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Contribution of the EU Budget to the Implementation of the Social Cohesion Policy of the European Union

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Stabryła-Chudzio K.

Journal of Management and Business Administration. Central Europe

2016

issue 2

89-106

Objective: The aim of the present study is to examine whether the European Union budget comprises significant resources for financing measures relating to social cohesion. The analysis is based on the contents of the Europe 2020 Strategy. Given the constraints of space and for the sake of clarity of the argument, the author focuses on the role of the EU budget rather than all measures aimed at social cohesion undertaken by EU institutions or targeted by policies of individual Member States.Methodology: Documents, studies and reports published by the European Commission constitute the main source of information. In addition, the author has taken into account macroeconomic data demonstrating the deterioration of the social situation since 2009, as well as the instruments that the European Commission has deployed since 2013 in order to respond to post-crisis challenges.Conclusions: It can be roughly estimated that more than 40 percent of total resources within the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014–2020 shall be allocated to the social cohesion policy. Opportunities afforded by the implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy include primarily the definition of objectives whose priority is indisputable and the introduction of the hitherto neglected analysis of certain socio-economic indicators, classified by country or region and, in certain cases, examined in more detail than required by the European Commission. The monitoring of objectives is conducive to the introduction of new solutions and implementation tools, as exemplified by the new instruments within the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014–2020, as well as the adjustment of available funds in light of the most pressing challenges. The European Semester has facilitated the task of comparing progress in strategy implementation by individual Member States, as well as the provision of recommendations for each of them and an individualized approach.Research implications: This article contributes to the discussion on further integration of the European Union’s social dimension, with particular emphasis on the need to work out a common approach to immigration policy.Originality: The author presents her own opinions regarding current events in terms of the post-crisis social cohesion policies of the European Union, taking into account the European Commission’s financial instruments.

Prawne aspekty funkcjonowania unijnych instrumentów finansowych, dedykowanych państwom Śródziemnomorza

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Wieloński M.

Przegląd Europejski

2012

issue 1(24)

120–136

Artykuł analizuje akty prawne regulujące funkcjonowanie instrumentów finansowych Unii Europejskiej przeznaczonych dla krajów śródziemnomorskich. Tak zwana ,,Arabska wiosna ludów" związana z pogłębiającym się kryzysem ekonomicznym w Unii Europejskiej zwykle prowadzi do refleksji nad zasługami obecnej polityki zagranicznej, dostępnością zasobów i możliwą weryfikacją celów i metod działania. Autor omawia następujące instrumenty finansowe: MEDA I, II MEDA, ENPI (Europejski Instrument Sąsiedztwa i Partnerstwa), FEMIP (Instrumentu Śródziemnomorskiego Partnerstwa i Inwestycji), NIF (Sąsiedzki Fundusz Inwestycyjny) oraz Fundusz Infrastrukturalny InfraMed. Poczynione w tym tekście obserwacje prowadzą do wniosku, że obowiązujące prawo regulujące funkcjonowanie unijnych instrumentów finansowych przeznaczonych dla krajów śródziemnomorskich, nie odzwierciedla aktualnej sytuacji i wymaga pilnych zmian. Cele charakteryzowanych instrumentów finansowych w absolutnej większości nie zostały zrealizowane. Brak elastyczności, wady długoterminowego planowania, biurokratyczne i instytucjonalne mechanizmy wzmocnionej współpracy i dystrybucja zasobów - są niezbyt przydatne w obliczu gwałtownych zmian społecznych, kryzysu gospodarczego i konfliktów. W obliczu kryzysu jest również ważne, zdaniem autora, wprowadzanie oszczędności i cięć, nie tylko w wysokości pomocy, ale też w samych instytucjach Unii Europejskiej uczestniczących w dystrybucji towarów.

The article is the analysis of legal documents regulating the functioning of EU financial instruments dedicated to the Mediterranean countries. The so-called. “Arab Spring of Nations”, in conjunction with the deepening economic crisis within the EU, tend to reflect on the merits of the current foreign policy, the availability of resources and possible verification purposes and methods of operation. The author discusses the following financial instruments: MEDA I, II MEDA, ENPI (European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument), FEMIP (Facility for Euro-Mediterranean Investment and Partnership), NIF (Neighbourhood Investment Facility) and the Infrastructure Fund InfraMed. Observations made in this document lead to the conclusion that the applicable law governing the functioning of EU financial instruments, dedicated to the Mediterranean countries, does not reflect the current situation and require urgent changes. The objectives of financial instruments presented in the absolute majority have not been realized. There is a lack of flexibility, longterm disadvantages of planning, bureaucratic and institutional mechanisms for enhanced partnership and distribution of resources – not very useful in the face of rapid social change, economic crisis and conflicts. In the face of crisis, it is also necessary, in the author’s view, to introduce savings and cuts, not only in the amount of the assistance, but in the same EU institutions involved in the distribution of goods.

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Contribution of the EU Budget to the Implementation of the Social Cohesion Policy of the European Union

Prawne aspekty funkcjonowania unijnych instrumentów finansowych, dedykowanych państwom Śródziemnomorza