State of play of negotiations

Promoting the social economy and social enterprises

Resa Koleva

DG EMPL E1, ESF Policy and Legislation

OECD capacity building seminar,

28 June 2013

• Process• Overview of schedule• Negotiation on regulations• Informal dialogue

• Content – main provisions• ESF regulation

Schedule

• Partnership agreements: end of 2013• Operational programmes: middle of 2014

• This presupposes• CPR adoption by Council in Autumn• EP approval in July

Negotiation on regulations

• Trilogue on CPR: all main blocks discussed• Trilogue on funds regulations, including ESF, on-

going• Political trilogues on main outstanding issues

• Recent: agreement on ESF minimum share between Council and EP

Informal dialogue

• Commission position papers (Oct-Nov 2012)• Social entrepreneurship and social economy

• An IP in 5 CPPs (EL, ES, HU, IT, PT)• A specific objective in 6 CPPs (AT, DE, LT, MT, PL, SK)

• 1-2 informal dialogue meetings so far with each MS

• Informal draft PAs• "Maturity" check

Regulatory framework - main provisions

I. Available funding

II. Programming• Investment priorities• Delivery mechanisms• Social entrepreneurship-friendly framework provisions

Amount of funding

• ESF minimum share• COM proposal: 25% (EUR 84 billion)• Agreement by co-legislators: 23.1% (EUR 72 billion)

• Social inclusion minimum share• 20% in each MS

Investment priorities

• Specific support for through the dedicated IP• Promoting the social economy and social enterprises;

• Important role not only in the specific IP but in the delivery of social policies co-funded by ESF through other relevant IPs! E.g.:

• Access to employment for job-seekers and inactive people;• Reducing early school-leaving and promoting equal access to

good quality early-childhood education• Active inclusion

Delivery mechanism 1• Promoting employment thematic objective

• Rehabilitation services purchased by PES and provided by NGOs, private providers. Other labour market services, labour market reintegration services.

• Policy: active labour market policies.• Investment priority: Access to employment for job-

seekers and inactive people

Delivery mechanism 2• Investing in education, skills and LLL thematic

objective• NGOs providing early childhood education and care,

purchased by municipalities.• Policy: equal access to education, reduction of early

school leaving.• Investment priority: Reducing early school-leaving

and promoting equal access to good quality early-childhood, primary and secondary education

Delivery mechanism 3• Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty

thematic objective• NGOs providing community care to disabled or

running a network of foster parents• Policy: transition from institutional to communty-

based care• Investment priority: Enhancing access to affordable,

sustainable and high-quality services, including health care and social services

Social entrepreneurship-friendly framework in SF

• Strengthened partnership• Better access to funds• Broader access to funds – financial instruments• Capacity building