Member States Meeting jointly with the Advisory Group on "Fruit Fruit and Vegetables" and the School Fruit Scheme Experts Group Wednesday 28 March 2012 DG Agriculture and Rural Development European Commission Agriculture and Rural Development
Participation to the scheme Million of children 80 8,0 Children benefitting from the School Fruit Scheme In % of the group 100,0% 90,0% 7,0 6,0 Children participating in 2010/2011: 8,1 Million 80,0% 70,0% 0% 60,0% 50 5,0 4,0 3,0 Children participating in 2009/2010: 4,7 Million In % of the group 6-10 years: 18,4% In % of the group 6-10 years: 31,8% 20 2,0 00% 0,0% 50,0% 40,0% 30,0% 20,0% 10,0% 2
Distribution of children participating in the program variable among Member States 2010-2011 : % of schools and children in the target group per MS 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% FR AT IR BG NL DK EL LT DE BEw SK ES BEf IT EE RO PT SI PL % of the children of the target group in the MS % of participating schools in the MS HU LU LV CZ MT CY 3
All ages are involved, even if the target group 6-10 years remains predominant 2010-2011 : Target group BE BG CZ DK DE EE IR EL ESP. FR IT CY LV LT LX HU MT NL AT PL PT RO SL SK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 4
Budgetary aspects (1): the execution of the program strongly increases EU budget use in % 100% 90% 80% 70% 65,0% 60% 50% 40% 37% 30% 20% 10% 0% 2009/2010 2010/2011 5
Budgetary aspects (2): three levels of use of the EU budget 2010/2011... % of use of the UE budget per group of MS 42% 0% -> 30% 6 Member states 33% 30% - 70% 8 Member states 25% 70% - 100% 10 Member states 6
Budgetary aspects (3): but significant disparities remain between Member States 2010-2011 : EU funds used in % of the final allocation CZ IR IT LU HU MT SI 100,0% 90,0% NL PL SK 80,0% DE EE EL ES CY LV 70,0% 60,0% 50,0% BE DK 40,0% 30,0% BG FR LT AT PT RO 20,0% 10,0% 0,0% 7
Comparison of the final allocation and use of EU funds (1) 2010-2011 : Comparison between final allocation and expenses (in Mio ) 25.000.000 20.000.000 Final allocation 2010/2011 Expenditure 2010/2011 up to 31st December 15.000.000 Eur ro 10.000.000 5.000.000 0 DE FR IT PL ES RO 8
Comparison of the final allocation and use of EU funds (2) 2010-2011 : Comparison between final allocation and expenses (in Mio ) 4.500.000 4.000.000 3.500.000 000 3.000.000 Final allocation 2010/2011 Expenditure 2010/2011 up to 31st December 2.500.000 Euro 2.000.000 1.500.000 1.000.000 500.000 0 NL PT HU CZ GR BE BU AU SK DK LT LV IE SI EE CY MT LU 9
Frequency of distributions are different 2010-2011 : Frequency of distribution BE BG CZ DK DE EE IR EL ESP. FR IT CY LV LT LX HU MT NL AT PL PT RO SL SK once a week twice a week 1,165 distribution a month Once a day. from daily to once per week at least once a week, but it is limited subsidy rate per daily mostly from 1 to 3 times a week from 6 by school term to 1 a day 1 for week once a week once a day, every school day 3 times a week once a week (fondamental); 5 times a week from once to four times a week (in 97,5% of the once a week during max. 10 weeks, 20 to 30 portions of fruit everything possible I semester: 3 times per week, II semester: twice a two distributions per week once a day mainly once a week or more, continuously throughout max twice a week daily once a week twice a week three times a week four times a week 10
One portion per child = about 130 grams... 2010-2011: 2011: Average weight per portion and per child 250 230 Average weight per portion 200 200 202 169 Average 200 180 210 200 150 129 125 120 150 125 120 122 100 100 90 62 85 100 90 70 75 95 50 0 0 BE-f BEw BG CZ DK DE EE IR EL ES FR IT CY LV LT LX HU MT NL AT PL PT RO SL SK 11
rice in euros 1,00 0,80... for an average cost of about 0.30 cents per unit 2010-2011: 2011: Average price per portion 1,05 Average price per portion Average 0,60 0,62 0,55 0,40 0,20 0,35 0,34 0,34 0,35 0,37 0,26 0,25 0,20 0,17 0,10 0,39 0,21 0,17 0,12 0,14 0,30 0,42 0,26 0,25 0,18 0,17 0,07 0,00 BE-f BEw BG CZ DK DE EE IR EL ES FR IT CY LV LT LX HU MT NL AT PL PT RO SL SK 12
Accompanying measures: effective actions notified by the member states Directly linked to agriculture: farm visits, market visits, school gardens, cooking, tasting sessions Educational: pedagogical kits for teachers and pupils, leaflets, seminars, training sessions for teachers Others: interactive games on health and nutrition, photo competitions, exhibitions, school magazines, rewarding gadgets, cartoons 13
All socio-economic actors are involved in the management of the program 2010-2011 : Relevant stakeholders Educational sector Public Health Agriculture Civil society Private sector 1 BE 2 BG 3 CZ 4 DK 5 DE 6 EE 7 IR 8 EL 9 SP 10 FR 11 IT 12 CY 13 LV 14 LT 15 LX 16 HU 17 MT 18 NL 19 AT 20 PL 21 PT 22 RO 23 SL 24 SK 14
Products distributed The products most often distributed are: - fresh produce rather than processed products... - fruits and vegetables from local origin... - the fruits most often mentioned are: apples, pears, oranges, bananas, grapes... - the vegetables most often cited are: carrots, tomatoes and cucumbers... But these products remain related to culinary and cultural specificities iti of the Member State. t 15
The annual envelops reflect the Member States requests and are set on the basis of their 6 to 10 children population Annual envelops - evolution (in ) 20.000.000 Final allocation 2009/2010 Final allocation 2010/2011 Final allocation 2011/2012 Final allocation 2012/2013 15.000.000 10.000.000 5.000.000 0 DE FR IT PL ES RO 16
The annual envelops reflect the Member States requests and are set on the basis of their 6 to 10 children population Annual envelops - evolution (in ) 4.000.000 Final allocation 2009/2010 Final allocation 2010/2011 Final allocation 2011/2012 Final allocation 2012/2013 3.000.000 2.000.000 1.000.000 0 NL PT HU CZ GR BE BU AU SK DK LT LV IE SI EE CY MT LU 17
Next: school year 2012/2013 and CAP reform 2020 The EU funding of 90 million will be allocated to the 24 participating Member States (Sweden, Finland and UK have opted not to participate.) p The decision will be notified to Member States at the end of March The main beneficiaries of the scheme in 2012/2013 will be Italy, who is set to receive over 20.5 million, followed by Germany ( 11.6 million), Romania ( 9.8 million), Poland ( 9.2 million), France ( 5.6 million) and Spain ( 4.8 million). 18
Evaluation Based B d on the MS evaluations and the external one, the Commission will draft the report to the European Parliament and the Council by the end of 2012 Two interim reports have already been issued by the external evaluator The third report is foreseen for the 10th of April The draft final report is foreseen for the 10th of June All the reports from participating Member States were received, have been circulated and will be published soon on the web site 19
Commission proposal for CAP post 2013 150mio instead of 90mio Cofinancing rates 75-90% instead of 50-75% in the less developed regions and in the outermost regions Accompanying measures eligible to the EU aid 20
For more information: http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/fruit-and-europvegetables/school-fruit-scheme/index_en.htm eu/agriculture/fruit and New features and updates on the web site : - expert s help, FAQ, documents of Member States - to be updated d later: national evaluations, strategies t 2013/2014 - translation of the site - brochure AGRI-HORT-SCHOOLFRUIT@ec.europa.eu 21