Www.lf.svekom.se/int. The European Community –Environment –Agricultural –Competition- trade policies –Economic and social coheison –Public procurement

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The European Community

– Environment– Agricultural– Competition- trade policies– Economic and social coheison– Public procurement


Economic and social cohesion

• Promote harmonious development

• Reducing disparities between the levels of development (Article 158)

• Member States conduct their economic policies and coordinate to attain the objectives in Article 158


• Implementation of the Community´s policies and the internal market shall take into account the objectives and contribute to their achievement

• The Community shall support the achievement through the Structural Funds ( Article 159)


EU Policy Connections

• Lisbon – Competitiveness and the knowledge economy

• Employment and Social Policy – thematic programmes

• CAP Reform from 2003• Competition/State Aids• Sustainable Development• Equalities• Urban Policy and Spatial Planning?


Implications forthe Regions

EU-Regional Policy4

Governance

White Paper

Better involvementand more openness (2)

• Partnership with citizens at all levels through

– Involvement in policy shaping (dialogue,cooperation with regional, local government)

– Greater flexibility in implementing legislation(eg contracts between Commission,Member States, Local Authorities)

– Overall policy coherence (Dialogue betweenCommission, Member States and regional authorities to ensure overall coherence ofpolicies eg, energy, transport, environment).


EU BUDGET 2000-2006

Pre-accessionPre-accession

3.1%3.1%Enlargement Enlargement

8.3%8.3%

42.4%42.4%

30.3%30.3%

Structural Funds Structural Funds and Cohesion Fundand Cohesion Fund

Agricultural PolicyAgricultural Policy

AverageAverage Annual Expenditure: 100.4 billion EURO Annual Expenditure: 100.4 billion EURO


Responsibilites of local and regional authorities

Employer

Supervison Serviceproducer

Communityplanning/dev.

2

Local & regionalauthorities


The EU affects all fields of activity

Employer

Supervison Serviceproduce

r

Communityplanning/

dev.

Local & regionalauthorities


The effects

Initiative on health strategy

6th Framework programme on the environment-local level important

The structural funds

Env. friendly public procurementInitiative on spatial

planning

Habitat direktive”Natura 2000”

Community planning/dev

International marketing-regional competition-representative offices in Brussels

The programs for transregional cooperation

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Experience from Swedish municipalities, county couincils and

regions

• The structural funds have been of great importance- new cooperation patterns

• The working methods are important- Program planning, SWOT analysis, partnership,evaluation etc

• Municipalities and county couincils have been an important actor - Project development,co- financing, implementation

• Valuable projects- local, regional and transnationel


On going impact

• Decentralisation processes- Good governance, tripartite contract

• New regional development policy• New bodies for regional development built

on cooperation between municipalities• Capacity building through training courses,

project development etc• New investigation on division of power• New working processes with the –

members, eu-institutions, government etc


Community Planning

Community Planning

SMESME

EnvironmentEnvironment

CultureCulture

InfrastructureInfrastructure

RegionalGrowthprogram

RegionalGrowthprogram

SFSF

Interreg III B, CInterreg III B, C

North SeaNorth Sea Baltic SeaBaltic SeaNorthernPeripheryNorthernPeriphery

EUCDCR/CSD

EUCDCR/CSD

R &DR &DNordic CouicilNordic Couicil

ESPONESPONCoheison Policy


Local and regional

author-ities

Sw. Delegationin CoR

The Commission

The Parliament

EU effects

Sw. Gov/the Council

CoR

SALA&

SFCC

board committees

experts Brussels office

The influence on EU decisions

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