European Structural Funds

Social Inclusion & Tackling Poverty in
European Structural Funds: 2014-2020

Eleanor Warley
Welsh European Funding Office

What we’ll cover
• Social Inclusion & Tackling Poverty in EU Structural
Funds, considering:

• Current programmes

• European Commission proposals for future EU
programmes

• Wales’ preparations for future programmes

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Dyfodol Europe & Wales: Investing in your future
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Social Inclusion / Tackling Poverty in
Current Programmes
• ESF Programme focused on:
• Tackling Unemployment / Inactivity
• Increasing Skills
• Example Projects: WCVA Gateway, JCP Want to Work

• ERDF Programme focused on economic growth, including:
• Support for social enterprises & credit unions
• Promoting digital inclusion

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EU Programme Proposals
To achieve Europe 2020 goals Commission is proposing :

• Closer integration of funds (ERDF, ESF, EAFRD, EMFF).

• New, more directive, ‘architecture’ – Common Strategic Framework;
Partnership Agreement; Operational Programmes.

• Stronger focus on performance/results

• Use of stronger (contractual) conditions / incentives.

• Social Inclusion & Combating Poverty – a key part of the
Partnership Agreement

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Investment Focus: ESF
ESF draft regulations are focused on Europe 2020 goals:

• Promoting employment and supporting labour mobility
• Investing in education, skills and life-long learning
• Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty – min. 20% of
ESF
• Enhancing institutional capacity and efficient public administration

• Greater emphasis on fighting youth unemployment
• Strengthened provision for transnational co-operation, social
innovation, gender equality and equal opportunities.

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Planning for new programmes
• Qualification – likely but still not 100% certain

• Amounts – awaiting confirmation of EU budget

• Planning in partnership

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Welsh Government Guiding
Principles
• Creation of sustainable jobs and growth: facilitating role of
business.
• Balance between greater thematic concentration and more
effective spatial targeting- essentially greater concentration in fewer
geographic areas- to maximise impact.
• Alignment of programmes with relevant Welsh Government
strategies and policies.
• Contribution to a transformational impact on the Welsh economy.
• Ensure sustainability of future investments: clear exit strategies,
takes account of role of private sector, building social resilience etc.
• Demonstrate clear added value and based on sound evidence.

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Future Priorities
• Informed by partnership engagement, Ministerial
priorities

• Education, Skills and lifelong learning.
• Research and Innovation.
• Helping people into Work.
• Sustainable transport and network infrastructure.
• SME Competitiveness.
• Sustainable ( renewable) energy and energy
efficiency.
• Access to and exploitation of the digital economy.

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Social Inclusion & Tackling Poverty
• Built into the ESF with a clear link to employability and increasing skills –
both of which are key to tackling poverty.

• Early thoughts include:
• Focusing on furthest from the labour market, workless households
• Ensuring people gain essential skills and are digitally included
• Targeted early years provision to prevent skills / employability gaps in
later life

• Scope within other funds – ERDF, EAFRD, EMFF - to support social
inclusion / tackle poverty – emphasis on inclusive economic growth and
employment

• Development in detail will take place during summer 2012 – consultation on
draft programmes in late 2012.

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EU Negotiation of Budget / Regulations Planning Timescales
Publish draft Publish Agreement
regulations & draft of Financial
draft financial Common Perspective
perspective Strategic and budget Agreement of Structural
(2014-2020?) Framework Negotiations allocations Fund Regulations

2011 2012 2013 2014

First meeting Early Detailed Public Negotiation of Begin
of Post-2013 programme programme consultation Operational programme
Partnership development development on draft Programmes implementation
Forum & consultation documents
Establish
workstreams

WEFO key stages / milestones

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Thank you. Contact us on:
E-mail: WEFO-Post2013Programmes@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Website: www.wefo.wales.gov.uk

Twitter: www.twitter.com/wefowales or
www.twitter.com/wefocymru

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