
Article 1 
Implementing Decision 2013/776/EU is amended as follows:

1.. In recital 10, indent:
'
— projects in the field of higher education falling under external cooperation instruments (…)'
to be replaced by the following:
'
— projects in the field of education, audiovisual, culture, citizenship and youth falling under external cooperation instruments (…)'.
2.. In the first subparagraph of Article 3(1), point (e) to be replaced by the following:
'
((e)) Projects in the field of education, audiovisual, culture, citizenship and youth under the following external cooperation instruments:

— Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA II),
— Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Neighbourhood Instrument,
— Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation,
— Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Partnership Instrument for cooperation with third countries,
— Council Regulation on the implementation of the 11th European Development Fund;'.
Article 2 
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 5 November 2019.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX
As part of the 4th Interim Evaluation of the Agency a retrospective analysis of the evaluation period has shown clear realised cost savings made thanks to delegation to the Agency.

The overall actual costs of the executive agency delegation constituted EUR 146,0 million in 2015-2017. These costs were much lower than the estimated costs of the in-house scenario. In 2015-2017 the actual cost savings deriving from cost difference of the executive agency scenario and the in-house scenario constituted EUR 57,1 million (or 28,1 % of the estimated costs under the in-house scenario). Comparing the savings initially estimated with the actual savings from the delegation of tasks to EACEA, it has been found that the actual savings during 2015-2017 period were 6,5 % higher compared to the initial estimates (EUR 57,1 million compared to EUR 53,6 million). As forecast in the ex ante CBA, savings of the executive agency scenario primarily resulted from a higher share of lower cost external personnel (CAs) employed within the executive agency and lower overall number of staff.

The funding by the international cooperation instruments to enable participation in education, youth, cultural and audiovisual policies takes advantage of a number of important synergies. By adopting an existing framework of actions and an existing infrastructure of modalities to reach the target beneficiaries, maximum leverage is made of the existing actions already managed by the Agency. Delegation to the Agency takes advantage of the long-developed expertise and in particular economies of scale, which would not be available via an in-house solution. Even without the considerable cost savings described above due to the cost of personnel, their greater experience in the subject matter enables the international cooperation instruments to reach operational objectives in a manner that would not be possible if the Commission carried out these actions in-house.


Operational Commitment Appropriations managed by the Agency (EUR 000) 2019 2020
Current situation 829 111 881 151
International cooperation instruments contributing to youth, cultural and audiovisual policies 10 500 10 500
Total 839 611 891 651
Percentage 1,3 % 1,2 %
Staff (Head count) at the Agency 2019 2020
Current situation (no change) 438 438
Administrative budget ceiling of the Agency (EU-28) 2019 2020
Current situation (no change) 48 574 47 549
