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EUROPEAN REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT FUND
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EU Interregional Cooperation
State of play and perspectives
Johanna Bähn | Finance Officer
Joint Technical Secretariat
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1. INTERREG IVC programme
‘Learning by sharing’
Innovation and the
knowledge economy
Environment and risk
prevention
in the fields of
Local / regional authorities access the experience of
others in Europe facing similar issues to improve their
practices / policies
1. INTERREG IVC state of play
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Eligible area
- EU 27
- Switzerland
- Norway
1. INTERREG IVC state of play
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INTERREG IVC state of play
204projects
2 285 partners
90% of 271 NUTS 2
regions covered
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1. INTERREG IVC state of play
Main achievements (as of June 2013)
90% of EU
NUTS 2
regions
covered
Objective:
EU wide exchange of
experience / capacity building
6,188
staff with
increased
capacity
349
‘spin-off
activities’
Objective:
Identification / sharing /
transfer of good practices
4,709
good practices
identified
403
successfully
transferred
Overall objective:
Improvement of regional and
local policies
2,037
policies
addressed
432
policies
improved
See illustrations of results in the programme’s annual report!
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http://www.interreg4c.eu/
Capitalisation
PUBLICATIONSINTERREG IVC
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14 projects tackling ‘creative industries’
Creative Industries
Representing 171 partners from 25 EU Member States + Norway
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METHOD
Brokerage, match-making, manifesto…
PARTNERSHIP
11 committed partners from
all-over Europe, mix of
cities, academia
RESULTSA variety of good practises
identified, excellent
communication campaign
and SME involvement
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2. Future of interregional cooperation
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Few principle from the new regulations
• Concentrate resources to order
to optimise the impact
• Result orientation
Context
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Regulation package 2014-2020
on interregional cooperation
• Link to EU cohesion policy
‘to reinforce the effectiveness of cohesion policy’
‘identification and dissemination of good practice with a view to its
transfer principally to operational programmes under the
investment for growth and jobs goal but also, where relevant, to
programmes under the European territorial cooperation goal’
Context
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Four themes
Thematic focus
Research &
innovation
SME
competitiveness
Low-carbon
economy
Environment &
resource efficiency
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INTERREG EUROPE rationale
EU Cohesion policy
Goal 1: Investment for growth & jobs
EUR 340 billion
Goal 2: European Territorial Cooperation
EUR 10.2 billion
Policy learning among public authorities
to improve performance of policies & programmes for regional development,
in particular Structural Funds programmes
€ INTERREG EUROPE
EUR 359 m
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INTERREG EUROPE rationale
Goal 1: Investment for growth & jobs
EUR 340 billion
Goal 2: European Territorial Cooperation
EUR 10.2 billion
Policy learning among public authorities
to improve performance of policies & programmes for regional development,
in particular Structural Funds programmes
€ INTERREG EUROPE
EUR 359 m
EU Cohesion policy
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2 actions
Policy Learning
Platforms
Interregional Cooperation
Projects
Proposed actions
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Overall objective
to improve the effectiveness of the policies of the regions involved
in the project (in particular investment for growth and jobs goal
programmes)
Definition
Interregional cooperation projects allow partners from different
countries to work together on a shared regional policy issue within
the scope of the selected investment priorities
Projects
A. Interregional cooperation projects
Main features
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A. Interregional Cooperation Projects
Who should get involved?
Projects
find tried and tested measures to implement
in your programme
share and implement good practices coming
from across Europe
get involved with your policymakers and
contribute to better policy implementation
Managing
Authorities
Regional/local
authorities
Agencies,
institutes…
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A. Interregional Cooperation Projects
Policy exchange of experience (1 to 3 years)
ending up with production of 1 Action Plan / Region
Monitoring of the Action Plan’s implementation +
possible pilot actions (up to 2 years)
Phase 1
Phase 2
1. Implementation in 2 phases
2. Creation of ‘local stakeholder groups’
Projects
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3. INTERREG EUROPE
Eligible area:
• EU28 + Norway & Switzerland
Eligible bodies
• Public bodies
• Bodies governed by public law
• Private non-profit bodies
Co-financing rates
• 85% for public or public equivalent
• 75% for private non profit
Main features
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Online collaborative tool
With relevant functionalities
+ Expert team
Content and coordination role
B. Policy Learning Platforms
EU-wide capacity building on:
Platforms
Innovation SME competitiveness
Resource efficiencyLow-carbon economy
1 service provider per thematic objective via:
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New features
Focus on Structural Funds
Two phases implementation
Local stakeholder groups
Contribution to thematic platforms
A. Projects
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2 interrelated actions
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Future 2014+
First call for project proposals expected
approval of the programme by the EC
INTERREG EUROPE Programming Committee set up
Adoption of legislative package &
agreement on budget 2014-2020
submission of the programme to the EC
June 2012
September 2014
End of 2014
Spring 2015
Programming timeline
December 2014 INTERREG EUROPE launch event Bologna
Dec 2013
May 2014 New programme & budget adopted by Partner States
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Europe, let’s cooperate! – Bologna
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facebook.com/interreg4c
twitter.com/interreg4c
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