Agriculture and Rural Development

SFC2014 and Rural Development Programmes

(RDPs) management

Petr LapkaDG Agriculture and Rural Development

Unit "Financial coordination of Rural development"23 January 2013

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Outline

1. Timeline

2. Link PA <-> RDP

3. Encoding RDP in SFC2014

4. No double encoding and simplification

5. automatic generation of RDPs

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Exchange of information untilthe formal submission of Partnership Agreements

• Need for a repository To store information relating to the negotiation period before the formal

submission of Partnership Agreements

• Objective To avoid confusion between multiple versions of the same document

being circulated

• SFC2007 will be adapted: Separate section (menu) Access rights adapted to PA Exchange of unstructured documents only

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Timeline

Strategy and Programming

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Timeline

General regulation adopted

Partnership Agreement Submitted (MS)

Max 4 months

All Programmes (MS)

Partnership Agreement Adoption

Max 1 month

Programmes Adoption (EC)

Observations by EC

MS and all ESI Funds MS and individual Funds

Observations by EC

Max 3 months Max 3 months

Max 3 months

Max 3 months

Note: Time spent by MS to reply to EC observations does not count towards the deadlines

Main SFC2014 processes

Timeline

2013 2014 2016

Partnership Agreement 1

Rural Development Programme 2

Quarterly Declaration of Expenditure 3

Estimate of Financial Requirements 4

Annual Implementation

Report 6

Annual Review Meeting 7

Monitoring Committee 5

Performance Review 8

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Example of Allocation by thematic objective

• This table is generated automatically by SFC2014 based on the allocation between thematic objectives available in financial

tables or indicators plans of programmes already encoded in SFC2014 the table can be adjusted manually if needed

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Link PA <-> RDP

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Adjusted (Completed) Manually

EAFRD by thematic objectives

Indicator plan(Contribution by FA)

Allocation of financial resources by Measures

Correspondence table between thematic objectives and FA

Partnership Agreement Contribution of RD Programmes

Automatic aggregation

Other examples of links between PA and RDP

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Link PA <-> RDP

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• Horizontal objectives: EAFRD contribution to climate change objectives and biodiversity Calculation with a common methodology based on EAFRD by FA/measure

• Financial allocations The list of the programmes with the respective indicative allocations by

Fund, by category of region and by year. Taken directly from the Financial Plan

• Structured Tables Ex-ante Conditionalities Summary of actions to reduce Administrative Burden for Beneficiaries Approach and possible synergies still under discussion

The ex ante evaluation

• Description of the process, e.g. timing of main events, intermediate reports, etc.

• Overview of recommendations

• Full ex-ante evaluation as attachment, e.g.: or

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Description of the process[Text: X characters] 

Encoding RDP in SFC2014

• Analysis in terms of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats

Encoding RDP in SFC2014

SWOT analysis

Overall description [Text: X characters] Overall description (quantitative and qualitative) of the situation of the programming area concerned, based on programme-specific and common context indicators (to be developed).

Threats:[Text: X characters]

Strengths:[Text: X characters] 

Weaknesses :[Text: X characters] 

Opportunities :[Text: X characters] 

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• Identification of needs to be covered• Analysis to be structured around Union priorities

Encoding RDP in SFC2014

Identification of needs

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Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats

SWOT Needs structured around Union priorities / Focus Areas

Priority 1 Focus Area 1A

Focus Area 2B

etc.

[…]

Focus Area 1B

Specific needs concerning: environment,

climate change, Innovation

[Text: X characters]

Description of Needs

Description of Needs

Focus Area 1C

Description of Needs

Priority 2 Focus Area 2A

Description of Needs

• Priorities / Focus Areas as selected under "identification of needs" step

• Combination of measures/operations to achieve the objectives set

Encoding RDP in SFC2014

Intervention logic

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SWOT

Identification of Needs

Building of the strategy Measure selection

FA 1c)

etc.

Combination of measures and sub-measures + rationale

ORJustification if Focus Area not used

FA 1a)

Union Priorities / Focus Areas addressing the needs

FA 1b)Combination of measures and

sub-measures + rationaleOR

Justification if Focus Area not used

• Defines the structure of the RDP in SFC2014

• SFC2014 will generate the detailed structure of RDP on the basis of the Intervention logic:

Indicator plan, Measure fiches, Financial plan

• Structure of some chapters might need adjustments: Split by type of region / type of operation to be completed in the

Financial plan

Encoding RDP in SFC2014

Intervention logic

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• The information encoded in the SFC2014 prevails attachments for information only

• No double encoding between chapters, example: Measure fiche -> Financial information -> Additional national financing Additional national financing Chapter "Additional national financing" can be generated automatically

form the "Measure fiches"

• NRN programmes Structure to be simplified Guidance to be provided by ENRD

No double encoding / SimplificationAutomatic generation of RDPs

No double encoding / Simplification

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• SFC2014 will generate a PDF version of RDPs

• Technical details in the template

An IT version of the template will be provided in which all fields are identified and where the maximum number of characters for text fields is defined

<ID type=" " maxlength=" " input=" " Decision = " "> type: N=Number, D=Date, S=String, C=Checkbox, P=Percentage, B=Boolean maxlength = maximum number of characters in text field input: M=Manuel, S=Selection, G=Generated by system decision: N=Not part of the Decision

No double encoding / SimplificationAutomatic generation of RDPs

Automatic report generation of RDPs

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Support and Contact

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• Support for SFC2007 and SFC2014 web applications sfc2007-info@ec.europa.eu ec-sfc2014-info@ec.europa.eu

• Support for SFC2007 and SFC2014 Web services empl-sfc2007-ws@ec.europa.eu ec-sfc2014-ws@ec.europa.eu

• SFC2014 Conference web site (16 January 2013) http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/conferences/sfc2014/agenda_en.cfm