European Commission
Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
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Cohesion Policy 2014-2022
(eligibility simulation)
GDP/capita*
< 75% of EU average
75-90%
> 90%
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*index EU27=100
European Council:
€ 325 billion for 7 years:
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3 categories
of regions
Less developed regions
Transition regions
More developed regions
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Canarias
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Madeira
Guyane
Réunion
Guadeloupe/
Martinique
Açores
Malta
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Regional GDP figures: 2006-07-08
GNI figures: 2007-08-09
© EuroGeographics Association for the administrative boundaries
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European Structural and
Investment Funds 2014-2020
Some Key Features
• Contributing to Europe 2020 strategy and objectives
for smart sustainable an inclusive growth
• Concentration
• Integrated approach
• ex-ante conditionality for effectiveness
• Result orientation
• Alignment with Country Specific recommendations
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smart
sustainable
inclusive
Europe 2020: jobs & growth
Thematic objectives
1. Research, technological development and innovation
2. ICT access, use and quality
3. Competitiveness of Small and Medium-Sized
Enterprises (SME)
4. Shift towards a low-carbon economy
5. Climate change adaptation, risk prevention and
management
6. Environmental protection and resource efficiency
7. Sustainable transport and key network infrastructure
8. Sustainable and Quality Employment and labour
mobility
9. Social inclusion, combating poverty and discrimination
10. Education, training for skills and lifelong learning
11. Institutional capacity and efficiency of public
administration
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Transition to community-base care
European Social Fund
• Preamble (6): The ESF may be used to enhance access to affordable,
sustainable and high quality services of general interest, in particular in
the fields of health care,…out of school care, childcare and long-term care
services..
• Article 8 'Equal opportunities and non-discrimination': … facilitating the
transition from institutional to community-based care
Thematic Objective 'Promoting social inclusion and
combating poverty' through
• (i) Active inclusion in particular with a view to improving employability;
• (iii) Combating all forms of discrimination and promoting equal
opportunities
• (iv) Enhancing access to affordable, sustainable and high-quality
services, including health care and social services of general interest;
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Provision for
Anti-discrimination
• Article 7 (Common Provisions Regulation)
• Promotion of equality between men and women and
non-discrimination
• ...
• The Member States and the Commission shall take
appropriate steps to prevent any discrimination … during
the preparation and implementation of programmes.
In particular, accessibility for persons with disabilities
shall be taken into account...
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Relevant Ex-ante conditionalities
General ex-ante conditionality
• Anti-discrimination
Administrative capacity for the implementation and application of
EU antidiscrimination law and policy in the field of ESI Funds
• Disability
Administrative capacity for the implementation and application of
the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(UNCRPD) in the field of ESI Funds
Thematic conditionality for Social inclusion, combating poverty
and discrimination
• National strategic policy framework for poverty reduction
… depending on the identified needs, includes measures for the
shift from institutional to community based care.
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Programming 2014-2020
• Regulations adopted in December 2013
Negotiation and adoption of Partnership Agreement
and Operational Programmes (2014):
• Informal dialogue (position paper)
• Formal procedure
- SI submitted the PA formally on 10 April 2014.
- Formal submission of the OP by 10 July 2014 at
the latest.
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Country Specific Recommendations
• Within the Europe 2020 strategy SI received a
CSR:
• CSR 2: "… Contain age-related expenditure on
long-term care and improve access to services by
refocusing provision from institutional to home
care, sharpening targeting of benefits, and
reinforcing prevention to reduce
disability/dependency."
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Position paper
Enhance access to affordable, sustainable and
high-quality services, including health care and
social services of general interest:
- improve access to affordable, sustainable and high-quality
healthcare, while reducing health inequalities particularly
among disadvantaged groups;
- enhance access to affordable, sustainable and high-quality
social services such as long-term care services;
- support the transition from institutional to communitybased care and services, especially in child, rehabilitation,
mental health and long-term care;
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Programming tools
• Problem analysis
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Identification and addressing needs of target groups at highest risk of
discrimination or social exclusion
Identification of the underlying causes of institutionalisation such as poverty, lack
of services in the community, etc.
Identification of the link between improved provision of services and participation
of carers in the labour market
• Expected results
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Development of community-based alternatives to institutional care as a result
expected for the objective “promoting social inclusion and combating poverty”
• Horizontal principles
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Actions to .. prevent discrimination … taking into account the needs of the various
target groups at risk of such discrimination … ensuring accessibility for persons
with disabilities.
• Ex ante conditionalities
• Involvement of partners
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PA Slovenia 2014-2020
Strengthening access to affordable, sustainable and highquality services, including healthcare and social care services
of common interest.
• long term care at home or community-based long term care
services remain underdeveloped
• context of community-based long term should also see
integration or standardisation of healthcare and social
services, and modernisation of certain social care and
healthcare networks
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Partnership principle (article 5 CPR)
• For the PA and the OPs MS shall in accordance with its
institutional and legal framework organise a partnership
with the competent regional and local authorities. The
partnership shall also include:
• - Competent urban and other public authorities;
• - Economic and social partners;
• - Relevant bodies representing civil society, including…
NGOs and bodies responsible for promoting social inclusion,
gender equality and non-discrimination
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Thank you for your attention!
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