Horizontal themes Regional comparison

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Horizontal themesRegional comparison
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1.Horizontal themes included in the programmes
NB The Moravian Silesian programme includes
also social integration and employment and
balanced development of regions as horizontal
themes
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2.SWOT analysis

• Global indicators refer to
• Environment/Sustainable developement
• Equal opportunities/Situation of women on the
  labour market/Employment
• Disadvantaged/Deprived urban areas
• Economic activities
• Technology and Innovation

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2.SWOT analysis

• Specific indicators
• Innovation ? businesses assisted, projects to
  support innovation, women as a of
  beneficiaries, RD spending by enterprises and
  RD staff, effects of the innovation spreading on
  SMEs and craft industry,
• Environment ? municipal waste arising according
  to recycling in tons per inhabitant, treatment of
  commercial and industrial waste, changes in share
  of residential and transport areas, sustainable
  processes introduced, reduction in water
  consumption, increase in passenger volumes on
  public transport, number of businesses assisted
  (to prevent industrial pollution),

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2.SWOT analysis

• Equal opportunities ? disadvantaged as a of
  beneficiaries, disadvantaged receiving ESF
  assistance to help overcome vertical and
  horizontal segregation, of women with children
  under 5 in work, share of women among the full
  time, unemployment rates among women,

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3. Programme goals/objectives

• Programme level
• Western Scotland Equal oppotunities and
  environment (2 objectives)
• Champagne-Ardenne Environment, New technologies
  of information and communication, Equal
  opportunities
• North Rhine Westphalia Environmentally
  sustainable development, Equal opportunities for
  women and men, inclusion of disadvantaged groups
  in the process of economic renewal, innovation
  and information society
• West Midlands environmental sustainability,
  equality of opportunity, innovation
• Moravia-Silesia horizontal objectives are
  mentionned in the JROP in the operationnal
  programmes focusing on individual sectors

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3. Programme goals/objectives

• measure level
• Champagne-Ardenne some measures refer expressly
  to horizontal themes
• North Rhine Westphalia target indicators concern
   environmentally sustainable development  and
   equal opportunities for women and men , which
  are quantified according to measures

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4. Role of the horizontal objectives

• In old regions the assesment of horizontal
  objectives is part of the project selection
• In new regions horizontal themes are considered
  in the evaluation grid (20 of the final score)

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5. Guidance for project developpers

• In all regions except Champagne-Ardenne there is
  guidance or toolkit to help project developpers
  to implement the horizontal objectives

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6. Indicators used to monitor progress
concerning horizontal objectives

• Environment businesses assited with
  environmental management, number of sites
  treated, number of project supported having a
  positive impact on environment,
• Equal opportunity start up businesses led by
  female managers, number of disadvantaged
  beneficiaries, number of supported qualification
  projects for women, number of jobs created or
  secured for women, projects supported with a
  positive impact on equal opportunities,
• Innovation number of businesses receiving aids
  for RD and innovation, increase in RD
  expenditure, businesses assisted with innovation
  management,
• Information society number of computers
  connected to the Internet per pupils, number of
  projects supported including support of ICT,

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7. Ex-ante / mid-term evaluation

• Recommandation of the mid-term evaluation
• Revise indicators for the horizontal objectives
• For some measures the results are below what was
  expected
• Some indicators are not sufficiently documented

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8. Associated organisations

• NGOs
• National agencies
• Working groups
• Representatives of various ministries

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9. Monitoring committees

• All the representatives for horizontal themes
  have a voting right in the monitoring committee,
  except for Champagne-Ardenne.

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10. Special committees or experts

• North Rhine Westphalia, West Midlands and Western
  Scotalnd thematic groups of experts
• Champagne-Ardenne regional delegations of the
  central State
• Moravia-Silesia no special group

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11. Mainstreaming the horizontal themes

• Western Scotland Best practice events, training
  sessions and information on the Website
• Other regions nothing