainable urban development will be implemented – compulsory for ERDF, optional for ESF and Cohesion Fund NB: Joint action plans - extension of the simplified costs approach, not specifically related to integrated territorial development

8 European Union Regional Policy – Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Community led local development Community led bottom-up local development: can be urban, rural, coastal, cross-border etc, but must be implemented by the local community; requires balanced representation of all interests in the local action group – cannot be implemented by the municipality alone; Is based on sub-regional and multi-sectoral local development strategies selected jointly under the responsibility of the relevant managing authorities; can be financed from several EU instruments in parallel; where several EU instruments are used, management costs can be covered from the “lead Fund” only; “lead Fund” will be designated depending on the activities foreseen and the area in question; local development groups take over some of the tasks of the MA -project selection under the local development strategy

9 European Union Regional Policy – Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Integrated Territorial Investment Can be used when an urban development strategy or other territorial strategy requires integrated investment under more than one priority axis or operational programme Envisages that parts of the priority axes identified will be implemented in a joint manner – this can involve the delegation of implementation tasks to a local government and NGO or another entity Unlike community-led local development ITI: can be implemented top-down; can be implemented by the MA, a single local government (e.g. city) or other entity – no community involvement required  OP should identify the ITIs planned and set out an indicative financial allocation for each ITI

10 European Union Regional Policy – Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion ITI FOR THE INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT OF CITY X EUR 190 million (ERDF+ESF) Priority axis 1 (ERDF): strengthening ICT applications for e- government, e-learning, e-inclusion and ehealth EUR 10 million Priority axis 2 (ERDF): enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs EUR 50 million Priority axis 3 (ERDF): supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors EUR 50 million Priority axis 4 (ERDF): action to improve the urban environment, including regeneration of brown- field sites and reduction of air pollution EUR 40 million Priority axis 5 (ESF): Reducing early school- leaving and promoting equal access to goodquality early-childhood, primary and secondary education EUR 20 million Priority axis 6 (ERDF): investing in education, skills and lifelong learning by developing education and training infrastructure EUR 20 million

11 European Union Regional Policy – Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Poverty Mapping Optional tool to implement Articles 14 (c) and 87(d) of CPR Obligation for MS to have an integrated strategy to address the specific needs of the poorest/most excluded groups of society Member States may choose between –A geographical approach: identify geographical areas most affected by poverty, possibly through poverty mapping –OR –target group approach: identify the target groups at highest risk of discrimination or exclusion (e.g. Roma, migrants, disabled people etc.) – no explicit need for poverty maps All CSF Funds may be mobilised Integrated strategy to be set out in the Partnership Contract and Operational Programmes, including indicative financial allocations

12 European Union Regional Policy – Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Rationale for the use of poverty maps Most deprived small areas have low take-up of EU funds, which hinders catching up Poverty maps can identify areas in need and help targeting of funds and capacity building efforts May also allow indirect targeting of most vulnerable groups, without being ethnically discriminative –E.g. in HU in the 33 least developed micro-regions live 1/10 of national population and 1/3 of Hungarian Roma

13 European Union Regional Policy – Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Commission support for poverty mapping Commission willing to support national mapping efforts –ESPON research project for old MS –Commission - World Bank cooperation. Pilot mapping in BG and DK, possible further maps in new MS (to be completed by end 2012) Statistical offices ’ contribution and willingness to use results is crucial

14 European Union Regional Policy – Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Supporting territorial development under the ESF regulation Territorial approaches are not fully visible in the current programming period Objective of the Commission’s proposal: –to highlight the possibility of territorial approaches in the ESF context –to facilitate the territorialisation of the ESF Possibility to continue ESF support to local employment initiatives, territorial employment pacts… ESF can support sustainable urban development strategies, complementary to the ERDF Support to institutional capacity building at local and regional level

15 European Union Regional Policy – Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Specificities for territorial development in ETC programmes Community-led local development, Art. 9 ETC regulation is an option for cross-border cooperation programmes Local development group has to be composed of representatives of at least two countries Allows to coordinate ERDF support in border regions with ESF, EAFRD and EMFF Examples: Possible option for larger cross-border programmes to have community-led approach in a specific sub-region; Integrated development in twin cities located on either side of the border

16 European Union Regional Policy – Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Specificities for territorial development in ETC programmes Community local development –Possibility in cross border programmes Integrated territorial investment, Art. 10 ETC regulation –Intermediate body designated to carry out the management and implementation of an ITI has to be joint body (EGTC or legal body set up by public authorities from at least two participating countries) –Example: Implementation of urban development strategy for twin cities located on either side of the border through ITI

17 European Union Regional Policy – Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Macro-regional and sea-basin strategies CSF to establish priority areas for cooperation activities for each of the CSF Funds, where appropriate taking account of macro- regional and sea-basin strategies PC to set out main priority areas for cooperation, taking account where appropriate of macro-regional and sea-basin strategies Programmes (both under Investment for Growth and Jobs and ETC) to set out the contribution of the planned interventions towards macro-regional strategies and sea-basin strategies, where appropriate Programmes to report on progress in implementation in 2017 and 2019 reports

18 European Union Regional Policy – Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Macro-regional and sea-basin strategies under ETC Investment priority for the development and implementation of macro-regional and sea-basin strategies in transnational programmes –Development of a macro-regional or sea-basin strategy (e.g. preparatory studies, expert support for coordinating process and drafting of strategy document) –Implementation of an existing strategy e.g. through the financing of projects directly deriving from it –Implementation of an existing strategy e.g. through supporting coordination of strategy process

19 European Union Regional Policy – Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Sea basin strategies A framework of cooperation for a common sea basin taking into account the geographic, climatic, economic and political specificities Sea-basin strategies are a core element in the development of the EU’s IMP. They provide a better framework to develop the main IMP tools, i.e. Maritime Spatial Planning, Marine Knowledge, and Integrated Maritime Surveillance Several initiatives have been taken so far to develop sea basin strategies Sea basin and macro regional strategies are mainly complementary, but there are particularities