EAFRD-RESET Reorientation of EAFRD funding after 2020 14 February 2017 Dr. Falk Hohmann
Discussion sphere 2 14 February 2017 Dr. Falk Hohmann
Initial situation Daily life of EAFRD Implementation experience Increase of the bureaucratic burden Impenetrable jungle of regulations Lack of legal certainty System of excessive control Loss of public acceptance Too detailed definition Of eligible investment In the programming documents Inhibits innovation and creativity 3 14 February 2017 Dr. Falk Hohmann
Impenetrable jungle of regulations 4 14 February 2017 Dr. Falk Hohmann
As an example: Financial control on projects using RDP 2014 2020 Individual case / beneficiary Granting Authority Paying Agency Internal Auditors Competent Authority Technical Departments Managing Authority Certification Body Saxon Court of Auditors German Federal Court of Auditors European Commission European Court of Auditors European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) 5 14 February 2017 Dr. Falk Hohmann
Audit obligations of the member states / regions How it is audited? e.g.: Checklists What is being audited? e.g.: Active farmer Charter of Fundamental Rights 6 14 February 2017 Dr. Falk Hohmann
Examples of over-regulation / inconsistency of guidelines 2016: As a result of a COM audit, the COM requested to include a regulation in the Rural Development Programme, according to which agri-environment and climate measures permit additions and disposals of land only within the scope of +/- 20% annually. Article 47 (1) (c) of the EAFRD, cited as the legal basis, merely sets the condition, that the achievement of the commitment's objective is not jeopardised. Guidelines for ensuring compliance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in the implementation of the European Structural and Investment Funds ( ESI-Funds ) (2016/C 269/01) dated 23.07.2016 Compliance with fundamental rights in the implementation of the ESI funds is to be examined, based on checklists with key questions Introduction of finance instruments 7 14 February 2017 Dr. Falk Hohmann
Loss of public acceptance Target group surrenders Frustration among the applicants and administrative authorities Adjustment of the aid offer to the audit regime, avoidance of charges is focused Support of the less error-prone instead of the professional optimum Funding bureaucracy with repulsive potential The idea of Europe is in a continuous stress test 8 14 February 2017 Dr. Falk Hohmann
Reorientation of the EAFRD What do we want? Reorganization of the strategic and legal frameworks No repair" at the existing system Orientation towards the intended result What should be achieved? Legal certainty for applicants and administrative authorities Focus on the key objectives of rural development Prevent fraud and abuse of funding Drastic reduction of the number of European regulations Strengthening the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality 9 14. February 2017 Dr. Falk Hohmann
Reorientation of the EAFRD Strategic framework Focusing on a few core objectives Investment programme components with selection of the best projects as a central element Non-investment programme components with regional area-related portfolio of measures Regulatory framework Strong focus on the principle of proportionality Mandatory introduction of the "single-audit" principle Balance between control costs and error risk 10 14 February 2017 Dr. Falk Hohmann
Proposal - New regulatory framework 11 14 February 2017 Dr. Falk Hohmann
Proposal EAFRD RESET 12 14 February 2017 Dr. Falk Hohmann
Proposal EAFRD RESET 13 14 February 2017 Dr. Falk Hohmann
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Communication Kickoff by State Minister Thomas Schmidt, June 2016 in Brussels Transmission to all European EAFRD Managing Authorities and Paying Agencies, as well as national and international economic and social partners Variety of events and intensive discussions (e.g. MEPs, high-ranking representatives of the COM, European agricultural diplomas) So far very positive response (e.g. other EU Member States, German Farmer's Federation (DBV), The European LEADER Association for Rural Development (ELARD)) Information about the initiative "EAFRD-RESET www.smul.sachsen.de/eafrd-reset 15 14 February 2017 Dr. Falk Hohmann
EAFRD-Tree... 2014-2020 2021 2027? 16 14 February 2017 Dr. Falk Hohmann