The southern Regions of Italy and the Mediterranean Countries Dr. Massimo RESCE Coordinator, Benevento Branch Office

1. MEETING WITH ISRAELI DELEGATION
Rome, 24 – 25 May 2010
Day 1 – Monday, May 24, 2010
ISFOL, Via G.B. Morgagni 33 - Rome
The southern Regions of Italy and
the Mediterranean Countries
Dr. Massimo RESCE
Coordinator, Benevento Branch Office

2. Index
• The southern Regions of Italy
– The Italian Republic – Governance’s articulation
– Identification of southern Regions
– Context analysis
– The European Cohesion Policy – Objectives 2007 - 2013
– Regional Operational Programme ESF 2007 – 2013, the financial allocation of
Convergence Regions
– Regional Operational Programme ESF 2007 – 2013, the financial allocation of
Convergence Regions per Priority Axis
• Policies for Mediterranean
– Regional Policies and financing sources
– Regional Instruments, directs and indirects
– Structural Funds 2007 – 2013, Transnational Cooperation Mediterranean
– The European Neighboorhood Policy
– National Indicative Programmes 2011-2013, Enpi Countries
– Union for the Mediterranean, geographic area of intervention
• SWOT analysis of a partnership with the southern Regions of Italy

3. The regions of southern Italy
Italian Republic - Articulation of governance
Municipalities Provinces Metropolitane Cities Regions States
Concurrent competence of States and Regions
a) external relations of Regions at international and european level;
b) external trade;
c) labor safeguard and security;
d) education, with the exception of indipendent educational institutions and vocational education and training system;
e) careers;
f) scientific and technological research and support to innovation of productive sectors;
g) health protection;
h) nourishment;
i) sport ordinance;
l) civil protection;
m) territorial government;
n) civil seaports and airports;
o) wide transport and navigation networks;
p) communication ordinance;
q) national production, transport and distribution of energy;
r) complementary and integrated welfare;
s) harmonization of public accounts and coordination of public finance and tributary system;
t) enhancement of cultural and environmental heritage and improvement and development of cultural activities;
u) saving banks, agricultural banks and credit institutions of regional level;
v) land and rural credit bodies of regional level.

4. The regions of southern Italy
Identification of southern Regions
Emblem
Region Capital
Abruzzo L'Aquila
Molise Campobasso
Campania Napoli
Puglia Bari
Basilicata Potenza
Calabria Catanzaro
Sicilia* Palermo
Sardegna* Cagliari Regions with developmental delay
according to EU standards,
therefore recipients of more
resources

5. The regions of southern Italy
Context Analysis

6. The regions of southern Italy
The European Cohesion Policy – Objectives 2007 - 2013
The Structural Funds are the financial instruments of European
Union (EU) regional policy, which is intended to narrow the
development disparities among regions and Member States. The
Funds participate fully, therefore, in pursuing the goal of
economic, social and territorial cohesion.
There are two Structural Funds:
•the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is currently
the largest. It has provided support for the creation of
infrastructure and productive job-creating investment, mainly for
businesses;
•the European Social Fund (ESF), contributes to the integration
into working life of the unemployed and disadvantaged sections of
the population, mainly by funding training measures.
These Funds will be used to finance regional policy between 2007
and 2013 in the framework of the three new objectives, namely:
•the "convergence" objective to accelerate the convergence of
the least developed EU Member States and regions by improving
growth and employment conditions.
•the "regional competitiveness and employment" objective to
anticipate economic and social change, promote innovation,
entrepreneurship, environmental protection and the development
of labour markets which include regions not covered by the
Convergence objective.
•the "European territorial cooperation" objective to strengthen
cooperation at cross-border, transnational and interregional levels
in the fields of urban, rural and coastal development, and foster
the development of economic relations and networking between
small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

7. The regions of southern Italy
Regional Operative Programme ESF 2007 – 2013 finacial allocation of
Convergence Regions
ROP ESF 2007 - 2013
Finacial allocation per Convergence Regions
TOTAL Ob.CONV
Basilicata
FSE
Sicilia
Central
Puglia
Regional
Calabria
Cam pania
€0 € 1.000 € 2.000 € 3.000 € 4.000 € 5.000 € 6.000
M ilio ni Euro

8. Policies for Mediterranean
Policies and funding sources for the Regions
ERDF
European Cohesion Policy
EAFRD ESF
EFF
Common Agricultural Policy
European Neighbourhood Policy
(CAP)
ENPI ERDF IPA
National policies and initiatives Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
FSA Mediterranean
Bank*
Union for the Mediterranean
NF - RF
InfraMED*

9. The regions of southern Italy
ROP ESF 2007 – 2013 financial allocation of Convergence Regions
per priority Axis
ROP ESF 2007 - 2013 Ob. CONV
finacial allocation per priority Axis
Campania
60,00%
Calabria
Puglia
50,00%
Sicilia
40,00%
Basilicata
30,00%
20,00%
10,00%
0,00%
II- Occupability
I- Adaptability
III- Social
inclusion
IV-Human
Transnationality
VI-Technical
VII-Institutional
interregionality
Assistance
Capital
Building
and
V-

10. The policies and the Mediterranean
Direct and indirect instruments for Regions
Indirect Direct
Ob. ETC PROGRAMMES
A. Internal Cooperation
I. Trans-border
•State- Regions Initiatives
1. OP Italia – Malta
I. Transn-national •OP ESF
1. MED 2007-2013
2. South – East Europe •OP ERDF
3. Central Europe
I. Inter-regional •RDP (Inter-territorial and
1. Interreg IV.C
Transnational Cooperation – 421)
2. Urbact II
3. Interact II
4. ESPON 2013
5. RfEC
A. External Cooperation
I. Horizontals
1. Stabilitày
2. Democracy and human rights
3. Nuclear Security
4. Humanitarian Aid
I. Geographics
I. ENPI (CBC: MED and Italy -
Tunisia )
II. IPA – DCI -ICI

11. Policies for Mediterranean
Structural funds 2007 – 2013, Transnational Cooperation
Mediterranean

12. Policies for Mediterranean
The European Neighboorhood Policy
European Candidate and European
Union potential candidate Neighbourhood
countries Policy

13. Policies for Mediterranean
ENPI - European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument
-National Indicative Programme 2011-2013
ENPI - National Indicative Programme 2011-2013 ENPI - National Indicative Programme 2011-2013
COUNTRY PRIORITY AREA MLN Euro COUNTRY PRIORITY AREA MLN Euro
Axis_1_ Sustainable development and 72-76 I. Support to political reform 25
culture Lebanon
II. Support to socio-economic reforms 91
Algeria Axis__2_Economic growth and employability 96-100
III. Recovery and reinvigoration of the economy 34
total 150
Total Budget ALGERIA 172
I. Improving the quality of human capital 30 - 36
I. Supporting Egypt’s reforms in the areas of 50
democracy, human rights, good Libya II. Increasing the sustainability of economic and 24 – 30
governance and justice social development
II. Developing the competitiveness and 189 total 54 - 66
productivity of the Egyptian economy
Egypt Axis_1_Development of social policies 116,1
III. Ensuring the sustainability of the 210
development process with effective Axis_2_Economic modernization 50,05
social, economic and environmental
policies and better management of Axis_3_Support to institutions 232,2
natural resources Marocco
Axis_4_Good governance and human rights 87
totale 450
Axis_ 5 _Environmental protection 87
I. Supporting jordan’s reform in the areas of 45
total 580,5
democracy, human rights media and
justice Axis_1_Social and Employability Support 48-64
II .Trade, enterprise and investment 40 Axis_2_Support Programme for inclusion II 84-90
development
Jordan III. Developing the competitiveness and productivity of 76-84
III. Sustainability of the growth process 93 Tunisia
the economy
IV. Supporting reform in the areas of justice 15-20
IV. Support to the implementation of the 45
Action Plan total 240
total 223 I. Support for political and administrative reform 25
I. Support for implementation of the joint 6 II. Support for economic reform 57
Syria
priorities agreed in the EU-Israel ENP
III. Support for social reforms 47
Israel Action Plan.
total 129
total 6

14. Policies for Mediterranean
Union for the Mediterranean, geographic area of intervention
UpM

15. SWOT analysis of a partnership with
the regions of southern Italy
Strengths Weaknesses
•Geographic-cultural Vocation •Diversified Regions, with
developmental delay according to
•Wide range of policies and european average
instruments to develop
transnational initiatives •Low investment in international
initiatives respect to other
interventions
Threats Opportunities
•Overlaps and failed connection •Growth possibilities with a new
between policies attention to the Mediterranean
•Segmented initiatives •Presence of territorial
excellences with a great project
culture

16. Thanks for your attention
• Sources
• http://217.64.192.141/oics4/index.php/it/home
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• http://www.regione.calabria.it/
• http://www.regione.campania.it/
ISFOL
• http://www.regione.puglia.it/ Office of Benevento for the Regions of southern Italy
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