1. Europe 2020, the Committee of the Regions
and
the Europe 2020 Monitoring Platform
Angela Guarino
Committee of the Regions
Europe 2020 Monitoring Platform
www.cor.europa.eu/europe2020
angela.guarino@cor.europa.eu
Advancing and monitoring local sustainability in Europe
Wednesday 26 October 2011, 14:30- 16:00

2. The Committee of the Regions
A political assembly of the European Union, representing
local and regional government.

3. Commissione europea Parlamento europeo Consiglio dell’UE
Comitato economico
e sociale europeo

4. EUROPE 2020
• Goals: boost recovery, put the EU on a path towards smart, sustainable and inclusive
growth by 2020
• Headline targets: five for the EU as a whole
• Flagship initiatives (Innovation Union, Youth on the move, A digital agenda for Europe,
Resource-efficient Europe, An industrial policy for the globalisation era, An agenda for new
skills and jobs,European platform against poverty)
• By April 2011: National Reform Programmes to implement Europe 2020 at national level
(including country targets)
• Commission and European Council
– assess NRPs and annual implementation reports
– issue guidelines and country-specific recommendations (June 2011)
• European semester: stricter co-ordination between macroeconomic, fiscal and structural
policy
– Annual Growth Survey (in January each year) (http://ec.europa.eu/europe2020/index_en.htm)

5. Unlocking positive systemic effects of Europe 2020
via partnership
• Integration of sectoral policies
• Coordination of tasks/agendas
• Synchronization

6. To this aim, CoR proposes Territorial Pacts at
country level
Between national governments, LRAs
To agree goals, targets, operational coordination
(In contractual terms where needed)
Structural Funds contribute
Administrative simplification
Monitoring, evaluation
Contributing to cohesion, sustainability
Endorsement of the idea of Territorial Pacts: European Commission, European
Parliament, Permanent Representatives, Regions and Cities
2011 Spring European Council: “(…)in implementing these [Europe 2020] policies,
and in order to ensure wide ownership, close cooperation will be maintained with
(…) advisory bodies (CoR), with the full involvement of national parliaments, social
partners, regions and other stakeholders.“

7. Europe2020 Monitoring Platform - Mission and
objectives
Enable the local and regional authorities to fully
participate in the big European debates, on
social, economic and environmental issues
monitor how LRAs participate in the new strategy
feed into CoR consultative activity and EU debate
voice the LRAs political concerns and proposals in the
big Eu debates
facilitate best practices sharing

8. Europe 2020 Strategy
E urope 2020 Policy Cycle: E uropean S em est and i pl ent i att count y l
er m em aton he r evel
CoR monitoring
Declaration of CoR assessment of
CoR Territorial activities;
the CoR Bureau NRPs and progress Round tables on Next CoR
Monitoring Dialogue & implementing NRPs,
to the Spring reports and a political Monitoring
Report on Discussion with possibly with
European message to the June country cases Report
Europe 2020 PermReps
Council European Council (October/November)
January February March April May June July ………… December
European Annual Policy guidance
Commission Growth including country
Survey specific Autumn:
recommendations
Peer
review at
Council of Finalisation & EU level
Debate &
Ministers adoption of
orientations
guidance
European Debate &
orientations
Parliament
European Spring Endorsement of
European guidance
Council
Council
Adoption (2011) or progress Autumn:
Member reports (following years) of
Decisions
National Reform Programmes
States (NRPs) & Stability and
at national
Convergence Programmes level
(SCPs)

9. Europe2020 Monitoring Platform – Structure (1/2)
Voluntary membership
Involved in the activities of the Platform:
Members of the Platform (154 as October 2011) established
by CoR in 2010, representing cities, regions from all
27 member states
Europe 2020 Membership sorted level of government as a July 2011
5% EGTC
54% CITIES
37% COUNTIES
1% 3% REGIONS
OBSERVERS

10. Europe2020 Monitoring Platform – Structure (2/2)
Two members of the CoR as political coordinators of the
Platform:
Ms Christine Chapman for the activities related to:
Competitiveness
Innovation
Inclusion
Mr Nichi Vendola for the activities related to:
Climate change
Sustainability

11. Europe2020 Monitoring Platform – 2011 Activities (1/2)
Consultations, surveys, quick
surveys
CoR Annual Monitoring Report
Territorial Dialogue
Workshops (of which: Open Days)

12. Europe2020 Monitoring Platform – 2011 Activities (2/2)
1. Survey On the role of regional and local authorities in promoting a sustainable water
policy (deadline of 4 March 2011) 49 questionnaires were submitted by LRAs and
other stakeholders from 17 EU Member States.
2. Quick survey on Europe 2020 Flagship Initiative European Platform Against Poverty
and Social Exclusion (deadline of 2 February 2011). 44 questionnaires were
submitted by local and regional authorities from 22 EU Member States.
3. Survey On Anti-Crisis Policies in Regions & Cities Two Years On: public authorities
working in partnership (a follow-up survey) (deadline of 18 April 2011). 27
contributions received.
4. Desk analysis of the 27 submitted NRP on the role of the local and regional
authorities in the Europe 2020 National Reform Programmes. Report expected for
September 2011.

13. Europe2020 Monitoring Platform –On going 2011 e
recently closed Activities (4/4)
This survey looks at whether, and to what extent,
Europe 2020 is adding value to local and regional
policies and whether it is being implemented in
partnership by all government levels (possibly
through Territorial Pacts or other multilevel
governance tools).
Its results will feed into the 2nd CoR Monitoring
Report on Europe 2020, to be published in
December 2011 as a contribution to the European
Commission's 2012 Annual Growth Survey - just
before the 2012 Spring European Council issues
political guidance for the 2nd European Semester.
The survey also asks for at least one example of a
policy through which respondent administrations
contribute to Europe 2020 goals and targets, to be
mentioned in the Monitoring Report.

14. Join an increasingly visible Platform!
Since Europe 2020 was launched, in early 2010
10 consultations and surveys done
•over 600 contributions received from EU local and regional authorities
•all contributions were acknowledged in our summary reports
•many ideas were taken on board
•monitoring results fed regularly into CoR political positioning and
got increasing attention from other European institutions
"I very much appreciate the activity of the Europe 2020 Monitoring Platform
of the Committee of the Regions"
José Manuel Durão Barroso (in a letter to CoR President Bresso on 18 April, 2011)
http://portal.cor.europa.eu/europe2020/Knowledge/Pages/BecomeaMember.aspx

15. Thank you
For more information please visit:
www.cor.europa.eu/europe2020
europe2020@cor.europa.eu