1. South-East Europe 2020 strategy
Marius Andersen, Eurostat

2. Outline South-East Europe (SEE) 2020 strategy– strategy and indicators
IPA
Discussion questions

3. Introduction
Eurostat receives requests for data on the enlargement countries to be used as targets and performance indicators in planned assistance programmes
The current work on indicators rose from a wish to measure the impact of the assistance as well as the performance of the beneficiaries.
South-East Europe (SEE) 2020 strategy– strategy and indicators
IPA

4. SEE2020 strategy - growth pillars
Integrated growth
Smart growth
Sustainable growth
Inclusive growth
Governance for growth

5. SEE2020 strategy – Headline targets
SEE 2020 Pillar
Integrated Growth
Targets
Increase intra-regional trade in goods by more than 230%
Increase overall FDI inflows to the region by at least 120%
Smart Growth
Increase GDP per person employed by 33%;
Add 300,000 highly qualified people to the region's workforce
Sustainable Growth
Target
Increase the rate of enterprise creation by 20%
Increase exports of goods & services per capita from the region by 130%
Increase efficient use of energy by achieving a minimum 9% energy saving of the final inland energy consumption
Renewable Energy Sources 2020 targets (national targets)
Inclusive Growth
Increase the overall employment from 40.2% to 45.2%
Governance for Growth
Increase government effectiveness by 20% by 2020
[1] Target set forth by the Regional Energy Strategy to be achieved by 2018

6. Next Generation Competitiveness Initiative (NGCI)
The (NGCI), a joint European Commission/OECD project, is planned to support the SEE2020 strategy with two main objectives
Identify possible regional sectors for support through analysis of sectors that may be subject to constraints limiting the competitiveness. In a later stage, this component aims to enhance the competitiveness of such identified sectors.
Monitor the implementation of the SEE2020 strategy using a number of indicators, to a large degree based on European statistics

7. IPA
The European Commission is preparing the next round of IPA for the period
DG Enlargement lead the work with identifying indicators to monitor the results of the assistance in all areas of assistance, not just statistics
Macro level indicators
A Specific set of indicators specific to each sector of assistance

8. Summary A more result oriented focus of the assistance
Positive signal representing an increased interest in statistics for the enlargement countries
Involvement of statistical offices in indicator design essential
Quality assurance
Large number of indicators, over diverse statistical areas
Increased data collection for monitoring purposes
There is a risk that the monitoring of the strategies could be to extensive.

9. Discussion questions
What are the reactions to the increased focus on measuring effect of assistance programmes?
What are fitting indicators for measuring the impact of the assistance programmes and general progress?
How do the NSIs assess the added burden of developing and reporting on the indicators?
SEE2020 strategy: Could the SEE2020 headline targets be harmonized with the EU2020 indicators, and if so for which pillars? Or is it more suitable to have a different set of headline targets for this strategy?