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About this online course
This online course will include discussion of the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative as it relates to Cohesion Policy and to ESF. We will look at the new emergency Amending Regulations. We will consider how the remaining €37 billion budget of 2014-2020 can be used for emergency health and economic development measures – supporting the health sector and labour markets.
The progress of current programmes and projects will be severely impacted in most Member States. What will happen to delayed projects? Payment claims? Output targets and the Performance Framework? We will attempt to draw together experiences from around the EU.
We will also try to assess how the health emergency might impact on new programmes.
ESF will become ESF+ for the new programming period, 2021-2027. What will your new ESF+ programmes look like? Are you able to identify your priorities for your new programmes and do you know what lessons must be taken forward from current and previous programmes?
This EIPA online course examines these questions and assesses progress of ongoing ESF programmes. We will compare the requirements of the current and new programming periods. We will focus on some recent cases of good practice, from Italy, UK and around the EU.
EIPA experts will build on three successful EIPA seminar-workshops recently delivered under contract to the Flanders Region, the Brussels Capital Region, and the Wallonie region – assisting them with the preparation of a new generation of ESF+ programmes.
How we work
The online course will be led by highly experienced EIPA experts/consultants, Marco Lopriore and Robin Smail, who have been working with the ESF for more than 20 years. There will be keynote interventions from the European Commission (DG EMPL).
We aim to make the online course as interactive as possible. Participants will have ample opportunity to exchange views informally on the seminar topics. You are invited to send us your problems, issues and questions before the online course, if you wish. We will do our best to address the problems / answer the questions during the online course!
What you will learn in this online course
Key elements include:
- Use of the ESF and ESF+ to respond to the COVID-19 health crisis
- Country Specific Recommendations, Country Reports, recommendations of the European Pillar of Social Rights, Social Scoreboard
- strategy design and a method for selecting programme priorities
- choices for programme-specific indicators for ESF and ESF+ and how to prepare the new Performance Frameworks
- financial planning and flexibility for new programmes
- simplifying financial control and audit – expanding the use of simplified cost options and protecting the audit trail
Who is the course for?
This online course is aimed at:
- managers and practitioners from ESF managing authorities (Managing, Certifying and Audit authorities), whether they are national or regional authorities
- project applicants/sponsors and other stakeholders associated with the Social Fund either at programme or project level, including local authorities, education bodies, chambers of commerce, NGOs and community associations and so on.
Practical information
Online Course
For this online course we make use of Zoom
Programme Organiser
Ms Winny Curfs
Tel: + 31 43 3296320
w.curfs@eipa.eu
Fee
This online course will be offered at a special launch price. Regular fee is € 350. EIPA member fee is € 300.
Discounts
EIPA offers a discount to all civil servants working for one of EIPA’s supporting countries, and civil servants working for an EU institution, body or agency.
Who are the supporting countries?
Civil servants coming from the following EIPA supporting countries are entitled to get the reduced fee: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.
For all other participants, the regular fee applies.
Confirmation
Confirmation of registration will be forwarded to participants on receipt of the completed online registration form.
Payment
Prior payment is a condition for participation.
Cancellation policy
For administrative reasons you will be charged €50 for cancellations received after confirmation of your participation.
EIPA reserves the right to cancel its live online activities up to 1 week before the starting date. In that case, registration fees received will be fully reimbursed.
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The programme
| 08.30 | Welcome of participants and opening the “online” networking space |
| 09.00 | Opening of the seminar, learning objectives and methodology of the seminar Marco Lopriore, Expert, EIPA, Maastricht, Netherlands |
| 09.10 | Building an Inclusive Europe: policy context and key themes for the European Social Fund
Marco Lopriore |
| 09.50 | Short Break |
| 10.00 | Programming and new Programme Structure for 2021-2027
Robin Smail, EIPA Visiting Expert and Consultant (former national expert, EC) |
| 10.40 | Virtual coffee break meeting room – Tour de Table |
| 11.00 | Using the Programme Cycle Management method to draft new programmes
Robin Smail |
| 11.20 | Break-out groups: priorities and financial allocations |
| 11.35 | Extending Simplified Cost Options in 2021-2027
Marco Lopriore |
| 12.25 | Break-out groups: SCO exercise |
| 12.40 | Discussion with Michael Grosse, DG EMPL on Simplified Cost Options |
| 13.20 | End of first day |
| 08.45 | Opening of the platform |
| 09.00 | Financial Management of ESF+ for 2021-2027
Robin Smail |
| 10.05 | Short Break |
| 10.15 | Key issues for the European Social Fund+
Marco Lopriore |
| 10.45 | Coffee break |
| 11.05 | Reaction of ESF to the COVID-19 crisis
Marco Lopriore |
| 11.40 | Monitoring and reporting requirements
Robin Smail |
| 12.10 | Evaluation requirements, measuring success
Robin Smail |
| 12.25 | Break-out groups: what do we need to evaluate? |
| 12.40 | Discussion with representatives of DG EMPL on preparation of your programmes 2021-2027 |
| 13.20 | Evaluation and close of the online course |
What people say
“Je tiens à nouveau à vous remercier pour votre disponibilité, la qualité des contenus de cette formation et les exemples très pratiques. La formation a été très appréciée par l’ensemble des participants. J’espère que nous pourrons renouveler l’expérience avec d’autres thématiques autour du FSE+ .”
Elvis Mihalowitch, Responsable Service Fonds Social Européen, Département Partenariats – Autorité de gestion
“Thank you! It was excellent!”
Former participant
“It was very helpful”
Former participant