EWRC workshop Preparing for 2021 2027 through Roadmaps

EWRC workshop Preparing for 2021 -2027 through Roadmaps for Administrative Capacity Building 9 October, 2019 09. 05 -10. 45 Ann-Kerstin Myleus, DG Regional and Urban Policy Unit E 1 "Competence Centre for Administrative Capacity-Building and the Solidarity Fund"

2021 -2027 proposed tools for capacity building Three main instruments for ACB for MS linked to the management & implementation of the Funds: • Capacity building directly linked to investments in the programme (Art 2. 3(a) ERDF/CF) • Technical assistance for the effective administration and use of the Funds: ü Flat rate financing for technical assistance of Member States (Art 30 -31 CPR) for 'traditional' TA, incl. capacity building ü Financing not linked to costs for technical assistance of Member States (Art 32 CPR - Roadmap) to reinforce capacity of MS authorities, beneficiaries and relevant partners

Financing not linked to costs for TA • Additional actions to reinforce capacity of MS authorities, beneficiaries and relevant partners necessary for the effective administration and use of the Funds (Article 32 ) • Support for such actions shall be based on conditions to be fulfilled or results to be achieved (Article 89) • Actions will be adopted as part of the programme • Actions, deliverables and corresponding Union payments can be agreed in a roadmap (Recital 25) *** There is no ceiling for how much funding can be allocated to capacity building actions. Action financed under Article 32 can be “on top of” what is financed by the flat-rate financing. Simplification: Audits will only verify if conditions are fulfilled or results achieved

What is a roadmap for ACB? • An ACB roadmap is to be seen as a strategic document that can include all types of capacity building actions linked to the management and use of the Funds combining funding options provided in the Regulations as well as national resources • It is a voluntary document, flexible in format • It will also serve as an explanatory document to justify actions to be financed under “Financing not linked to costs for TA”

Pilot action on frontloading ACB to prepare for 2021 -2027 Implementation of selected actions PHASE End 2019 I June 2018 Preparation of roadmaps July 2019 PHASE II MA implementation Implementation by MAs of remaining actions & update of roadmaps as necessary

Participating Managing Authorities Bulgaria - OP Regions in Growth Croatia - OP Competitiveness and Cohesion Greece - OP Transport Infrastructure, Environment & Sustainable Development Poland - ROP Lubelskie Spain - ROP Extremadura

Phase 1 • June 2018 - Kick-off workshop in Brussels • 1 st missions - Oct 2018 - Jan 2019 • 10 -11 April 2019 - workshop in Brussels for participating MAs (experience exchange + discussions on first drafts of roadmaps) • 2 nd missions - fine-tuning and validation of the roadmaps • Mid-July 2019 - finalisation of the roadmaps • End September 2019 – Synthesis Report by OECD

Thank you for your attention! Contact persons in DG REGIO: • Ann-Kerstin Myleus (Ann. Myleus@ec. europa. eu, tel. 68977) • Vaida Zydelyte (Vaida. Zydelyte@ec. Europa. eu, tel. 53084) http: //ec. europa. eu/regional_policy/en/policy/how/improvinginvestment/frontload/