Partnership Agreements within Cohesion Policy 2014-2020

Within the Cohesion Policy 2014-2020, Partnership Agreement (PA) sets out the selected thematic objectives (and for each a summary of the main results expected from each of the European Structural and Investment Funds ‐ ESI), the indicative allocation of support by the EU (by thematic objective at national level for each of the ESI Funds), as well as the total indicative amount of support envisaged for climate change objectives.

This Key Sources written by Sorina Silvia Ionescu.

The Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 establishes that each Member State shall submit its Partnership Agreement (PA) for approval to the European Commission within 4 months from the entry into force of the Regulation. It also stipulates that Operational Programmes (OPs) shall be submitted by Member States at the latest 3 months following the submission of the PAs and should be adopted by end of January 2015 at the latest.

All PAs have been adopted by the European Commission in 2014. The Commission shall prepare a report on the outcome of the negotiations concerning the Partnership Agreements and the programmes, including an overview of the key issues, for each Member State, by 31 December 2015.

In 2014-2020 Operational Programmes (OPs) can be fund-specific or multi-fund. They can cover entire Member States and/or regions. OPs allow selecting, implementing, monitoring and evaluating the individual projects according to the priorities and targets agreed between the Commission and the national or regional Managing authorities.

This Keysource includes PAs of Member States (as adopted by the European Commission and available on the national websites, in national languages), as well as some selected analyses on the role of PAs within the Cohesion Policy 2014-2020.

It also provides the links to operational programmes of Member States (in national languages). The summaries of Operational Programmes adopted by the European Commission are available here .

ESO: Background information: Q&A on the 'Partnership Agreements' between the European Commission and the EU Member States on European Structural and Investment Fund investments for 2014-2020 http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-qa-on-the-partnership-agreements-between-the-european-commission-and-the-eu-member-states-on-european-structural-and-investment-fund-investments-for-2014-2020/

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