1. DG REGIO B2-European Semester & Evaluation
Annual Implementation. Reports (AIR) A progress report on 6 years of activity
DG REGIO B2-European Semester & Evaluation

2. Outline Annual Implementation Reports (AIR) process
Categorisation - Tracking the inputs
Core Indicators – measuring the outputs
Evaluation / conclusions

3. 1. 2012 AIR process (ERDF) … still incomplete (@27/11/2013)…

4. 2012 AIR process (ERDF) still incomplete 27/11/2013 (@14/10/2013)…
Approving AIRs …. a slow process ….
202 (153) – Accepted 82%
16 (37) - With DG REGIO
28 (56) - With MA (Interrupted or rejected)
Not all interruptions are linked to data.
Stats exclude ESF and ETC programmes.

5. 2. Project Selection annual trends
Date
EUR Billion
% allocated
09/2009
93.4
27.1%
12/2009
90.8
26.4%
12/2010
181
52.2%
12/2011
244
70.4%
12/2012
291.5
83.9%
Total Budget decided (2012)
346.7
100%

6. Project selection –

7. Project selection – 2011-2012 Main Messages
83.9% of total volume allocated to projects seems to low
Varies from 68% to over 100%
Static or very slow progress in many MS
Strong progress in others – IT- BG
Still data reliability issues
Over programming in some programmes
Mis-allocations … many corrected (2.6 bn in 1 programme !!)

8. Turning project selection to spending … (2012 vs 2012/2013 spend)

9. Turning project selection to spending … (2012 vs 2012/2013 spend)
Project selection is not a guarantee of spending
Some projects naturally take longer to mature and spend
… but capacity is a real problem in many important programmes
Co-financing
Administrative and techncial capacity
Beneficiaries
N+2/3 is looming

10. Project selection by major theme – relative progress

11. Project selection by major theme –progress in Mn €

12. Project selection by major theme
At this aggregate level differences between rates of project selection are reducing
Still several sectors are clearly behind Energy – Rail - TA/ Capacity building
Others are well ahead of average: Social Infrastructure – Tourism culture – Generic Business Support
… over programming growing

15. 3. Core Indicators - measuring outputs ERDF/CF
Plausibility check by REGIO 84% of OPs judged as reporting plausibly
Followed by manual corrections &
Key weaknesses:
Core Indicators not collected/used when relevant
Inconsistent definitions and practices (Jobs, Km road, rail – REGIO excluding further work on some indicators)
Reporting contracted not completed
Units of measure (MW, Km, Km², ...)
Quality control in OPs or Nationally

16. Ref.
Core Indicator
Sum of 2012
Unit
Aggregate jobs (composite of Codes 01, 06, 09, 35)
593,590 # 01
Jobs created
500, 674 04
Number of RTD projects
61,188 05
Number of cooperation project enterprises-research institutions
21,622 06
Research jobs created
20,755 07
Number of direct investment aid projects to SME
198,223 08
Number of start-ups supported
77,800 09
Jobs created in SMEs
262,038 11
Number of information society projects
21,754 12
Number of additional population covered by broadband access
5,049,965 34
Number of tourism projects
8,618 35
Number of jobs created in tourism
11,928

17. Ref.
Core Indicator
Sum of 2012
Unit 13
Number of transport projects
6,453 # 14
km of new roads
2,236 Km 15
km of new TEN roads
1,208 16
km of reconstructed roads
23,601 17
km of new railroads
305 18
km of TEN railroads
1,495 19
km of reconstructed railroads
2,369 22
Additional population served with improved urban transport
9,600,990 23
Number of renewable energy projects
29,358 24
Additional capacity of renewable energy production
2,431 MW

18. Ref.
Core Indicator
Sum of 2012
Unit 25
Additional population served by water projects
3,226,629 # 26
Additional population served by waste water projects
5,464,498 27
Number of waste projects
2,126 28
Number of projects on improvement of air quality
711 29
Area rehabilitated (km2)
576
Km² 31
Number of risk prevention projects
2,734 32
Number of people benefiting - flood protection measures
4,179,289 33
Number of people benefiting - forest fire protection and other
20,276,615

19. Ref.
Core Indicator
Sum of 2012
Unit 36
Number of education projects
19,043 # 37
Number of benefiting students
4,748,647 38
Number of health projects
3,798 39
Number of projects ensuring sustainability and improving the attractiveness of towns and cities
9,423 40
Number of projects seeking to promote businesses, entrepreneurship, new technology
3,829 41
Number of projects offering services to promote equal opportunities and social inclusion for minorities and young people
3,519
Total N° projects (composite)
366,825
Not aggregated - Codes 02, 03, 10, 20, 21, 30

20. Job creation – 593,590

21. Job creation (#01/06/09/35) Strengths and weaknesses :
See Expert Evaluation report on your country:
Some important definitional issues (See WP#7 of 2009) corrected in 2012 DATA …
Some OPs report …
Jobs not relevant for supports delivered
Variable reporting
All jobs under #01 – Total Job creation – with no breakdown of RTD/ SME/ Tourism
Some OPs only report under #06/09/35

22. KM of new TEN-T Roads

23. Waste Water – Add. Pop. served

24. Education Interventions: Source data 8. 8 bn€ 17 900 projects (excl
Education Interventions: Source data 8.8 bn€ projects (excl. IT = @ average 1.3 m€ each)

25. Education Interventions Selected (code 75) vs N° projects (CI 36)

26. 4. Evaluation work programme
Expert network
2012 Synthesis report
2012 Job creation reports
2013 Synthesis report (forthcoming)
Ex-Post
Work Package "zero" already signed
All other packages launched before summer 2014 – Deadline 2015

27. Conclusions
Progress slow on project selection … growing absorption concerns
Outputs growing steadily as projects are completed – but uneven reporting
… more still to do !!!
We will publish the data files on INFOREGIO next week (Also studying OPENDATA options for 2014)
2013 AIR data will need to be some of the most complete and important data generated on CP;
… as it will be the basis for ex-post
… and will shape the impact assessment post-2020.