Technical Support Instrument 2022 –Practical guide to TSI

Laura Rinaldi, Head of Unit (acting), Financial Sector and Access to

Finance, DG REFORM

Dublin, 15 September 2021

Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support (DG REFORM)

Agenda

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• General presentation of the Technical Support Instrument

• Multi-country projects

• Flagship Technical Support Projects

• Technical Support Instrument 2022 – timeline, templates, submission

The Technical Support Instrument

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The Technical Support Instrument is a powerful tool

that can enable Member States to carry out the reforms

they need for a sustainable growth”

– Elisa Ferreira, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms

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What is the Technical Support Instrument?

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• The Technical Support Instrument (TSI) is the EU programme that provides tailor-made

technical expertise to EU Member States to design and implement reforms

• The support is demand driven and does not require any co-financing from Member States

• It is an important pillar of the EU recovery plan, which helps Member States mitigate the

economic and social consequences of the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis

What is the Technical Support Instrument?

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€ 864 million of budget for the period 2021-20271

27 Member States involved

Wide range of reform areas covered by technical support

Any reform phase, from design to implementation and evaluation

1 In current prices

Reform areas covered (1/3)

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Green transition Digital transition Health and long-term care

Reform areas covered (2/3)

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Skills, education and training

Governance and public

administration Competitiveness

Reform areas covered (3/3)

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Financial sector and access

to finance

Revenue administration and

public financial management

Labour market and social

protection

How does the Technical Support Instrument work?

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Submission of requests

for technical support by

Member States

Selection of requestsProvision of technical

support

1 2 3

Provision of tailor-made technical supportto Member States

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DG REFORM involved throughout the duration of the project

European Commission’s in-house

expertise

Direct provision

Member States’ experts

Other international organisations

Private sector experts

Indirect provision

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3%

18%

22%

16%

18%

23%

Other

Labour market, health,education and social services

Revenue administration andpublic financial management

Financial services and access tofinance

Governance and publicadministration

Technical Support Instrument 2021 – 1st call

271

444

580 609

706

159 147

263228 226

SRSP 2017 SRSP 2018 SRSP 2019 SRSP 2020 TSI 2021

Received (nr.) Selected (nr.)

58% 33% 45% 37% 32%

Received and selected requests,

nr. of requests and selection rate (%)

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Selected requests by policy area,

% of selected requests

Support programme with Ireland 2018-2021

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10 10 10

0

2

4

6

8

10

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SRSP 2018 SRSP 2019 SRSP 2020 TSI 2021

Support programme with Ireland 2018-2021

Projects per policy area

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Status of the projects

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3

6

6

10

35 projects in total

Sustainable Growth &Business Environment

Revenueadministration andPublic FinancialManagementLabour Market,Education, Health &Social Services

Governance & PublicAdministration

Financial Sector &Access to Finance

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7

14

5

35 projects in total

Closed

Started

On the ground

Evaluation

Technical Support Instrument 2021 – dedicated call for Recovery and Resilience plans

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Call dedicated to the implementation of RRPs

€ 9 million of budget

38 requests received – 23 requests selected

• Ireland submitted 1 request and selected for funding

20 Member States requested technical support

Multi-country (multi-region) requests

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A multi-country or multi-region project is a

technical support project that is relevant or

common to more than one Member State as it

belongs to the same policy area and addressed

the same priorities for technical support

Flagship technical support projects

Definition

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• Flagship technical support projects are projects proactively proposed

by DG REFORM that:

• Are largely needed across Member States

• Meet a top EU / Commission priority

• Are designed in a way that can easily be fitted to various national

contexts

• Their uptake is voluntary

Flagship technical support projects

• Flagship technical support projects:

• May be taken up individually by different Member States or jointly

as a multi-country project;

• Can cover issues of horizontal priority for the Commission (e.g.

equality);

• May comprise technical support modules that you can opt-in and be

tailored-made to your national context

Format

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• For TSI 2022, we are proposing 13 flagship technical support projects

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Flagship technical support projects for TSI 2022

EU Supervisory Digital Finance Academy:

Strengthening Supervisory Capacity in innovative

Digital Finance

Digital Skills for Digital Transformation of Health and

Care System

Development of resilient, innovative and human-

centric digital government services

Bridging the climate financing gap with public policy

instruments

Recharge and Refuel - Clean, smart and fair urban

mobility

Support to Renovation Wave

Greening taxes - applying polluter pays principle in practice

Support to the implementation of the Just Transition

Support to the Tourism ecosystem: towards a more sustainable,

resilient and digital tourism

Integration of Third Country Nationals in EU Member States

Implementation of the European Child Guarantee in EU Member

States

Gender mainstreaming in public policy and budget processes

Regional and local authorities – Enhancing cooperation &

Quality of public administration

Flagship technical support projects in the field of Digital

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Flagship technical support projects in the field of Green

Bridging the climate

financing gap with public

policy instruments

Recharge and Refuel

Clean, smart and fair urban

mobility

Support to Renovation

Wave

Greening taxes -

applying polluter

pays principle in

practice

Support to the implementation

of the Just Transition

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Flagship technical support projects in line with EU priorities

“Support to the Tourism ecosystem”

“Integration of Third Country Nationals in EU Member States”

“Support to the Implementation of the European Child Guarantee”

“Gender mainstreaming in public policy and budget processes”

“Regional and local authorities – Enhancing cooperation & Quality of public administration”

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Technical Support Instrument – Process

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Submission of requests

for technical support by

Member States

Selection of requestsProvision of technical

support

1 2 3

TSI 2022 – Submission of the requests – timeline

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Nov

Annual Conference – Thematic

roll-out on flagship technical

support projects (1 July)

Deadline for submission

of requests under the TSI

2022 call (31 October)

Jul Aug Sep Oct

Annual Conference –

General roll-out (30 June)

Country roll-outs

Present TSI 2022 submission process,

flagship technical support projects,

and multi-country projects and discuss

Member States’ priorities

Jun

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TSI 2022 – Template for request for technical support

I L L U S T R A T I V E

The request for technical support will consist of

questions on the following aspects:

1. Multi-country dimension of the request

2. Description of the problem/need to be addressed

3. Indicative description of the support measures

requested and the estimated cost

4. Circumstances of the request

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TSI 2022 – Template for request for technical support

I L L U S T R A T I V E

New section on

multi-country

requests

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TSI 2022 – Template for request for technical support

I L L U S T R A T I V E

New information on:

• Output/deliverables of projects

• Budget estimation

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TSI 2022 – Template for request for technical support

I L L U S T R A T I V E

New information on:

• Results of past

projects

• Project stakeholder

management

• Envisaged provider

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TSI 2022 – Template for request for a Flagship technical support project

I L L U S T R A T I V E

TECHNICAL SUPPORT INSTRUMENT (TSI) PROGRAMMERegulation (EU) 2021/240 (TSI Regulation)

REQUEST FOR AFLAGSHIP TECHNICAL SUPPORT PROJECT

DEADLINE: 31 October 2021

• 13 Flagship technical support projects to choose from

• Partially pre-filled template

TSI 2022 – Submission of requests through the Commission’s IT platform

I L L U S T R A T I V E

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• Requests must be submitted

using the Commission’s IT

platform (link)1

• Beneficiaries and Coordinating

Authorities need to have a EU

Login account (link)2

1 Access to the portal is granted by DG REFORM

2 A EU Login manual is available in the platform (link)

TSI 2022 – Submission of requests through the Commission’s IT platform

I L L U S T R A T I V E

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1 – Access to the IT platform

3 – Preparation and

submission of the request

2 – Selection of the

type of request to submit

1. ‘Normal’ request for

technical support

2. Request for a Flagship

technical support project

(13 projects in total)

1. For ‘normal’ requests for

technical support:

standard template to be

filled in by Member

States

2. For requests for a

Flagship technical

support project:

partially pre-filled

template

Technical Support Instrument – Process

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Submission of requests

for technical support by

Member States

Selection of requestsProvision of technical

support

1 2 3

TSI 2022 – Adoption of the requests – timeline

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Nov Dec Jan

2022

Feb

Preliminary communication

of results to Member States

Formal decision of

the Commission

Deadline for submission

of requests under the TSI

2022 call (31 October)

Oct

2021

Analysis of requests

by the Commission

AprMar

Projects on the ground

(from April 2022)

DG REFORM Contact details

Country Coordinators:

Alastair.MACIVER@ec.europa.eu

Functional mailboxes:

1. Revenue Administration & Public Financial Management: REFORM-TAX-PFM@ec.europa.eu

2. Governance and Public Administration: REFORM-B2@ec.europa.eu

3. Sustainable Growth & Business Environment: REFORM-B3@ec.europa.eu

4. Labour Market, Education, Health & Social Services: REFORM-B4@ec.europa.eu

5. Financial Sector & Access to finance: REFORM-B5@ec.europa.eu

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New Commission’s website for Reform Support

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New website on all

technical support

measures provided by the

Commission in Member

States with information on:

• Commission’s activities

• Real-life projects

• Commission’s partners

• Funding

• Publications

• Latest news

Visit ec.europa.eu/reform-support

Where to find further information on TSI projects

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• DG REFORM’s website

(link)

• TSI webpage (link)

• Examples of reform support

(link)

• Selected TSI 2021 requests

(1st call) (link)

For each Member State, TSI 2021 country factsheets have been published in English and national languages

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Brochures – general and per policy area

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News about the TSI programme is also publishedon the Commission’s official social media channels

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On Twitter, @EU_reforms, #EUReformSupport, and #TSI

Thank you

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