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