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?

5

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

145

107

66

41

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

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

10

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:

REGIO-PEER2PEER@ec.europa.eu