Info on the Euro Structural Funds 2014-2020.

1. Social Inclusion & Tackling Poverty in
European Structural Funds: 2014-2020
Eleanor Warley
Welsh European Funding Office

2. What we’ll cover
• Social Inclusion & Tackling Poverty in EU Structural
Funds, considering:
• Current programmes
• European Commission proposals for future EU
programmes
• Wales’ preparations for future programmes
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3. Social Inclusion / Tackling Poverty in
Current Programmes
• ESF Programme focused on:
• Tackling Unemployment / Inactivity
• Increasing Skills
• Example Projects: WCVA Gateway, JCP Want to Work
• ERDF Programme focused on economic growth, including:
• Support for social enterprises & credit unions
• Promoting digital inclusion
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4. EU Programme Proposals
To achieve Europe 2020 goals Commission is proposing :
• Closer integration of funds (ERDF, ESF, EAFRD, EMFF).
• New, more directive, ‘architecture’ – Common Strategic Framework;
Partnership Agreement; Operational Programmes.
• Stronger focus on performance/results
• Use of stronger (contractual) conditions / incentives.
• Social Inclusion & Combating Poverty – a key part of the
Partnership Agreement
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5. Investment Focus: ESF
ESF draft regulations are focused on Europe 2020 goals:
• Promoting employment and supporting labour mobility
• Investing in education, skills and life-long learning
• Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty – min. 20% of
ESF
• Enhancing institutional capacity and efficient public administration
• Greater emphasis on fighting youth unemployment
• Strengthened provision for transnational co-operation, social
innovation, gender equality and equal opportunities.
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6. Planning for new programmes
• Qualification – likely but still not 100% certain
• Amounts – awaiting confirmation of EU budget
• Planning in partnership
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7. Welsh Government Guiding
Principles
• Creation of sustainable jobs and growth: facilitating role of
business.
• Balance between greater thematic concentration and more
effective spatial targeting- essentially greater concentration in fewer
geographic areas- to maximise impact.
• Alignment of programmes with relevant Welsh Government
strategies and policies.
• Contribution to a transformational impact on the Welsh economy.
• Ensure sustainability of future investments: clear exit strategies,
takes account of role of private sector, building social resilience etc.
• Demonstrate clear added value and based on sound evidence.
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8. Future Priorities
• Informed by partnership engagement, Ministerial
priorities
• Education, Skills and lifelong learning.
• Research and Innovation.
• Helping people into Work.
• Sustainable transport and network infrastructure.
• SME Competitiveness.
• Sustainable ( renewable) energy and energy
efficiency.
• Access to and exploitation of the digital economy.
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9. Social Inclusion & Tackling Poverty
• Built into the ESF with a clear link to employability and increasing skills –
both of which are key to tackling poverty.
• Early thoughts include:
• Focusing on furthest from the labour market, workless households
• Ensuring people gain essential skills and are digitally included
• Targeted early years provision to prevent skills / employability gaps in
later life
• Scope within other funds – ERDF, EAFRD, EMFF - to support social
inclusion / tackle poverty – emphasis on inclusive economic growth and
employment
• Development in detail will take place during summer 2012 – consultation on
draft programmes in late 2012.
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10. EU Negotiation of Budget / Regulations Planning Timescales
Publish draft Publish Agreement
regulations & draft of Financial
draft financial Common Perspective
perspective Strategic and budget Agreement of Structural
(2014-2020?) Framework Negotiations allocations Fund Regulations
2011 2012 2013 2014
First meeting Early Detailed Public Negotiation of Begin
of Post-2013 programme programme consultation Operational programme
Partnership development development on draft Programmes implementation
Forum & consultation documents
Establish
workstreams
WEFO key stages / milestones
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11. Thank you. Contact us on:
E-mail: WEFO-Post2013Programmes@wales.gsi.gov.uk
Website: www.wefo.wales.gov.uk
Twitter: www.twitter.com/wefowales or
www.twitter.com/wefocymru