1. Youth Employment Initiative: technical issues
ESF Technical Working Group
Brussels, 5 October 2017

2. I. Overview
June 2017: Formal Council adoption of the MTR and MFF Regulation
YEI increase agreed at 1.2 billion EUR
2017: 500 million EUR
2018 – 2020: 233 million EUR per year
11 eligible Member States on the basis of the latest available annual data on youth unemployment (Art. 16 ESF)

3. I. Next steps (1) COM proposal of amendment to CPR: expected today
Once proposal is adopted by COM, COM will formally inform eligible Member States of final allocations and eligible regions
CPR adoption by EP and Council: expected November

4. II. Next steps (2)
Once the amended CPR enters into force: COM adoption of amendment to Implementing Decision 2014/190/EU
Setting out annual breakdown by Member State of resources from the YEI, and list of YEI eligible regions
Once Implementing Decision is adopted: Commission will be able to adopt amendment of Partnership Agreements and Operational Programmes: autumn 2017 and at the latest by

5. II. OP/PA amendments
OP/PA amendments MUST be adopted by COM before 31/12/2017 – to allow for timely commitment of 2017 allocations
Vital that negotiations between COM services and Member States are speedily finalised and the agreed and amended OP is formally submitted in autumn 2017
Crucial to avoid need for COM observations on the OP amendment which would delay the adoption process and thus put at risk the timely commitment of the 2017 allocation

6. III. Calculation of YEI decommitment
YEI dedicated budget line and matching ESF amounts shall be considered together as one YEI amount for the automatic de-commitment calculation purposes (Article 86, Article 136 CPR)
(More info under agenda point 6)

7. Please see YEI Q&A for more info
Questions?