1. CGBN
Co-ordination Group
for Biodiversity and Nature
14th meeting – 21/03/13
Agenda item 4 FINANCING BIODIVERSITY AND NATURE - THE NEW MULTIANNUAL FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE

2. Outline General overview (DOC.4-1) - state of play of negotiations
- Financial instruments
- Tracking
Financing Natura 2000 (DOC.4-2)
- Article 8 Habitats Directive
- PAFs

3. State of play of negotiations
CAP
Cohesion Policy
EMFF
H2020
External instruments
LIFE
National perspectives on the state of play of negotiations?

4. Partnership agreements and programmes
CPR
CSF
Position papers
1/MS
Partnership Agreements
1/MS (multifund)
Operational Programmes
(per instrument)
Operations & Projects
(by OP)
2012
2013
2014
National perspectives on the process of integrating biodiversity /Natura 2000 issues in the Partnership Agreement and programmes, and on problems encountered?

5. Financial instruments in next MFF
The EU equity and debt platforms
- COSME, Horizon 2020, CSF
The role of LIFE
Biodiversity/Natural Capital Finance Facility
views on the potential use of EU financial instruments for biodiversity-related projects to leverage financing from the public and private sectors?

6. Tracking biodiversity-related expenditure
Rationale:
effectiveness of EU spending
CBD reporting obligations
The Commission's proposed approach:
CBD preliminary reporting framework
Use of rio markers - direct/indirect contributions
MS reporting under shared management instruments
Feedback on the Commission's proposed approach, and information on the planned approaches for tracking at Member States level

7. Prioritised Action Frameworks (PAFs) – tool for integrated financing;
Article 8 of the Habitats Directive – legal basis for EU co-financing;
Conditional on PAFs;
PAF as a tool for:
strategic planning;
identification of priorities;
identification of financing sources.

8. PAF: state of play and follow-up
PAFs received from 11 MS (BE Wallonia, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, IE, NL, RO, UK); other expected.
Assessment and quality check by Nature Unit:
Submission via PermRep;
Completeness;
Up-to-date;
Part F and G – the most important;
Level of detail sufficient for the OPs.

9. PAF: follow-up with EC services
B.3 Nature
A.3 Cohesion Policy
DG REGIO
ERDF CF
B.1 Agricultural Policy
DG AGRI
EAFRD
D.2 Marine Policy
DG MARE
EMFF
E.3 LIFE Nature
DG ENV

10. Partnership Agreements Operational Programmes
PAF: follow-up with MS
Position Papers
Sent to all the MS
Natura 2000 and PAFs (mostly) recognised
Partnership Agreements
DG REGIO in the lead
Negotiations started
Operational Programmes
For all the major funds
Ideally, reference to the PAF

11. PAF part G – example

13. Natura 2000 – costs and benefits
SWP on financing Natura 2000 – cost 5,8 billion EUR/year;
Study on benefits: billion EUR/year:
Climate change adaptation and mitigation;
Water quality;
Organic farming;
Tourism and recreation, etc.

14. Support for the Member States
Contract to improve uptake of funds for Natura 2000:
updated guide (2nd half 2013)
toolkit (2nd half 2013):
check lists
on-line communication platform
examples of good integration
seminars in the MS (2nd half 2013 – 1st half 2014)

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