Central
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
- Financial contribution to support of regional economic development
- Participation in the framework of the joint-action of the federal level and the Länder ("Gemeinschaftsaufgabe")
Spatial planning
- Only general regulations are passed on the federal level
- Close cooperation in spatial planning with the Länder, conference on spatial planning of the federal level and the Länder
- Negotiates partnership agreements with Länder which inform the operational programmes under which Länder implement Cohesion Funds
- National report on spatial planning issues (not on a strict yearly basis, multi-annual reports)
European Social Fund (ESF)
- General legislative power
- Provides framework for programmes and job creating measures
- Principles for public employment service
- Administers one operational programme, dividing budgets across three priorities of employment, social inclusion and education with different needs-based emphases for these priorities between the East (which receives more funding) and West, and between individual regions.
Regional
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
- General Länder competency for legislation and policy implementation on regional and structural policy (Article 30 BL)
- Regional economic development programmes
- Regional support programmes corresponding to the specific needs of the region
- Participation in the framework of the joint-action of the federal level and the Länder ("Gemeinschaftsaufgabe")
Spatial planning
- Responsibility for spatial planning at the level of the Land
- Länder exercise spatial planning on two levels: state development plan (for the whole Land) and regional plans
European Social Fund (ESF)
- Implementation of employment policy measures
- Operate as partners in the territorial employment pacts
- Each Land administers its own operational programme
Intermediate level - Kreise
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
- Provision of financial support and regional / local economic programmes in the context of the competency for local self-administration
- Support for the local economy
- Local economic development strategies
- Support of start-up programmes
Spatial planning
- Competency for local spatial planning in the context of local self-administration
- Local land use plans
- Participation of the local authorities in the plans of the Länder
European Social Fund (ESF)
- Take part in the implementation
Responsible ministries/bodies
Ministry of Economy and Energy coordinates the national position regarding the ERDF and ESF and represents them vis-à-vis European institutions and contact point.
Länder ministries in charge of implementation of operational programmes
Sources
Die ESF-Förderperiode 2014-2020 (ESF funding period 2014-2020)
The Planning System in the Federal Republic of Germany
