Click to edit Master title style Turku 20.-21.6.2011 Study visit: Net@work - a Network for Employment ESF Actions in Finland 2007-2013 Jussi Yli-Lahti Director of Regional Development Regional Development Ministry of Employment and the Economy jussi.yli-lahti@tem.fi
ESF programming period 2007-2013 EUROOPAN UNIONI 1) ESF programme covers the whole country 2) ESF programme is mono-funded, national and horizontal (thematic) 3) Decrease in funding 35 % (from 905 to 615 mill. ) from the 2000-2006 programming period 4) ESF priorities - are based on the ESF strategy, which is included in the Finnish National Strategic Reference Framework 2007-2013 - are based on the priorities in the ESF regulation Sivu 2
EUROOPAN ESF UNIONI programming period 2007-2013 5) The ESF programme divides into: - national section (50 %) - regional section (50 %): Northern Finland Western Finland Southern Finland - Eastern Finland as a transitional period region and own financial framework 6) National section: national development programmes 7) Intermediate bodies in the project level: ministries, Centres for Economic Development,Transport and Environment and Regional Councils, National Board of Education Sivu 3
ESF and ERDF The ESF programme and 4 ERDF programmes complement one another In practice, the measures of the two Funds are reconciled in the implementation phase of the programmes The measures of the Funds under the regional sections of the ESF programme are co-ordinated by the Regional Management Committees Sivu 4
ESF priorities 2007-2013 in Finland Priority 1 Development of work organisations, the workforce and enterprises, and promoting entrepreneurship Priority 2 Promoting access to employment and sustainable inclusion in the labour market and preventing social exclusion Priority 3 Development of expertise and service systems that promote the functioning of the labour market Priority 4 Transnational and inter-regional ESF actions Priority 5 Technical assistance Sivu 5
ESF Programme 2007-2013 Priority 1 Development of work organisations, the workforce and enterprises, and promoting entrepreneurship Developing the skills and capacity to work of staff as well as the quality of work organisations and enterprising activities Equality and equal opportunities Creation of new companies and increasing enterprising activity Sivu 6
ESF Programme 2007-2013 Priority 2 Promoting access to employment and sustainable inclusion in the labour market and preventing social exclusion Individual employment measures and services Measures preventing the social exclusion of young people Making use of new types of co-operation models and employment partnerships in services for groups difficult to employ Services for immigrants The intermediate labour market Promoting equality Sivu 7
ESF Programme 2007-2013 Priority 3 Development of expertise and service systems that promote the functioning of the labour market Improving the correspondence of education and training with the working life and facilitating the move from education and training to working life Adult education and lifelong learning Development of service models Innovation environment and systems Anticipation of the existing anticipation models and tools Promoting equality Sivu 8
ESF Programme 2007-2013 EUROOPAN UNIONI Priority 4 Transnational and inter-regional ESF actions Transnational co-operation between the Member State authorities and regions as well as between regional, thematic and national networks: 1. Co-operation associated with labour immigration 2. Finding and mainstreaming good practices National development programme: * the objective is to find and mainstream good practices to improve employment and competitiveness * the support mechanism: transnational co-operation between authorities and between the projects in priorities 1-3 * Implementation of transnational development projects Project level international co-operation will in priorities 1-3 be implemented in projects. Sivu 9
ESF Programme 2007-2013 EUROOPAN UNIONI Priority 5 Technical assistance Directed to the following measures, which can improve the administrative functions of the ESF programme implementation: recruiting personnel for fixed terms guidance and training mainstreaming good practices into national policies monitoring committee meetings and expenses from them data systems evaluations, researches information and publicity auditing activities Sivu 10
General principles guiding ESF activities EUROOPAN UNIONI (horizontal questions) Promoting equality Social innovations Local partnerships and small actors Sustainable development Sivu 11
Monitoring Committee Management system (ESF OP) EU Commission (DG EMP) Managing Authority MEE Certyfieng Authority MEE Audit Authority Ministry of Finance - controller-function Line Ministries Ministry of Employment and the Economy Ministry of Education and Culture Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Another Intermediate Bodies The Finnish National Board of Education Ministries (3) Intermediate Bodies Regional Authorities Centres for Economic Development, transport and the Environment (ELY) (15) Regional Councils (19) Regional Management Group (19) Projects/applicants Sivu 12
15 ELY-centres in Finland since1.1.2010 EUROOPAN UNIONI Sivu 13
Financial information priorities and ministries ESF Programme Priority 1 33 % Priority 2 33 % Priority 3 28 % Priority 4 6 % Technical assistance not included ESF (mill. ) Mo Empl& Econ 360,4 61 Mo Educ&Cult 212,7 36 Mo Soc&Health 17,7 3 TOTAL 590,8 100 Technical assistance 24,6 TOTAL 615,4 % Sivu 14
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME: FROM SEPARATE PROJECTS TO STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES EUROOPAN UNIONI The national section of the ESF programme will be implemented as national development programmes. They are strategically important in each administrative sector. They are implemented in co-operation between the administrative sectors. They include co-ordination between the projects, finding good practices / evaluations, support for developing projects from a project jungle to comprehensive development The regions can participate in the development programmes within their own regional financial frameworks in regional section and / or receive finance from the national section. Sivu 15
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME: FROM SEPARATE PROJECTS TO STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES EUROOPAN UNIONI Eastern Finland can participate within its own financial framework. National development programme can be implemented in a ministry and / or in the regions (Employment and Economic Development Centres / Provincial Governments); in labour administration implementation tooks place mainly in the regions. The projects within the development programmes are selected through public process. Authorities can also implement projects themselves. Sivu 16
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES AND THE SUPPORT MECHANISM EUROOPAN UNIONI it is possible to build a support mechanism for a development programme the tasks of the support mechanism include finding good practices, promoting co-operation and networking between the projects, following and promoting effectiveness and profitability of the projects the support mechanism can function for example in the ministries or it can be bought from outside (expert organisations etc.) the support mechanism complements project administration and it does not replace the role of the intermediate body in project guidance and monitoring Sivu 17
National development programme and the support mechanism Continental Finland ESF Programme Monitoring Committee NATIONAL REGIONAL SECTIONS SECTION PRIORITIES 1-4 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME mechanism steering group of different administrative sectors project project project project support project project project Sivu 18
Financial information (1) The distribution of ESF financing between the administrative sectors was agreed for the whole programming period The annual distribution between the administrative sectors is confirmed by a decision of the Council of State The distribution of the funds can be adjusted during the programming period, should a serious need arise Sivu 19
Euroopan Financial sosiaalirahasto information (2) The Structural Fund co-financing and the corresponding State financing share are collected in the Section of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy, which acts as the Managing Authority The Managing Authority is responsible for allocating the Structural Fund shares and the corresponding State financing share to the intermediate bodies once the State budget has been adopted Sivu 20
Financial information (3) The Regional Management Committee reconciles the contents of the Structural Fund allocations for the regional section of the ESF programme for the following financial year and the corresponding State financing share in the relevant administrative sectors in compliance with the agreed financial framework, unless there are weighty reasons to make exceptions to the financial framework Sivu 21
Financial information (4) The Regional Management Committee is informed of the financing granted for the national section of the ESF programme It will ensure the reconciliation of the various measures and the participation of the different Funds in the implementation of projects that are extensive and significant in terms of regional development Sivu 22
Financial information (5) One programme for the Continent (excl. Åland) The administrative branch Million euros Ministry of Employment and the Economy 360,4 Ministry of Education and Culture 212,7 Ministry of Social Affairs & Health 17,7 Technical assistance 24,6 Total 615,4 National public funding 798,7 (56%) The own financial framework for Eastern Finland (ESF 50% 179,8 meuros) National section ESF 217,8 meuros %, 3 regional sections (S, W, N) 217,8 meuros Sivu 23
Europe 2020: 7 flagship initiatives underpin the targets EUROOPAN UNIONI Smart Growth Innovation «Innovation Union» Sustainable Growth Climate, energy and mobility «Resource efficient Europe» Inclusive Growth Employment and skills «An agenda for new skills and jobs» Education «Youth on the move» Digital society «A digital agenda for Europe» Competitiveness «An industrial policy for the globalisation era» Fighting poverty «European platform against poverty» Sivu 24
THANK YOU! Sivu 25