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Establishing systems and administrative
capacity for the effective use of EU funds
The importance of capacity building in the pre-accession phase
NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND NEW CHALLENGES IN THE
PROCESS OF ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS OF SERBIA WITH
THE EUROPEAN UNION
Belgrade, December 9th, 2014
(Dr. Peter Heil, ALTUS – Hungary)
Agenda
• Cohesion policy – an overview
• New developments for 2014-2020
• The challenge of preparations
COHESION POLICY – AN OVERVIEW
3 starting messages
• Chapter 22 is not (only) about EU funds – but
also about all national development policies
• Preparations should start as early as possible
- it is not too early now
• IPA is only one piece of the puzzle – and does
not prepare for everything
Mission (Art. 174-175 TEU)
• In order to promote its overall harmonious development, the
Union shall develop and pursue its actions leading to the
strengthening of its economic, social and territorial cohesion.
• In particular, the Union shall aim at reducing disparities between
the levels of development of the various regions and the
backwardness of the least favoured regions.
• Member States shall conduct their economic policies and shall
coordinate them in such a way as, in addition, to attain the
objectives set out in Article 174. (…)
• The Union shall also support the achievement of these objectives
by the action it takes through the Structural Funds (…) the European
Investment Bank and the other existing Financial Instruments.
The EU’s main investment policy
€ 350 billion from Brussels
€ 450 billion with co-financing
Main elements
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Legal framework
Institutional framework
Administrative capacity
Programming
Monitoring and evaluation
Financial management and control
Main elements
• Legal framework
– Development planning
– Partnership and multi-level governance
– National budget
– Public Procurement
– State aid
– Horizontal issues
• sustainable development
• Equal opportunities and non-discrimination (…)
Main elements
• Institutional framework
– Authorities to manage programmes
– Intermediate bodies to implement
– Financial control institutions
• Administrative capacity
– Substantial human resources
– Skilled, trained and motivated staff
Main elements
• Programming
– National development plan – cross-sectoral
– Sector strategies
– (Regional and) local development plans
Policy
Strategy
Plan
Projects
Main elements
• Monitoring evaluation
– Target setting
– Follow implementation, intervening if needed
– Tracking results, learning from practice
• Financial management
– Transparency of management
– Efficiency of administration
NEW DEVELOPMENTS 2014-2020
2014-2020
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IPA
Maintain focus on accession
as well as development
More strategic, better
targetted support
Leverage other funds
New instruments
Flexibility
Cohesion policy
• Contribute to EU 2020,
concentrate funds
• Focus on results
• Improved co-ordination
• Innovative instruments
• Streamlined administration
Concentrate all resources promoting a common agenda
THE CHALLENGE OF PREPARATIONS
Challenges
• Complex policies and processes to master
• Significant new capacity needed
• Need to introduce far reaching reforms
– In policy planning
– Policy co-ordination
– State administration
– Financial management
• Need to prepare future beneficiaries
How to go about it?
• Do not wait – push your own agenda
• Set up your team
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EU accession co-ordinators
IPA management bodies
Ministry of Finance
Development policy units
Financial controllers
Key local governments
• Have a strategy
– Mapping funds; mapping capacities; institution building; capacity building;
programming; running pilot schemes; preparing key projects
– Think about the big picture, too
• Be ready for change
Thank you for your kind attention!
Peter HEIL
HUNGARY
[email protected]
Belgrade, 8th December 2014.