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The Welsh Government is fully committed to the integration of the future European Structural and Investment (ESI) funds as one of the key driving principles to help transform our economic prospects for growth and jobs in Wales and also make it easier to engage, access and benefit from EU funds.


This commitment is reflected by the fact that integration of the four ESI funds – ERDF, ESF, EAFRD and EMFF  – is being progressed on a number of levels, including:


* the work of the European Programmes Partnership Forum in providing strategic direction on the development of the future ESI programmes and the recent joint public consultation;
* the development of a Wales Chapter as part of the UK Partnership Agreement;
* agreement that the Economic Prioritisation Framework recommended as part of the Guilford Review should highlight economic opportunities for all ESI funds; and
* the development of a single portal access to EU funds and, where possible, common application processes and guidance,  due diligence and appraisal, performance indicator and monitoring arrangements.


The Welsh European Funding Office and Welsh Government Rural and Fisheries teams are taking forward this work in partnership with key stakeholders and implementation arrangements are being progressed in line with the timetable for submission of the Structural Funds programmes to the European Commission (EC) this October and the Rural Development programme in 2014\.


As part of this integration, the Minister for Natural Resources and Food, Alun Davies, and I have recently agreed to the establishment of a single Wales Programme Monitoring Committee (PMC) for future European Structural and Rural Development funds which are managed by the Welsh Government.  Future arrangements for the Fisheries fund (EMFF) are still under consideration. It is expected that the EC will require one UK programme and that this will have its own PMC operating at UK level, but with representation from Wales.


A PMC has specific functions determined by EC regulations and meets regularly to discharge these, including approving project selection criteria, examining the progress made in delivering agreed programme objectives and agreeing any modifications to the programmes.  


The establishment of a single PMC is widely supported by our partners on the basis of the feedback received during the recent public consultation on the new programmes. I also recently had the opportunity to discuss our proposals with the European Commission and members of the current All\-Wales Structural Funds Programme Monitoring Committee, chaired by Ken Skates AM, on 21 June.


A single PMC across the Structural and Rural funds will facilitate a more holistic assessment of the impact and effectiveness of the funds set against the new Economic Prioritisation Framework and enhanced management and monitoring information that goes beyond the PMC’s regulatory core functions as recommended by the published Dr Guilford Report on future implementation arrangements. I also expect these arrangements to deliver a sharper focus on how the funds interact with each other and highlight opportunities for added value by paying greater attention to complementarity and integration of the funding streams.


Arrangements to determine the Membership of the single PMC are currently underway so that the Committee can be established in late 2013 in order to approve the project selection criteria at the earliest opportunity. This will enable the decisions to be made on the approval of the first EU funded projects from early 2014\.


The new PMC will reflect the principles of partnership, with Members drawn from across the private, public and third sectors (including economic and social partners, national, regional and local authorities; and representatives of civil society including environmental and equality bodies). We will ensure that the business and enterprise sector are strongly represented. Further details on our proposals and how interested parties can apply for Membership will be published over the coming weeks.







Translation:


 
Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi ymrwymo’n llawn i integreiddio cronfeydd Strwythurol a Buddsoddi Ewropeaidd (ESI) y dyfodol fel un o’r egwyddorion sylfaenol allweddol i helpu i weddnewid ein rhagolygon economaidd ar gyfer twf a swyddi yng Nghymru a hefyd i’w gwneud yn haws i ymgysylltu â chronfeydd yr Undeb Ewropeaidd, gallu manteisio arnynt a chael budd ohonynt.

Mae’r ymrwymiad hwn wedi’i adlewyrchu gan y ffaith bod gwaith i integreiddio’r pedair cronfa ESI – ERDF, ESF, EAFRD ac EMFF  – yn mynd rhagddo ar nifer o lefelau, gan gynnwys:

* gwaith Fforwm Partneriaeth Rhaglenni Ewropeaidd wrth ddarparu cyfeiriad strategol ar gyfer datblygu’r rhaglenni ESI yn y dyfodol a’r cydymgynghoriad cyhoeddus diweddar;
* datblygu Pennod Cymru fel rhan o Gytundeb Partneriaeth y Deyrnas Unedig;
* cytundeb y dylai’r Fframwaith Blaenoriaethu Economaidd a argymhellwyd fel rhan o Adolygiad Guilford dynnu sylw at gyfleoedd economaidd ar gyfer yr holl gronfeydd ESI; a
* datblygu un porth i fanteisio ar gronfeydd yr Undeb Ewropeaidd a, lle bo’n bosibl, prosesau a chanllawiau ymgeisio cyffredin a threfniadau cyffredin ar gyfer diwydrwydd dyladwy ac arfarnu, dangosyddion perfformiad a monitro.

Mae Swyddfa Cyllid Ewropeaidd Cymru a thimau Gwledig a Physgodfeydd Llywodraeth Cymru’n bwrw ymlaen â’r gwaith hwn mewn partneriaeth gyda rhanddeiliaid allweddol ac mae trefniadau gweithredu’n cael eu datblygu’n unol â’r amserlen i gyflwyno’r rhaglenni Cronfeydd Strwythurol i’r Comisiwn Ewropeaidd ym mis Hydref eleni a’r rhaglen Datblygu Gwledig yn 2014\.

Fel rhan o’r gwaith integreiddio hwn, mae’r Gweinidog Cyfoeth Naturiol a Bwyd, Alun Davies, a minnau wedi cytuno’n ddiweddar i sefydlu un Pwyllgor Monitro Rhaglen Cymru ar gyfer cronfeydd Strwythurol Ewropeaidd a Datblygu Gwledig y dyfodol a reolir gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Mae’r trefniadau yn y dyfodol ar gyfer y gronfa Pysgodfeydd (EMFF) yn dal i gael eu hystyried. Disgwylir y bydd un rhaglen i’r Deyrnas Unedig yn ofynnol gan y Comisiwn Ewropeaidd ac y bydd gan hon ei Phwyllgor Monitro ei hun a fydd yn gweithredu ar lefel y Deyrnas Unedig, ond gyda chynrychiolaeth o Gymru.

Mae gan Bwyllgor Monitro Rhaglen swyddogaethau penodol a bennir gan reoliadau’r Comisiwn Ewropeaidd ac mae’n cyfarfod yn rheolaidd i gyflawni’r rheiny, gan gynnwys cymeradwyo meini prawf dethol prosiectau, edrych ar y cynnydd a wneir wrth gyflawni amcanion cytunedig y rhaglen, a chytuno ag unrhyw newidiadau i’r rhaglenni.  

Mae sefydlu un Pwyllgor Monitro Rhaglen yn cael ei gefnogi’n helaeth gan ein partneriaid, ar sail yr adborth a gafwyd yn ystod yr ymgynghoriad cyhoeddus diweddar ar y rhaglenni newydd. Cefais gyfle hefyd yn ddiweddar i drafod ein cynigion gyda’r Comisiwn Ewropeaidd ac aelodau o Bwyllgor Monitro Rhaglenni Cronfeydd Strwythurol Cymru Gyfan, o dan gadeiryddiaeth Ken Skates AC, ar 21 Mehefin.

Bydd un Pwyllgor Monitro Rhaglen ar draws y cronfeydd Strwythurol a Gwledig yn hwyluso asesiad mwy cyfannol o effaith ac effeithiolrwydd y cronfeydd o’u cymharu â’r Fframwaith Blaenoriaethu Economaidd newydd a gwell gwybodaeth rheoli a monitro sy’n mynd y tu hwnt i swyddogaethau creiddiol rheoleiddiol y Pwyllgor fel yr argymhellir gan Adroddiad cyhoeddedig Dr Guilford ar drefniadau gweithredu yn y dyfodol. Rwyf hefyd yn disgwyl i’r trefniadau hyn sicrhau y canolbwyntir yn fanylach ar y ffordd mae’r cronfeydd yn rhyngweithio gyda’i gilydd ac iddynt bwysleisio cyfleoedd i gael gwerth ychwanegol trwy roi mwy o sylw i gyfatebolrwydd ac integreiddio’r ffrydiau ariannu.

Mae trefniadau ar y gweill ar hyn o bryd i benderfynu ar Aelodaeth yr un Pwyllgor Monitro Rhaglen fel y gellir sefydlu’r Pwyllgor yn hwyr yn 2013 er mwyn cymeradwyo’r meini prawf dethol prosiectau ar y cyfle cyntaf posibl. Bydd hyn yn golygu y gellir gwneud y penderfyniadau ynglŷn â chymeradwyo’r prosiectau cyntaf a ariennir gan yr Undeb Ewropeaidd o ddechrau 2014 ymlaen.

Bydd y Pwyllgor Monitro Rhaglen newydd yn adlewyrchu egwyddorion partneriaeth, gan dynnu Aelodau o’r sectorau preifat a chyhoeddus a’r trydydd sector (gan gynnwys partneriaid economaidd a chymdeithasol, awdurdodau cenedlaethol, rhanbarthol a lleol; a chynrychiolwyr y gymdeithas sifil gan gynnwys cyrff amgylcheddol a chydraddoldeb). Byddwn yn sicrhau bod yna gynrychiolaeth gref o’r sector busnes a menter. Bydd rhagor o fanylion am ein cynigion a sut y gall partïon sydd â buddiant wneud cais am Aelodaeth yn cael eu cyhoeddi dros yr wythnosau i ddod.