Chairman of the municipality of Gdynia, Mr Stanisław Szwabski's opinion on the European code of conduct on partnership (ECCP) was adopted unanimously during the November 2012 CoR plenary session. Under the Commission’s proposals for the Community Support Framework funds in the period 2014-2020 Member States will have a clear obligation to organise a partnership, but the specific procedures for involving the relevant partners in the different stages of the programming will be left to the national authorities. The ECCP will lay down minimum requirements which are necessary to attain a high quality partnership in the implementation of the funds while maintaining ample flexibility to Member States in ways they organise the participation of the different partners.

 

Mr Szwabski said "I can only welcome the publication of the draft Code of Conduct to be applied across the different EU funds dealing with Territorial Cohesion. I am pleased that an opportunity is given to contribute to its finalisation now. In practice only a system of multilevel governance involving all levels can effectively combine these two dimensions. I welcome the fact that the Commission in its proposal intends to adopt the ECCP as a delegated act immediately after the entry into force of the Common Provisions Regulation and  I am against the dilution of this position and the Council's position on this issue. In the event that it is decided to give the document a different legal status, the Committee would call for solutions ensuring a real, high-quality improvement in compliance with partnership principles in the 2014-2020 budget periods."

 

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