Complementarity between funds

Agenda

• Introduction

• Complementarity between ESIF in 2014-2020

• Complementarity between CPR funds and EAFRD

• Synergies with other instruments: Horizon, InvestEU

2014-2020 periodESIF aim: strengthen EU’s economic, social and territorial cohesion, reduce disparities between the levels of development of the

various regions

ERDF and CF: It supports job creation, competitiveness, economic growth, improved quality of life and sustainable development

ESF: Europe’s main instrument for supporting jobs, helping people get better jobs and ensuring fairer job opportunities for all EU citizens

EAFRD: Helps the rural areas of the EU to meet the wide range of economic, environmental and social challenges of the 21st century.

EMFF: Supports fishermen in the transition to sustainable fishing, coastal communities, creation of new jobs and improved quality of life along European coasts, andsustainable aquaculture developments

Complementarities 2014-2020

• CPR - 11 thematic objectives

• Fund specific regulations – (investment) priorities for support

• Complementarities/synergies vs overlaps and demarcation lines

• CPR Art. 15(1)(b)(i) - PA sets out “the arrangements, in line with the institutional framework of the Member States, that ensure coordination between the ESI Funds and other Union and national funding instruments and with the EIB”

• Coordination mechanism to be set up!

Complementarities 2014-2020 – MS X example

• TOs table

2021-2027 CPR funds

ERDF and CFESF+

EMFF

EAFRD

AMIF, ISF, BMVI

Complementarities 2021-2027

• CPR - 5 policy objectives for ERDF, CF, ESF+ and EMFF

• Fund specific regulations setting underlying specific objectives

• NEW – HOME funds in / EAFRD not under CPR but same scope - still complementary!

Complementarities 2021-2027

• Complementarities/synergies vs overlaps and demarcation lines

• CPR proposal: o Art. 4(4) - MS and the COM shall ensure coordination,

complementarity and coherence between the Funds and shall optimise mechanisms for coordination between those responsible to avoid duplication during planning and implementation

o Art. 8(b)(ii) - PA to contain coordination, demarcation and complementarities between the Funds

o Art. 8(b)(iii) - PA to contain complementarities between the Funds and other Union instruments

Complementarities 2021-2027

Complementarities 2014-2020

• Examples ERDF – ESF: Developing education and science in BG

ESF:

- Innovative teaching methods for students

- VET, LLL for teachers

- Dedicated funding to enhance equal opportunities

ERDF:

- research and innovation hubs (smart specialisation)

- Regional and national research infrastructure

- Opportunities for researchers to participate in European Research Area

Complementarities 2014-2020

• Example ERDF – ESFRegeneration of deprived/segregated Roma neighbourhoods between 2011 and 2016 of Pécs, Hungary

Objective

Integration of marginalised (Roma) communities through integrated actions

Measures

o Renovation of 90 low comfort social housing

o Relocation of 140 families from the deprived/segregated neighbourhoods

o Three community houses

o Development of social services (both through individual and collective social work)

o Community programs

Budget: 3,8 million EUR (ERDF+ESF)

Complementarities 2014-2020

• Example ERDF – ESF – EAFRD: Community-led Local Development NAD ORLICÍ (Check Republic)

• Local Action Group – 58 municipalities (54 villages, 4 cities)

• Objectives

o To boost economic development

o To support growth of the urban‐rural area

o To increase the quality and availability of community services and education

o To improve quality of environment

o To reduce energetic dependence and sustainable use of local sources

• Budget (ERDF - 2,6 MEUR, ESF – 0,4 MEUR, EAFRD – 0,8 MEUR)

Complementarities 2014-2020

• Examples ERDF – EAFRD

In IT, ERDF and EAFRD fund investments in ultra-broadband in “white” areas.

o ERDF: € 700 M – large infrastructure

o EAFRD: € 272 M – local extensions

Complementarities 2014-2020

• Examples ESF – EAFRD

ESF can complement EAFRD investing in rural areas (jobs, services, education and training and social inclusion).

For example, the ‘Farm to fork’ project in Wallonia equipsjobseekers with new skills in organic farming.

• ESF project description

• VIDEO

Complementarities 2014-2020

• Example ESF-ERDF-EAFRD-AMIF

Enhanced coordination at national level on EU funds for integration of people with a migrant background – Finland

Objective

• Align actions and reinforce synergies between EU funds

o Coordination of measures supported by AMIF, ESF, FEAD, ERDF, EAFRD

o Coordinating body: Ministry of Employment and Economic affairs

o Coordination group: managing authorities, local and regional authorities, other external stakeholders, including the Finnish Red Cross

Complementarities 2014-2020

• AMALIA(EMFF bio-economy)

• ENSAMBLE

(CLLD twinning

in WestMED)

• Atlantic Power Cluster

(ETC - marine renewable energy)

Complementarities 2021-2027

• ERDF and ESF+

ERDF ESF+

Labour market

Infrastructure and equipment for vocational and adult training centres;Public Employment Services (PES) buildings/offices

Personalised servicesand guidance; targeted and tailored training;Improve the capacity of Public Employment Services (PES); Modernise labour market institutions

Education and training

Early childhood, primary, secondary and tertiary education infrastructure and/or equipment;Supporting services in order to build inclusive education (extension of inclusive schools, school bus, dormitory, canteen…)

Modernise education and training sectors; Develop the competences of teachers, trainers; Develop high quality educational content, including the use of ICT

Tackling poverty and promotingsocial inclusion

Investments in regeneration of deprived neighbourhoods, Shift from institutional to community-based services,Integration of people with a migrant background

Enhance access to affordable social services needed for activation and rehabilitation ofmarginalised people, such as Roma, third-country nationals; Social innovation measures aimed at preventing and reducing homelessness; Food aid; Basic material assistance

Healthcare and long-term care

Health infrastructure investments; moving away from hospital-centred model to primary and home careIntegration of social, health and long term caredigitalisation of health services

Prolong healthier working lives; Support the re-skilling and upskilling of healthcare and long-term care workforce

Complementarities 2021-2027

• ERDF and ESF+

ERDF ESF+

Innovative and smart economic transformation:Developing skills for smart specialisation, industrial transition and entrepreneurship

In line with the relevant Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3):• Innovation management in SMEs;• Specific training and reskilling for S3 areas at

all levels within firms and building the necessary administrative capacity, with a particular attention to digital skills and the need to address industrial transition;

• Strengthening the integration of education and training institutions including high education and centres of vocational excellence within national and regional innovation, technology diffusion and skills development ecosystems;

• Skills development for higher education and research institutions to increase the commercial viability and market relevance of their research projects as well as their capacities to take part in interactive and open innovation processes to ensure innovativeness.

Develop human capital relevant to research and innovation, e.g. (not exhaustive):• skills for smart specialisation,

key enabling technologies and industrial transition

• sectorial cooperation on skills and entrepreneurship

• training and career development of researchers

• networking activities and partnerships between higher education institutions, VET institutions, research and technological centres and enterprises

• support to micro, small and medium sized enterprises and the social economy.

Complementarities 2021-2027• ERDF and ESF+ - ESF+ can contribute to all policy objectives,

but programmed only under PO4

• PO4

o ESF+ and ERDF directly support the implementation of the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights

o Follows thematic enabling conditions under PO4 – poverty reduction policy framework, National Roma integration policy, national or regional health policy framework, etc.

o Multi-fund programming – ESF+ and ERDF

o In the case of using territorial tools it can be part of 6% urban development earmarking

• PO5

o New dedicated policy objective dedicated to integrated territorial development

o Follows minimum requirements for integrated territorial development (integrated strategy, partnership)

o Investments must be linked to integrated territorial strategies (territorial tools - part of 6% urban development earmarking

Complementarities 2021-2027ERDF EMFF

Innovative and smart economic

transformation

Promoting blue growth R&I and knowledge

transfer (including S3 and maritime clusters),

notably on bio-economy, ocean observation,

marine pollution and plastic litter, marine

renewable energies

Marine knowledge (ocean observation)

and data sharing; Transfer and uptake of

marine R&I (in direct management

Blue finance (blending mechanisms in

direct management)

Blue economy strategy in ORs

Green and blue investment (circular

economy, climate adaptation)

Redesign, reuse and recycle plastic;

Developing eco-friendly engineering solutions

for the good environmental status of seas and

coasts and their climate adaptation (coastal

erosion). Improving management of waste

from ships.

Collecting lost fishing gears and marine

litter, including port reception facilities

Restoring and protecting marine natural

areas (NATURA 2000)

Clean energy transition Promoting decarbonisation of shipping through

clean fuels, reduction of emissions and digital

technologies; Promoting the production of

marine renewable energy

Increasing energy efficiency in fishing

vessels

Developing marine renewable energies

(demonstrators in direct management)

CLLD approach and local

development

Adaptation to climate change in coastal cities

Promotion of sustainable mobility and tourism

in coastal cities

Adaptation to climate change in coastal

communities

Promotion of economic diversification,

local products and tourism.

ESF+ EMFF

Education, training and working

conditions

Improve the quality and inclusiveness of

education and training systems for maritime

professions, e.g. by developing relevant

teaching content (incl. ICT skills) and improving

teachers’ and trainers’ competences;

Promote lifelong learning (esp. upskilling and

reskilling)

Promotion of skills for small scale fisheries

and aquaculture, ocean literacy

Improving health, safety and working

conditions on board of fishing vessels.

Complementarities 2021-2027• ERDF/ESF+/AMF

Scope of actions:

• AMF: reception and early integration phase (e.g. basic language training, one-stop shops for integration, developing integration strategies, improvement of reception centres, etc.)

• ESF+: vocational training, access to quality and non-segregated public education, access to community-based social and healthcare care services etc.

• ERDF: infrastructure developments in education, social- and healthcare, housing etc., access to mainstream and non-segregated services

Programming

• Multi-fund programmes – joint measures supported by ERDF, ESF+ in one operational programme + coordination mechanism with AMF

Implementation

• Joint call for proposals – connecting ERDF, ESF+ and AMF actions

• Logical sequence of calls – coordinated ESF+, ERDF and AMF calls by time and content

• Common selection criteria – integrated in ESF+, ERDF and AMF calls

• Integrated use of funds at projects level – coordination of actions supported by ESF+, ERDF and AMF at the level of beneficiary

EAFRD and CPR 2021-2027

• The two CAP Funds (EAFRD and EAGF) brought under a single strategy embedded in CAP Strategic Plans

• A New Delivery Model is proposed for CAP implementation

• Applicable CPR provisions (opt-in via CAP plan regulation), incl.:

o Territorial development (incl. CLLD)

o Financial instruments

o Visibility / communication

• No change of policy scope – still need to ensure complementary!

• MS to describe complementarity with other funds active in rural areas in the CAP Strategic Plan

Complementarities 2021-2027

• ERDF, ESF+/EAFRD

Programming

• Multi-fund programmes – joint measures supported by ERDF, ESF+ in one operational programme + coordination mechanism with EAFRD

• Use of territorial instruments, such as Community-led Local Development (CLLD)

Implementation

• Joint call for proposals – connecting ERDF, ESF+ and EAFRD actions

• Logical sequence of calls – coordinated ESF+, ERDF and EAFRD calls by time and content

• Common selection criteria – integrated in ESF+, ERDF and EAFRD calls

• Integrated use of funds at projects level – coordination of actions supported by ESF+, ERDF and EAFRD at the level of beneficiary

Complementarities 2021-2027

• ERDF/ESF+/EAFRD o Simplified rules for CLLD (covering also EAFRD). The lead fund

concept will simplify implementation of multi-funded CLLD (one set of fund-specific rules will apply).

o A combination of sources could fund Smart Villages – e.g. business development (ERDF), trainings/capacity building (ESF+) and small-scale investments (EAFRD)

Complementarities Horizon Europe - ERDF

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Smart Specialisation Strategies are key to synergies with Horizon Europe: H2020 beneficiaries to participate in S3 entrepreneurial discovery process, analysis of bottlenecks for innovation diffusion, incl. H2020 results, improve nat./reg. R&I systems, foster industrial transition, facilitate transnational collaboration.

Links and bridges between ERDF and Horizon funding: Sequential funding, voluntary transfers, cumulative funding, alternative funding redeeming Seals of Excellence, replicate in ERDF SCOs and funding conditions of HE. Use of same bodies to implement different funds to facilitate synchronisation and links at governance level (“co-funds” / partnerships)

Horizon Europe ERDF

• Focus on European research and innovation

excellence irrespective of location

• Focus on regional relevance and economic

transformation, based on smart specialisation strategies

• Focus on frontier research, generation and

exploitation of new knowledge and disruptive,

market-creating innovations

• Broad innovation concept; focus on diffusion and

exploitation of existing knowledge & technology to places

that need it

• Quality-based competition for funds, incl.

beyond EU

• Focus of support on regions where it is most needed

inside the EU

• Predominantly trans-national projects and

consortia

• Predominantly "mono-beneficiaries" or actors in the

same country/region

• Predominantly trans-national projects and

consortia

• Predominantly "mono-beneficiaries" or actors in the

same country/region

• Focus on developing and testing solutions • Both developing and testing solutions and deployment of

solutions

Sequential funding:

• North-Rhine Westphalia’s “Brückenbildung” Initiative giving preferential treatment to applicants with previous FP7 / H2020 funding

• ERDF funded research infrastructures used for H2020 projects: e.g. Minalogic Digital Innovation Hub (Grenoble, France)

Facilitate development of trans-national partnerships

• Interregional teaming up around related S3 priorities and preparing for transnational H2020 project consortia (Vanguard Initiative, S3 thematic platforms, Interreg)

• Memoranda of Understanding of regional authorities with H2020 Joint Undertakings, e.g. CleanSky JU

Alternative funding & adoption of good practices

• Redeem H2020 Seals of Excellence for SME Instrument innovation projects and CleanSky labels, allowing their implementation in absence of H2020 funding.

• Redeem MSCA Seals of Excelllence via ESF, e.g. in CZ, Abruzzo regional authority using ESF for qualified human resources in the Agro-food area.

• Community of practice for mutual learning and adoption of good practices from H2020, e.g. use of international independent experts for project evaluation, project applications in English

• Adoption of good H2020 practices (international evaluators, alignment to H2020 evaluation criteria & language, etc.), but not in all regions …

Combination of ERDF and H2020 in a project (cumulative funding)

• ECSEL JU combines funding with ERDF support from the Italian competitiveness OP

• The European Spallation Source ESFRI infrastructure combines H2020 financial instrument support with ERDF funding.26

Examples of ESIF-H2020 Synergies

Horizon Europe

Industrial cluster

development

Advanced business

services

Complementarities ERDF – Horizon Europe

ERDF

S3 relevant

Infrastructures

and Equipment

S3 related Skills

Research & Development

activities

Innovation

Testing

Experimentation

Market

Capacity Building

National/Regional R&I

systems

"up-stream" "down-stream"

ERDF

Pilot lines

early product validation

Start-up & scale up

Deployment

Key digital technologies

Living labs, Test-beds

Access to finance

Technology transfer

Trans-national RDI

Mobility btw RIs

Widening & spreading

excellence

Prep. Research Infrastructures

Eu. Research Council

EIT-KICs

Eu. Innovation Council Interregional

Innovation

Investments

Partnerships

Marie Skłodowska-Curie

“Smart specialisation strategies shall include: (a) "Up-stream actions" to prepare regional R&I players to participate in Horizon 2020 …(b) "Down-stream actions" to provide the means to exploit and diffuse R&I results, stemming from Horizon 2020 …”(See: Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of 17 December 2013, Annex I – Common Strategic Framework)

Complementarities ERDF – Horizon Europe

• ESF examples:

Abruzzo regional authority: MSCA co-funding support consistently with the regional Smart Specialisation Strategy (RIS3) using ESF for qualified human resources in the Agro-food area.

CZ: call for researchers MSCA Seal of Excellence under the ESF.

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InvestEU Programme (2021 – 2027)

InvestEU Fund:

• Single fund bringing together the many different EU-level financial instruments

• EUR 38 bn EU budgetary guarantee (EU compartment)

• Mobilise EUR 650 bn in additional investment across Europe

• Four thematic policy windows

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Synergies with the InvestEU programme

Synergies with the InvestEU programme

The post 2020 legislation envisages various possibilities:

InvestEU could be a delivery tool for MS Cohesion policy objectives i.e. InvestEU

(MS compartment) could guarantee an operation where an NPB issues new loans

for SMEs in a specific region.

InvestEU could support the implementation of national strategies designed in

the context of Cohesion policy. For example, EIB financing backed by the InvestEU

(EU compartment) could finance projects identifies in cities urban development

strategies.

Cohesion policy grants could be combined with InvestEU financing at project

level. For example, an individual could receive a grant from a Managing authority

and a loan from a Bank, backed by the InvestEU (EU compartment) and use it for

energy efficiency renovation of an apartment.

The practical implementation of such possibilities mainly depends on the MS

specific market set up, the policies designed by the national authorities and an active

dialogue between them and the Banks implementing InvestEU.

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