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European Seminar
New Obligations for High Cost Projects
21st – 22nd May 2015, Berlin
With experts from:
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Major Projects Funded by ESI Funds 2014-2020
• European Commission, DG Competition
• European Commission, DG Environment
• European Court of Auditors, Financial Audit
• General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways, Department for
EU Projects and Monitoring, Poland
• Prime Minister’s Office, Department for Monitoring and Evaluation of ESI Funds, Hungary
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EUROPEAN SEMINAR
Major Projects Funded by ESI Funds 2014-2020
Be prepared for submitting and implementing a Major Project funded
by ESI Funds 2014-2020
The European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds) 2014-2020 offer the possibility
to support an operation comprising a series of works, activities or services of a precise
economic or technical nature (for which the total eligible costs exceed 50 million Euro) as
well as operations contributing to one thematic objective (where the total eligible costs
exceed 75 million Euro) such as transport, energy, infrastructure, water and waste projects.
Who is this seminar for?
Members of Staff dealing with
Major Projects (above 50 million
EUR) governed by Regulation (EU)
1303/2013 in the fields of:
•
Transport
•
Energy
•
Infrastructure
•
Water
•
Waste
These undertakings constitute „Major Projects“ and must be approved by the European
Commission in order to get financed. For this purpose, Managing Authorities need to
submit numerous documents and calculate total cost and total eligible cost – taking
account of the requirements set out in Article 61, Regulation (EU) 1303/2013 regarding
the revenues generated during the programming period and afterwards – and prepare
and carry out the following analyses and studies:
• A cost-benefit analysis (CBA), including an economic and a financial analysis, as well
as risk assessment
from departments such as:
• EU (Structural) Funds Department
• A feasibility study, including an option analysis and expected results
• An assessment whether the intended measures constitute State aid and identifying
possible State aid exemptions
• An analysis of the environmental impact, taking into account climate change adoption
• Finance Department
• Financial Management and
Control Department
and mitigation needs as well as disaster resilience
• An explanation as to how the Major Project is consistent with the relevant priority axis
of the operational programme
• A financial plan showing the total planned financial resources and the planned support
from the ESI Funds
• A timetable for implementing the Major Project
Failures in these procedures may lead to irregularities, and consequently to serious
implications for the realisation of your Major Project. Learn how to prepare a correct
documentation and conduct the necessary analyses required by the European Commission
in this practical European Seminar. Moreover, learn about JASPERS’ enhanced role in this
current programming period and how you can make the approval process for your Major
Projects more efficient by involving independent experts.
“I’ve learned a lot and feel a lot more confident in my
role as a project manager. Everyone involved in Major
Projects should attend this seminar.”
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• Department for Preparing and
Monitoring of projects
• Audit Department
What will you learn at this seminar?
• How to prepare for and submit an application for approval of a Major Project
• How to best set up a financial plan and timetable for your Major Projects
• How can you prevent exposing your projects to financial risk by doing
a proper feasibility study and cost-benefit analysis?
• How to conduct a cost-benefit analysis and to decide whether you
should submit and implement your project
• How to calculate the financial gap in revenue generating projects
• What has changed in the current programming period 2014-2020 regarding
revenue-generating projects, as set out in Article 61 of Regulation (EU) 1303/2013?
• What has to be taken into account regarding the interpretation of calculated
results?
• How to ensure that the project is in compliance with EU State aid rules
• What are appropriate exemptions from State aid rules?
Your benefits
•
Gain up-to-date knowledge
regarding Major Projects in the
current programming period 20142020 with our qualified speakers
• Get your Major Project approved by
the European Commission
• Make sure that your Major Projects
are financed according to State aid
law
• Secure that your projects start with
the implementation on time
•
Learn how to improve your
performance of financial and
economic analyses for ESI-funded
projects – Build a reliable basis for
your investment decisions
• Find out the “hard facts” of your
projects and avoid exposing them
to financial risks
• Discuss the crucial steps of CBA
based on practical case studies
and exercises
• What is the impact of ex ante conditionalities and the Strategic Environmental
Assessment on Major Projects?
• How to take into account sustainability and environmental issues in your Major
Projects
• Learn how to apply Article 61 of
Regulation (EU) 1303/2013
correctly
•
Discuss your own examples,
challenges and experiences with
our qualified speakers and receive
plenty of practical advice for your
day-to-day work
• Network with colleagues from all
across Europe and exchange
know-how
Optional Course for the „Master of Management in EU Funds“
This European Seminar is also an Optional Course for the
„Master of Management in EU Funds“
For further Information, please click here.
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PROGRAMME DAY 1
Major Projects Funded by ESI Funds 2014-2020
PEGGY VERCAUTEREN
8.30-9.00
Registration and Handout of Seminar Documents
9.00-9.05
Opening Remarks from the European Academy for Taxes, Economics
& Law
9.05-9.30
Welcome Note from the Chair and Round of
Introductions
•Expectations and experiences of the participants
Peggy Vercauteren, Principal Auditor,
Employment and Social Affairs - Financial Audit,
European Court of Auditors
9.30-10.30
Major Projects in 2014-2020:
New Challenges Ahead
•Regulatory changes affecting Major Projects,
new DG Regio Guidelines
•Independent quality review – JASPERS’ enhanced assistance
•Implication on programme implementation and N+3
•Tackling the challenges
Balázs Pichler, Deputy Head of Department,
Monitoring and Evaluation Department of ESI Funds,
Prime Minister’s Office, Hungary
10.30-10.45
Discussion Round
10.45-11.15
Coffee Break and Networking Opportunity
11.15-12.00
Better and Worse:
Lessons Learnt for 2014-2020
By exploring some real Major Projects from the past,
participants will understand
•Major Projects need more than outstanding engineering studies
•Securing the budget by timing and planning
•Importance of the public opinion
•Knowing the market
•Correct risk assessment or just bad luck
•Additional information / background on this topic:
ECA Report 4/2012 on Seaports
Principal Auditor, Employment
and Social Affairs - Financial
Audit, European Court of
Auditors
Peggy Vercauteren is a Certified Internal
Auditor (CIA) and has been working at the
European Court of Auditors since 2003.
Her experience in performance audits includes, inter alia,
the audit on seaports (report 4/1012), executive agencies of
the Commission (report 13/2009: Delegating implementing
tasks to executive agencies: a successful option?) and
the Intelligent Energy programme, IEE1 (report 7/2008
Intelligent Energy 2003-2006). Currently, she is coordinating
the financial and compliance audit of ESF in the operational
programmes. Previously, she was the lead auditor on the
audit on Closure of the 2000-2006 Period in Structural Funds.
Prior to her employment at the European Court of Auditors,
Peggy Vercauteren worked as an Internal Auditor in banking,
in a commercial function in banking and as an Economic
Assistant to the Technical Director in the Port of Antwerp.
BALÁZS PICHLER
Deputy Head of Department,
Monitoring and Evaluation
Department of ESI Funds, Prime
Minister’s Office, Hungary
Since 2010, Balázs Pichler is responsible
for the programme level monitoring of EU
funds programmes in Hungary. First, as a
Head of Unit in the National Development Agency (NDA),
and now as a Deputy Head of Department at the Prime
Minister’s Office his tasks include producing reports on the
implementation of programmes, monitoring the composition of
Major Project applications and producing forecasts on funds’
absorption. In 2013 he was responsible for the elaboration
and implementation of an action plan which allowed Hungary
to avoid automatic decommitment. Between 2007 and 2010,
as a Member of the Cabinet of the Head of the NDA, his tasks
included the monitoring of and reporting on the key projects
of EU programmes.
A direct link with the later presentations on Environmental Impact
Assessment and State aid will be demonstrated with the projects
serving as case.
Peggy Vercauteren, Principal Auditor,
Employment and Social Affairs - Financial Audit,
European Court of Auditors
12.00-12.15
Discussion Round
12.15-13.30
Lunch Break and Networking Opportunity
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“The seminar was well organised, well structured and
with good speakers, who were practitioners in the field.”
PAWEŁ ENGEL
13.30-14.15
Deputy Director, Department for
EU Projects and Monitoring,
General Directorate for National
Roads and Motorways, Poland
Feasibility Study and Cost Benefit Analysis
– Key Issues to Consider
•The new European Commission Guide
•Major Projects – The requirements concerning feasibility study
and CBA
•Input data for the CBA and its sources
•Financial analysis and its outcome
•Revenue generating projects – How to calculate the financial gap?
•Economic analyses, effectiveness indicators and their
interpretation
•Risk and sensitivity analysis
Paweł Engel, Deputy Director, Department for
EU Projects and Monitoring, General Directorate
for National Roads and Motorways, Poland
14.15-14.30
Since 2008, Paweł Engel has been working
as Deputy Director of the Department
for EU Projects and Monitoring in the
General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways in
Poland. During the programming period 2007-2013 he was
responsible for the application process resulting in 50 projects
with roughly EUR 10 bn of EU contribution. Moreover, Paweł
Engel is in charge of preparing feasibility studies and CBAs,
having made more than 30 calculations for road projects.
Previously, he worked in the field of pre-accession and
Structural Funds, inter alia, in the Polish Ministry of Regional
Development.
Discussion Round
Workshop
ERIKA SALTARELLI
Project Manager, Department for
Monitoring and Evaluation of ESI
Funds, Prime Minister’s Office,
Hungary
14.30-16.00
Going Through a Calculated
Cost-Benefit Analysis – Step-by-Step
Preparing for and conducting a cost-benefit-analysis in practice can
be challenging. The case study will therefore provide an opportunity
for the participants to put theory into practice as learned in the
previous session.
How to determine the demand?
Investment and operational cost and revenues
As Project Manager in the Department for
Monitoring and Evaluation Erika Saltarelli
is responsible for the coordination and
monitoring of Major Projects for six Managing Authorities as
well as for JASPERS’ coordination. Before Erika Saltarelli
joined the Prime Minister’s Office, she carried the same
responsibilities at the National Development Agency in
Hungary in the Department for Programme and Project
Preparation. Erika Saltarelli has contributed significantly to
the Hungarian legislation related to Major Projects and the
phasing of projects for the 2014-2020 period.
Financial analysis and financial gap
Economic analysis
Sensitivity analysis
Participants work on a case study in groups and present and
discuss their findings.
Paweł Engel, Deputy Director, Department for
EU Projects and Monitoring, General Directorate
for National Roads and Motorways, Poland
A coffee break will be included in the workshop.
16.00-16.45
Phasing – A Special Tool for Programme
Management and Better Absorption
•Phasing in the closure guidelines and national legislation
•Phasing and the absorption-management
•Methodology for the monitoring of possible phased projects
•Phasing of Major Projects – Requirements of the applications
•Technical content of phased projects
(road, rail, flood management etc.)
Erika Saltarelli, Project Manager, Department
for Monitoring and Evaluation of ESI Funds,
Prime Minister’s Office, Hungary
16.45-17.00
Discussion Round
17.00
End of Day One
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PROGRAMME DAY 2
Major Projects Funded by ESI Funds 2014-2020
9.00-9.15
Welcome Note from the Speaker
Diana Barglazan, Policy Officer, State Aids,
Markets and Cases I: Energy and Environment,
DG Competition, European Commission
9.15-10.00
Successfully Tackling State Aid Issues
•When do State aid rules apply?
•When is it possible to grant aid?
•If aid is involved, is a notification necessary?
•State Aid Legal Framework for the 2014-2020 programming
period
•Public Support for the Implementation of Important Projects of
Common European Interest (IPCEIs)
Diana Barglazan, Policy Officer, State Aids,
Markets and Cases I: Energy and Environment,
DG Competition, European Commission
DIANA BARGLAZAN
Policy Officer, State Aids, Markets and Cases I:
Energy and Environment, DG Competition,
European Commission
Since 2009, Diana Barglazan is part of
the unit dealing with State aid control in
the field of energy and environmental
protection in DG Competition. She has
extensive experience with support schemes
for energy from renewable sources, energy
infrastructure projects, energy efficiency,
waste management and detailed economic
assessment of individual State aid cases. She is now also
part of the team providing guidance on the interpretation of
the Energy and Environmental Aid guidelines, and of the
GBER section on aid for environmental protection.
10.00-10.15
Discussion Round
10.15-10.45
Coffee Break and Networking Opportunity
Workshop
10.45-12.15
How to Assess Whether Support for an
Infrastructure Project Involves State Aid
Member States are responsible for adhering to State aid
rules. Failure to abide by these rules can have severe financial
consequences. In this interactive session the participants will work
on case studies and get the opportunity to train their ability to
decide when aid can be excluded from infrastructure support.
Which are the elements excluding State aid from
support to infrastructure in general?
Which elements could exclude aid from support
to water and waste water infrastructure?
Under which conditions can aid be excluded from
support to waste infrastructure?
Under which conditions can aid be excluded from
support to energy infrastructure?
Participants work on the case studies in groups, present and discuss
their findings.
Diana Barglazan, Policy Officer, State Aids,
Markets and Cases I: Energy and Environment,
DG Competition, European Commission
12.15-13.45
Lunch Break and Networking Opportunity
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GEORGES KREMLIS
Head of Unit Enforcement, Cohesion Policy &
European Semester, Cluster 1, DG Environment,
European Commission
As the Head of the „Enforcement, Cohesion
Policy & European Semester, Cluster 1“
Unit, Georges Kremlis is responsible for the
enforcement of EU environmental law and
of the compliance with environmental law of
projects (and plans and programmes) cofinanced by the EU as well as the evaluation of their impacts. He is also responsible for
environmental integration in Cohesion Policy and the Trans
European Networks for Energy and Transport. From June
2005 to May 2013 Georges Kremlis was the Head of the Unit
„Cohesion Policy and Environmental Impact Assessments“,
responsible for the overall integration of the environment in
the Cohesion Policy, the Trans European Networks for Energy
and Transport, and EIB/EBRD loans. Before that, Georges
Kremlis served for one year as the Head of the “Legal affairs
and Governance” Unit, and from 1995 to 2004 he worked as
the Head of the Legal Unit, responsible for all legal issues
in DG Environment, including, inter alia, the legality of new
initiatives, the implementation of EC environmental legislation
and investigation of national compliance with EC Directives
and Regulations, and handling of complaints.
13.45-14.45
Moving Towards More Sustainable
2014-2020 Major Projects: The Benefits
of Ex Ante Conditionalities and Strategic
Environmental Assessment (SEA)
•Environmental ex ante conditionalities
- Introduction to environmental ex ante conditionalities
- Overall assessment of the fulfilment of environmental ex ante
conditionalities (level of fulfilment by MS and action plans)
- Impact of ex ante conditionalities on Major Projects
- Added value
•Strategic Environmental Assessment
- Introduction to the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive
and its application to 2014-2020 Cohesion Policy programmes - Overall assessment of the application of the Strategic
Environmental Assessment
- Impact of the Strategic Environmental Assessment on Major
Projects
- Added value
•Overall conclusions
•Ex ante conditionalities concerning the Environmental Impact
Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment PAWEŁ ENGEL
Deputy Director, Department for
EU Projects and Monitoring,
General Directorate for National
Roads and Motorways, Poland
Since 2008, Paweł Engel has been working
as Deputy Director of the Department
for EU Projects and Monitoring in the
General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways in
Poland. During the programming period 2007 - 2013 he was
responsible for the application process resulting in 50 projects
with roughly EUR 10 bn of EU contribution. Moreover, Paweł
Engel is in charge of preparing feasibility studies and CBAs,
having made more than 30 calculations for road projects.
Previously, he worked in the field of pre-accession and
Structural Funds, inter alia, in the Polish Ministry of Regional
Development.
Georges Kremlis, Head of Unit Enforcement,
Cohesion Policy & European Semester, Cluster 1,
DG Environment, European Commission
14.45-15.00
Discussion Round
15.00-15.30
Coffee Break and Networking Opportunity
15.30-16.15
How to Prepare a Successful
Major Project
C
St ase
ud
y
•Defining the scope of the project
•Practical problems with the theory of project lifecycle
•Application package
•Overlapping of legal frameworks – Financial corrections in sight
•The role of external advisors in the project preparation
– Pros and Cons
Paweł Engel, Deputy Director, Department for
EU Projects and Monitoring, General Directorate
for National Roads and Motorways, Poland
16.15-16.30
“It’s a great opportunity to see how others
dealt with Major Projects.”
Final Discussion Round
16.30
End of Seminar and Handout of Certificates
“Extremely beneficial and informative with high
quality speakers.”
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