TAIEX-REGIO PEER 2 PEER
15 November 2016
Laura IndriliunaiteDG Regional and Urban Policy
Unit E1 "Competence Centre for Administrative Capacity-Building and the Solidarity Fund"
What is TAIEX-REGIO PEER 2 PEER
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Expert missions
Study visits Workshops
Up to 5 Days Up to 5 Days Up to 2 Days
What is TAIEX-REGIO PEER 2 PEER?
Instrument to facilitate exchange of experience among Member States on Cohesion policy issues
TAIEX-REGIO PEER 2 PEER: key parameters
QUALITY CONTROLof experts and exchanges
LIGHT: Short-term expert exchanges with as little bureaucracy as possible
FLEXIBLE: Different types of exchanges based on Member States' needs/requests
RAPID: exchanges launched rapidly
TARGETED: focused on concrete and specific topics
Based on experience and infrastructure of TAIEX
Who can apply?
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Public sector employees
ERDF / CF
Management and control
bodies
Timeline
Piloting period: 03/2015 – 12/2016
External evaluation mid-2016
Decision to continue until 2020
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IMPLEMENTATION STATISTICS
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Implementation: key statistics
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107
66
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100
120
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160
Applications
received
Applications
approved
Implemented
exchanges
Exchanges in
preparation
03/2015 - 10/2016
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~1000 participants from 23 Member States
Who participates?
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1. LT
2. CZ
3. HR
4. RO
5. BG and PL
Most active applicants
1. PL
2. LT
3. NL
4. DE
5. RO
Most active suppliers
Topics
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Examples of exchanges
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Topic Type Applicant Provider of expertise
Date
E-cohesion Expert mission
CZ NL 02/2016
ICT and Public Sector Data Projects
Study visit
LT IT 09/2016
List of events and materials
• Available at PEER 2 PEER website: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/p2p
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EVALUATION RESULTS
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Participants' feedback
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97%91% 90%90%
74% 77%80%
62%
85%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Satisfied with
quality ofexpertise
Expect to use
results inpractice
Will need
further P2P
Study visit
Expert mission
Workshop
Why do Member States use P2P?
(1) Fills in the gap
(2) Light and quick
(3) Flexible
(4) User-friendly
(5) There is quality assurance
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Challenges
(1) Focus and quality of applications and events
important role of REGIO colleagues
(2) Demand is unpredictable. Our capacity 5
events/month
(3) Finding host institutions for study visits
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Useful links and contact details
PEER 2 PEER website
http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/p2p
E-mail: