Europe 2020, the Committee of the Regions

and

the Europe 2020 Monitoring Platform

Angela GuarinoCommittee of the Regions

Advancing and monitoring local sustainability in Europe

Wednesday 26 October 2011, 14:30- 16:00

Committee of the RegionsEurope 2020 Monitoring Platformwww.cor.europa.eu/europe2020angela.guarino@cor.europa.eu

The Committee of the Regions

A political assembly of the European Union, representing

local and regional government.

Commissione europea Parlamento europeo Consiglio dell’UE

Comitato economico e sociale europeo

• Goals: boost recovery, put the EU on a path towards smart, sustainable and inclusive

growth by 2020

• Headline targets: five for the EU as a whole

• Flagship initiatives (Innovation Union, Youth on the move, A digital agenda for Europe,

Resource-efficient Europe, An industrial policy for the globalisation era, An agenda for new

skills and jobs,European platform against poverty)

EUROPE 2020

skills and jobs,European platform against poverty)

• By April 2011: National Reform Programmes to implement Europe 2020 at national level

(including country targets)

• Commission and European Council

– assess NRPs and annual implementation reports

– issue guidelines and country-specific recommendations (June 2011)

• European semester: stricter co-ordination between macroeconomic, fiscal and structural

policy

– Annual Growth Survey (in January each year) (http://ec.europa.eu/europe2020/index_en.htm)

• Integration of sectoral policies

• Coordination of tasks/agendas

Unlocking positive systemic effects of Europe 2020via partnership

• Synchronization

� Between national governments, LRAs

� To agree goals, targets, operational coordination

� (In contractual terms where needed)

� Structural Funds contribute

� Administrative simplification

To this aim, CoR proposes Territorial Pacts atcountry level

� Monitoring, evaluation

� Contributing to cohesion, sustainability

Endorsement of the idea of Territorial Pacts: European Commission, EuropeanParliament, Permanent Representatives, Regions and Cities

2011 Spring European Council: “(…)in implementing these [Europe 2020] policies,and in order to ensure wide ownership, close cooperation will be maintained with(…) advisory bodies (CoR), with the full involvement of national parliaments, socialpartners, regions and other stakeholders.“

Europe2020 Monitoring Platform - Mission and objectives

Enable the local and regional authorities to fully

participate in the big European debates, on

social, economic and environmental issues

� monitor how LRAs participate in the new strategy

� feed into CoR consultative activity and EU debate

� voice the LRAs political concerns and proposals in the

big Eu debates

� facilitate best practices sharing

Europe 2020 Strategy E urope 2020 E urope 2020 E urope 2020 E urope 2020 Policy Cycle: E uropean S em esterand im plem entation atthe country level

CoR assessment of NRPs and progress reports and a political

message to the June European Council

CoRMonitoring Report on Europe 2020

Territorial Dialogue & Discussion with

PermReps

Declaration of the CoR Bureau to the Spring

European Council

Next CoR Monitoring

Report

CoR monitoring

activities;

Round tables on

implementing NRPs,

possibly with

country cases

(October/November)

European Annual Policy guidance

January March AprilFebruary May June July December…………

Council of Ministers

European

Commission

European Parliament

European

Council

Spring

European

Council

Adoption (2011) or progress reports (following years) of National Reform Programmes (NRPs) & Stability and Convergence Programmes (SCPs)

Autumn:Decisions

at national

level

Endorsement of

guidance

Finalisation &

adoption of

guidance

Member

States

Annual

Growth

Survey

Policy guidance

including country

specific recommendations

Debate &

orientations

Autumn:

Peer

review at EU level

Debate &

orientations

Europe2020 Monitoring Platform – Structure (1/2)

Voluntary membership

Involved in the activities of the Platform:

Members of the Platform (154 as October 2011) established

by CoR in 2010, representing cities, regions from all

27 member states

Europe 2020 Membership sorted level of government as a July 2011

1%

37%

5%

54%

3%

EGTC

CITIES

COUNTIES

REGIONS

OBSERVERS

Europe2020 Monitoring Platform – Structure (2/2)

Two members of the CoR as political coordinators of the

Platform:

Ms Christine Chapman for the activities related to:

CompetitivenessCompetitiveness

Innovation

Inclusion

Mr Nichi Vendola for the activities related to:

Climate change

Sustainability

Europe2020 Monitoring Platform – 2011 Activities (1/2)

� Consultations, surveys, quick

surveys

� CoR Annual Monitoring Report

� Territorial Dialogue

� Workshops (of which: Open Days)

Europe2020 Monitoring Platform – 2011 Activities (2/2)

1. Survey On the role of regional and local authorities in promoting a sustainable water

policy (deadline of 4 March 2011) 49 questionnaires were submitted by LRAs and

other stakeholders from 17 EU Member States.

2. Quick survey on Europe 2020 Flagship Initiative European Platform Against Poverty

and Social Exclusion (deadline of 2 February 2011). 44 questionnaires were

submitted by local and regional authorities from 22 EU Member States.

3. Survey On Anti-Crisis Policies in Regions & Cities Two Years On: public authorities

working in partnership (a follow-up survey) (deadline of 18 April 2011). 27

contributions received.

4. Desk analysis of the 27 submitted NRP on the role of the local and regional

authorities in the Europe 2020 National Reform Programmes. Report expected for

September 2011.

Europe2020 Monitoring Platform –On going 2011 e recently closed Activities (4/4)

This survey looks at whether, and to what extent,

Europe 2020 is adding value to local and regionalEurope 2020 is adding value to local and regional

policies and whether it is being implemented in

partnership by all government levels (possibly

through Territorial Pacts or other multilevel

governance tools).

Its results will feed into the 2nd CoR MonitoringReport on Europe 2020, to be published inDecember 2011 as a contribution to the EuropeanCommission's 2012 Annual Growth Survey - justbefore the 2012 Spring European Council issuespolitical guidance for the 2nd European Semester.

The survey also asks for at least one example of a

policy through which respondent administrations

contribute to Europe 2020 goals and targets, to be

mentioned in the Monitoring Report.

Join an increasingly visible Platform!

Since Europe 2020 was launched, in early 2010

10 consultations and surveys done

•over 600 contributions received from EU local and regional authorities

•all contributions were acknowledged in our summary reports

•many ideas were taken on board

•monitoring results fed regularly into CoR political positioning and •monitoring results fed regularly into CoR political positioning and

got increasing attention from other European institutions

"I very much appreciate the activity of the Europe 2020 Monitoring Platform

of the Committee of the Regions"

José Manuel Durão Barroso (in a letter to CoR President Bresso on 18 April, 2011)

http://portal.cor.europa.eu/europe2020/Knowledge/Pages/BecomeaMember.aspx

Thank you

For more information please visit:

www.cor.europa.eu/europe2020

europe2020@cor.europa.eu