NRPP Fund Regulation
Opinion factsheet
Šioje svetainėje
- Cohesion Policy
- Cohesion policy reform
- European Regional Development Fund
- European territorial cooperation
- Urban policy
Objective
The draft Opinion seeks to ensure that the proposed National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRPPs) strengthen cohesion policy by embedding a genuinely place-based, multi-level governance model at the heart of the EU’s post-2027 investment framework.
Essential points
The Opinion advocates for:
• A reinforced territorial and cohesion focus, reaffirming economic, social and territorial cohesion as a core Treaty objective and applying a binding “do no harm to cohesion” principle across all NRPP-funded interventions, with continued eligibility for all regions (less developed, transition and more developed), including specific support for outermost regions and northern sparsely populated areas
• Binding multi-level governance and subsidiarity safeguards, to ensure early, structured and meaningful involvement of regional and local authorities in the design, governance, implementation and revision of NRPPs, with the possibility for plans to be rejected where subsidiarity is not respected
• Stronger regional ownership and implementation capacity, through mandatory territorial chapters where sub-national competences exist, designation of regional managing authorities, direct interaction with the Commission, and guaranteed resources for administrative capacity-building at local and regional level
• A clearer and more predictable financial framework, reintroducing EU-level guarantees for cohesion funding shares across all categories of regions, safeguarding the long-term nature of investments, extending decommitment deadlines, and conditioning use of the 25% flexibility margin on respect for partnership, subsidiarity and territorial governance principles
• A stronger place-based delivery logic, including explicit support for territorial just transition strategies, and renewed emphasis on smart specialisation and place-based innovation ecosystems
• Improved accountability, milestones and transparency, with milestones and targets aligned to territorial competences (including qualitative governance and capacity indicators), enhanced monitoring and reporting at regional level, clearer additionality rules, and stronger communication requirements to demonstrate the territorial impact and added value of cohesion investments
Essential points
The Opinion advocates for:
• A reinforced territorial and cohesion focus, reaffirming economic, social and territorial cohesion as a core Treaty objective and applying a binding “do no harm to cohesion” principle across all NRPP-funded interventions, with continued eligibility for all regions (less developed, transition and more developed), including specific support for outermost regions and northern sparsely populated areas
• Binding multi-level governance and subsidiarity safeguards, to ensure early, structured and meaningful involvement of regional and local authorities in the design, governance, implementation and revision of NRPPs, with the possibility for plans to be rejected where subsidiarity is not respected
• Stronger regional ownership and implementation capacity, through mandatory territorial chapters where sub-national competences exist, designation of regional managing authorities, direct interaction with the Commission, and guaranteed resources for administrative capacity-building at local and regional level
• A clearer and more predictable financial framework, reintroducing EU-level guarantees for cohesion funding shares across all categories of regions, safeguarding the long-term nature of investments, extending decommitment deadlines, and conditioning use of the 25% flexibility margin on respect for partnership, subsidiarity and territorial governance principles
• A stronger place-based delivery logic, including explicit support for territorial just transition strategies, and renewed emphasis on smart specialisation and place-based innovation ecosystems
• Improved accountability, milestones and transparency, with milestones and targets aligned to territorial competences (including qualitative governance and capacity indicators), enhanced monitoring and reporting at regional level, clearer additionality rules, and stronger communication requirements to demonstrate the territorial impact and added value of cohesion investments