1. THE FINNISH ESF-DELIVERY SYSTEM
Director Pertti Toivonen
Ministry of Labour, Finland
ESF-Committee
Ministry of Labour

2. Objective areas of EU Programmes in Finland
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Objective areas of EU Programmes in Finland
Objective area 1
Transition period area
Objective area 2
Objective area 3 Province order
E&E Center border
E&E Centres
1. Uusimaa
2. Varsinais-Suomi
3. Satakunta
4. Häme
5. Pirkanmaa
6. South Eastern Finland
7. South Savo
8. North Savo
9. North Karelia
10. Central Finland
11. Southern Ostrobothnia
13. Northern Ostrobothnia
12. Swedish Ostrobothnia
14. Kainuu
15. Lapland
Objective 3 programme is implemented in Finland outside Objective area 1 and the Åland Islands.
Ministry of Labour

3. The Paying Authority and Managing Authority Functions
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The Paying Authority and Managing Authority Functions
 MoL is the MA (Managing Authority) for
Object 3 and Equal and PA (Paying Authority)
for ESF in Finland. (Based on a national law)
 Functions are separated within MoL based
on the the Commission Regulation 438/2001
Ministry of Labour

4.
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Management of the State Budget ESF Funds in Finland – Part of PA Function
 ESF Funds from the EU come to MoL Finland budget where there is one single budget item for them.
 Both EU funds and state national co-financing funds are all in the state budget (annually).
 Annual breakdown in the state budget is based on programmes (SPD’s) which are approved by the Government and the Commission.
 Every intermediate ministry has one single item in their budget for national state co-financing.
 Both EU and State cofinancing budget items have the same (N+2) commintment period as with the Commission
Ministry of Labour

5. The State Budget and Financial Allocation
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The State Budget and Financial Allocation
15 days from approval of budget
PAYING AUTHORITY
(ESF = MoL)
BUDGET EU
National EU
INTERMEDIATE MINISTRIES
Document adjustment within 1 month from allocation of EU and national funds in different administration
BUDGET PROPOSAL EU
Adjustment of the document days from budget proposal
15 days from approval of budget
Autumn
n-1
10 days from paying authority’s assignment
National
EU Nat.
Nat. EU
Nat.
Budget proposal negotiations between local and central adminstration EU
Local authority
(MoL= TE-centers) EU
Nat.
Local authority
March-April
n-1 EU
Municipal and
Private Shares
attached
at Regional level EU
Nat.
Nat.
Cooperation document of the Region
REGIONAL OBJECTIVES
(Objective 1 and 2)
Implementation of the Programme
PROJECTS
End of February n-1
n = financial administration year
Ministry of Labour

6. DELIVERY SYSTEM Objective 3 TE-Centers and Employment offices
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DELIVERY SYSTEM
 Strategies and programmes are launched by Management by Result System
 Implemented Regionally
Objective 3 TE-Centers and Employment offices
Provincial State Offices (ME)
Regional Objectives Regional Councils
MYR
TE-centers and Employment offices
Yearly guidelines and broad financial breakdown based on programmes are agreed on
in the Regional Management Committees (MYR). Based on partnership (1/3 state,
1/3 municipalities, 1/3 private)
Ministry of Labour
Ministry of Labour

7.
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DELIVERY SYSTEM
 Management by Result negotiations
- between ministries and TE-centers or Provincial State Offices
- Agreed on more detailed annual result targets and funds accordingly
Structural Funds: include both EU share and State cofunding share
 Implemented by project promotors
 Follow-up and monitoring: TEPA and ESRA datasystems
Monitoring
and Reporting
Project
Management
Ministry of Labour
Ministry of Labour

8. Financial information and monitoring
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Financial information and monitoring
The authorities have the payment information in their own IT-systems and accounting systems
Payment data (all financial shares) is transferred to MoL IT-system (ESRA-system) from accounting systems and IT-systems of the authorities
Commitments and payment information of municipality, other public and private financial shares of Labour administration are tranferred to ESRA-system from operational IT-system called TEPA.
Payment data can be taken from the ESRA-system for various reports (project and measure level)
Ministry of Labour

9. MONITORING PHYSICAL INDICATORS
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MONITORING PHYSICAL INDICATORS
 Project promoter fill in the forms for monitoring
data twice a year
 Electronic forms are sent via Internet to the
authorities who made the project decisions
 The authorities feed the data in the IT-system of
the Ministry of Labour (ESRA-system) or send it
from their own IT-systems.
 Monitoring data is available from the ESRA-system
for various reports, annual implementiation Reports
Ministry of Labour