cyprus presidency of the council of the eu july – december 2012
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CYPRUS PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EU July – December 2012 Cohesion Policy Programme and Objectives under the Cyprus Presidency Anthoula Charalambous Savvides Senior Coordination Officer, Planning Bureau Budapest, 4 October 2012. Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
CYPRUS PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EU
July – December 2012
Cohesion Policy Programme and Objectives under the Cyprus Presidency
Anthoula Charalambous Savvides Senior Coordination Officer, Planning Bureau
Budapest, 4 October 2012
Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU
Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU
A unique and challenging occasion
First time in country’s history
Crucial time in MFF and CP negotiations
In the middle of a deep economic crisis
Nicosia within the Venetian walls
Larnaca Salt Lake
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Cohesion Policy under CY Presidency
MFF – Top priority of the CY Presidency
CP - Dossier of High Priority for CY Presidency
One of the main development instruments of EU
Supporting economic, social and territorial cohesion
Pivotal role in achieving the goals of the EU2020 Strategy
Transform territorial diversity into an asset for EU
Reinforce urban dimension
CY Presidency goal:
Achieve the best possible progress in the negotiations for the
regulatory framework of CP 2014-2020
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State of Play in negotiations: Thematic Blocks already agreed (DK PRES) - Partial General Approach
Monitoring and Evaluation
Ex Ante Conditionalities
Major Projects
Management and Control*
Eligibility
Programming*
Net revenue generating and Public Private Partnerships
Financial Engineering
Performance Framework* and
Thematic Concentration* some elements remain “open”
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State of Play in negotiations: SAWP Work Plan under CY Presidency
Discuss remaining open blocks (July – Oct)
oTerritorial Development
oIndicators, Information and Communication, Technical Assistance
oFinancial Issues not in the MFF
oEuropean Territorial Cooperation – outstanding articles
Important Issues:
Financial Management and Management & Control –Transposition of Financial Regulation provisions
Common Strategic Framework (CSF)
Cohesion Policy legislative package on the agenda of the General Affairs Council of October and
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Discussions with the European Parliament
Meetings between CY Ministries and EP Committees
More intensive contacts after indicative voting in REGI
and EMPL committees in July
Identify issues of convergence
Informal trilogues from September
Priority to have certainty on programming the soonest
possible, thus, MSs and Regions to be able to make
necessary preparations
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Synopsis of CY Presidency Meetings on Territorial and Urban Development and other Cohesion Policy Events NTCCP and UDG meetings: 3 & 4 September 2012,
respectively
CoR Political Bureau meeting: 7 September 2012
URBACT MC meeting: 8 October 2012
DGs meetings: 9 (UD) & 10 (TC&CP) October 2012
CPMR Islands Commission Annual Conference: 5
November 2012
Informal Meeting of Ministers on Cohesion Policy: 6
November 2012
SAWP meeting: 7 & 8 November 2012
ESPON week: 3 till 7 December 2012
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Directors General Meetings
DGs meeting on Urban Development, 9 October 2012
(TPHD)
DGs meeting on Territorial Cohesion and Cohesion
Policy, 10 October 2012
Venue: Filoxenia Conference Centre, Nicosia
Agenda: follow up of the Roadmap on TA2020, new
elements of CP 2014-2020, preparation of the IMM on CP
[Informal Meeting of Directors General for Fisheries , 12 Sept. 2012,
Paphos, Discussion on European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
Delivery System]
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Informal Meeting of Ministers on Cohesion Policy
6 November 2012
Venue: Filoxenia Conference Centre, Nicosia
IMM agenda (preliminary): Effectiveness and Governance
of Cohesion Policy 2014-2020
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Other Cohesion Policy Events
SAWP Meeting (Attaché Trip)
o 7 & 8 November 2012
o Venue: Aphrodite Hills Resort, Paphos
CPMR Islands CommissionAnnual Conference
o 5 November 2012
o Venue: Filoxenia Conference Centre, Nicosia
Paphos: somewhere in the Akamas peninsula
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Looking Forward to Welcoming you in Cyprus
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Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU
Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU
For more information on the negotiations for CP 2014-2020 you can contact:
Mr Adonis Constantinides(Chair of the SAWP - Permanent Representation of the Rep. of Cyprus to the EU)
Ms Angela Droussiotou
(Permanent Representation of the Rep. of Cyprus to the EU)[email protected]
For more information on Cyprus Presidency’s events for CP you can contact:
Ms Irene Piki(Secretariat of Cyprus EU Presidency, Planning Bureau)
Ms Agathie Charalambidou(Planning Bureau)
Thank you for your attention!
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