FARNET Managing Authorities meeting, Brussels, 15-16 October 2018

FARNET Managing Authorities and National Networks working on the implementation of fisheries CLLD met on the 15th and 16th of October in Brussels to discuss the following topics:

Improving cooperation between different actors in the delivery chain, in particular with bodies responsible for payments and administration;
Ensuring that CLLD project data reported in Infosys corresponds to reality and is useful for management purposes (session organised jointly with the FAME Support Unit);
Strengthening exchange and networking around sea basins.

The meeting offered also an opportunity to take stock of CLLD implementation and share information in bilateral and trilateral discussions with DG MARE and the FSU.

MEETING REPORT

AGENDA

Day 1
from 13.30	Welcome coffee and registration
14.00 – 15.30	1. Introductory session (plenary) Welcome and presentation of the Agenda Information from DG MARE Discussion on legal provisions for fisheries CLLD post-2020 Interactive exercise: taking stock of implementation
15.30 – 16.00	Coffee break
16.00 – 17.00	2. Improving the relevance of CLLD project data Introductory presentations: overview of information based on Infosys data (projects monitoring data as of December 2017), and how to make the best use of this information in programme management What is Infosys? Difficulties with CLLD reporting in Infosys Discussion hubs facilitated by FARNET and FAME Support Units
17.00 – 18.00	3.Parallel activities: Individual discussions on collecting and using the Infosys data with experts from FAME SU and FSU NN discussion, a session for National Networks helping them maintain the exchange and preparing the sea basin session on the following day Bi- or tri-laterals with stock-taking of the implementation process

Day 2
8.45 – 9.30	Bi- or tri-laterals with stock-taking of the implementation process
9.30 – 10.30	4. Plenary: Improving cooperation between different delivery actors Presentation of potential blockages along the delivery chain and of the state of play of cooperation with paying agencies (intermediate bodies responsible for payments and administrative functions of the programme) Presentation of MS good practices involving cooperation with paying agencies: Finland Estonia Sweden
10.30 – 11:15	Coffee break
11.15 - 13.00	5. Parallel Working Groups: Improving cooperation between different delivery actors Identifying key issues related to cooperation with paying agencies and possible ways to improve this cooperation
13.00 – 14.30	Lunch, including: Bi- and tri-laterals with a stock taking of the implementation process
14.30 - 15.30	6. Stimulating exchange around sea basins Parallel working groups for MAs and NNs around the: Baltic Atlantic Mediterranean & Black Sea basins
15.30 – 15.45	7. Closing plenary session Conclusions Lessons learnt
As from 15.45	Last round of bi- or tri-laterals

Information

Type	Managing authorities

Publication date:

12/10/2018