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Financial Institute for
Regional Development, PI
National Coordinator for ERDF
and CF
Bulgarian delegation
27th November 2012
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Agenda
 Presentation of the Financial Institute for Regional Development, PI
 Portuguese experience concerning the use of Structural Funds
 The Portuguese NSRF – main achievements and lessons learnt
 The future of Cohesion Policy in Portugal
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IFDR Functions
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Financial Institute for Regional Development, PI
Mission
Executes regional development policy through the financial
coordination of the community structural funds and of the Cohesion
Fund.
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Financial Institute for Regional Development, PI
Main responsibilities
■ Put forward proposals of sustainable regional development policies
■ National financial coordination of the Structural Funds
■ National coordination for operational monitoring and management of
the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund
■ Payment Authority / Certifying Authority
■ Payment entity for ERDF and CF
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Financial Institute for Regional Development, PI
 Global financial coordination of the community structural funds and of the
Cohesion Fund
 Coordination, management and physical and financial monitoring of the
ERDF and of the Cohesion Fund and the management of technical assistance
measures of these funds
 Payment authority of the ERDF and Cohesion Fund, within the CSF III, and
certifying authority and paying entity, within the NSRF, relating to these
funds and territorial cooperation programs
 2nd level control authority of the ERDF and of the Cohesion Fund, within the
CSF III, and responsible for control of the operations, within the NSRF
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Financial Institute for Regional Development, PI
The organizational model
The organs
 Directive Council
 Statutory Auditor
Flexible Structure, based on
 Units
 Groups
 Project Teams
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Statutory Auditor
Directive Council
Vice-Chairman
Support for
Institutional
Management
Legal Support
and Litigation
Information
Systems
Financial and Asset
Administration
Chairman
Financial
Coordination
Body
Control and Audit
Support for
Operational
Management
ERDF and Cohesion
Fund
Planning and
Programming
Internal IS
Monitoring and
Evaluation
Territorial
Cooperation and
Community
Initiatives
Control of Expense
Declarations
Audit
Financial
Management
Unit
Certification
Programming and
Financial
Monitoring
Communication
Technical
Documentation
Coordination of
Operational
Management
IS NSRF
Internal Audit
Human Resources
Vice-Chairwoman
ERDF TA OP
Technical
Secretariat
Group
Unit
Function
Directive
Council
Presentation of IFDR, IP/FIRD, PI
Vice-Chairman
Chairman
Vice-Chairman
Payments
Control and Audit
Internal Audit
Certification
Support for
Institutional
Management
Control
and Audit
Certification
Internal Audit
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Portugal – 25 years implementing the
Structural Funds
Portuguese Experience implementing the Structural Funds
North
Portugal overview
Centre
Lisbon
Azores
Alentejo
Madeira
Algarve
0
50km
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Portugal Overview

Surface area 91 946,7 km2

Total population 10 562 thousand

Population density 115 hab por km2

Workforce of 5 581 thousand
Source: EUROSTAT/INE
Portuguese Experience implementing the Structural Funds
Portugal Overview

2009 GDP – 168.503 M€

Exports – 28% of 2009 GDP

Unemployment rate – 12,9% (2011)

Gross public debt – 108% of GDP (2011)
Source: EUROSTAT/INE
Portuguese Experience implementing the Structural Funds
Evolution of GDP (PPS per inhabitant)
120
% of EU 27 GDP
110
100
European Union (27 countries)
European Union (25 countries)
European Union (15 countries)
90
Portugal
80
70
1995
Source: EUROSTAT
1999
2006
2009
Portuguese Experience implementing the Structural Funds
Resident population according to age groups
100.00%
90.00%
% of Resident Population
80.00%
70.00%
60.00%
75 and over
65 - 74 years
50.00%
25 - 64 years
40.00%
15 - 24 years
0 - 14 years
30.00%
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%
1990
1995
2000
Years
Source: INE
2005
2010
Portuguese Experience implementing the Structural Funds
Expenditure on R&D
2.5
2
% of GDP
1.5
EU (27 countries)
Portugal
1
0.5
0
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Source: EUROSTAT
Portuguese Experience implementing the Structural Funds
High Tech and knowledge intensive enterprises
20,000
18,000
16,000
N.º of Enterprises
14,000
12,000
1995
10,000
1999
2006
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
1995
Source: EUROSTAT
1999
2006
Portuguese Experience implementing the Structural Funds
E-Government
Online availability and interactivity of public services (supply side)
120
% of Basic Services
100
80
European Union (27 countries)
60
Portugal
European Union (15 countries)
40
20
0
2001
Source: EUROSTAT
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2009
2010
Portuguese Experience implementing the Structural Funds
Population connected to Water Supply and Sewerage systems
100
% of Population
90
Population connected to
Public water supply systems
80
70
Population connected to
Sewerage systems
60
50
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Source: INE
Portuguese Experience implementing the Structural Funds
Waste Management
Selective collection
800 000
700 000
600 000
Tonnes
500 000
400 000
300 000
200 000
100 000
0
2002
Source: INE
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Portuguese Experience implementing the Structural Funds
Journey time 1986-2006
Source: INE
Portuguese Experience implementing the Structural Funds
National rail network
3 000
2 500
Km
2 000
Length of lines Total
1 500
Length of lines Electrified
Length of lines Double track
1 000
500
1999
Source: INE
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Portuguese Experience implementing the Structural Funds
National road network
3 000
2 500
2 000
Km
Primary road network Main routes
1 500
Complementary road network Complementary
routes
Highways
1 000
500
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Source: INE
Portuguese Experience implementing the Structural Funds
Structural Funds
20 years after Portuguese EU adhesion
22 835
21 412
13 980
6 958
Million Euros
CSF I
CSF II
CSF III
NSRF
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Portuguese NSRF
Main achievements and
lessons learnt
The Portuguese NSRF – Main achievements and lessons learnt
National guiding principles

Operational Concentration

Investment and Development Actions Selectiveness

Economic Viability and Financial Sustainability of Investments

Cohesion and Territorial Enhancement

Strategic Monitoring
The Portuguese NSRF – Main achievements and lessons learnt
NSRF – Territorial diversity
Regional Competitiveness
and Employment Region
– Lisbon
Statistical Phasing Out
Region – Algarve
Convergence Regions –
North, Centre, Alentejo e
Azores
Phasing In Region –
Madeira
The Portuguese NSRF – Main achievements and lessons learnt
Three thematic operational agendas
Human Potential
National
Strategic Reference
Framework
Competitiveness
Factors
Operational Programmes
Territorial
Enhancement
The Portuguese NSRF – Main achievements and lessons learnt
Financial Allocations per Thematic Agenda
Territorial Enhancement
Human Potential
Competitiveness Factors
-
2,000,000
4,000,000
6,000,000
8,000,000
10,000,000
12,000,000
Thousand Euros
Reprogramming Decision
Initial Decision
The Portuguese NSRF – Main achievements and lessons learnt
The priorities of the National Strategic Reference Framework are
implemented through 24 Operational Programmes
Three thematic operational programmes
 Competitiveness Factors (ERDF)
 Human Potential (ESF)
 Territorial Enhancement (ERDF + Cohesion Fund)
The Portuguese NSRF – Main achievements and lessons learnt
The priorities of the National Strategic Reference Framework are
implemented through 24 Operational Programmes
 Nine Regional OP by NUTS II
 Ten Territorial Cooperation OP (Cross-border, Transnational,
Interregional)
 Two Technical Assistance OP
The Portuguese NSRF – Main achievements and lessons learnt
Financial allocations per OP
6,453
POPH (FSE)
4,343
PO Valorização Território…
3,174
PO Fatores Competitividade
2,662
PO Norte
1,697
PO Centro
966
PO Açores
854
PO Alentejo
PO Madeira
311
PO Lisboa
307
PRO-EMPREGO (FSE Açores)
190
PO Algarve
175
RUMOS (FSE Madeira)
135
PO Assistência Técnica
71
PO Assistência Técnica FSE
75
0
500
Structural Funds Strategic Reprogramming
(2012)
Structural Funds Technical Reprogramming
(2011)
Structural Funds - Initial
Decision
1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500 5,000 5,500 6,000 6,500 7,000 Million €
The Portuguese NSRF – Main achievements and lessons learnt
M€
6,000
Portugal
5,000
2.664 M€
2 nd
position
4,000
3,000
>3x
average
2,000
1,000
0
PL PT ES DE GR HU IT
LT RO SK CZ LV UK EE SI BG FR BE SE FI
Montantes de PPI reembolsados pela COM em 2012 (até 01-out-2012)
NL IE MT CY LU AT DK
Média UE27
The Portuguese NSRF – Main achievements and lessons learnt
M€
Portugal
20,000
6.250 M€
17,500
15,000
6 th
Position
12,500
10,000
2x
Average
7,500
5,000
2,500
0
PL ES DE HU GR PT CZ IT
LT FR SK UK RO LV EE SI BG SE FI BE NL AT MT CY IE DK LU
Montantes de PPI reembolsados pela COM entre 2008 e 01-out-2012
Média UE27
The Portuguese NSRF – Main achievements and lessons learnt
Portugal
50%
42%
40%
30%
7 th
position
20%
> average
10%
0%
SE LT LU FI DE IE PT EE NL GR BE PL UK SI ES DK CY LV FR HU AT SK MT CZ BG IT RO
Rácio de PPI reembolsados pela COM entre 2008 e 01-out-2012 face à programação
Média UE27
The Portuguese NSRF – Main achievements and lessons learnt
Competitiveness Factors
Enterprises supported through incentive systems
Supported start-ups
Enterprises supported through financial instruments
Elegible investment in R&D
7.651
800
6.833
1791 M€
Collective Actions supported
1.127
Projects supporting administrative modernisation
1.604
Data updated until 30.09.2012 concerning contrated projects
The Portuguese NSRF – Main achievements and lessons learnt
Territorial Enhancement
Road Network under construction/rehabilitation
3 395 km
Water Supply and Sewerage sytems under
construction/rehabilitation
6 885 km
Projects concerning risk prevention, management and
monitoring
548
Public facilities
783
Data updated until 30.09.2012 concerning contrated projects
The Portuguese NSRF – Main achievements and lessons learnt
Human Potential
Pre-School Education and 1st Cycle of Basic Education Schools
720
2nd and 3rd Cycle of Basic Education Schools
40
Secondary Education Schools
88
Universities
19
Training centres
8
Data updated until 30.09.2012 concerning contrated projects
The Portuguese NSRF – Main achievements and lessons learnt
Simplification
Why?
 To counteract the effects of the economic crisis
 To accelerate the implementation of the current programming
period
 To clarify procedures
How?
 Through the amendments of the Regulations: EU and national
levels
 Through the adjustment/clarification of procedures and
guidelines
The Portuguese NSRF – Main achievements and lessons learnt
Amendments of the EU Regulations
 Amendments of the General Regulation, the EFRD Regulation
and the Implementation Regulation (2009, 2010, 2011)
 Co-financing repayable assistance
 Expenses of major projects included in expenditure

declarations before the the adoption of the Commission
decisions
The changes of the conditions regarding the advances paid to
the beneficiaries included in the statement of expenditure
(deletion of the 35% limit)
The Portuguese NSRF – Main achievements and lessons learnt
Amendments of the EU Regulations
 Amendments of the General Regulation, the EFRD Regulation
and the Implementation Regulation (2009, 2010, 2011)
 The reinforcement of the pre-financing
 The application of the top-up mechanism
 The use of the temporary state aid framework
The Portuguese NSRF – Main achievements and lessons learnt
 Co-financing repayable assistance
 Clarification of a procedure implemented in the portuguese
NSFR
 Applicable to aid schemes to SMEs
 By 31st December 2011 more than 9% of the operations
supported by the NSRF were included in this category
The Portuguese NSRF – Main achievements and lessons learnt
 Expenses of major projects included in expenditure declarations
before the the adoption of the Commission decisions
 Pre-condition: previous notification to the Commission
 By 30th September 2012 expenses of 5 major projets were
included in expenditure declarations: 214 M€ of eligible
expense
 These 5 projects represent 56% of major projects notified to
the Commission waiting for decision
The Portuguese NSRF – Main achievements and lessons learnt
 The changes of the conditions regarding the advances paid to the
beneficiaries included in the statement of expenditure (deletion
of the 35% limit)
 By 31st December 2011, 1 100 projects involved advances
paid to the beneficiaries (incentive schemes), 331 of which
exceeded the 35% limit
 Advances paid to the beneficiaries included in the last
statement of expenditure of 2011: 17% of the public
expense
 Competitiveness Factors OP: 19,3%; Regional OP Centre:
26%; Regional OP Alentejo: 26%
The Portuguese NSRF – Main achievements and lessons learnt
 The reinforcement of the pre-financing
 Until 31st December 2011:
 1,1 milliard € of pre-financing paid by the Commission
 3,6 milliard € of interim payments paid by the Commission
 From the 5 milliard € transferred to the beneficiaries/
intermediate bodies:
 26% were advances
 From wich: 16% of advances under incentive schemes
 Reinforcement of the liquidity in the real economy
The Portuguese NSRF – Main achievements and lessons learnt
 The application of the top-up mechanism
 Pre-condition: applied to each certified statement of
expenditure submitted during the period in which MemberStates benefit from the financial assistance made available in
accordance with Council Regulation (EU) n.º 407/2010 of 11
May 2010 – on request
 The increase by an amount corresponding to 10 pp above the
co-financing rate (priority axis)
 Until 31st October 2012: 299 M€ received by the Comission
under this mechanism and 101 M€ paid to beneficiaries
The Portuguese NSRF – Main achievements and lessons learnt
 The use of the temporary state aid framework
 New limit of minimis (500 000 €) applied in 2009 and 2010
 330 M€ granted during this period, from which 42 M€ by the
NSRF OPs: 40 M€ from the ERDF and 2 M€ from the ESF
 Extension of the new limit to the operations submitted until
31st December 2010 and approved in 2011
 More 7,6 M€ granted by the NSRF OPs, from which 7,3 M€
from the ERDF and 319 467 € by the ESF
The Portuguese NSRF – Main achievements and lessons learnt
Amendments of the national regulations
 Amendments of the General Regulation Governing the ERDF and
Cohesion Fund and of the specific regulations applied to the OPs
 Changes in 2009, 2010 and 2011 aiming to promote the
implementation of the EFDR and the CF
 Adjustments regarding procedures: payment requests
presented by the beneficiaries; the use of advances paid to
beneficiaries; submission of projects (GR)
The Portuguese NSRF – Main achievements and lessons learnt
Amendments of the national regulations
 Amendments of the General Regulation Governing the ERDF and
Cohesion Fund and of the specific regulations applied to the OPs
 Establishment of higher cofinancing rates – public
investment
 Increase of the payment rate (5 pp above the cofinancing
rate; top up mechanism) – public investment
 Amendments of 29 specific regulations applied to the OPs in
2010 (including aid schemes) and 39 specific regulations in
2011
The Portuguese NSRF – Main achievements and lessons learnt
Municipalities investment
 3 memos signed between the Government and the National
Association of Municipalities
 Cofinancing rates
 Submission of operations “ongoing”
 Establishment of “performance plafonds” – high rates of
execution
 Forms simplification; check-lists simplification
The Portuguese NSRF – Main achievements and lessons learnt
Municipalities investment
 3 memos signed between the Government and the National
Association of Municipalities
 Annulation of operations without execution / low rates of
execution
 Release of 250 M€ - operations of municipalities – alocate
to new iniciatives
equipments)
(youth employment and school
 National match funding of public beneficiaries supported by
loans granted through a lending framework signed between the
Government and the EIB
The Portuguese NSRF – Main achievements and lessons learnt
Support to SMEs
 To strengthen competitiveness of the national SMEs
 Credit lines (PME Investe, QREN Investe)
 INVESTE QREN - financing of the match funding of the NSRF
private beneficiaries - 1 milliard € from which 500 M€ derive
from the lending framework signed between the Government
and the EIB
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Remarks on
2014-2020
Programming Cycle
in Portugal
Portugal and the 2014-2020 Programming Cycle
Political Guidelines
The Portuguese government approved a resolution defining a set of priorities
for CSF funds during 2014-2020 period:
■ Promotion of economic competitiveness
■ Education and Training of Human resources
■ State reform
Portugal and the 2014-2020 Programming Cycle
Political Guidelines
Those priorities are translated in the following objectives:
■ Support for the production of tradable goods and services
■ Structural reorientation of the Portuguese economy through boosting
industry and sustainable development
■ Reinforcement of investment in education and professional training
■ Support social inclusion and fight poverty
■ Promotion of territorial cohesion and competitiveness
■ Support the state reform
Portugal and the 2014-2020 Programming Cycle
Through that resolution (RCM n.º 98/2012, 26th November), the Portuguese Government
defined the political and administrative framework for the negotiation of the
Partnership Agreement:
 Strategic guidance and political coordination – Prime Minister (delegated to the
Deputy Secretary of State of Prime Minister);
 Operational coordination – Deputy Secretary of State for the European Affairs;
through the Specialised Sub-commitee on the Negotiation of the Partnership
Agreement, which is created within the scope of the Inter-ministerial Committee for
European Affairs
Portugal and the 2014-2020 Programming Cycle
Preparation of 2014-2020 Programming
The Ministry of Economy and Employment has set up a working group
responsible for the preparation of the next programming period concerning
subjects under his competencies, coordinated by the Deputy Secretary of
State in the Economy and Regional Development.
Working Group on 2014-2020
Programming
Working group on
strategic options
Working group on
operational
organisation
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