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Jelica Mini ć Deputy Secretary General of the RCC. International Conference Social Entrepreneurship: A Vector of Change in the EU, Ljubljana, 15-16 April 2011 Social Entrepreneurship and South-East Europe: An Opportunity for Sustainable Change. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Jelica MinićDeputy Secretary General of the RCC
International Conference Social Entrepreneurship: A Vector of Change in the EU,
Ljubljana, 15-16 April 2011
Social Entrepreneurship and South-East Europe: An Opportunity for Sustainable Change
Evolving role of the Regional Cooperation Council• As a new, regionally owned organisation the RCC represents the region,
supports and initiates regional cooperation - 13 SEE beneficiaries • The RCC operates under the political umbrella of the South East Europe
Cooperation Process (SEECP). Its objectives, working methods and priority areas for action are defined by the Statute and other documents adopted at Annual Meetings and endorsed by SEECP Summits.
• As the main focal point for regional cooperation, the RCC:
a. has a key role in supporting economic and social development and related reforms;
b. promotes the region’s European and Euro-Atlantic integration of which regional cooperation is an essential part;
c. links the region with donor community in areas with a regional dimension
Key challenges in the Western Balkans• Reconciliation, stability and good neighbourly relations.• Necessity for a new model of development and growth (export
led growth, investments in tradables, SMEs, PPP)• Re-positioning in European and global constellations.• Poor physical, institutional and social infrastructure.• Under-utilization of existing resources.• Lack of human capital and low innovation capacity.• Slow reforms – strengthening the EU Accession leverage is
needed.• Improved regulatory framework, institution building and
enhanced administrative capacities .• Synchronizing and focusing activities of regional cooperation
networks.
New RCC Strategy for 2011-2013:Horizontal Priorities
• Represent the region• Assist the SEECP• Monitor regional activities• Exert strategic leadership in regional cooperation• Provide a regional perspective in donor assistance• Support increased involvement of civil society in regional
activitiesPriority areas
• Economic and social development• Energy and infrastructure• Justice and home affairs• Security cooperation• Building human capital and overarching issues
Europe 2020: Relevance for Enlargement Policy
• Europe 2020 offers the enlargement countries an anchor for reforms.
• The countries are invited to adapt and adopt relevant headline targets
• Enlargement countries should participate actively in the European Union programmes.
• The countries are invited to organise their work on the Europe 2020 related issues in regional groups.
Europe 2020: Three interlinked priorities
1.Smart growth: developing an economy based on knowledge and innovation
2.Sustainable growth: promoting a more efficient, greener and more competitive economy
3.Inclusive growth: fostering a high-employment economy delivering social and territorial cohesion
• Innovation Union• Youth on the move• Digital Agenda for Europe• Resource efficient Europe • Industrial policy for the globalization era• Agenda for new skills and jobs• European platform against poverty
Europe 2020 “flagship initiatives”
Mechanisms of cooperation in the framework of Europe 2020
• Europe 2020 flagship initiatives recognise that in some areas, enlargement countries can work together with member states and join the open method of coordination exercises.
• Policy coordination organised under the 7 initiatives implies peer learning, setting joint targets and regular reporting.
• These activities can be financed via EU Programmes such as the 7th Framework Programme, Competitiveness and Innovation, Lifelong Learning and others.
• Most enlargement countries participate in EU programmes and can, if their administrative capacities allow, fully benefit from activities at the EU level.
Priority 1: Smart GrowthEU 2020 FLAGSHIP INITIATIVE (“Areas most in need of attention”)
CORRESPONDING REGIONAL PLATFORM(“Setting the Strategy and Mapping Convergence”)
REGIONAL INITIATIVES/GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS/TOOLS FOR IMPLEMENTATION(“Monitoring and Supporting implementation”)
Priority 1: Smart growth
1. Digital agenda for Europe
eSEE Agenda+ eSEE/bSEE Working Group, CeGD SEE ICT Forum Community Programmes (e.g. CIP, FP7) Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA, TAIEX)
2. Innovation Union Regional R&D Strategy for Innovation
Steering Platform on WBC-INCO.NET SEE-ERA.Net, ERA-Net+ Community Programmes (e.g. CIP, FP7)
3. Youth on the Move Higher Education Reform in the Western Balkans
ERISEE TFBHC Community Programmes (Youth in
Action, ERASMUS Mundus) Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA, TAIEX)
Priority 2: Sustainable GrowthEU 2020 FLAGSHIP INITIATIVE (“Areas most in need of attention”)
CORRESPONDING REGIONAL PLATFORM(“Setting the Strategy and Mapping Convergence”)
REGIONAL INITIATIVES/GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS/TOOLS FOR IMPLEMENTATION(“Monitoring and Supporting implementation”)
Priority 2: Sustainable growth1. Resource Efficient
EuropeIntegrated infrastructure development
Sustainable Energy Development Regional Initiative
ECT RENA SEETO/Transport Community SEE PPP Network Community Programmes (LIFE+
Financial Instrument for the Environment, FP7)
Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA, TAIEX)
2. An Industrial Policy for the Globalization Era
SEE Investment Committee
SEE Investment Committee CEFTA ABC BAC OECD Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA, TAIEX)
Priority 3: Inclusive GrowthEU 2020 FLAGSHIP INITIATIVE (“Areas most in need of attention”)
CORRESPONDING REGIONAL PLATFORM(“Setting the Strategy and Mapping Convergence”)
REGIONAL INITIATIVES/GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS/TOOLS FOR IMPLEMENTATION(“Monitoring and Supporting implementation”)
Priority 3: Inclusive growth1. An Agenda for New
Skills and JobsSocial Agenda for the Western Balkans 2020
WB Social Agenda 2020 working groups
SEECEL SEE Employment Network GTF ETF Community Programmes (Integrated
Action Programme in Lifelong Learning)
Higher Education Reform (Tempus) Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA, TAIEX)
2. European Platform Against Poverty
Social Agenda for the Western Balkans 2020
WB Social Agenda Working Groups SEE Health Network Community Programmes (PROGRESS) Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA, TAIEX)
Priority 4: Governance for GrowthEU 2020 FLAGSHIP INITIATIVE (“Areas most in need of attention”)
CORRESPONDING REGIONAL PLATFORM(“Setting the Strategy and Mapping Convergence”)
REGIONAL INITIATIVES/GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS/TOOLS FOR IMPLEMENTATION(“Monitoring and Supporting implementation”)
Priority 4: Governance for growth
1. Good Governance Agenda
Regional Strategic Document for Justice and Home Affairs
RESPA CeGD NALAS RAI SECI/SELEC SEEPAG PCC-SEE Secretariat SEDM Others
Western Balkans in 2020 Result of a Broad Consultative Process
Survey of Regional Initiatives in SEE - Summary Findings -
1. Institutional Outline of Cooperation in SEE2.Funding3.Regional Coordination4.Overview of activities
Taskforces and Initiatives in SEE
Country
Regional Initiative
Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Greece
Republic of
MoldovaMontenegro Romani
a SerbiaThe Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Turkey UNMIK/Kosovo
Slovenia and
Others
Economic and Soci
al Developmen
t
SEE Investment Committee (SEEIC) - Paris x x x x x x x x x
Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) - Brussels x x x x x x x x
Business Advisory Council (BAC) - Thessaloniki x x x x x x x x x x x x
Regional Network of National Investment Promotion Agencies in SEE (RNIPA) - Rotating x x x x x x
Regional Rural Development Standing Working Group (SWG) - Skopje x x x x x x x x x
SEE Employment and Social Policy Network (SEESPN) - No headquarters x x x x x x x x x x
Centre for Public Employment Services of SEE Countries (CPESSC)- Rotating x x x x x x x x Slovenia SEE Trade Union Forum (SEETUF) - Zagreb/Sarajevo x x x x x x x x x
Adriatic Region Employers' Centre (AREC)- Zagreb x x x x x x
SEE Health Network-Skopje x x x x x x x x x
Centre for eGovernance Development (CeGD)- Ljubljana RCC/PPP
eSEE Initiative and bSEE Task Force- UNDP Sarajevo x x x x x x x x x
Annex I
Taskforces and Initiatives in SEE
Country
Regional Initiative
Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Greece
Republic of
MoldovaMontene-
groRoma-
nia SerbiaThe Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Turkey UNMIK/Kosovo
Slove=nia and Others
Energy
and Infrastructure
Energy Community Secretariat (ECS)-Vienna x x x x x x x x
South East Europe Transport Observatory (SEETO), expected future Transport Community - Belgrade x x X x x x x
ISIS Programme Secretariat -Brussels x x x x x x x x x
EC, RCC
International Sava River Basin Commission (ISRBC)- Zagreb x x x
Slovenia
Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe (REC)- Szentendre, Hungary x x x x x x x x x
19 more European countries and USA
Regional Environmental Network for Accession - Vienna x x x x x x x x
Network of Associations of Local Authorities of SEE (NALAS)- Skopje x x x x x x x x x x x
Slove-nia
Annex I
Taskforces and Initiatives in SEE
Country
Regional Initiative
Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Greece
Republic of
MoldovaMontene-
gro Romania SerbiaThe Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Turkey UNMIK/Kosovo
Slove- nia and Others
Justice
and Hom
e Affai
rs
Migration, Asylum and Refugee Regional Initiative (MARRI)- Skopje x x x x x x
Regional Anticorruption Initiative (RAI)- Sarajevo x x x x x x x x x Observer
Southeast European Cooperative Initiative – Regional Centre for Combating Transborder Crime (SECI Centre) , future Southeast European Law Enforcement Centre (SELEC)- Bucharest x x x x x x x x x x X Observer
Hungary, Slovenia
Southeast European Prosecutors Advisory Group (SEEPAG)- Bucharest x x x x x x x x x x X Slovenia
Southeast Europe Police Chiefs Association (SEPCA) - Sofia x x x x x x x x x
Women Police Officer Network (WPON) - No headquarters x x x x x x x x x
Secretariat of Police Cooperation Convention for Southeast Europe (PCC- SEE Secretariat)- Ljubljana x x x x x x x x
Western Balkans Prosecutor Network (PROSECO)- No headquarters x x x x x x
Annex I
Taskforces and Initiatives in SEE
Country
Regional InitiativeAlbania Bosnia and
Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia GreeceRepublic
of Moldova
Montene-gro Romania Serbia
The Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia
Turkey UNMIK/Kosovo Others
Security Cooperation
Centre for Security Cooperation (RACVIAC)-Zagreb x x x x x x x x
Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Initiative (DPPI SEE)- Sarajevo x x x x x x x x x x Slovenia
South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC)- Belgrade
RCC, UNDP
South East Europe Defense Ministerial (SEDM)- Rotating x x x x x Observer x x x x x
Italy, Ukraine, Slovenia,USA
The United States- Adriatic Charter- No headquarters x x x x x USA
South Eastern Europe Clearinghouse (SEEC)- No headquarters x x x x x x Slovenia
Annex I
Taskforces and Initiatives in SEE
Country
Regional Initiative
Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Greece Republic of
Moldova Montenegro Romania SerbiaThe Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Turkey UNMIK/Kosovo
Slovenia and Others
Building
Human
Capital
and Cross
-cuttin
g Issue
s
RCC Task Force Fostering and Building Human Capital (TF BHC)-Vienna x x x x x x x x x x x x
All members of RCC Board
RCC Gender Task Force (GTF)- Zagreb x x x x x x x x x x x Slovenia
Education Reform Initiative of South Eastern Europe (ERI SEE)-Belgrade x x x x x x x x x x TFFBHC
Regional School of Public Administration (RESPA)-Danilovgrad x x x x x x x
South East European Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (SEECEL)-Zagreb x x x x x x x x
Annex I
Taskforces and Initiatives in SEE
Country
Regional Initiative
AlbaniaBosnia and Herzego-
vina Bulgaria Croatia Greece
Republic of
MoldovaMontene-
gro Romania SerbiaThe Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Turkey UNMIK/Kosovo
Sloveniaand
Others
Parliamenta
ry Cooperation
Regional Secretariat for Parliamentary Cooperation in South Eastern Europe (RSPC SEE)- Sofia x x x x x x x x x x x Conference of the European Integration Parliamentary Committees of States participating to the Stabilization and Association Process (COSAP)- Rotating x x x x x x
CETINJE Parliamentary Forum- Cetinje x x x x x x x x
Regional Cooperation Council x x x x x x x x x x x x x
Total: 42 38 40 24 39 9 20 39 25 39 39 13 17 Sloven. 12
Headquarters South East Europe: 26+ 4 rotating
Per country: 0 4 2 6 1 0 2 2 3 4 0 0
2Slov.
7others
Annex I
IGO40%
NGO30%
Project13%
Network17%
Figure 1. Institutional structure and legal form of RIs
Figure 2. Sources of funding of RIs in 2010
SEE Gov'ts20%
Int'l donors and Other
Gov'ts48%
EC31%
Private1%
Weak18%
Fair39%
Strong43%
Figure 5. Cooperation with RCC
Figure 5. Cooperation with RCC Figure 5. Cooperation with RCC Figure 5. Cooperation with RCC Figure 3: Cooperation with RCC
5%
11%
22%
30%32%
Figure 6. Expected role of RCC going forward Figure 4: Expected role of the RCC going forward
Additional suggestions
1. Networking and information exchange – a number of RIs indicated that there is a need for regular periodic meetings, both between the RIs and with donors in order to exchange information and network with others;
2. Increasing awareness on regional cooperation initiatives and structures – awareness raising activities to target not just a narrow circle of practitioners, but also the general public in the countries of the region;
3. Better streamlining of existing RIs – avoiding and eliminating duplication, while further strengthening successful structures and cooperation programmes;
4. Involvement of regional civil society initiatives and networks in the work of RCC and other sectoral organizations.
Enlargement Strategy and Main Challenges 2010-2011 “The enlargement process contributes to the objectives of the
Europe 2020 strategy by extending the area of the EU’s regulatory framework and creating new trading opportunities. The Commission welcomes the intention of many enlargement countries to reflect the Europe 2020 strategy in their national reform priorities. The Commission will associate enlargement countries with initiatives taken at EU level to meet the goals of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, delivering high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion...
The Commission will propose to the Regional Cooperation Council that it sets up platforms for dialogue and peer review in …areas in line with Europe 2020 priorities. When programming IPA assistance, the Commission will take into account the priorities of the Europe 2020 strategy”.
9 November, 2010
• Strong potential to anchor reforms and facilitate EU accession: competitiveness, employment, education, research, innovations, meeting challenge of good governance - not additional criteria• Strategic thinking - strategic approach to policy development: identifying regional priorities and objectives in different areas, prioritization• Commitment to common goals helps to change national policies: strategic documents, action plans, common targets, policy learning • Adoption of good practice: improving system of monitoring, peer reviews, benchmarking, and collecting indicators, harmonised with EU structural indicators (EUROSTAT)• Support of European Commission - facilitating implementation: deepening policy dialogue with EU, strengthening institutional capacities, support from pre-accession funds (IPA; IPA Multi-Beneficiary) • Regional initiatives / activities - asset for supporting reforms: coordinated efforts and strengthening focus on Europe 2020 related reforms• RCC - Regional Cooperation Council’s role: providing political commitment, networking and coordination, streamlining, strengthening bottom-up approach and regional ownership
Relevance of EU umbrella strategies for candidates and potential candidates
Further stepsRegional Cooperation Council:• Provide political commitment, networking and coordination, streamlining,
strengthening bottom-up approach and regional ownership. • Obtain political support from SEECP.• Develop a roadmap for further coordination between RIs, national
administrations, IFIs, European Union institutions, and other donorsRegional initiatives / activities - asset for supporting reforms:• Coordinated efforts and strengthening focus on Europe 2020 related policy
goals• Take an immediate role in sectoral platform building on regional issues
related to Europe 2020Support of European Commission - facilitating implementation:• Deepening policy dialogue with EU, strengthening institutional capacities,
support from pre-accession funds (IPA; IPA Multi-Beneficiary)
Social Development
RCC priority: mainstream social development into economic reform deliberations Major areas:
1. Labor and Employment Policy• Bucharest Employment Process
2. Social Dialogue• SEE Trade Union Forum • Adriatic Region Employers’ Center
3. Public Health• SEE Health Network
What Is It?Bucharest Employment Process• Ministers of labor/heads of employment agencies committed to regional cooperation in
employment• Country reviews of employment policy conducted with help of CoE and ILO - recommendations
endorsed by Ministerial Conference in 2007• Regular meetings until 2009 of high level officials (Employment Network) to monitor and
supervise implementation of Bucharest Process
Social Dialogue• Participation of social partners in meetings of the Employment Network• Promotion of a broad social partnership between public authorities and social partners:
involvement of social partners in national tripartite dialogue
SEE Health Network• 21 leading international experts + > 100 health policy makers and technical experts from SEE• Supervises activities of regional public health projects led by countries• Serves as regional cooperation forum • Sample projects: community mental health, tobacco control, safety of blood products, etc.
Overall focus of RCC activities in the area of social development
• Supporting follow-up actions of the Bucharest Employment Process: promote more and better jobs
• Promoting regional social dialogue mechanism and strengthening capacities of social partners
• Supporting regional ownership of SEE Health Network and transforming regional projects into sustainable long term programs
Concrete actions • Social agenda conference, May 25-26, 2011, Sarajevo• Organizer: RCC with support from FES • Objective: Contribute to the establishment of a long term
vision of social development that will align Western Balkans countries closer to the EU social agenda
• Relevance of EU umbrella strategy, Europe 2020: aim at building a common regional vision compatible with the EU 2020 strategy component on inclusive growth with a focus on two main pillars: a) jobs and employment b) poverty reduction/social inclusion
• Expected result: establishment of regional platforms for employment promotion and poverty reduction/social inclusion
• Overall social policy agenda for Western Balkans
• Active employment generation• Social entrepreneurship• Labor mobility • Occupational health and safety• Social protection and security• Social inclusion • Poverty reduction
Possible themes