1. EU Funds in CEE
Since the CEE countries became the EU members, EU co-financing has become an essential factor for they development.

2. EU Funds in CEE

3. Funds which support Common Agriculture Policy and the Common Fisheries Policy in UE
Eurpean Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
Improves management and controls the rural development
European Agriculture Guarantee Fund (EAGF)
Direct payments for farmers
European Fisheries Fund (EFF)
Support common fisheries policy
Sustainable use of marine resources

4. Allocation of EU funds by countries
EU funds per capita in CEE countries,
The amount of allocated EU funds varies by country;
The most is allocated for Poland, which has the biggest population.
The highest EU fund per capita is in Czech Republic, Estonia, and Hungary.

5. General information on progress in spending EU funds

6. The main purpose of contracted EU funds in CEE
The majority of grants – 73% of total contracted grants have been contracted for transport,
human recourses development, economic development, and environment related projects.

7. The main spending in CEE-6

8. Assuming the CEE-6 would manage to absorb 90% of newly allocated funds, this would add pp to the annual GDP growth

9. EU fund will contribute positively to growth

11. New challenges for

12. Investment in hard infrastructure
Cohesion Funds ( ), 167bn EUR
Connecting Europe Facility Program (33bn
EUR).
Biggest recipients:
Romania - up to 24 bn EUR can be invested
in the road network to 2030;
Poland – 27.5 bn EUR in infrastructure;
Czech Republic – 9bn EUR infrastructure
Investments.

13. Investments into energy security and energy efficiency
CEE countries need to decrease
intensity of energy consumption. (lack of modern technology)
The need to increase spending
on alternative sources of
energy.

14. Investments into military equipment
Investment in and purchasing
Military equipment squeezed in
CEE so far.

15. Improvement in quality of public institutions

16. Introduction of life-long learning system
Share of population age in education & training vs. the spending on education as % of spending EU-28 in 2012.
Total spending on all education as % of GDP vs. EU-27 average

17. Boost the spending on R&D in innovative sectors like ICT sector
R&D spending as % of GDP in 2012
Value of IT sector in CEE in EUR mln

18. CEE faces big demographic challenge
Working -age population has been shrinking (15-64), 2013=100
Activity rate- necessary to keep labor supply constant – needs to increase