1. The European Social Fund & the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived: the European added value of investing in people Loris di Pietrantonio, Head of Unit EMPL F1 ESF and FEAD Policy and Legislation CONT Committee Hearing, 21/01/2019

2. ESF and FEAD : elements of European added value
Support to EU policy implementation, including key reforms
Extended outreach
Horizontal principles
Cohesion
 Expression of European solidarity between and within Member States

3. Impact 2014-2017 ESF & YEI: over 15 million participants, including:
Almost 8 million unemployed and 5 million inactive
Over 6 million below 25 years of age
46% low-skilled and 16% migrant/minority ethnic background
Results:
1,4 million in employment
1,9 million have gained a qualification
in education or training
 Acceleration in implementation of projects: 63% ESF and 76% YEI project selection rate
FEAD: Food and basic material assistance provided to 12.7 million persons per year, including:
Social inclusion accompanying measures
New target groups (e.g. homeless people, migrants)

4. Lessons learned ESF+ proposal
Limited interaction and alignment between funds
Coherence and synergies between funds
Insufficient flexibility and policy alignment
Flexibility and policy alignment
Complexity in management and delivery
Simplification
Insufficient performance and result orientation
Performance and result orientation

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