The document outlines the EU's budget allocation for Romania for the period 2014-2020, focusing on regional development and investment priorities through various EU funds. It details the eligible regions based on GDP per capita, the expected results from funding allocations, and the specific operational programs for competitiveness, human capital, infrastructure, and administrative capacity. Overall, approximately €22.4 billion is allocated for cohesion policy and additional funding for the agricultural sector.

1. ROMANIA
UPDATED | 11 | 2014

2. EU BUDGETS
2014 | 2020

3. COHESION
AREAS

4. POLICY
ELIGIBILITY
2014 - 2020

5. ALL AMOUNTS x 1.000.000
EU BUDGET
ALLOCATION
IN 2011 PRICES
Global Europe
Administration
Compensation
Security & Citizenship
€ 199.828
€ 959.988
in current prices: € 1.082.555

6. BUDGET
PROPORTIONS
ALL AMOUNTS x 1.000.000

7. BUDGET
ROMANIA
AMOUNTS
REGIONALLY
ALLOCATED
ALL AMOUNTS x 1.000.000

8. THE 5
ESI FUNDS
The five European Structural and Investment Funds;
| The European Regional Development Fund
| The European Social Fund
| The Cohesion Fund
| The European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
| The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development

9. PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENTS
| EU Member States are required to draw up and implement
strategic plans with investment priorities covering the five ESI
Funds.
| These Partnership Agreements (PAs) are negotiated between the
European Commission and national authorities, following their
consultation of various levels of governance, representatives from
interest groups, civil society and local
and regional representatives.

10. MAXIMUM
AID PERCENTAGES
Under the new map, regions accounting for 89.4% of the population of
Romania fall under the category of area’s which have a GDP per capita
below 75% of the EU average and will continue to be eligible for regional
investment aid at maximum aid intensities varying between 35% and 50%
of the eligible costs of the relevant investment projects.
Other regions in can also become eligible provided that they comply with a
GDP per capita above 75% of the EU average. 10.6% of the Romanian
population living in the region around Bucharest will be eligible for regional
investment aid under this category, at maximum aid intensities varying
between 10% and 35%.

11. MAXIMUM
AID PERCENTAGES
The maximum aid intensities for regional investment aid are lower than in
the previous period. The remaining assisted regions will have identical
maximum aid intensities with the exception of one region (Vest) which will
have a slight (15 percentage points) decrease because its GDP increased
and it is now less disadvantaged with regard to the EU average.)

12. STATUS
CURRENT
UPDATED 30/10
Total number
of OP´s submitted
per country
Countries have
their OP´s
adopted: 21 OP >Denmark
1 OP >Lithuania

13. PLANNING
| Partnership Agreement Adopted 08 – 2014
| 8 Operational Programme’s submitted
| Adoption of OP’s by European commission in Q4 2014
| Exp.1st grant calls Q1 2015 for funding priorities related to OP’s
OPs should be submitted by Member States within 3 months following the
submission of the Partnership Agreement.
The Commission makes observations within 3 months and adopts the OP
no later than 6 months from the date of its submission.

14. FUNDING
PRIORITIES
The PA focusses on the following challenges and corresponding
priorities:
| Promoting competitiveness and local development, with a view to
reinforcing the sustainability of economic operators and improving regional
attractiveness;
| Developing human capital, by increasing the employment rate and tertiary
education attainment, but also tackling the severe social challenges and
poverty levels, in particular for deprived or marginalised communities and
in rural areas;

15. FUNDING
PRIORITIES
| Developing physical infrastructure, both in ICT and the transport sector, in
order to increase the accessibility of Romanian regions and their
attractiveness for investments;
| Encouraging sustainable and efficient use of natural resources through
promotion of energy efficiency and a low carbon economy, protection of the
environment and adaptation to climate change;
| Building a modern and professional public administration by means of a
systemic reform aimed at overcoming the structural governance
shortcomings.

16. EXPECTED
RESULTS
ESIF support will substantially contribute to promoting Romania’s
ability to achieve key EU and national development priorities
including, inter alia:
Europe 2020 objectives:
| more than €1 billion allocated to R&D and innovation, supporting the
national target of 2% of GDP invested in R&D (against 0.49% in 2012);
| More energy efficient economy, with €3.9 billion to be invested to support
theshift to low carbon economy

17. EXPECTED
RESULTS
| €3.4 billion, for tackling the severe social challenges faced by Romania
and contributing to the objective of reducing by 580.000 the number of
people at risk of poverty or exclusion
| Increase labour market participation, with a focus on young people, with
the aim of reaching the 70% national employment target (benefiting of €
2.2 million);
| Contribute to reducing the early school leaving to 11.3% and increasing
the participation in tertiary education to 26.7% (TO10), by investing an
amount of EUR 1.65 bn.

18. Boosting national competitiveness:
EXPECTED
RESULTS
| Further develop national coverage of broadband and NGA with >30 Mbps
| Increase productivity of agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture
| Increase competitiveness and the survival rates of young SMEs
| Further develop the endowment and reliability of transport network
| Tackle the administrative deficiencies, through governance reforms

19. | OP Competitiveness
(Competitivitate)
| OP Human Capital
(Capital Uman)
| OP Infrastructure
(Infrastructura Mare)
| OP Technical Assistance
(Asistenta Tehnica)
| OP Regions
(Regional)
| OP Administrative Capacity
(Capacitate Administrativa)
OPERATIONAL
PROGRAMMES

20. FINANCIAL
ALLOCATIONS
In 2014-2020 the allocation for Romania is around € 22.4 billion for
Cohesion Policy (ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund) with additional
resources of € 106 million from the Youth Employment Initiative
(matched by the same amount from ESF).
A further € 8 billion will be devoted to development of the agricultural
sector and rural areas from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural
Development (EAFRD).
The allocation for European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) amounts
to some € 168 million.

21. BREAKDOWN
Budget breakdown per Operational Programme
PER OP
| € 9.5 billion Major Infrastructure Operational Programme,
| € 6.7 billion Regional Operational Programme
| € 4.2 billion Human Capital Operational Programme
| € 1.2 billion Competitiveness Operational Programme
| € 0.55 billion Administrative Capacity Operational Programme
| € 0.21 billion Technical Assistance Operational Programme
| € 0.45 billion Trans-border Cooperation Operational Programme.

22. PROGRAMME
ARCHITECTURE
Cohesion policy will be delivered by 8 operational programmes
(OPs), so 1 less compared to 2007-13 period:
| Programme for competitiveness (ERDF), focusing on objectives 1 and 2;
| Programme for large infrastructure (transport, environment and energy),
financed by ERDF and Cohesion Fund, under thematic objectives 6 and 7;
| Regional programme (ERDF), addressing regional and local needs
(under thematic objectives 1, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 9);
| Programme for technical assistance (ERDF), supporting the management
of ESIF;

23. PROGRAMME
ARCHITECTURE
| Programme for human capital (ESF), under thematic objectives 8, 9 and
10, tackling employment, education and social inclusion priorities;
| Programme for administrative capacity (ESF), under thematic objective
11, tackling administrative reform and support to public institutions;
Similar to the 2007-13 period, there will be one national-level Rural
Development Programme (financed by EAFRD) and one Maritime and
Fisheries programme (financed by EMFF).

24. EU BUDGET
BEEAKDOWN
ALL AMOUNTS x 1.000.000

25. FUNDING PRIORITIES &
THEMATIC OBJECTIVES

26. ALLOCATION BROKEN DOWN BY
THEMATIC OBJECTIVE& BY FUND