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Operational Programme “Castilla-La Mancha” 2007-2013
Programme under the Convergence Objective co-funded by the European Regional
Development Fund (ERDF)
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Castilla-La Mancha 2007-2013 ERDF Operational Programme
Vice-Presidency and Regional Ministry for Economy and Finance of the Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha.Directorate General for Budget and European Funds.2009
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Castilla-La Mancha 2007-2013 ERDF Operational Programme
FOREwORD ............................................................................................................4
EuROPEan REgiOnaL POLiCy ......................................................................................5Introduction 6European Regional Policy in �007-�01� 7Objectives and Instruments 9Policy Stages 11Funds available 1�The contribution made by Regional Policy in Castilla-La Mancha in �007-�01� 1�
ThE aPPROaCh OF ThE CasTiLLa-La ManCha 2007-2013 ERDF OPERaTiOnaL PROgRaMME ...16Strategic References 17The Castilla-La Mancha �007-�01� ERDF Operational Programme 19
PRiORiTy axEs ......................................................................................................21
PRiORiTy axis 1. DEvELOPMEnT OF ThE KnOwLEDgE ECOnOMy..................................22 Research, technological development and innovation �� Information society �5PRiORiTy axis 2. EnTREPREnEuRshiP anD innOvaTiOn DEvELOPMEnT ......................27
PRiORiTy axis 3. EnviROnMEnT, naTuRaL suRROunDings, waTER REsOuRCEs anD RisK PREvEnTiOn .......................................................................................................30
PRiORiTy axis 4. TRansPORT anD EnERgy ...........................................................33 Transport �4 Energy �6PRiORiTy axis 5. uRban anD LOCaL susTainabLE DEvELOPMEnT .............................38
PRiORiTy axis 6. sOCiaL inFRasTRuCTuRE ...........................................................41
PRiORiTy axis 7. TEChniCaL assisTanCE ..............................................................44
aPPEnDix. ThE CasTiLLa-La ManCha 2007-2013 ERDF OPERaTiOnaL PROgRaMME’s ManagEMEnT OF ...................................................................................................46
gLOssaRy OF TERMs ...............................................................................................47
Contents
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Castilla-La Mancha 2007-2013 ERDF Operational Programme Foreword
Castilla-La Mancha is aware of the European project and feels European. The European Regional Policy has immensely
contributed to this strong sense of identification and belonging. European Funds have played a key role in the promotion of
Castilla-La Mancha development. The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) has helped modernise our infrastructures,
drawing attention to our central location on the Iberian Peninsula or promoting R&D. Alongside this, Castilla-La Mancha is
a European example of how well this solidarity effort is managed. When the new Member States, the Central and Eastern
European countries, request help from the European Union to improve their management power, they are referred to Castilla-La
Mancha.
Our citizens are perhaps not fully aware of Castilla-La Mancha’s international prestige in this respect. This is why we present
this simplified report, which contains a summary of actions financed by this instrument that is intended to bring Europe
and Regional Administration closer to citizens. Under the belief that European Regional Policy does not only multiply our
development opportunities but also strengthen the Europeanism of the people from Castilla-La Mancha, I invite you to get
insight into the increasingly fruitful relationship that exists among Castilla-La Mancha and the European Union.
María Luisa araujo Chamorro
vice-President and Regional Minister for Economy and Finance
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European Regional Policy
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Castilla-La Mancha 2007-2013 ERDF Operational Programme
European Regional Policy or Cohesion Policy is the prime example of solidarity within the European Union (EU). Its objective is to reduce divergences in development levels of the different regions, making this the basic element in achieving a greater internal level of economic and social cohesion.
ThispolicyhasbeengainingimportanceintheEUwhichhasseen,alongwithanincreaseinMemberStates,anincreaseinthedifferencesbetweendevelopmentlevelsandthewealthof thedifferentregionsandterritories.Indeed,theEuropeanRegionalDevelopmentFund(ERDF)wascreatedin1975,shortlyaftertheentryof Ireland,theUKandDenmark(in1973),whichcausedaconsiderableincreaseintheinterregionaldisparitiesinthethenEuropeanEconomicCommunity.Suchimbalancesbecamemorenoticeableinthe80s,duetoentryof newMemberStates,thusmakingmorenecessaryaregionalpolicycapableof promotingcohesionacrossregions.
Itisalongtheselinesthatthedifferenttextsthatexpandanddefinethescopeof theEuropeanUnionaredeclared.Firstly,in1986,theEuropeanSingleActsetuptheobjectiveof economicandsocialcohesionasanindispensablefeatureforcreatingasinglemarket.Next,the1992TreatyontheEuropeanUnionconvertedtheobjectiveof economicandsocialcohesionintoafundamentalprincipleof theEuropeanUnion,consideringthat:
“In order to promote a harmonious development of the whole of the community, this willdevelopandcontinueitsaction,withtheaimof reinforcingeconomicandsocialcohesion.TheCommunitywillspecificallysetouttoreducethedifferencesbetweendevelopmentlevelsof thedifferentregions,andthebackwardnessof thelessfortunateregionsandislands,includingruralareas.”(Article158of theTEU).”
European Regional Policy hasmade significant progress since it came about, contributingtoconvergenceof percapitaincomeacrossEuropeanregions.Nevertheless,therearestillregional disparities in the EU, which have been deepened as a result of the most recentenlargement.
Today the EU has �7 Member States with a population of 49� million. There are �68 regions, �5% of which have per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) lower than the EU- �7 average. The European Regional Policy’s challenge is to correct these disparities making economic and social cohesion effective.
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introduCtion
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Castilla-La Mancha 2007-2013 ERDF Operational Programme european regional poliCy
The new Cohesion Policy is based on the renewed Lisbon Strategy for growth and employment: it emphasises growth and employment and shares with the Lisbon Agenda priority spheres such as boosting knowledge and innovation and promoting entrepreneurial initiative.
Toachievethementionedpriorities,theCommunityStrategicGuidelinesestablishaseriesof guidelines or action linesthataffectdifferentdeterminingfactorsof growthprocessesandemployment generation (availability of infrastructures, capacity to create and absorb newtechnologies,availabilityof humancapital,etc.).
A Cohesion Policy more focused on knowledge,
research, innovation and human capital
implications of including the renewed Lisbon strategy into Cohesion Policy
Sustainable development
should be pursued
(economic, social and environmental
dimension)
The Member States and regions should pursue the principle of equal
opportunities between women and men, which, like the
environment, is a transversal principle
in EU policies
All kinds of discrimination
due to sex, race or ethnicity, religion or conviction,
disability, age, or sexual orientation
should be avoided
January 1st �007 saw the beginning of a new programming period for the European Structural Funds, the main instrument of European Regional Policy. This programming period will end on December �1st �01�.
ThenewCohesionPolicy strategy for2007-2013 is included in theCommunity Strategic Guidelines on Cohesion,whichcontainthefollowingpriorities:
improve the EU’s appeal as a place to work and invest,
promote innovation, business initiative and the knowledge economy,
create more and better employment.
Theseprioritiesare foundedon the renewedLisbonStrategy forgrowthandemployment.Thus,theemphasisisplacedonacohesionpolicy:
Morefocusedonknowledgeandinnovation.
Directed towardachievingsustainedandsustainabledevelopment in linewith theobjectiveslaiddownintheGothenburgEuropeanCouncilandtheKyotoSummit.
Capableof maintainingtheprincipleof genderequalityandnondiscriminationforreasonsof sex,race,ageetc.
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Expand and improve transport infrastructures Increase and direct better investments into research and technological development
Attract more people to the labour market and modernise social protection systems
To make Europe and its regions more appealing places to invest and work
improve knowledge and innovation in favour of growth More and better jobs
Priorities and actions of Cohesion Policy in 2007-2013
Strengthen synergies between protecting Environment and growth
Energy efficiency,use of renewable energies and safe energy
Facilitate innovation and promote business initiative
Promote the Information Society for everyone
Improve access to funding
Improve the adaptability of workers and enterprises and the flexibility of the labour market
Increase investment in human capital
Administrative capacity
Help to maintain a healthy active population
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Castilla-La Mancha 2007-2013 ERDF Operational Programme european regional poliCy
European Regional Policy is based on a programming according to objectives. In the new programming period �007-�01� such objectives are the following: Convergence, Regional competitiveness and Employment and Territorial Cooperation.
TheConvergence objective promotesgrowth-enhancingconditionsand factors leading torealconvergencefortheleast-developedMemberStatesandregions.ThisobjectiveconcernsregionswithpercapitaGDPatlessthan75%of theCommunityaverageandtheso-called“Phasing-Outregions”.Theseareregionsthatduetothestatisticaleffectof mostrecentEUenlargementhavepercapitaGDPabove75%of theEU-25averagebutbelow75%of theEU-15average.
The Regional competitiveness and Employment objective aims to increase regionalcompetitivenessandemployment,throughboostinginnovation,entrepreneurshiporworkeradaptability. The ideaof thisobjective is toprovide regionswith theappropriate tools toprevent the emergence of new imbalances that may appear as a consequence of rapideconomicandsocialchanges.
TheregionsincludedintheRegionalcompetitivenessandEmploymentobjectivearethosethatarenotconcernedbytheConvergenceobjective.Someof themare“Phasing-inregions”,thatis,regionswherepercapitaGDPhasbecomelargerthan75%of theEU-15averageinthe2000-2006period.
COhEsiOn POLiCy 2007-2013: gEOgRaPhiCaL EgibiLiTy
ObJECTivEs insTRuMEnTs ELEgibiLiTy CRiTERia
Convergence objective
European Regional Development Fund and European Social Fund
Regions with pc GDP < 75% EU- �5
“Phasing-Out” Regions: pc GDP > 75% EU-�5 but less than 75% of the EU-15 average
Cohesion Fund Member States with pc GNP < 90% of the EU-�5 average
Regional Competitiveness and Employment objective
European Regional Development Fund and European Social Fund
Regions not concerned by the Convergence objective
Territorial Cooperation objective
European Regional Development Fund
Transborder regions and transnational cooperation regions
objeCtives and instruments
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COhEsiOn POLiCy 2007-2013. FunDing PRiORiTiEs
ObJECTivEs PRiORiTiEs
Convergence objective
European Regional Development Fund
Modernisation and diversification of economic structures and safeguarding or creation of sustainable employment
European Social Fund
Adapting workers and enterprises: access to employment for job searchers, inactive people, women and emigrants; social inclusion and fighting discrimination in the labour market; strengthening human capital
Cohesion Fund Trans-European Transport and Environmental networks (including environmentally friendly energy and transport projects)
Regional Competitiveness and Employment objective
European Regional Development Fund
Innovation and knowledge economy; environment and risk prevention; access to transport and telecommunications services
European Social Fund
Adapting workers and enterprises: access to employment for job searchers, inactive people, women and emigrants; social inclusion and fighting discrimination in the labour market; strengthening human capital
Territorial cooperation objective
European Regional Development Fund
Development of cross-border economic, social and environmental activities through joint strategies for sustainable territorial development; establisment and development of transnational cooperation; reinforcement the effectiveness of regional policy by encouraging regional and local authorities to form networks and exchange experience
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Lastly,theTerritorial Cooperation objectiveaimstostrengthenbalancedterritorial development in the European Union through transborder(betweencountriesthatshareborders),transnationalandinterregionalcooperation.The Structural Funds are the instruments that permit to achieve theaforementionedobjectives.Suchfundsarethefollowing:theEuropeanRegional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF)and the Cohesion Fund (CF). The purpose of the European RegionalDevelopmentFundistostrengtheneconomicandsocialcohesionintheEUbycorrectingimbalancesbetweenitsregions.Thisfundfinancesdirectaidtoinvestmentsincompaniestocreatesustainablejobs,infrastructures(linked notably to research and innovation, telecommunications,environment, energy and transport), financial instruments to supportregionalandlocaldevelopmentandtofostercooperationbetweentownsandregionsandtechnicalassistancemeasures.TheERDFcaninterveneinthethreeobjectivesof regionalpolicy.The European Social Fund aims to improve employment and jobopportunitiesintheEuropeanUnionbyprovidingsupportinthefollowingareas: adapting workers and enterprises; access to employment forjob seekers, theunemployed,womenandmigrants; social integrationof disadvantaged people and combating discrimination in the jobmarket; strengthening human capital. It intervenes in the frameworkof theConvergenceandtheRegionalCompetitivenessandEmploymentobjectives.In turn, the Cohesion Fund focuses its interventions on two spheres:theenvironmentand transport infrastructures.UnlikeotherStructuralFunds,itsmanagementfallsontheStates.Assuch,theMemberStateswithpercapitaGNPbelow90%of theEUaveragemaybenefitfromthisfund,beingSpainoneof suchcountries.TheCohesionFundsupportsactionsintheframeworkof theConvergenceobjective.
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The starting point in applying the European Cohesion Policy is given by the Community Strategic Guidelines on Cohesion (economic, social and territorial).
Next,eachMemberStatepreparesaNationalStrategicReferenceFramework(NSRF),inlinewiththestrategicguidelines,overthecourseof anongoingdialoguewiththeCommission.TheSpanishNSRF,developedbytheSpanishGovernmentwiththesupportof theNationalReformProgramme,definesthenationalandregionalpriorities.ItensurestheircoherencewiththeCommunity Strategic Guidelines on Cohesion, in order to successfully meet the CohesionPolicy’sobjectives.Themainobjectiveof theNSRFis“tocontributetothecohesionandtheharmoniousdevelopmentof theEuropeanUnionthroughageneralandsustainablegrowthprocessof theSpanishState,theAutonomousCommunitiesandtheCities”.
TheSpanishNSRFenvisagesalltheOperationalProgrammesthroughwhichEuropeanRegionalPolicy isapplied inthiscountry.TheOperationalProgrammesaredocumentssubmittedbyeachMemberStateandapprovedbytheEuropeanCommission.Theyincludeadevelopmentstrategythatcontainsaconsistentsetof prioritiesthatrequiretheassistanceof oneof theStructuralFundstobecarriedout.Inthecaseof Spain,thereare23OperationalProgrammesco-fundedbytheEuropeanRegionalDevelopmentFund(oneof themistheEuropeanRegionalDevelopmentFund-CohesionFund),22co-fundedbytheEuropeanSocialFundand8undertheTerritorialCooperationobjective.
Most Operational Programmes are of regional nature (they only affect one Autonomous Community) but some of them have a multi-regional character (they concern more than one Autonomous Community). All of them, excepting the Operational Programme of the Cohesion Fund-ERDF, concern a single fund (the ERDF or the ESF).
sTagEs OF ThE COhEsiOn POLiCy
EuROPEan COMMissiOn
sTaTEs
REgiOnaL gOvERnMEnTs
social and Economic agents
Community strategic guidelines
national strategic Reference Framework
Operational Programmes Projects (European Regional
Development Fund and European social Fund)
OPERaTiOnaL PROgRaMMEs (ERDF and EsF)
Common framework with Cohesion Policy’s objectives, priorities, and strategic lines
Defines national and regional priorities on
cohesion
Subject to approval by the European
Commission
poliCy stages
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Castilla-La Mancha 2007-2013 ERDF Operational Programme
In the period �007-�01�, cohesion policy will benefit from �47,410 million Euros. The division by objectives is the following: 81.5% for Convergence, 16% for Regional competitiveness and Employment and �.5% for Territorial Cooperation.
Concerningtheiruse,firstly,theCommissionproceedsbygivingindicativeannualsumsperMember State,which dependnotably on the following criteria: eligible population, nationalwealth, regional wealth and unemployment rates. In the case of Spain, 35,217.27 millionEuroshavebeenallocated(10.1%of totalfunds).
Convergence objective
Cohesion fund �,54�
Convergence �1,05�
Phasing-Out 1,58�
Regional Competitiveness and Employment objective
Phasing-In 4,955
Regional Competitiveness and Employment �,5�4
European Territorial Cooperation objective 559
TOTaL 35,217
More than 70% of the funds allocated to Spain (�5,155.75 million euros) are devoted to Spanish regions in the framework of the Convergence objective. That is, regions with per capita GDP lower than 75% of the EU average. Castilla-La Mancha is one of these Spanish regions, along with Andalusia, Extremadura and Galicia.
spain and the Cohesion Policy of the Eu: Financial allocation (Million EuR)
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Funds available
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Castilla-La Mancha 2007-2013 ERDF Operational Programme
Castilla-La Mancha has been receiving European Funds since Spain joined the European Union in 1987. Moreover, the volume of funds received is significant: Castilla-La Mancha is the second Spanish region that benefits from highest resources in per capita terms.
These funds have supported the Region’s progress in several ways. On the one hand, ithaswitnessedanincreaseinpercapitaGDPwhichhashelpedtobridgethegapbetweenCastilla-LaManchaandsurroundingcountries(in1995,percapitaGDPwasequalto64.6%of theEU-15averagewhilein2004suchpercentagereached69.9%).Ontheotherhand,therehavebeenimprovementsinkeyeconomicandsocialfactorsof sustainabledevelopment(high employment generation, increase in the number of enterprises and progress in theInformationSociety).
The use of European Funds has contributed to the development of Castilla-La Mancha, mainly through creating infrastructures needed for territorial cohesion, supporting entrepreneurial initiative and promoting the productive network.
Wemustcontinueprogressing in thisconvergingpathwithmoreprosperousEUcountries,byeffectivelyrespondingtothesocialandeconomicchallengesfacedbyCastilla-LaMancha.Amore innovativeandentrepreneurialeconomymustbepromoted.Wemustalsokeeponfosteringparticipationof womenandvulnerablegroupsinthelabourmarket,bearinginmindtheimportanceof continuingwiththeimprovementingeneraleducationlevel.Asfarastheenvironment,isconcerned,wemustcarryoncorrectingwaterdeficitsandpromotingahigherconsumptionof cleanenergies.
To face up to these challenges, Castilla-LaMancha commits itself to a new growthmodelcoherentwiththepossibilitiesthattheglobaleconomyoffers.Thenewmodelwillhelptheregionto bemore competitive through investments in human capital, knowledge and technology.Moreover,aninnovativeandentrepreneurialpushisattheheartof thenewmodel.Atthesametime,wemustmaintainandreinforcesocialcohesionandtheenvironment.
1 Development of the Knowledge Economy 143,939,389 35,984,859 179,924,248
� Entrepreneurial Development and Innovation 247,020,925 105,866,112 352,887,037
� Environment, natural surroundings, water resources and risk prevention
304,725,821 130,596,784 435,322,605
4 Transport and Energy 533,278,994 287,150,229 820,429,223
5 Local and Urban Development 127,391,636 54,596,412 181,988,048
6 Social Infrastructure 76,528,439 19,132,111 95,660,550
7 Technical Assistance 6,508,690 1,627,176 8,135,866
Total 1,439,393,894 634,953,683 2,074,347,577
Community Funding
Community and Public national
Funding
Public national Funding axes
Castilla-La Mancha 2007-2013 ERDF Operational Programme. Financial Plan (Euros)
the Contribution made by regional poliCy in Castilla-la manCha in 2007-2013
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Castilla-La Mancha 2007-2013 ERDF Operational Programme european regional poliCy
Financial allocation of Regional ERDF Operational Programmes (regional shares)
Inthisframework,theCastilla-LaMancha2007-2013ERDFOperationalProgramme’smissionistoserveasaninstrumentforreachingthecompetitiveness,cohesionandenvironmentalsustainabilityobjectivesdefinedbytheCastilla-LaManchaGovernment incollaborationwiththesocialagentsof theregion.
Asfarasfinancialresourcesareconcerned,CommunityinvestmentthroughtheregionalERDFOperationalProgrammeamountstoaround1,439millionEuros(8%of availableresourcesforallSpanishregions).ThisimpliesthatCastilla-LaMancharanksfourthinthelistof Spanishregionsthatbenefitfromgreatestvolumeof financialassistanceintheframeworkof RegionalERDFOperationalProgrammes.
Another316millionEurosmustbeaddedtothisamount,originatingfromtheERDFMultiregionalOperational Programmes (“Knowledge-based Economy”, “Research, Development andInnovationforandbyEnterprises-TechnologyFund”,“CohesionFund-ERDF”and“TechnicalAssistance”).Hence,totalinvestmentforCastilla-LaManchathroughtheEuropeanRegionalDevelopment Fund amounts to 1,755 million Euros. Alonside this, investments under theEuropeanSocialFundintheregionamounttoaround555millionEuros.
LaRioja
Melilla
Ceuta
Navarre
Cantabria
BalearicIslands
Aragon
BasqueCountry
Madrid
Asturias
Murcia
Catalonia
CastileandLeon
CanaryIslands
Valencia
Castilla-LaMancha
Extremadura
Galicia
Andalusia
0.18
0.24
0.25
0.26
0.50
0.60
0.91
1.34
1.88
2.21
2.92
3.79
4.56
5.69
7.40
8.03
8.82
12.23
38.18
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
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Community funding through the Castilla-La Mancha 2007-2013 ERDF Operational Programme. indicative financial allocations breakdown
(1,439.3 million Euros)
Type of assistance
Territory
Contribution to the Lisbon Objectives
Non-repayableassistance
6�.1 %
Loan, interest rebates, guarantees 1.�% Risk Capital
�.5%
Other types of funding ��.�%
Rural Areas �0%
Urban 40%
Mountainous 10%
Scarcely or very scarcely populated areas
�0%
Non contributing
�8.6%
Contributing 71.4%
71.4% of Castilla-La Mancha �007-�01� ERDF Operational Programme’s financial resources are devoted to reach the Lisbon Objectives. Such percentage is above the threshold established by the European Commission.
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Castilla-La Mancha 2007-2013 ERDF Operational Programme
The approach of the Castilla-La Mancha 2007-2013 ERDF Operational Programme
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Castilla-La Mancha 2007-2013 ERDF Operational Programme
the approaCh oF the Castilla-la manCha 2007-2013 erdF operational programme
The Castilla-La Mancha �007-�01� ERDF Operational Programme defines the regional policy co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, taking into account the objectives and guidelines of the community, national and regional policies.
AtEUlevel,thekeyreferenceistherevised Lisbon Strategy,developedthroughthestrategicpolicyguidelines2005-2008.Thesehighlighttheimportanceof innovationandhumancapitalinordertoachievecompetitiveandsustainablegrowth.
Inthenationalsphere,theSpanish National Reform Programmeconsidersthepolicyshiftresultingfromtherelaunchingof theLisbonStrategy.TheProgrammesetouttheobjectiveof achievingfullconvergenceinpercapitaincomein2010.Moreover,insuchyeartheSpanishemployment rate shouldbeabove theEUaverage. Inorder to reachsuchobjectives, theprogrammeestablisheseightstrategicaxes.
The spanish national Reform Programme. strategic axes
Strengthening Macroeconomic and Budget Stability
The Strategic Infrastructure and Transport Plan (SPIT) and theWATER programme
Increase and improve human capital
The R&D and Innovation strategy (INGENIO �010)
More competition, better regulation
Public Administration and Competitiveness
Labour market and Social Dialogue
The Enterprise Development Plan
With the substratum of the National Reform Programme and the Commission’s StrategicGuidelinesonCohesion2007-2013,SpaindrewuptheNationalStrategicReferenceFramework(NSRF).ThisframeworksetsouttheinvestmentprioritiesforprogrammestobesupportedbyStructuralFundsovertheseven-yearperiod2007-13.RegardingERDFactionsundertheConvergenceobjective,theSpanishNSRFisstructuredaccordingsevenpriorityaxes.
1. Development of the Knowledge Economy
spanish nsRF: Priority axes for European Regional Development Fund actions in Convergence regions
�. Entrepreneurial Development and Innovation
�. Environment, natural surroundings, water resources and risk prevention
4. Transport and Energy
5. Urban and Local Development
6. Social Infrastructure
7. Technical Assistance
strategiC reFerenCes
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Castilla-La Mancha 2007-2013 ERDF Operational Programme
Beingawareof thenewglobaldimensionof theworldeconomy,theGovernmentof Castilla-LaManchalaidoutitsobjectivesandactionlinesasregardsregionaldevelopmentpolicyinthe“Castilla-La Mancha Development and Competitiveness Pact �005- �010”.Thefinalpurposeof thepact,whichwassignedbytheregionalsocialagentsandtheAdministrationin2005,istoincreaseregionalcompetitiveness.Theagreementestablishedfouractionaxes:
1. Improve entrepreneurial capacity.
�. Increase activity and employment rates as well as human capital.
�. Boost R&D and Innovation and spreading of ICTs.
4. Reinforce infrastructures and environmental quality.
FollowingthesocialconsensusandcollaborationpolicybetweentheregionalAdministrationandsocialagentsof theregion,theCastilla-La Mancha Strategic Frameworkwassignedin2006inordertoapplytheStructuralFundsfor2007-2013.Thisframeworkidentifiestheobjectivestobeachievedandtheactionstobedeveloped.
Tofinishoff theworkscarriedout,attheendof 2007anagreementwasreachedbetweenallof theauthoritiesconcernedwithregionalpolicy(regional,nationalandcommunity):theCastilla-LaMancha2007-2013ERDFOperationalProgramme.Thisdocument,aspreviouslymentioned, defines the regional policy co-funded by the European Regional DevelopmentFund.
The Castilla-La Mancha Development and Competitiveness Pact �005- �010 is an instrument devoted to place Castilla-la Mancha among the most advanced regions. To make ends meet, the Pact is committed to prompt competitiveness through research, technological development, innovation and the introduction of new technologies.
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Castilla-La Mancha 2007-2013 ERDF Operational Programme
The Castilla-La Mancha Programme under the Convergence objective, co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, is aimed at achieving the following general objectives:
1.-Promotean increase inpercapitaGDP thusallowing the region toconvergewith theEU-25average.
2.-Fosterlabourproductivity.
3.-Promptanincreaseinactivityandemploymentrates,particularlyfemaleratessoastoenhancetheirparticipationinthelabourmarket.
the Castilla-la manCha 2007-2013 erdF operational programme Thesetargetsarebrokendownintostrategiclinesandintermediateobjectives.TheOperational
Programme firmly opts for improvement of external competitiveness (more outer regionactivity)anda complete introductionof theknowledge economy. Suchobjectivesare setpaying particular attention to the fundamental purposes of employment creation anddevelopmentof basicinfrastructure(includingsocial and environmentalinfrastructures).
improving external competitiveness
ThE CasTiLLa-La ManCha 2007-2013 ERDF OPERaTiOnaL PROgRaMME: aCTiOn LinEs
Improve trading channels
Encourage access to funding
Promote entrepreneurial initiative
Improve integration of innovation support
services
Boost telecommunications infrastructures and
encourage the use of ICT
Boost quality employment
Increase female participation in the labour market
Encourage equal opportunities and combat discrimination in the
job market
Increase and improve human capital
Promote infrastructures that improve the quality of energy supply, water and the natural surroundings
Improve intraregional accessibility levels
Boost the use of more efficient energy sources and the promotion of renewable energy sources
Increase educational, health and public transport services infrastructures
Complete introduction of the Knowledge Economy More and better jobs Development of infrastructures (Environment,
transport, energy and social)
inTERMEDiaTE ObJECTivEs
the approaCh oF the Castilla-la manCha 2007-2013 erdF operational programme
The Castilla-La Mancha �007-�01� ERDF Operational Programme supports the development of a new regional economic model grounded on an innovative and entrepreneurial push.
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Castilla-La Mancha 2007-2013 ERDF Operational Programme
The Castilla-La Mancha 2007-2013 ERDF Operational Programme is structured accordingtosevenPriorityaxes.Eachonehasbeenassignedcertainobjectivesandconsidersprioritythemesof actionsusceptibletobeingfundedbytheEuropeanRegionalDevelopmentFund.Inadditiontothis,strategicquantitativeindicatorshavebeenidentifiedforeachAxis,reportingtheinitialvalueof eachindicatorandtheonethatisintendedtobereachedby2010(2010Objective)and2013(2013Objective).Therefore,suchindicatorswillpermittoconfirmthedegreetowhichobjectivesarereached.
Therestof thedocumentgivesadetaileddescriptionof eachAxis:itsobjectivesandtheprioritythemesof actionthatwillguidetheinterventionsfundedwiththisOperationalProgramme.
The Castilla-La Mancha �007-�01� ERDF Operational Programme firmly commits itself to promote a knowledge based society, innovation and entrepreneurship.
The Programme will safeguard the environment and natural surroundings, paying attention to management of regional water resources and to prevention of natural risks.
The Operational Programme is founded on the objectives laid down in the Gothenburg European Council, the Kyoto Summit and the national and regional commitments to combat climate change, incorporating the Lisbon Strategy’s vision of development (economic, social, and environmental).
in order to strengthen transition of Castilla-La Mancha towards the set of European leading regions:
the approaCh oF the Castilla-la manCha 2007-2013 erdF operational programme
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Castilla-La Mancha 2007-2013 ERDF Operational Programme
Priority axis 1. Development of the Knowledge Economy
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Castilla-La Mancha 2007-2013 ERDF Operational Programme
The European Union and other major economies have been transformed by the forces of technology, globalization, entrepreneurship and innovation. The pace of globalization picked up rapidly during the fourth quarter of the twentieth century, giving rise to an economic framework where human capital, diffusion of new technologies and product and process innovations become fundamental factor for economic growth. Such elements shape what is now known as the “Knowledge Economy”, “Information Economy” and even “New Economy”, which are related to an emerging “Information Society”.
Recognisingsuchchanges,theGovernmentof Castilla-LaManchahasfirmlycommitteditself to boosting the region’s knowledge economy. The Development and Competitiveness Pactisdeclared,whichisthebackboneof theregionalpolicyuntil2010,stressesthestrategicimportanceof promotingR&D&I(research,technologicaldevelopmentandinnovation)andtheusageof ICT(informationandcommunicationtechnologies)amongstthepopulation.
Theplansof thePactasregardsR&D&IandtheknowledgesocietyarebeingdevelopedbytheRegionalPlanforScientificResearch,TechnologicalDevelopmentandInnovation(PRINCET).The Plan has highlighted as objectives the increase in R&D&I (more resources and moreinnovativeenterprises),thecoordinationof agentsof theRegionalInnovationSystemandthepromotionof aninnovativeculture.
The Castilla-La Mancha 2007-2013 ERDF Operational Programme echoes the regionalobjectivesaregardstheknowledgeeconomythroughitsfirstPriorityAxis.Itconsiderstwospheresof action:
Research, technological development and innovation(R&D&I)
Information society (digital and e-commerce gap, e-administration, e-health,e-learning).
Wepresentbelowtheprovisionsof theERDFOperationalProgrammeforCastilla-LaManchainthenewprogrammingperiodinordertoachieveeachoneof theseaspectsof theknowledgeeconomy.
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priority axes Axis 1. Development of the Knowledge Economy
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Increase the critical mass of innovative activity in the region through improvements of human capital and scientific and technological infrastructures
Optimisation of connections of the knowledge generation system with the production system and between Regional Innovation System agents
Promote a greater involvement of the private sector (supporting SMEs’ R&D&I and fostering business innovation)
Foster research and innovation culture among citizens
Improve access to funding for enterprises engaged in research, technological development and innovation projects
Make R&D&I a key enterprise competitive factor
Research, technological development and innovation
Given the strategic nature of R&D&I to sustain and strengthen economic and social progress in Castilla-La Mancha, the �007-�01� ERDF Regional Operational Programme has placed considerable emphasis on R&D&I.
TheProgrammeenvisagesambitiousobjectives regarding the increase in regionalR&D&Iexpenditure(publicandprivate)whichshouldbereachedby2013.Tomakeendsmeet,theProgrammesuggeststofocuson:
thevolumeof innovativeactivityintheregion,
private sector participation (particularly small and medium sized enterprises,SMEs),
interrelationof allof theregion’sinnovativeagents.
“Research, technological development and innovation”: the objectives
priority axes Axis 1. Development of the Knowledge Economy
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Strengthening of the regional Research and Technological Development system using assistance for developing research and development activities in public research and technological centres
Increase and optimise human and physical resources for R&D&I activities (through better coordination of the agents involved, of the scientific and technological infrastructures, etc.)
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The creation of R&D and technological innovation centres of national reference
Creation and/or expansion of the network of Scientific-Technological Parks in Castilla-La Mancha
Provision of scientific-technological equipment for public or non-profit research centres
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Assistance to technological innovation projects as well as technical feasibility studies prior to these activities, particularly aimed at SMEs, through Technological Centres and Local Innovation Centres
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Assistance directed to strengthen the region’s innovative sector (particularly SMEs) and the creation of technology based firms
Improve financial access to R&D activities (through the development and strengthening of risk capital risk in Castilla-La Mancha)
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Priority themes in the field of “Research, technological development and innovation”
TheCastilla-LaMancha2007-2013ERDFOperationalProgrammeenvisagespriority themesinthefieldof R&D&I.IncoherencewithregionalR&D&Ipolicy,smallandmediumenterprises(SMEs)arethemainbeneficiariesof actions.
Research and Technological Development activities in research centres
R&D and innovation infrastructures and specific training centres
Technology transfer and improvement of cooperation networks (sMEs)
assistance for R&D (sMEs)
investment in enterprises directly related to R&D&i
priority axes Axis 1. Development of the Knowledge Economy
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The Castilla-La Mancha �007-�01� ERDF Operational Programme sets the objective of extending the use of ICT and the information society among all regional agents, focusing attention on small and medium sized enterprises and social groups in danger of experiencing the digital gap. It is also acknowledged that the Administrations should be a predominant driving force.
TheERDFforCastilla-LaManchacommitstoastrongprogressamongstthegeneralpopulation,payingparticularattentiontowomen(itsetstheobjectivethat,by2013,65%of womeninthe regionwillbeusing Internet).As regards firms,emphasis is laidon theuseof ICTbymicro-enterprises.
In order to fulfil such objectives, the Castilla-La Mancha 2007-2013 ERDF OperationalProgramme considers three priority themes. These are the following: 1) telephoneinfrastructures; 2) services and applications for citizens; 3) services and applications forsmallandmediumenterprises.Thelatterareparticularlyrelevant.
information society
priority axes Axis 1. Development of the Knowledge Economy
Reducing the digital gap by promoting an increasing use of ICT and the extension of the information society among the population of Castilla-La Mancha
Application of ICT as the optimum way of improving the quality of all types of processes: production, education, research and administration
Establish a digital culture, mainly through informative, educational and promotional actions
Encourage services and applications, not only for citizens, but also directed toward small and medium sized enterprises (so that they improve their buying and selling power, training opportunities, etc.)
“information society”: the objectives
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Ensure widespread of Broadband
Promote mobile services and networks and the launch of �G networks (UMTS)
Infrastructures for digital terrestrial television
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Development and promotion of the Network of Public Internet Centres in towns in Castilla-La Mancha, preferably in rural areas
Promoting ICT in the health and welfare sector
Promoting modernisation, digitalisation and connectivity of the Regional Administration
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Encouraging the creation and development of enterprises in the ICT sector, through technology transfer networks, scientific and technological parks, technological centres, etc.
Actions for detecting and bringing about the demand for ICT services for SMEs and for boosting the supply of the demanded services
Increase the use of PCs, Internet, E-commerce in all of the micro-enterprises and SMEs
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services and applications for sMEs
services and applications for citizens
Priority themes in the field of “information society”
priority axes Axis 1. Development of the Knowledge Economy
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Priority axis 2. Entrepreneurship and innovation Development
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priority axes Axis �. Entrepreneurship and Innovation Development
Entrepreneurship is a key driving force for innovation, competitiveness and growth. It is a combination of “initiative” (availability to innovate, take risks, take advantage of opportunities) and “capacity” (skill, professionalism) of businessmen and women in the market economy. A greater initiative and capacity means better growth possibilities. More entrepreneurial regions are more willing to introduce innovation, through the creation of new enterprises or through existing ones. In turn, this positively affects firm entry (creation) and employment growth.
InEurope thewillingnesstoundertakebusinessventures is limited incomparisonwith theUnitedStates. InSpainandCastilla-LaMancha, the lackof businessdevelopment ismorenoticeable than in Europe. However it must be pointed out that, in recent years, Castilla-LaManchahasexperienced considerable entrepreneurial dynamism, especially from2002onwards.Thatishighlighted,forinstance,bythehighvaluerecordedbytheannualrateof firmcreation.
Thesupportgiventoentrepreneurialdevelopmentisoneof theaxesaroundwhichthecurrentstrategyof theCastilla-LaManchaGovernmentisbuilt.TheDevelopmentandCompetitivenessPact recognises that increasing the ratio firms/population is of paramount importance toimprovelabourandcapitalproductivity(hence,toincreasecompetitiveness).Thisiswhythesupporttothecreation,expansionandinternationalizationof firmstakesonapredominantroleinthePact.
In line with these regional strategic guidelines, the second Priority Axis of the Castilla-LaMancha2007-2013ERDFOperationalProgrammesetthefollowingobjectives:
to improve entrepreneurial competitiveness (more innovation, more technologybasedfirms,internationalisation,entrepreneurialcooperation,etc)
tofosterentrepreneurialinitiativeinsociety(transversalobjective).
priority axis 2. entrepreneurship and innovation development
TheOperationalProgrammeconsidersaseriesof interventionsthataregroupedintothreepriority themes.Ontheonehand,theassistancegiventoSMEsforencouragingtheuseof environmentalfriendlyproductsandproductionprocesses.Ontheotherhand,thesupportgiventootherbusinessinvestments.Lastly,theProgrammeconsidersothermeasuresaimingtoencourageSMEs’research,innovationandentrepreneurialculture.
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Boost entrepreneurial initiative in Castilla-La Mancha’s community
(transversal objective)
Promote competitiveness and investment incentives
Improve entrepreneurial competitiveness and boost the entrepreneurial culture
Actions devoted to promote population’s entrepreneurial initiatives
Objectives
supporting sMEs to encourage the use of products and production processes that are
environmentally friendly Other business investments Encourage sMEs’ research, innovation and
entrepreneurial culture
Priority themes
Improve technological capacity and innovation
Introduction of environmental quality manage-ment systems
Prompt endogenous capital and cooperation
Promote internationalisation
Improve funding possibilities (outright grants, loans and capital shares)
Support infrastructures for the small and medium sized enterprise
Actions in support of innovation in small and medium sized enterprises (financial enginee-ring, support services, etc.)
Supporting the take off of new firms
Improve entrepreneurial competitiveness
priority axes Axis �. Entrepreneurship and Innovation Development
Priority axis 2. “Entrepreneurship and innovation Development”
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Priority axis 3. Environment, natural surroundings, water Resources and Risk Prevention
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priority axes Axis �. Environment, Natural Surroundings, Water Resources and Risk Prevention
The environment is a central priority for Castilla-La Mancha. Economic development in itself is not enough, it is also necessary to achieve a sustainable and environmental friendly development process. The legacy left to future generations of Castilla-La Mancha partly depends on the capacity to preserve and improve our environmental capital. In the short term, this is essential for developing activities with a high potential in the economy, such as tourism activities.
Wecannotignorethat,givenwaterdeficitssufferedbyCastilla-LaMancha,theenvironmentisof astrategicnature for theregion,aswater isa fundamental factor forsocioeconomicdevelopment.ThisviewisrecognisedbytheDevelopmentandCompetitivenessPact.Itaimstopromotesustainabledevelopmentintheregion,avoidingnegativeenvironmentalimpactsoraninefficientmanagementof renewableresources.Therefore,itissuggestedthatprogressisneededtwoparallelfields:supplyandwastewatertreatment.
priority axis 3. environment, natural surroundings, water resourCes and risK prevention
Development of basic water infrastructures
(for towns and economic
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Objectives of axis 3 “Environment, natural surroundings, water Resources and Risk Prevention”
Takingallof thisintoaccount,theenvironmentalpolicy,whichalreadytookonasignificantroleinthepreviousprogrammingperiod,itstillamajorfigureinthe2007-2013period.
Incoherencewith theStateandtheRegionalenvironmentalpolicies,heCastilla-LaMancha2007-2013ERDFOperationalProgrammetheobjectivesof thispriorityaretoimprovewatermanagementandwastetreatment,toprotectbiodiversityandtheenvironmentandtopreventrisks.
In order to reach these objectives, interventions are concentrated on priority themesrelatedtowatermanagement(drinkablewaterdistributionandwastewatertreatment),wastemanagement (domestic and industrial), protection of biodiversity and the environment,riskpreventionandpromotionof wildresources.Oneof theRegion’sstrategicpriorities isovercomingwaterdeficits.
Provide basic water drainage
infrastructures to towns
Promote the availability of
infrastructures that guarantee quality water supply, thus covering the water
needs of the region (derived from water
shortages and population growth)
Proper management
of domestic or industrial waste
Maintain and restore the
environment when necessary, as a requirement to guarantee the
quality of the life of the population
Carry out actions aimed at defending, restoring and
improving the water
environment, rehabilitating, protecting and
regenerating river surroundings
Protect biodiversity,
restore habitats and species, and regenerate the environment
Prevention of risks, flooding and freshets,
restore the public water domain, fight against
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Priority themes of axis 3 “Environment, natural surroundings, water Resources and Risk Prevention”
Construction of infrastructures (recycling centres, treatment plants, controlled dumps, etc.)Purchasing of equipmentAwareness campaigns
Restoration of habitats and speciesConstruction of infrastructures for conserving species Land acquisitions for protecting and regenerating the environmentDevelopment of infrastructures for environmental education, increasing awareness of natural resources, etc.
Fire protecting infrastructures Actions aimed at preventing risks derived from riverbed freshets, measures to combat erosion, etc.
Works to bring drinkable water management and distribution infrastructures to secondary nucleiWater treatment actions
Creation of Environmental Education CentresCreation of necessary interpretive infrastructures to contribute to awareness of geological and geomorphological resources.Development of infrastructures, installations, equipment and activities for conserving flora and fauna on site, nurseries for autochthonous species of flora, resource centres, nature classrooms, etc.Systems for interpretation and information and other equipment for public use, in natural spaces, road infrastructure, etc. Actions for improving habitats and populations of wild fauna
Managing and treating water
Treating waste
Protecting biodiversity and the environment
Risk Prevention
Promoting natural wealth
priority axes Axis �. Environment, Natural Surroundings, Water Resources and Risk Prevention
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Priority axis 4. Transport and Energy
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priority axes Axis 4. Transport and Energy
Transport infrastructures are of a strategic nature for economic activity: they boost the economy, facilitate the development of productive activities and foster regional competition. Likewise, they facilitate territorial cohesion, allowing the appropriate interconnection of population nuclei, displacement for labour reasons, etc.
Castilla-LaManchamustcontinueprogressinginthecreationandmaintenanceof transversalcommunicationinfrastructures.Inviewof thisnecessity,theDevelopmentandCompetitivenessPact2005-2010highlightstheimportanceof infrastructurepolicyandestablishes,asbasicprioritiesinthisfield,theneedtoboosthighspeedmotorways,improvelevelsof interconnectionbetweendifferentareas,optimiseexistingroadsandpromotepublictransport.
priority axis 4. transport and energy
Transport
Improvement of accessibility (mainly intraregional)
“Transport”: the objectives
Promotion of transportation means alternative to road transport
Actions focused on multimodal transport
Contribute to environmental sustainability, promoting clean urban transport
Promotion of new technologies into the transport sector and development intelligent transport systems
TheCastilla-LaMancha2007-2013ERDFOperationalProgrammeOperationalrecognisesthechallengeof supportingregionaldevelopmentthroughtransportinfrastructures,establishingthefollowingobjectives:
Improvementof accessibility(mainlyintraregional).
Promotionof transportationmeansalternativetoroadtransport.
Multimodaltransport.
Contributetoenvironmentalsustainability,promotingcleanurbantransport.
Promotionof newtechnologiesintothetransportsectoranddevelopmentintelligenttransportsystems.
The priority themes are concerned with construction and improvement of railwayinfrastructures, motorways and regional roads. Moreover, the actions will support thedevelopmentof multimodaltransportandcleanurbantransportsystems.
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Railway services Motorways and local/regional roads Multimodal transport
“Transport”: Priority themes
Development and Implementation of a Level Crossing Removal Programme
Co-funding of High Speed railway tracks
Construction of particular installations and investments to improve infrastructures
intelligent transportation systems
Encouraging clean urban transportation
Construction of toll roads and motorways
Conditioning of the existing autonomous network
Construction of town diversions in large urban nuclei
Carrying out prior research and provision of multimodal transport platforms
Infrastructures and development of intelligent transportation systems
Substitution of fuel for natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, hydrogen etc.
Changing and replacement, if applicable, of engines to permit theuse of biofuels
Use of advanced systems for fleet managment that reduce specific consumption
priority axes Axis 4. Transport and Energy
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Achieving an efficient and high quality energy supply, with a substantial participation of renewable energy sources, is at the core of a sustainable development process. Castilla-La Mancha has tackled the challenge fighting against climate change whilst guaranteeing energy supply.
TheEuropeanUnionisstronglycommittedtofosterenergyefficiencyandtheuseof renewableenergies.AsfarastheSpanishGovernmentisconcerned,suchEU’sobjectiveshavenotonlybeenadoptedbuttheyarealsoconsideredtobeof specialrelevance.InCastilla-LaMancha,the Development and Competitiveness Pact 2005-2010 is determined to promote energydiversificationandefficiencyaswellastoguaranteequalitysupply.
TheCastilla-LaMancha2007-2013ERDFOperationalProgramme’sobjectivesinthefieldof energyfocusontwomainaspects:
Creationof infrastructuresneededtoobtaincleanenergyfromrenewableenergysources.
Promotionof energyefficiency.
Threepriority themes havebeenenvisagedtofulfilsuchobjectives.Twoof themarerelatedtorenewableenergies(solarandbiomass)whilethethirdconcernsenergyefficiency.
Energy
Support and incentives for obtaining energy from renewable sources
Increase the use of clean energies in order to contribute to the improvement of the environment
Promotion of energy efficiency
“Energy”: the objectives
priority axes Axis 4. Transport and Energy
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priority axes Axis 4. Transport and Energy
Speed up and increase the use of biomass
Promote market development of products and services related to technology for using biomass in the domestic sector
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“Energy”: Priority themes
Renewable energy: solar
Renewable energy: biomass
Energy efficiency, cogeneration, energy control
Create research centres and develop technology related to concentrated photovoltaic solar energy CPV)
Promote market development of products and services related to CPV as well as the location of auxiliary enterprises dealing with CPV
Promote the use of solar energy
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Priority axis 5. urban and Local sustainable Development
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priority axes Axis 5. Urban and Local Sustainable Development
Generally speaking, actions co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund take place in the local sphere. Accordingly, such actions integrate local development as a transversal principle. Moreover, there exists a particular axes solely devoted to promote local and urban sustainable development, thus allowing particular territorial needs to be addressed.
InCastilla-LaMancha,therearetwophenomenawithaparticularimpactonurbanandlocaldevelopment.Ontheonehand,thefactthattheareaisessentiallyruralisanimportantaspect.Thepopulation iswidelydispersed,although it issomewhatconcentrated incertainurbancentres(developmentengines).On theotherhand, tourismactivitieshavegreatpotential,although ithasbeen littleexploitedasyet.Exploitingtourismopensthedoortonumerouspossibilitiesfordevelopment.
Axis5of theCastilla-LaManchaERDFOperationalProgrammegivesconsiderablesupportto the territory’s socio-economic development process. Given its relevance in order tostrengthenterritorialcohesion,theshareof fundsallocatedtothisAxisinCastilla-LaManchahaswitnessedaremarkableincreaseinthenewprogrammingperiod(2007-2013).
priority axis 5. urban and loCal sustainable development
The general objective established in Axis 5 (Urban and Local Sustainable Development)is to increase competitiveness and to attain a more balanced development between theeconomicallystrongercitiesand the restof theurbannetwork.To thatend, the followingobjectiveshavebeensetout:
Toboosteconomicdevelopment,employment(inequalopportunitytermsbetweenmenandwomen)andsocialinclusion.
Toenhanceenvironmentalrecoveryandconservation.
Toboostbusinessinitiative,localemploymentandcommunitydevelopment.
Torestoretheenvironment,reurbaniseindustrialsitesandpreserveanddevelophistoricalandculturalheritage.
Toreinforcecohesion,promotingsocial,culturalandeconomicintegration.
TheUrbanandLocalSustainableDevelopmentAxishasthreepriority themes:sector-specificprojectsfortourismandcultureandurbanandlocalregenerationprojects.
To increase competitiveness and to attain a more balanced development between the economically stronger cities and the rest of the urban network through actions which promote business initiative, local employment and community development
To promote employment and equality between men and women
Environmental recovery and conservation
To restore the environment and to preserve and develop historical and cultural heritage
To reinforce cohesion by promoting social, cultural and economic integration
Priority themes of axis 5 “urban and local sustainable development”
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Action in the network of archaeology sites and roman roads
Preserving and providing equipment in the grid of provincial museums
Preserving civil and religious monuments
Building and equipping cultural centres and fitting out conference centres and auditoriums
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Small and medium-sized municipalities: regeneration projects (information society promotion, economic development, etc.) and boosting citizen involvement in managing public matters
Larger-sized municipalities: creating an innovative initiative (“URBANA”) which promotes integrated sustainable development programmes in Spanish cities with over 50,000 inhabitants and provincial capitals (improving competition, internal cohesion in inter-city connections and integration of most vulnerable groups). It will give continuity to the URBAN Community Initiative that aimed at: formulating and applying innovative strategies for the economic and social regeneration of small and medium-sized cities or large city neighbourhoods in difficulty; improving and exchanging knowledge and experience in relation to urban regeneration and sustainable development in the affected areas.
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Developing and supporting tourism
Supporting local entities’ tourism promotion Plans and Programmes
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Other assistance for improving tourism services
Cultural heritage protection and preservation
integrated projects for urban and rural regeneration
priority axes Axis 5. Urban and Local Sustainable Development
Priority themes of axis 5 “urban and local sustainable development”
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Priority axis 6. social infrastructure
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priority axes Axis 6. Social Infrastructure
Social infrastructures are an indispensable element of sustainable development since they guarantee that progressive increase in the quality of life reaches every population group. The Castilla-La Mancha �007-�01� ERDF Operational Programme faces the challenge of improving and adapting social infrastructure through intervention focussed on four spheres: education, health, child care and coverage groups with social exclusion risk.
TheobjectivesandactionsestablishedintheERDFProgrammeforCastilla-LaMancha2007-2013arestrictlylinkedtotheDevelopmentandCompetitivenessPact.Thispointstoaseriesof actionsneededtoimprovesocialwelfareandcitizenqualityof life,suchascreatingchildren’seducationcentresandreinforcingtheeducationalinfrastructure.
ThatiswhytheCastilla-LaMancha2007-2013ERDFOperationalProgrammeestablishesthefollowinggeneral objectivesregardingsocialinfrastructure:
Toguaranteesocialcohesionboth inurbanandruralareas, fundamentally in theeducationalandhealthspheres.
Tosupportwomenaccesstothejobmarketthroughtheprovisionof infrastructuresfavourabletoreachabalancebetweenworkandfamilylife.
Tosupportgroupswith social exclusion risk, suchas theelderly, immigrantsandindividualswithdisabilities.
The actions set out are framed within four priority themes: infrastructure for education,health, childcare and other infrastructures (devoted to cover groups with exclusion risk).Inquantitativeterms,mostof thehelpshallbeallocatedtoeducationalinfrastructure.Thishighlightsthedecisivecommitmentof Castilla-LaMancha’sGovernmenttoreduceearlyschoolleaving.
priority axis 6. soCial inFrastruCture
To support groups with
social exclusion risk
“social infrastructure”: the objectives
To ensure social cohesion
To boost infrastructures which foster the balance
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infrastructure: education
Priority themes of axis 6 “social infrastructure”
Improve, create and widen educational supply and equipments
Restoring and building health and clinical specialities centres to improve the coverage of the regional health system
Investing into Childcare day centres
Provision of infrastructures that favour integration of groups at social risk. Centres for: the elderly, immigrants, individuals with disabilities, children, abused individuals, etc. (all of which fall into the day centre category)
infrastructure: health
Childcare infrastructure
Other social infrastructure
priority axes Axis 6. Social Infrastructure
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priority axes Axis 7. Technical Assistance
The new programming period sets out a number of obligations for control, follow-up, evaluation, etc., which will help us reach an adequate use of the resources available in the Operational Programme. To that end, there must be sufficient capacity to safeguard the coherence of procedures in all of the bodies involved in developing the programme.
In response to these demands, the last Axis of the Castilla-La Mancha 2007-2013 ERDFOperationalProgrammeEuropeanincludesregulationsrelatingtotechnicalassistance,withtheaimof:
Supportingadherencetocommunityobligations(inrelationtomanagementsystms,controlandevaluation).
Strengtheningprogrammemanagement (coordinatingand rationalising resourcesand improving tools for planning, following up and managing the OperationalProgramme).
Boostingthestudyof issuesrelatedtotheStructuralFunds.
EnsuringthatinformationabouttheOperationalProgrammewidelyspread(content,results,beneficiariesandco-fundedoperations).
priority axis 7. teChniCal assistanCe TheobjectivessetoutintheAxiswillbedevelopedthroughpublicadvicecontractsandserviceassistance.
Theactivities tobedevelopedarechannelledtowardssupportingOperationalProgrammemanagement,attemptingtomaximisecommunityvalue.Therearetwopriority themes.First,theactionsrelatedtoproperlymanagingtheprogramming,thefollowupandthecontrolof the programmed actions. And second, the evaluation, studies, conferences, seminars andpublicity for theOperationalProgramme(andanyactions thought necessary tomeet theobjectives).
To guarantee the correct implementation, follow up, evaluation and control of the Operational Programme aimed at ensuring that the expected objectives are met
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Developing the evaluations demanded by community regulations (articles 47 and 48 of the Regulations (EC) 108� / �00
Carrying out sector-specific studies, prospective and feasibility studies, studies on macroeconomics, etc. required to ensure that the Operational Programme develops properly
Inform, rise awareness and increase transparency about the European Union’s Cohesion Policy
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Objectives
Preparation, implementation, follow-up and inspection
Evaluation and studies, information and communication
To support adherence to community obligations
To strengthen programme management
To boost the study of issues related to the Structural Funds
To spread information about the Operational Programme and the Cohesion Policy
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There are three authorities involved in the Castilla-La Mancha �007-�01� ERDF Operational Programme’s management: a Managing Authority, a Certifying Authority and an Audit Authority.
TheSpanishStatehasdesignated theMinistryof Economyand theTreasury, through theStateSub-divisionforERDFAdministration,asManaging Authority.Assuch,itisresponsibleof allprogrammesco-fundedby theEuropeanRegionalDevelopmentFund.TheManagingAuthoritydealswithensuringthatthemanagementandcontrolsystemfunctionscorrectlyinadditiontogenerallycoordinatingthesystem.
InSpain,theCertifying AuthorityistheStateSub-divisionforCertificationandPaymentsintheStateDepartmentforCommunityFundsintheMinistryof EconomyandtheTreasury.Itisresponsibleforperiodicallypresentingstatements(forexpensesandpaymentrequests)andmakingchecksandbalancestoprojectsfinancedbytheOP,etc.
Finally,theAudit AuthorityistheState’sPublicAccountsDepartment(IGAE),abranchof theMinistryof EconomyandtheTreasury.ThePublicAccountsDepartmentinCastilla-LaMancha(IntervenciónGeneraldelaComunidadAutónomadeCastilla-LaMancha)sharesthisfunctionwiththeIGAEwithinitssphereof action.TheAuditAuthorityfunctionsincludecarryingouttheauditsfortheOP’smanagementandcontrolsystems,communicatingconfirmedirregularitiesintheexpenseswithotherAuthorities(whereapplicable),etc.
In addition, the EU regulations on Structural Funds state that “The Member State or themanagingauthoritymayentrustthemanagementandimplementationof apartof anoperationalprogrammetooneormore intermediate bodies,designatedby theMemberStateor themanagingauthority”. In caseof theCastilla-LaMancha2007-2013ERDFOperational twointermediatebodieshavebeenappointed(bothattachedtotheVice-PresidencyandRegionalMinistryforEconomyandFinanceof theAutonomousCommunityof Castilla-LaMancha):
DirectorateGeneralforBudgetandEuropeanFunds.
Sociedad para el Desarrollo Industrial de Castilla-La Mancha, S.A. (SODICAMAN),responsiblefortheGlobalGrant(seeGlossaryof terms).
Theintermediatebody“DirectorateGeneralBudgetandCommunityFunds”hasadoptedthefollowing functions: tocontribute toevaluating theOperationalProgramme; toensure thatits computerised systems are compatiblewith the computer system sharedwith all of theEuropean Regional Development Fund’s Operational Programmes in Spain; to supply theManagingAuthoritywithallnecessaryinformation;toensurethattheinformationandpublicity
requirementsaremet;etc.Tothatend,ithasafunctionalstructureinwhichtwoservicesaredistinguished:
European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund Service. It has threetasks:toapprovetransactions,tofollowactionsco-fundedbytheprogrammeandtosupervisetheOperationalProgramme.
CertifyingService.Thetaskscarriedout include:processingapprovedoperationaltransactions,drawinguprefundrequestsandfollowingupthepaymentsreceived.
Castilla-LaManchahasstrengthenedthemanagementstructureof itsERDFOPbysettingupaFollow Up Committeeatthebeginningof 2008.ItischairedbytheMinistryof EconomyandtheTreasury’sDirectorateGeneralforCommunityFunds,undertheco-presidencyof theDirectorateGeneralforBudgetandCommunityFundsintheCastilla-LaManchaGovernmentVice-PresidencyandRegionalMinistryforEconomyandFinanceof theAutonomousCommunityof Castilla-LaMancha.
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TheCommunityStrategicGuidelinescontaintheprinciplesandprioritiesof cohesionpolicyandsuggestwaystheEuropeanregionscantakefulladvantageof Fundsavailablefornationalandregionalaidprogrammesin2007-2013.Nationalauthoritieswillusetheguidelinesasthebasisfordraftingtheirnationalstrategicprioritiesandplanningfor 2007-2013, the so called National Strategic Reference Frameworks (NSRFs).AccordingtotheguidelinesandinlinewiththerenewedLisbonstrategy,programmesco-financed through the cohesion policy should seek to target resources on thefollowingthreepriorities:improvingtheattractivenessof MemberStates,regionsandcitiesbyimprovingaccessibility,ensuringadequatequalityandlevelof services,andpreservingtheirenvironmentalpotential;encouraginginnovation,entrepreneurshipand thegrowthof theknowledgeeconomyby researchand innovationcapacities,including new information and communication technologies; and creating moreandbetter jobsbyattractingmorepeopleintoemploymententrepreneurialactivity,improving adaptability of workers and enterprises and increasing investment inhumancapital.
DuringtheLisbonEuropeanCouncil(March2000),theHeadsof StateandGovernmentimplementedtheso-called“Lisbon”strategy inordertomaketheEuropeanUnionthemostcompetitiveeconomyintheworldandtoreachfullemploymentby2010.Developed in several European Councils subsequent to the Lisbon Council, thisstrategyisbasedonthreepillars:aneconomicpillar,whichwouldprepareatransitiontowardsacompetitive,dynamiceconomybasedonknowledge;asocialpillar,whichwouldallowtheEuropeansocialmodeltomodernisethankstoinvestmentintohumanresourcesandtothefightagainstsocialexclusion;andanenvironmentalpillar,addedattheGothenburgEuropeanCouncilinJune2001,whichbringsattentiontothefactthateconomicgrowthshouldbeseparatefromtheuseof naturalresources.
TheStructuralFunds,alongwiththeCohesionFund,makeupthetwofinancialtoolsof theEuropeanUnion(EU)’sregionalpolicy,directedtowardsreducingthedifferencesindevelopmentbetween the regionsand theMemberStates.TheFunds thus fullycontribute to the aim of economic, social and territorial cohesion. For the period2007-2013,thefinancialprovisionallocatedtotheregionalpolicyamountstoalmost348billionEuros:278billionfortheStructuralFundsand70billionfortheCohesionFund. There are two Structural Funds: the European Regional Development Fund(ERDF)whichinquantitativetermsisthemoreimportant,anditspurposeistograntaidtobuildinginfrastructureandtomakingproductiveinvestmentsintogeneratingemployment;andtheEuropeanSocialFund(ESF),whoseaimistofinancetrainingactivitiesinordertohelptheunemployedandthepopulation’smostunaidedpeopleentertheworkscene.
TheEuropeanRegionalDevelopmentFund(ERDF)isoneof theStructuralFundswhichhasbeengrantingaidsince1975forbuildinginfrastructureandmakingproductiveinvestment into generating employment. The Funds from the European RegionalDevelopmentFundaimtopromoteeconomicandsocialcohesionbycorrectingthemain regional imbalancesandbyparticipating indevelopingand restructuring theregions,simultaneouslyensuringsynergywithinterventionfromtheotherStructuralFunds.
“Majorprojects”aredefinedasaseriesof tasks,activitiesorservicesaimedatcarryingoutanindivisibletaskof aparticulareconomicortechnicalnature,whichpursuestheobjectivesclearlysetoutandthetotalcostof whichexceeds25millionEuros,if itrelatestotheenvironment,and50millionEurosif itaffectsotherspheres.
Community strategic guidelines:
Lisbon strategy:
structural Funds:
ERDF’s Funds:
Major projects:
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TheNationalStrategicReferenceFrameworkisadocumentwhichisbothfinancialandstrategicinnature.Asafinancialdocument,itincludestheprovisionfortheregionalpolicyandterritorialcohesionsetoutforSpainintheEuropeanCouncilAgreementdatedthe16thof December2005,whichapprovestheFinancialProspectsfortheperiod2007-2013.Asastrategicdocument, itestablishesthestrategydesignedfortheCohesionFund,theEuropeanRegionalDevelopmentFund(ERDF)andtheEuropeanSocialFund(ESF)forthesameperiod2007-2013.
DocumentwhichspecifiestheregionalstrategyforapplyingtheEuropeanUnion’sregionalpolicyinCastilla-LaMancha,fromwhichtheEuropeanRegionalDevelopmentFund’sOperationalProgrammeisdevelopedforCastilla-LaMancha2007-2013.
TheNationalReformProgramme(NRP) isadocumentwhich ispresented to theEuropeanCommissionand isa fundamental referencepoint for themedium-termeconomic policy, establishing full convergence with the European Union by 2010asthestrategicobjective,bothforpercapitaincomeandemployment,andintheknowledge society. Designed around seven axes for action, it includes a set of objectivesandindicatorsenablingthemtobefollowedupandevaluated,andisoneof theEU’s“bestpractices”.
global grants:
Convergence Regions:
Operational Programme (OP):
national Reform Programme (nRP):
AnOperationalProgramme(OP)isthedocumentpresentedbyaMemberStateandapproved by the Commission, which includes a development strategy including acoherentsetof priorities,theimplementationof whichshallrequirehelpfromoneof theFundsor,whenitrelatestotheconvergenceobjective,theCohesionFundandtheEuropeanRegionalDevelopmentFund.
These are theEuropean regionswhich have a per capita GDPbelow75%of thecommunityaverage.IntheEuropeanUnion,thereareeighty-fourregionsconcernedbythisobjective(inSpain:Andalusia,Castilla-LaMancha,ExtremaduraandGalicia).
Thisisaparticularmechanismformanagingandimplementingpartof theOperationalProgramme,whichtheManagingAuthorityentruststoanIntermediateBody,whichmeetscertainrequirements.Intheframeworkof theEuropeanRegionalDevelopmentFund’sOperationalProgrammeinCastilla-LaMancha,theSociedadparaelDesarrolloIndustrialdeCastilla-LaMancha,S.A.(SODICAMAN),attachedtotheVice-PresidencyandRegionalMinistry forEconomyandFinanceof theAutonomousCommunityof Castilla-LaMancha,willmanagetheEuropeanRegionalDevelopmentFund’sGlobalGrant. The provision initially set for this Grant is 24,795,009 Euros. This includesactionfromAxes1,3and7.
Regional strategic Framework (RsF):
national strategic Reference Framework (nsRF):
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Programme under the Convergence Objective co-funded by the European Regional
Development Fund (ERDF)