COMMUNITY
SUPPORT
FRAMEWORK III PORTUGAL
2000-2006
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The Portuguese
Community Support
Framework
Introduction
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MINISTRY FOR ENVIRONMENT, SPATIAL PLANNING AND
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT - DGRD
National Representation of European Regional
Development Fund (ERDF)
National Representation of Cohesion Fund (CF)
• Manages and coordinates Portuguese Community
Support Framework, and specifically ERDF and CF.
• Assures Technical Support Structures for CSF
Management Committee and Monitoring
Committee.
Director General for Regional Development is also the
Chairman of both Committees.
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1. IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS
• Regional Development Plan
• Community Support Framework
• Programming Complements
2. CSF MAIN GOALS
• Operational Programmes Structure
• Finance Amounts, by Fund
• Growth between CSF I and II
3. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
FOR MANAGEMENT,
MONITORING, EVALUATION
AND CONTROL OF
PORTUGUESE CSF
4. SPECIFIC AREAS
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•Allocation of Responsibilities
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Management
Regional Programmes
Monitoring and Evaluation
National Control System
Information System
Since its accession to E.C., in January 1986, Portugal has
applied, just like the other country members, to this co-financing
instrument which, together with national and private investments,
has become a decisive support to several development actions
that otherwise would never have been possible.
Previous Regulations – 1986-1988
Community Support Framework I – 1989-1993
Community Support Framework II – 1994-1999
Community Support Framework III – 2000-2006
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The Portuguese
Community Support
Framework
2000-2006
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Berlin Summit
End of the structural funds
negotiation process
(Agenda 2000)
Portugal sucessfully negotiates a
structural support package, higher
than the previous one in global terms
(1994-1999).
24-25 th March 1999
Presentation in Brussels of
the Regional
Development Plan
13th October 1999
Signature of CSF III
31st March 2000
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The result of a wide consultation
process, with the participation of
economic, social and institutional
partners and involving more than 18
thousand people from all economic
and social sectors.
Formalises the Community structural
support for the period 2000-2006,
approving the rules and priorities of
future investments.
Characteristics:
The C.S.F. III was signed in March 2000
and come into force for a period of 7
years, from January 2000 to December
2006. It consists of a partnership contract
between the Portuguese Government and
the E.C. and aims to carry out in the field
a wide diversity of programmes, defined
by Sector and by Region and known as
Operational Programmes.
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Priority Axes of Development
AXIS 1
Raising the Qualification Level of the Portuguese,
Promoting the Employment and Social Cohesion.
AXIS 2
Reshaping the Production Profile towards the Activities
of the Future.
AXIS 3
Reaffirming the Territorial Value and the Geoeconomic
Position of the Country.
AXIS 4
Promoting a Sustainable Regional Development
and National Cohesion.
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Objectives:
Priority Axes of Development
In 1999, 18 Operational Programmes (OP)
were enforced plus 1 OP for Technical
Assistance. They were grouped in 4 priority
axes of development reflecting strategic
goals of the country’s development policy.
After the mid-term review of 2003 followed
by the allocation of the Performance
Reserve and of the Programming Reserve,
another Programme was added to the first
priority axe.
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AXIS 1
Raising the Qualification Level of the Portuguese,
Promoting the Employment and Social Cohesion
4 714
Education
1.060 me
million
euros
Knowledge
Society
426 me
Employment,
Training and
Soc Develop
1.664 me
Science and
Innovation
713 me
Public
Administrat
Health
Culture
497 me
249 me
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104 me
AXIS 2
Reshaping the Production Profile towards the Activities
of the Future
4 367
million
Agriculture
and Rural
Development
euros
1.349 me
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Fisheries
Economy
184 me
2.833 me
AXIS 3
Reaffirming the Territorial Value and the
Geoeconomic Position of the Country
1 790
millions
euros
Accessibilities
and Transports
1.457 me
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Environment
332 me
AXIS 4
Promoting a Sustainable Regional Development and
National Cohesion
9 583
million
euros
North
Centre
2.865 me
1.795 me
Alentejo
Algarve
1.282 me
479 me
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Lisbon and Tagus
Valley
1.516 me
Azores
905 me
Madeira
739 me
Structural Funds:
20.528
(Millions of Euros)
14.589
5.721
CSF I
CSF II
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CSF III
Distribution According to Funds
CSF III
FIFG
1%
EAGGF-O
11%
ESF
23%
ERDF
65%
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Programmed Public Expenses
Axis 4 - Promoting a
Sustainable Regional
Development and
National Cohesion
47%
Axis 1 - Raising the
Qualification Level of the
Portuguese, Promoting
the Employment and
Social Cohesion
23%
Axis 3 - Reafirming the
Axis 2 - Reshaping the
Territorial Value and the
Production Profile
Geoeconomic Position
towards the Activities
of the Country
of the Future
9%
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21%
Financial Support:
From the financial point of view, this heterogeneous yet complementary set of
development instruments included in C.S.F. III corresponds to a huge public and private
financial effort which amounts to 42 315 MEUROS.
20 528
Meuros
12 021
Meuros
7 570
Meuros
National Public Investment
Community co-financing
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Private Investment
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Community Support
Framework
Institutional Framework
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CSF III Coordination
Governmental Commission
CSF III Observatory
CSF III Management
Commission
CSF III Monitoring
Commission
Sectorial Operational Programmes
•Economic and Social Partners
•Economic and Social Committee
•National Association of Local Authorities
Regional Operational Programmes of
Continent and Autonomous Regions
Education
Employment,
Training and Social
Development
Science and
Innovation
Knownledge
Society
Health
Culture
North
Centre
Public
Administration
Agriculture and
Rural Development
Fisheries
Alentejo
Algarve
Economy
Transport
Environment
Autonomous
Region of Azores
Autonomous
Region of Madeira
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Lisbon and Tagus
Valley
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Community Support
Framework
COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT
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CSF III Coordination
Governmental Commission
CSF III Observatory
CSF III Management
Commission
CSF III Monitoring
Commission
Sectorial Operational Programmes
•Economic and Social Partners
•Economic and Social Committee
•National Association of Local Authorities
Regional Operational Programmes of
Continent and Autonomous Regions
Education
Employment,
Training and Social
Development
Science and
Innovation
Knownledge
Society
Health
Culture
North
Centre
Public
Administration
Agriculture and
Rural Development
Fisheries
Alentejo
Algarve
Economy
Transport
Environment
Autonomous
Region of Azores
Autonomous
Region of Madeira
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Lisbon and Tagus
Valley
CSF III Coordination Governmental
Commission
The Coordination Governmental Commission is responsible for
the high level coordination of the global implementation as well
as of the high level negotiations and is composed by:
-President: Minister for Environment, Spatial Planning and
Regional Development
-Each Minister responsible for each fund at the national level;
- Other Ministers can be asked to participate: Finance,Economy
and Innovation, Foreign Affairs.
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CSF III Coordination
Governmental Commission
CSF III Observatory
CSF III Management
Commission
CSF III Monitoring
Commission
Sectorial Operational Programmes
•Economic and Social Partners
•Economic and Social Committee
•National Association of Local Authorities
Regional Operational Programmes of
Continent and Autonomous Regions
Education
Employment,
Training and Social
Development
Science and
Innovation
Knownledge
Society
Health
Culture
North
Centre
Public
Administration
Agriculture and
Rural Development
Fisheries
Alentejo
Algarve
Economy
Transport
Environment
Autonomous
Region of Azores
Autonomous
Region of Madeira
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Lisbon and Tagus
Valley
CSF III Management Commission
Composition
The Management Commission is responsible for the global
management of the CSF III and is composed by:
• Regional Development Director General, who presides
• Representative of the European Regional Development Fund
• Representative of the European Social Fund
• Representative of the European Agricultural Guidance and
Guarantee Fund-Guidance
• Representative of the Financial Instrument for Fisheries
Guidance
• Representative of the Cohesion Fund
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CSF III Management Commission (cont.)
Responsibilities
• To guarantee the implementation of the CSF and respective
Operational Interventions;
• To guarantee the accomplishment of the community policies;
• To organise the mid-term evaluation and cooperate in the
organization of the final evaluation;
• To establish contacts with European Commission regarding
the CSF III
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CSF III Management Commission (cont.)
Responsibilities
• To put forward management proposals for more efficiency (to
the CSF Coordination Commission);
• To put forward proposals of the EC decision on community
funds participation (to the CSF Monitoring Commission)
• To guarantee the establishment and operation of an
information system for the collection and treatment of physical
and financial data;
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CSF III Management Commission
Technical Support Structure
Responsibilities
Provide technical and specialised support in the following:
•Collection and analysis of all the relevant data and information
for the monitoring of financial and physical implementation of
the CSF.
•Preparation of all the necessary elements and production of
the CSF III Implementation Reports
• Organisation of the meetings of the Management Authority
and its deliberations
•Organisation of all correspondence and relevant information
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CSF III Coordination
Governmental Commission
CSF III Observatory
CSF III Management
Commission
CSF III Monitoring
Commission
Sectorial Operational Programmes
•Economic and Social Partners
•Economic and Social Committee
•National Association of Local Authorities
Regional Operational Programmes of
Continent and Autonomous Regions
Education
Employment,
Training and Social
Development
Science and
Innovation
Knownledge
Society
Health
Culture
North
Centre
Public
Administration
Agriculture and
Rural Development
Fisheries
Alentejo
Algarve
Economy
Transport
Environment
Autonomous
Region of Azores
Autonomous
Region of Madeira
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Lisbon and Tagus
Valley
CSF III Monitoring Commission
Composition
The Monitoring Commission is responsible for the global implementation of
the CSF III.
The CSF III Monitoring Commission is chaired by the President of the CSF III
Management Commission and is composed by:
a) Members of the CSF III Management Commission;
b) Managers of the operational interventions (Management Authorities);
c) A representative of the Government member responsible for
“Environment”;
d) A representative of the Government member responsible for “Public
Administration”;
e) A representative of the Government member responsible for “Equality
of Opportunities”;
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CSF III Monitoring Commission (cont.)
Composition
f)
A representative of the Ministry responsible for the area of Youth
Affairs;
g) Department Heads of the Central Administration;
h)
A representative of the Observatory of the CSFIII;
i)
A representative of each Regional Government;
j)
Two representatives of the National Association of Portuguese
Municipalities;
k)
A representative of the National Association of Parishes;
l)
Nine representatives of Economic and Social Partners;
m) Representatives of the European Commission and the European
Investment Bank, with consulting vote;
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CSF III Monitoring Commission (cont.)
Responsibilities
The CSF III Monitoring Commission is responsible for:
• Monitoring the implementation of the CSF III, assuring the
articulation with other community policies and also in transversal
areas common to various operational programmes.
• Analysing the CSF III implementation results, as well as the midterm and its up-date, and final evaluation;
• Analysing and approving the implementation annual reports and
the final report;
• Putting forward to the CSF III Management Commission for
definition of strategies or necessary alterations necessary to
improve interventions management, including the financial
management
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CSF III Coordination
Governmental Commission
CSF III Observatory
CSF III Management
Commission
CSF III Monitoring
Commission
Sectorial Operational Programmes
•Economic and Social Partners
•Economic and Social Committee
•National Association of Local Authorities
Regional Operational Programmes of
Continent and Autonomous Regions
Education
Employment,
Training and Social
Development
Science and
Innovation
Knownledge
Society
Health
Culture
North
Centre
Public
Administration
Agriculture and
Rural Development
Fisheries
Alentejo
Algarve
Economy
Transport
Environment
Autonomous
Region of Azores
Autonomous
Region of Madeira
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Lisbon and Tagus
Valley
CSF III Observatory
Responsibilities
The CSF III Observatory comprises a head office of analysis and support
to the CSF III evaluation and is under the responsibility of the Ministry
of Environment, Spatial Planning and Regional Development.
The CSF III Observatory main tasks are:
a) To support and participate in the thematic working groups which will
act under the orientation of the CSF III Management Commission;
b) To collaborate with the Management Commission in the evaluation
process;
c) To participate in the implementation of conferences or seminaries
about themes respecting the CSF III and operational interventions.
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The Portuguese
Community Support
Framework
Regional Progammes
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CSF III Coordination
Governmental Commission
CSF III Observatory
CSF III Management
Commission
CSF III Monitoring
Commission
Sectorial Operational Programmes
•Economic and Social Partners
•Economic and Social Committee
•National Association of Local Authorities
Regional Operational Programmes of
Continent and Autonomous Regions
Education
Employment,
Training and Social
Development
Science and
Innovation
Knownledge
Society
Health
Culture
North
Centre
Public
Administration
Agriculture and
Rural Development
Fisheries
Alentejo
Algarve
Economy
Transport
Environment
Autonomous
Region of Azores
Autonomous
Region of Madeira
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Lisbon and Tagus
Valley
Regional Operational
Programmes –
Objectives
Till 1999, all Portuguese
Regions were supported by
the EU under the Objective 1:
Development and structural
adjustment of regions whose
development is lagging
behind.
Under the CSF III:
Elegible regions for
Objective 1 are NUTS II:
North, Centre, Alentejo,
Algarve, Azores and Madeira
Lisbon and Tagus Valley
region is no longer eligible
for Objective 1, benefiting
from transitional assistance
with a system of degressive
support (Phasing Out)
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Regional Operational Programmes – Management Model
MINISTRIES
Programme Managing Authority
Priority Axis 1
Manager
Priority Axis 2
Priority Axis 3
Manager
Technical Support Staff
Technical Support Staff
Management
Management
Management
Unit
Unit
Unit
Coordinators
Sectorial
Coordinators
Municipalities, other local
and regional
development and
territorial planning
authorities
Responsibles for
Coordination of
Integrated Territorial
Programmes
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Technical Support Staff
Responsibles for
Coordination of decentralised national
measures
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Framework
Monitoring and Evaluation
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Evaluation Phases
Ex-ante Evaluation
•from the Member State responsibility
•carried out by independent evaluators
Diagnosis of the departure
situation and analysis of the
expected results.
Mid Term Evaluation – December 2003
• carried out by independent evaluators under the
responsibility of the Management Authorities
• allocation of the Performance Reserve and of the
Programming Reserve
Mid Term Evaluation Update –
December 2005
Ex-post Evaluation – 3 Years after the
programming period
• carried out by independent evaluators under the
responsibility of the European Commission
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Analysis of the first results of
the interventions,.
Up-to-date information and
analysis on what has been
achieved in the 2000-2006
period as an input to the
next programming period
(2007-2013)
Entities involved
Mid Term Evaluation
(and Update) Community Support Framework
Evaluation
Technical
Group
Evaluation
Technical
Groups
• Management Commission
• Observatory
• Prospective and Planning Department
• European Commission
Operational Programmes level
• Managing Authorities; Observatory and
Funds representatives
• European Commission
Connection
Structure
• Methodological coordination of the of
CSF and the Operational Programmes
evaluations
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Community Support
Framework
National Control System
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NCS – Control Levels
1st level
- Assured by the Management Authority of each Operational
Program
- Carried-out by a separated staff
Incidence Field/Intervention
- At investment application phase
- During projects life
- At close down
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NCS – Control Levels
2nd level
- DGDR - Specific control unit
- Coordination entity
- Articulation between High level and 1st level control
Incidence Field/Intervention
- Management and control systems
- Final beneficiaries
- Other entities (crossed control)
Payment Authority
control
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Certification of
expenditure
NCS – Control Levels
High level
- Finance-General Inspection (IGF)
- Global coordination of national control system
- National interlocutor of financial control with EC
Incidence Field/Intervention
- Management and 1st level control systems
- 2nd level control system
- Payment Authority
- Coordinates, centralizes and notifies irregularities to the EC
Permanent
supervision
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Final
certification
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Community Support
Framework
Information System
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CSF III Management Commission
The CSF III Management Commission has several
responsibilities…
To guarantee the establishment and operation of an
information system for the collection and treatment of
physical and financial data
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European Commission
Module
EDI
CSF III
Module
CSF
ERDF
Gateway
Module
ERDF
Module
Gateway
Module
CF
ESF
Flat File
EAGGF
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FIFG
CF
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