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EU Regional Policy: an overview DG Regional Policy European Commission

Outline of today’s presentation What is it EU regional policy? Why do we bother with a regional policy? How much does it cost? What do we spend the money on? Is it worth it?

What is EU Regional Policy? Regional policy is the vehicle for delivering regional aid Biggest slice of the EU budget which helps: poorer regions catch up areas undergoing economic change to restructure with the realisation of most other Community policies

In billion of EUR, at 2004 prices EU Budget 2007-2013 COMMITMENT APPROPRIATIONS BY HEADING In billion of EUR, at 2004 prices In % 1a. Competitiveness for growth and employment (research, innovation, competitiveness) 72.1 8,4% 1b. Cohesion for growth and employment (regional policy) 307.6 35,7% 2. Preservation and management of natural resources (Common Agricultural Policy, rural development, environment) 371.2 43,1% of which market-related expenditure (CAP) 293.1 34,0% 3. Citizenship, freedom, security and justice (internal policies; public health, asylum, immigration) 10.3 1,2% 4. The EU as a global partner (humanitarian and development aid) 50.0 5,8% 5. Total administrative expenditure 50.3 6. Compensations Bulgaria and Romania (after accession expected in 2007) 0.8 0,1% Total commitments 862.4 100 In % of EU-27 GNI 1.045%

What is its purpose? The EU is one of the world’s most prosperous economic zones But huge disparities exist among the 271 EU regions – weakens the EU’s dynamism Hence the political goal of reducing the gaps in development

How does it do this? ERDF: European Regional Development Fund Regional policy interventions to reduce disparities and promote economic convergence are spread through 3 funds: ERDF: European Regional Development Fund ESF: European Social Fund and… Cohesion Fund (applies to MS with <90% average GNI and covers the new member states as well as Greece and Portugal. Spain is eligible on a transitional basis) ….financing thousands of project across Europe each year

Why do we bother? It is in the treaty “to promote economic and social cohesion by reducing disparities between the regions” Leaving disparities in place is not an option that would wreck two of the policies on which Europe’s growth has been based: the single market and the European Monetary Union (EMU)

Differences in development in the EU-27 GDP per head as a % of the community average <50 50 - 75 75 - 90 90 - 100 100 - 125 ³ 125

EU 27 Member States GDP per capita in PPS in 2006 Source: Eurostat structural indicators EU 27= 100

Disparities across the European Union Hi Lo Ratio GDP per cap (% EU27 average) Luxembourg 251% Bulgaria 33% 7.6* Population Germany 82.5 million Malta 404,000 204 *In US, this difference is only 2.5 and Japan 2

How much does it cost? One third of the EU budget 2007-2013 €347 billion over 7 years

What does the EU citizen get for this? The three funds target: ERDF (€201 billion): regional development, economic decline in industrial or rural areas, competitiveness and co-operation (ESF) (€76 billion): employment, social inclusion and tackling discrimination Cohesion Fund (€70 billion): environment and transport with overarching aim of “boosting growth and employment”

What do we spend the money on? European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund (€271 billion) European Social Fund (€76 billion) Employment Environment Transport Human capital Adaptability of workers and firms Social inclusion Capacity building Technical assistance Research/Innovation Information society Tourism Social infrastructure Culture Energy Institutional capacity

Does this fit with other EU priorities? Boosting growth and employment central to the wider EU agenda – “Lisbon Strategy” Lisbon is the EU’s blueprint for competiveness and sustainable growth Prioritises: increasing levels of innovation to help businesses move up the value chain Bringing more of Europe’s population into employment

Boosting growth and jobs: is regional policy putting this into practice? Concentration of the effort on competitiveness (21st century activities) Member States must ‘earmark’ resources on such strategic investments (€230 billion now targeted on Lisbon priorities) Concentration of resources on least prosperous Regions with GDP per head below 75% of EU average: over ¼ of population Member States with GDP per head below 90% of average: 13 MS with 25% of population

Who gets what? Convergence 81.9% (regions lagging behind the most) Competitiveness 15.7% Territorial co-operation 2.4% Total budget €347bn, which will unlock up to €700bn A method based on what works: Programming, Partnership and Decentralised Management

Geographical Eligibility for Structural Funds Support 2007-2013 Objective 'Regional Competitiveness and Employment' Convergence objective (Regions < 75% in EU 25) Convergence objective statistically affected regions Objective 'Regional Competitiveness and Employment' Phasing-in regions, "naturally" above 75% Index EU 25 = 100 Source: Eurostat

Who can apply for funds? Huge range of potential recipients: Businesses including SMEs Public bodies Associations Voluntary groups All projects considered if meet selection criteria of managing authority of relevant programme Compulsory publication of beneficiary lists

Is it worth it? Evidence suggests positive contribution to growth, national convergence and reduction of interregional disparities Ex-post evaluations demonstrate positive employment effects Clear benefits in terms of regional governance Since 2000, investments have created some 600,000 net jobs, 160,000 in new Member States. Every euro invested led to an average € 0.9 in additional funding from public and private sources. In more developed regions, this induced expenditure can go as high as 3 times the initial investment.

Some outputs….. Increasing per capita GDP in Greece, Spain, Ireland and Portugal – ( Greece increased from 74% of the EU average to 88% between 1995 and 2005) Helping to reduce income disparities between richest and poorest by roughly a sixth (between 2000 and 2005) through sustained high growth By 2015, it is estimated that regional policy will have generated an additional 440,000 jobs in Poland, as well as contributing an extra 6% to GDP and 21% to investment Over 44,000 km of road were built or reconstructed in the period 2000-2006. The equivalent figure for rail was nearly 12,000 km Supporting more than 250,000 small businesses in the UK Over 25,000 RTD co-operation projects were supported in the period 2000-2006

What is the added value? Leverage effect of additional resources Multi-annual planning, partnership, monitoring and evaluation Support for other EU objectives such as internal market, sustainable development Ring-fencing public resources Interregional cooperation and sharing of best practice But Complexity of management and control structures Reality on ground can be very variable Unclear in some MS if effects are consistent or attributable to policy Effectiveness of monitoring and evaluation undermined by poor data Source: Cohesion Report, Bachtler and Gorzelak

A success story? Tram system in Athens

Regional incubation centre in Ireland

The Guggenheim effect in Bilbao

Innovation centre in Czech Republic

Motorway near San Sebastian

Centre for renewable energies in Burgenland

Five things to remember It has successfully reduced the gaps between regions in Europe and made a major contribution to prosperity and democratic stability. 2. It has improved management and governance in the regions by decentralising management and devolving responsibility: the Commission does not select projects! 3. It is, with research, the EU’s biggest budget heading; 4. It works by investing in infrastructure, training, innovation and research. No hand outs. 5. Its success is recognised by all candidate countries and by many others (China, S. Africa, Russia, Brazil…)

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! For more information… http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! Any questions?