1. TEN-T Executive Agency and Project Management Anna LIVIERATOU-TOLL TEN-T Executive Agency Senior Programme and Policy Coordinator European Economic and Social Committee 26 April 2011

2. 2 Structure Part 1 –TEN-T EA : mandate and tasks Part 2 –TEN-T EA : projects evaluation and management Part 3 –Statistics

3. 3 Our mandate and tasks Manage and execute the TEN-T budget according to EU political priorities Follow-up the TEN-T projects - technical and financial implementation - all transport sectors and Member States (350 projects in total, 289 from the current Financial Perspective - €8.013 billion) Monitor TEN-T project implementation; carry out Programme reviews; prepare recommendations to the Commission Promote the Programme; raise visibility of EU support Promote the project results at national/regional levels Ensure co-ordination of EU funds with other instruments and institutional partners Provide specific expertise to project promoters

4. 4 Organigramme

5. 5 Repartition of Tasks Commission (DG MOVE) defines the policy Makes all TEN-T programming decisions Defines strategy, objectives and priority areas of action Selects the projects for co-financing and adopts the financing Decisions Monitors the Agency Evaluates the TEN-T programme and the Agency’s performance Executive Agency (TEN-T EA) turns policy into action Follows up the technical and financial implementation of the TEN-T projects Manages the entire project lifecycle Executes the TEN-T budget Gives feedback, assistance and reports to the Commission Provides administrative support to the beneficiaries of TEN-T financing Coordinates with other Commission services, programmes, Institutions and financial instruments

6. 6 Part 2 TEN-T EA : Projects evaluation and management

7. 7 Evaluation by the TEN-T EA… TEN-T EA is responsible for: checking the eligibility of the proposals: - arrived on time, are complete, signed by the applicant, approved by the Member State… - in compliance with EU legislation (environment…), applicants have the financial and technical capacity to carry out the project… conducting the external evaluation: - all proposals are reviewed independently by at least three external experts - the external experts meet in a "consensus meeting" to reach a consensus recommendation and score for each proposal

8. 8 … selection by DG MOVE DG MOVE is responsible for the: final selection of proposals (with the assistance of the TEN-T EA), based on the: - recommendations of the external evaluation - available budget, strategic objectives of the calls and the policy relevance of the proposals consultation of other EU services (DG Environment, DG REGIO…) consultation of: - Financial Assistance Committee (Member States) - European Parliament (one month right of scrutiny)

9. 9 External experts – their role Conduct an in-depth technical and impartial evaluation of proposals submitted Check that proposals address the objectives and priorities defined in the work programmes and calls for proposals Award, for each criterion, a score on a six- point scale from 0 to 5

10. 10 External experts – our expectations High professionnal standards Fairness and impartiality Equal treatment Transparency Efficiency and speed Confidentiality

11. 11 External evaluation - Objectives Provide in-depth technical advice on the proposals submitted by the Member States Check that proposals address the objectives and priorities defined in the work programmes and calls for proposals

12. 12 External evaluation - Principles Objectivity: each proposal shall be evaluated as it is written Accuracy: make a judgment against the official award criteria, and nothing else Consistency: apply the same standard of judgment to each proposal

13. 13 External evaluation- Criteria 1. Relevance: contribution of the Action to the TEN-T policy and the objectives of the calls, and EU dimension 2. Maturity of the Action: is the Action ready to go? 3. Impact of the Action: anticipated socio-economic effects and impact on the environment 4. Quality of the Action: completeness and clarity of the proposal, description of the planned activities, coherence between objectives, activities and planned resources, soundness of the project management process

14. 14 External evaluation Steps and outcome Step 1. Individual assessment Step 2. Consensus meetings – Scoring proposals from 0 to 5 Outcome: experts will not recommend for funding proposals scoring <3 points for one or more of the four blocks of criteria

15. 15 Projects follow-up methods and tools (1) Commission Decision Strategic Action Plan (SAP) Action Status Report (ASR) Final report

16. 16 Projects follow-up methods and tools (2) Site visits Regular contacts with beneficiaries Communication Strategy TENtec Knowledge based management

17. 17 Part 3 Statistics

18. 18 TEN-T Financing needs (2007- 2013)

19. 19 Financing needs-Initiatives The current challenge – to improve/complete the existing network so it connects all of Europe’s regions Finance is needed from public (EU, National and regional governments) and private (financial institutions and corporate) sources to fill the financing gap. EU has developed innovative financial instruments (LGTT, Project Bonds) and taken a more active role in promoting and offering expertise on PPPs EU support (EC Services, TEN-T EA, EIB, EPEC) from a PPP Coordination Framework and Project Pipeline to assist in identifying/screening of projects for PPP potential, and PPP procurement procedures. The EU Project Bond initiative can help infrastructure project promoters enhance the credit quality of their senior debt = more competitive pricing for financing.

20. 20 Budget sources in TEN-T portfolio

21. 21 Modal Split (2007-2009) in budget

22. 22 Number of Projects submitted and selected by call (2007-2009)

23. 23 Funding submitted and selected by call (2007-2009)

24. 24 Number of Projects Submitted and Selected by Member State Group (2007-2009)

25. 25 Funding submitted and selected by Member State Group

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