DRAFT IPA II CBC PROGRAMME 2014-2020 Hungary Serbia … · (522,312) and Csongrád county...

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DRAFT IPA II CBC PROGRAMME 2014-2020

Hungary – Serbia

PUBLIC CONSULTATION

16 July 2014

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INDEX SECTION 1: STRATEGY ________________________________________________________________________ 3

1.1. Strategy for the cooperation programme’s contribution to the selected thematic priorities and the relevant Partnership Agreement and Country Strategic Paper(s) _____________________________________ 3

1.2. Justification for the choice of thematic priorities _________________________________________ 15

1.3. Justification for the financial allocation _________________________________________________ 18

SECTION 2: PRIORITY AXES ________________________________________________________________ 21

2.1. Priority axis 1 ______________________________________________________________________ 21 2.1.1 Identification ____________________________________________________________________ 21 2.1.2 Fund, calculation basis for Union support and justification of the calculation basis choice _______ 21 2.1.3 The specific objectives of the thematic priority and expected results________________________ 21 2.1.4 Elements of other thematic priorities added to the priority axis ____________________________ 22 2.1.5 Actions to be supported under the thematic priority (by thematic priority) __________________ 22 2.1.6 Common and programme specific indicators ___________________________________________ 25




2.5. Overview table of indicators per priority axis and thematic priority __________________________ 48

SECTION 6: HORIZONTAL PRINCIPLES ___________________________________________________ 51

Sustainable development ____________________________________________________________________ 51 Equal opportunities and non-discrimination ____________________________________________________ 52 Equality between men and women ____________________________________________________________ 53

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1. SECTION 1: STRATEGY

1.1. Strategy for the cooperation programme’s contribution to the selected thematic priorities and the relevant Partnership Agreement and Country Strategic Paper(s)

ANALYSIS OF THE PROGRAMME AREA

The cross-border region (CBR) covers 7 counties (NUTS III level or equivalent1): Csongrád and Bács-Kiskun counties in Hungary, West Bačka, North Bačka, North Banat, South Bačka and Central Banat counties in Serbia as well as the Serbian South Banat and Srem counties as adjacent regions.

The Serbian counties being considered on NUTS III (or equivalent) level together form the Region of Vojvodina on NUTS II level.

With an area of 34,214 km2, 13.66% of Hungary’s and 24.33% of Serbia’s territory are covered by the CBR.2

According to the 2011 census, Bács-Kiskun is the most rural county in Hungary, followed by Csongrád county in second place.3 As can be seen, also Vojvodina is identically rural in its character considering the similar low number of urban settlements out of the total number of settlements.

Population

According to the census of 2011, Hungary’s population amounted to 9,957,731 people, whereas in Serbia there were 7,186,862 inhabitants4. The Cross-border counties under analysis comprise slightly less than 3 million people with a rough 2:1 ratio in favour of Serbia.

21.4% of the region’s population lives in South Bačka (615,371) – which is the county with the biggest population, followed by Bács-Kiskun (522,312) and Csongrád county (419,366), in which also the three biggest cities (Novi Sad, Szeged and Kecskemét) are located. The smallest county is North Banat with 147,770 people (5% of CBR population), as shown in Figure 1.

The nine largest cities correspond to the county capitals of the Cross-border area. The largest city is Novi Sad with more than 330,000 inhabitants including agglomeration, forming an important economic centre in Vojvodina and Serbia as well, followed by Szeged and Subotica.

The rate of the population living in urban settlements (according to the terminology of the Serbian Statistical Office) in Vojvodina reaches 60%; while the rate of the population living in cities in the Hungarian CBR amounts to around 70%.5

1 In case of Serbia ’NUTS III (or equivalent)’ will be used as such a statistical unit officially does not yet exist in Serbia.

2 Source: SORS &HCSO online databases

3 HCSO (2013b), p. 9.

4 Yearbook 2012, p. 31.

5 Source: HCSO (2011); SORS (2011)

Figure 1: Population of the cross-border counties

Source: Own calculation based on HCSO and SORS statistics

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Looking at the change in population in the Cross-border region, an overall decline of 4.6% between 2002 and 2011 can be seen. The biggest drop happened in the Serbian counties – Vojvodina lost about 100.000 inhabitants6 – especially in West Bačka with a decrease of almost 26.000 people (12% of the population), North Bačka and Central Banat – both with a decline of roughly 20.000 inhabitants (a decrease of around 10%). South Bačka county saw as the only one of the CBR an increase of 21.700 people (3.6%). According to experts, the main reason for this is migration towards the county capital Novi Sad due to the unfavourable economic situation characteristic for most of the cities in Vojvodina (and in Serbia in general). Thus, many young people migrate mainly to Belgrade or Novi Sad and leave their home counties. Also, Novi Sad is the administrative and university centre of Vojvodina, which also attracts many people for work and studies.

In Hungary a decline of 2% was experienced over the time period 2002-2011.7

The distribution of the CBR’s population according to the age groups 0-14, 15-64 and 65+ is very similar in the counties: the youngest population amounts to about 14%, the oldest to around 17-18% and the inhabitants between 15 and 64 years of age (active working age category) have by far the largest share with around 68-69%. Compared to the EU27, the cross-border counties’ population distribution according to age groups anticipates a stronger trend of ageing than the European average with less young people and a larger share of 15 to 64 year old inhabitants, expected to lead to a significantly higher share of elderly in the future.

While the share of Hungarian people in the Serbian counties is quite significant in some cases (e.g. in North Banat with a share of over 45%), in Hungary only very few Serbs were registered during the census of 2011 (the highest in Csongrád county with 0.3%).

There are many ethnicities in the Serbian cross-border counties and about 67% citizens in Vojvodina declared themselves as Serbs. This multicultural composition having historical roots shows a very diverse picture among the Serbian counties, where no homogeneous share of a single ethnicity can be encountered.

The percentage of Roma population within the CBC area ranges from 3.9% in Central Banat to 1.1% in Csongrád county. Other ethnic groups in Vojvodina include among others Rusyns, Bunjevci and Yugoslavs; in Hungary this category consists for example of Germans.

Economy and labour market

Economic development is a key element in the creation of an inclusive society, in creating more jobs as well as in balancing regional differences. There are some similarities between the two sides of the border region, but the opportunities these similarities enhance are not utilised, because of the lack of co-operation:

In both sides of the border region agriculture/food production is a relatively important segment of economy compared to the national average (Vojvodina contributes 8% to GDP, South Great Plain contributes 11%).

Vojvodina is the most industrialised part of Serbia with strong food processing and beverage sector, as well as developed chemical industry, rubber and plastic, oil and gas products and metal processing. The Hungarian border region has strong potential in mining (oil and gas), in manufacturing industries (automotive and mechanical equipments), in food processing and in biotechnology.

6 According to the data published by the SORS, between 2009 and 2011 the natural increase of the population of Vojvodina

was around 10.000 people each year. However, no information on migration is available to allow for a more precise analysis of the change of population. 7 HCSO (2013a), p. 7.

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Knowledge based economic development is using the resources of higher education and research. There are leading tertiary education institutions in both regions: University of Szeged and University of Novi Sad are dominant in tertiary education and in R&D activities.

There are also some similarities in the fields of research activities: medical and health, agriculture, engineering, ICT are being the leading sectors. In terms of research personnel these areas represent 51% of all research staff on the Hungarian side and 63.5% on the Serbian side.

Clusters on the two sides of the border have similar profiles and adequate university-based research and education background. (e.g. metal, mechatronic, medical, IT, agriculture, local products)

The lack of cross border co-operations among the relevant cluster organisations and the members of clusters hinder the efficient use of the potential, created by the existing synergies in economy, research and higher education.

The economic, taxation and customs rules are different in Hungary and Serbia, as well as in Romania, thus opportunities are stemming from it, yet it is not utilized in the triple border area.

Although the R&D expenditure is far below the EU average on both sides and most of R&D activities are being concentrated in the higher education institutions, moreover, the activities of the R&D institutions sometimes don’t meet the requirements of the local enterprises (and therefore, the local enterprises don’t benefit from the research activities), the similar research fields create an opportunity for co-operation.

Experience of the ongoing evaluation of the current CBC programme also proved that involvement of the end-user of the research results would help local enterprises in benefiting from the research activities, thus contributing to the SME development on the relevant field.

There is a negative trend in employment on the Serbian side and a stagnating labour market in the two Hungarian counties of the cross-border area.

The lower employment rate and higher unemployment rate in each age group on the Serbian side both in EU comparison as well as in comparison with the Southern Great Plain data show increasing labour market problems in Vojvodina.

In Hungary, the employment rate of the elder part of the work force, the age group of 55-64 is generally far below EU-average. In Serbia data show that the employment rate in both age groups and both for men and women decreased between 2009 and 2011, the employment rates of these age groups are substantially lower in Vojvodina than the Serbian average. Unemployment levels sharply grew in Serbia from 2009 to 2011, and slightly increased in Hungary and in the EU average. The unemployment rate differs within Vojvodina: it is more than 21% in West Bačka, North Bačka, Central Bačka and Srem counties.

Labour costs: The salary gap indicates that the labour market on the Hungarian side might be attractive for job-seekers coming from Vojvodina.

The evident driving forces of daily commuting (better labour market chances and higher income conditions) combined with the fact that Hungarians are the biggest ethnic group among the 35% large ethnic minority of Vojvodina, could result in a rise of daily commuting as well as in seasonal migration.

The bigger cities (Szeged, Subotica, Novi Sad, Kecskemét) play a dominant role in structuring and resifting the labour market through generation of better employment possibilities and addressing commuters from the surrounding areas.

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Uncertain waiting time associated with border crossing make daily commuting rather difficult. The development of a more reliable railway (and also public transport) connections would ease the problem considerably.

Ageing is a more and more stressed characteristic of the population of the cross-border area. The old age dependency ration indicates a need to reshape the social care system with more emphasis on home care services. Efforts should be continued on this field.

In the Hungarian counties, life expectancy is a bit higher than in Serbia both for men and women. In both countries, life expectancy has increased in the last two decades.

Environment, climate change and risk prevention

In relation to the climate change adaptation and mitigation as well as the sustainable use of natural resources the following key statements can be highlighted:

Water management according to the Water Framework Directive: An integrated catchment-based management along the Danube, Tisa and their tributaries in the region for preserving the good quality and adequate quantity of surface and subsurface waters. The application of the EU directives in Serbia would be especially important. This also requires a jointly coordinated water quality monitoring system and hydrological database. A key question that must be addressed by both countries is the quantification of net water intake and surface runoff.

Joint flood protection and disaster management: As the frequency and magnitude of floods is expected to increase in the future, flood protection is a key issue in the region. Protection structures must be maintained and renewed in all regions of the border area. Co-operation between water directorates and disaster management should be improved.

Joint development of irrigation systems: Irrigation in agriculture is gaining more and more importance. The linking of irrigation systems and the reviving of old canals in the Cross-border region would highly increase the adaptation capacity of agricultural stakeholders on both sides. Meanwhile, irrigation canals should be integrated into the ecological network and catchment-based water management.

Water retention and protection of subsurface aquifers: The water stress of the summer drought season can only be eased by the intensified use of subsurface water bodies. In order to keep these resources available in the future, special attention should be paid to the sustainable use and possible recharging of aquifers. This requires joint monitoring and regulations, and the planning of water retention and infiltration reservoirs, especially on the Danube-Tisa interfluve.

Early warning of drought: To prevent the losses of agriculture as a matter of extreme drought events, the elaboration and later the implementation of an early warning system would be desirable. However, this requires a harmonised monitoring activity and drought modelling in the Cross-border region.

Prevention and mitigation of extreme precipitation events: To prevent crop failure and damages in human properties, the planning and implementation of joint hail suppression and storm warning systems would be necessary. Increased runoff calls for the improvement of urban drainage systems as well as the implementation of storm water reservoirs.

Renewable resources: Any measures that support the increased use of renewable energies will necessarily decrease greenhouse gas emission and air pollution, and contributes to a better human environment. The developments must be based on the unified energy strategy of the cross-border region and the bases of the outstanding natural resources and characteristics of the region.

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o photovoltaic electric power production; (The solar electric power producing potentials of the Cross-border region are outstanding even if compared to European data)

o utilization of thermal water heat; (To avoid the parallel utilization of the same thermal water bases and to introduce the good practices of the thermal water use in the whole border region (e.g. covered (greenhouse or plastic-tunnel) in agriculture, horticultural plant cultivation; use of thermal water heat in public institutions)

o utilization of biomass for energetic purposes mainly based on the waste products of the agriculture.

The dissemination of renewable energy utilization methods and knowledge is desirable, which can be realized especially in project preparation, transferring know-how and creating the measurement of the use of the renewable energy resources and the achievement of the energy efficiency investments.

Sustaining existing natural reserves and biological diversity: Biological diversity and the preservation of native species in our changing environment are getting more and more difficult. Complex strategies are necessary in this respect, which are integrated to water management and climate change related interventions. A key aspect would be the increase of wetland areas and ecological water reservoirs. Prudent planning and assessment is necessary to meet the interests of all stakeholders.

Improving the accessibility of protected areas: In order to maintain the social sustainability of nature reserves, their accessibility to the public should be increased. This would have an important role in environmental education and could generate tourism as well. A key area of developments can be the ox-bow lakes along the Danube and the Tisa.

Transport

The absence of good and harmonized cross-border transport connections (especially regarding public transport) limits the intensification of societal and economic co-operation across the border.

The majority of cross-border traffic happens on public roads. Transit traffic is constantly increasing on the border stations and the timeframe of border crossing is relatively long especially, in the case of the international border crossing points and for the crossing of vehicles.

The region has a favourable geographical location in terms of logistics: Trans-European transport networks lead across the region. (Nr. X/b. Budapest – Kecskemét – Szeged – Novi Sad – Belgrade; Corridors VII along river Danube). However the potentials in the logistics sector remain unexploited because of the relatively slow border crossing and the missing East–West railway transport connections.

Despite the opening of new border crossing points, some limiting factors prevail: from the six border crossing points only one can be used by vehicles without limits, three have 0-24 opening hours and only one railway point ensures continuous railway transport without changing train. In addition, between Szeged, Subotica and Novi Sad the railway connection is very poor. Also the railway network of the border region as a whole should be improved on both sides of the border.

When deciding on cross-border infrastructural developments, the upcoming establishment of the Schengen border-control system must be considered. Continuous discussions are therefore needed about the development possibilities concerning border crossing where the various interested organisations are involved. These include: border control offices, customs offices, road and railway management and development organisations. Considering public

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transport there are only a few bus and railway relations, and all of them have a slow travel time compared to the distance of the relations.

The river Danube, defined as European Corridor VII, is expected to contribute to the increase of river transport in the area. The river Tisa is currently underutilised in terms of transport. There are potentials in the tourism related to the rivers and canals also.

The development of missing bicycle routes should be accompanied by building rider-friendly infrastructure and services, especially in the context of tourism development.

Tourism and cultural heritage

After a significant decrease in tourist turnover from 2008 in the border region, tourism performance has been slightly increasing or stagnating since 2010 which is due to the upswing of foreign tourism. However the average length of stay decreased in both sides of the border in the programme area, which draws the attention to the necessity of the improvement of attractive tourism supply, appropriate for longer stays.

Tourism has greater importance in the Hungarian border region than in the Serbian, according to the main tourism indicators (tourist arrivals, overnight stays), both in absolute value and per capita. The cross-border tourism turnover is different within the region: the proportion of Serbian tourists is marginal in Bács-Kiskun county, while it is significant in Csongrád county (16% of all foreign overnight stays with dynamic increase); the proportion of Hungarian tourists is moderate in Vojvodina.

Territorial inequalities, in terms of development level of tourism supply, differences between the two sides of the border, in terms of quality standards of tourism infrastructure, are problems to be solved.

The border region is rich in cultural and natural values, however the potentials of tourism is underutilized. Besides the existing tourism assets, especially in health, cultural (folklore), gastronomy, rural, eco- and active tourism (with some key attractions with high number of visitors), there is a shortage in integrated tourism products, common thematic packages, in content and physical linkage among destinations, attractions and in modern, state of the art tourism supply with wider attractiveness especially for longer stays.

Besides common values (e.g. common historical, cultural heritage, similarity of ethnic groups, folk traditions, natural values), complementary elements of supply (local specialities – e.g. local cultural and folk heritage, gastronomy, active programmes, wellness spas in Hungary, orthodox heritage and mountain tourism in Serbia) and the seeds of cooperation can be a base of an integrated tourism offer.

A barrier for harmonized tourism development is the lack of a common regional tourism development strategy, marketing plan and branding.

As a general experience, after the border opening – following the EU accession –, an increasing tourism turnover is expected. Increasing domestic demand through the recovery of financial solvency of the population, the modernisation and improvement of national tourism attractions and the further development of tourism co-operation between the countries can enhance new possibilities for the cross-border region, too.

Aggravation of internal competition in the region, through the possible development of parallel capacities on the two sides of the border, possible social problems in the multiethnic area, the remaining lag in the tourism market position – because of the delay in the development of background infrastructure – can hinder the tourism development of the cross-border region.

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JUSTIFICATION FOR THE SELECTED INTERVENTION STRATEGY

The overall objective of the Programme is the following:

“Harmonically developing region with an intensified economic cooperation through sustainable use of natural and cultural resources.”

The achievement of the overall objective can be ensured by applying the following strategy and interventions.

The cross-border region of Hungary and Serbia do not belong to the most developed regions of Europe but within Serbia the position of Vojvodina and also within Hungary - except for the central region- the two Hungarian counties are considered as relatively strong both from social and economic aspects. The significance of agriculture related activities in the cross-border region is higher than the country averages both in Serbia and Hungary. Central settlements with substantial employment potential – such as Novi Sad, Szeged, Kecskemét and Subotica – have major role in the economy of the region especially in the processing industry. R&D and higher education located mainly in the largest cities are also important drivers of local economic development. These are those strengths the region has to capitalize on.

However, there are weaknesses to be considered. The youth unemployment rate on both sides of the border region is high in European comparison. In Vojvodina it is more than twice as high as on the Hungarian side of the CBC area, resulting in migration of the younger workforce to the Western countries. With higher migration rate of the younger generation the old age dependency rate goes further up. Therefore, it is crucial that young people could find their own carrier perspective in the cross-border region. Besides fostering the creation of jobs, it is equally important to improve their and other unemployed people’ professional knowledge and competences in order to respond to the employment demands of local economy. This requires interventions in the harmonisation of the vocational and adult training programmes, common development of the non-formal training programmes and enforcing traineeship facilities in each other’s countries within the CBC region.

To foster economic growth, agriculture provides a good opportunity: Activities in production, sales and food processing are to be developed in a more innovation oriented way. Another option is the better capitalisation on the outputs and results generated by the regional R&D sector (e.g. in agriculture/food, ICT, healthcare, mechatronics etc.) by local businesses, and their joint utilisation within the cross-border area. The interim findings of the on-going evaluation of the current programme formulated these opportunities as vital requirements to foster the development of the local economy. All these together justify the boost of economic development through creating strengthened cooperation amongst local enterprises, clusters and R&D organizations, which is in line with the priorities set by EU 2020 and by both national governments in order to deliver economic growth. Supported activities would be implemented through the cooperation of economic actors and organizations with research potential, along with harmonized and unified innovation strategy. The achievement of these goals can be assisted by supplying the necessary trained workforce by launching practice oriented vocational training and by establishing an integrated job search database.

In order to increase and broaden the economic and societal relations in the cross-border region, tackling the problem of time-consuming border crossing – due to the fact that Serbia is not part of the Schengen Agreement – is a key issue. In the past couple of years two smaller border crossing points started to operate (Ásotthalom- Bački Vinogradi, Tiszasziget-Dala) and two other border stations will open in 2014 (Röszke II.-Horgos and Bácsszentgyörgy-Rastina), but they are limited in terms of opening hours and only operate on local level. In order to ease the pressure of busy periods

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at the international border crossing points, and that the smaller border crossing points could be used for other purposes (such as tourism and other business co-operation activities), too, it is necessary to increase their capacity in line with the actual demand and - if necessary - to upgrade the roads leading to the crossing points.

The cross-border traffic is characterized dominantly by private vehicles. In order to develop greener transportation infrastructure – preferred by EU 2020, too – further investments are necessary. Using public transportation to cross the border is practically impossible due to rare and slow bus, as well as train connections. The relatively slow public transport is partially caused by the waiting time for the border control. Freight transport by railway is only operated on the Budapest-Kelebia-Novi Sad-Beograd line, meaning that within the cross-border area it has limited availability. All these justify the necessity of the development of the missing the missing East–West railway line, which could connect the region to the trade channel network linking the ports of the Adriatic and the Black sea. In order to spread environmentally friendly transportation alternatives, it is important to reconstruct, modernize the logistical centres connected to railways and water transport at Tisa which will be dedicated as an international water transit way in 2014. Considering passenger and tourism-purpose traffic, it is important to extend bicycle infrastructure, as well as to develop the conditions of water tourism.

The low elevation of the border area, as well as the rivers (Danube, Tisa), streams, rills crossing the region call for harmonized water management. Climate change and the extreme weather conditions have an effect on water management, too. Besides floods, inland inundation, sudden downpours and hails, increasing drought hazard affects the cross-border area, too. Agriculture/food production, being one of the dominant sectors of the region, is specifically suffering of the mentioned problems. In order to mitigate hazard and damage related to agriculture, it is necessary to develop and modernize the water management facilities in line with the regional development strategy. It is an important task to sustain natural reserves and the rich natural biodiversity around streams and rills, too. In the case of the water management developments the renewable energy solutions (small water plants) are welcome to ensure the more environmentally friendly operation of the water management systems. These interventions can contribute to decreasing the carbon-dioxide emission and the sustainable and harmonized use of renewable energy sources. The above aspects justify the necessity of further environmental developments.

Besides the similar natural values, the border region is also connected by the common cultural roots and values. Tourism provides possibilities for the sustainable and harmonized utilization of these assets. In the past years, primarily cultural thematic routes and bicycle trails were supported. In the future product development, the highlighting of the presentation of both tangible and intangible heritage and the promotion of unique local handmade products should be supported based on an integrated tourism strategy. Another important area of product development is the connection of the main attractions (e.g. historical cities, monuments, and thermal baths) in both sides of the border region, through e.g. equestrian and bicycle routes, in accordance with the growing demand for healthy lifestyle and active tourism. Creating an integrated network of water tourism linked to significant rivers and canals could increase the international attractiveness of the region. Territorial inequalities in tourism performance within the region could be reduced by improving the quality of services, and by operating joint marketing activities and tourism destination management based on common criteria (e.g. joint branding, common quality control system) thus ensuring a mutual learning process. All these aspects justify the necessity of the support of tourism development.

Considering the common cultural roots it is highly important – especially for the young – to have common understanding and respect for one another, which could be enhanced through common actions, camps, activities, common cultural events. According to the on-going evaluation of the current programme, small projects dealing with cultural and sport activities proved to be very

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successful, therefore the continuation of this scheme involving a substantial part of the population is highly recommended in the field of culture, leisure sports and nature protection activities.

Within the strategy there are several thematic areas which are – due to their internal coherence – strongly interlinked. The development of the environmental and transport infrastructure – further to their own purpose – contributes also to enhancing of the economic activities and the internal trade of the region. It is important that the water management investments may also contribute to the stabilization of the agricultural/food production, as well as to the development of active and eco-tourism (e.g. canoeing, biking and fishing), and to the promotion of the economic development of the local communities involved.

KEY STATEMENTS OF THE ON-GOING EVALUATION OF THE HUNGARY-SERBIA IPA CBC 2007-2013

PROGRAMME

The on-going evaluation of the Hungary-Serbia IPA CBC 2007-2013 Programme presented some key statements which are built in the 2014-2020 Programme Strategy and the description of the Thematic Priorities. The following table shows the key statements and the responses of the current strategy:

Key statements of the on-going evaluation of the HU-SRB IPA CBC 2007-2013 Programme

Key reflections built in the strategy and the Thematic Priorities of the HU-SRB IPA II CBC

2014-2020 Programme

Missing links amongst the relevant and potential related projects in a specific sector which is caused by the lack of common cross-border strategies (e.g. water management, tourism development, transport, economic development).

The strategy and the Thematic Priorities contain interventions targeting the coordination of the different types of activities through applying a permanent communication platform (e.g. water management, transport) and developing harmonized strategies in the field of tourism, or economic development which can serve as the reference point for further support of concrete CBC projects.

Several project preparation documents (plans etc.) and studies, researches were prepared, yet the results were not followed through by investments or implementation of the projects.

The strategy and the planned interventions are focusing on the implementation of infrastructural developments (in the field of the environment and transport), with direct cross-border effects and tangible results in the border area. The prepared project documentations financed from the previous programme were taken into account at the elaboration of the relevant infrastructural type activities.

Low efficiency of partnerships, the end-users are not directly involved in the different projects especially in the case of the economic development and tourism which caused that the end-users are not interested in the project results.

The frames of economic development are designed in such a way that the supported non-profit intermediate organisations (e.g. innovation transfer companies, research and development institutions) are obliged to involve the targeted enterprises as non-supported partners or the group of enterprises (as non-

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Key statements of the on-going evaluation of the HU-SRB IPA CBC 2007-2013 Programme

Key reflections built in the strategy and the Thematic Priorities of the HU-SRB IPA II CBC

2014-2020 Programme

profit organizations: e.g. clusters) would be the beneficiaries.

CONTRIBUTION TO THE RELEVANT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT AND COUNTRY STRATEGIC PAPER(S)

The overall objective of the Hungary-Serbia IPA II Cross-border Cooperation Programme 2014-2020 is to develop the cross-border region with an intensified economic cooperation through sustainable use of natural and cultural resources. When selecting the thematic priorities of the CBC Programme, Hungary and Serbia seek to achieve coherency between their development programmes related to the cross-border region, with a high focus on possible synergies and overlapping development areas. Also through a bilateral understanding and goal-setting the Programme supports and contributes to the objectives defined in EU, national and regional level strategic papers.

Europe 2020 is a 10-year strategy set forth by the European Commission in order to advance the economy of the EU through greater coordination of national and European policies. It aims at "smart, sustainable, inclusive growth" through these main targets 1) raising the employment rate of the population aged 20–64 from the 69% to at least 75%; 2) achieving 3% investment of GDP in R&D and developing a new indicator to track innovation; 3) reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20%, increasing the share of renewable energy in energy consumption to 20%, and achieving a 20% increase in energy efficiency; 4) reducing the share of early school leavers to 10% and increasing the share of the population aged 30–34 having completed tertiary education to at least 40%; and 5) reducing the number of population living below national poverty lines by 25%.

The contribution of the Hungary-Serbia IPA II Cross-border Cooperation Programme 2014-2020 to Europe 2020 is ensured through its defined Thematic Priorities, with their aims being in line with the Strategy.

TP2: Protecting the environment, promoting climate change adaptation and mitigation, risk prevention and management;

TP3: Promoting sustainable transport and improving public infrastructures;

TP4: Encouraging tourism and cultural and natural heritage;

TP7: Enhancing competitiveness, business and SME development, trade and investment.

Through its investment activities – making it in line and conform to the EU 2020 Strategy – the Programme targets at boosting the region’s economy in a smart, sustainable and inclusive way. In other words it aims to develop the region through enforced cooperation; through innovation, which builds on the knowledge, the natural as well as the cultural resources of the area and is utilized in the region with high focus on SMEs; and through sustainable transport and environmental development – all of which is to be fostering the social and territorial cohesion in the Hungary-Serbia cross-border region.

The Partnership Agreement 2014-2020 of Hungary defines the main national development priorities with strong thematic concentration in order to ensure alignment with the Europe 2020 strategy of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth as well as the fund specific missions pursuant to their treaty-

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based objectives, including economic, social and territorial cohesion. In the Partnership Agreement Hungary defines the following development priorities:

1. Improving competitiveness and global performance of the business sector

2. Increasing the level of employment through economic development, employment, education

and social inclusion policies, taking into account territorial disparities

3. Enhancing energy and resource efficiency

4. Tackling social and demographic challenges, good governance

5. Local and regional economic development

Besides the Hungarian Partnership Agreement, Hungary, in its first National Reform Programme aims at achieving a competitive, dynamically and sustainably growing Hungarian economy which will contribute to a “strong Europe”. The NRP is designed to give an adequate and credible response to structural problems, with special regard to low labour force participation and high public debt that currently inhibit dynamic and sustainable growth of the Hungarian economy. Thus the main purpose of the programme is to present long-term structural reforms that will accelerate economic growth, boost employment and ensure sustainable level of public debt – all through outlined measures to support the national targets linked to the Europe 2020 Strategy focusing on employment, R&D&I, climate change and energy efficiency, education and poverty.

In Hungary, considering cross-border cooperation, in accordance with the strategic priorities of the National Development and Regional Development Concept 2020 (OFTK) the main areas are defined to be 1) increasing competitiveness and employment through cross-border cooperation; 2) promoting cross-border regional integration by strengthening the environmental, transport, water and energy network cooperation; 3) facilitating institutional integration and improving the relationship among the cross-border communities.

Besides the National Development and Regional Development Concept 2020 (OFTK) the Hungarian national position as to recommended development goals for cross-border programmes is 1) economic development (especially SME development and R&D&I development), 2) eliminating lacking transport links, 3) promoting employment, 4) protecting the environment and promoting energy efficiency, and 5) enhancing institutional capacity.

Csongrád county in its draft Regional Development Plan for 2014-2020 outlines three main overall objectives for the development of the county being 1) to be a hub of city-networks at the triplex border considering knowledge concentration and cohesion, 2) to foster innovative economy and resource management reacting to climate change, and 3) to enhance economic development based on educated entrepreneurs in the key sectors of the county. In order to achieve the objectives the document defines territorial and specific strategic goals based local development needs and potential, as well as horizontal goals, all complying with the National Development and Regional Development Concept 2020.

Based on the Situation Analysis and the SWOT of Bács-Kiskun county, being the part of the Regional Development Concept of the county the possible development objectives are defined in line and in conformity with the Europe 2020 Strategy with the same focus on employment, investment in R&D, energy efficiency, education and poverty.

In Serbia the most comprehensive national document in terms of identification of national development priorities is the ‘National Priorities for International Assistance in the Republic of Serbia 2014-17, with projections until 2020’. It is in line with the strategic objective of Serbian economic policy – being the acceleration of European integration/EU accession by implementing systematic reforms in order to create a more attractive economic environment to act as a driver for increased economic development and social cohesion by incentivising entrepreneurship and promoting social inclusion. The strategic programming document provides means for increasing the

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alignment of international assistance with national priorities so that targeted donor interventions will support mainstream public spending on policy reforms from the national budget. The document has a wide policy scope, covering all sectors and policy areas significant in preparing the country for EU accession and its socio-economic development. The defined sectors are 1. Justice; 2. Home Affairs; 3. Public Admin Reform; 4. Competitiveness; 5. Energy; 6. Environmental Protection and Climate Change; 7. Transport; 8. Agriculture and Rural Development; 9. Thematic fields: Culture, Media, Civil Society. The document also defines two cross-cutting issues: Local/Regional Development and Gender Equality.

Based on the draft National Plan for Regional Development of Serbia the Assembly of Vojvodina adopted the provincial development programme for the period 2014-2020 (Development Plan of AP Vojvodina 2014-2020) being the strategic document – including an action plan – that outlines the fundamental routes of development for AP Vojvodina through four priorities: 1) Human Resource Development, 2) Infrastructure development and creation of conditions for good quality of life and work, 3) Sustainable Economic Development, 4) Development of institutional infrastructure.

The development axes defined through the Thematic Priorities of the Hungary-Serbia Cross-border Cooperation Programme 2014-2020 are in line and conform to the EU, national and regional level strategic documents.

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1.2. Justification for the choice of thematic priorities

Justification for the choice of thematic priorities based on an analysis of the needs within the programme area as a whole and the strategy chosen in response to such needs, addressing, where appropriate, missing links in cross-border infrastructure, taking into account the results of the ex-ante evaluation

Table 1: Justification for the selection of Thematic Priorities

Selected thematic

priorities

Justification for selection

2. Protecting the

environment and

promoting climate

change adaptation

and risk prevention

The natural and environmental resources are primarily related to the main rivers of the region: the Danube in the West and the Tisa in the East.

As a consequence of the geographical background water balance and water management are among the most important environmental issues.

Ground water, artesian water and thermal water are also important resources, and as in case of rivers, these subsurface water bodies also cross the borders and form a hydrodinamically coherent system between the Danube and the Tisa. Therefore, interventions on either side of the border will affect water availability on the other side.

The region misses a coherent and state-of-the-art cross-border joint water monitoring system for different issues (e.g. drought damage, forecasting of floods, improving the hydrological status for water bodies, decreasing chemical pollutions) and joint early drought warning systems.

There is a good and intensive co-operation among the water management organisations which provides for a proper basis for the future co-operation projects.

The canals connected to the Danube play a significant role in the water management, especially in the irrigation of the border area, therefore the reconstruction of such canals is necessary for the stable water level management, and can also provide possibilities for the touristic development of the neighbouring areas.

Climate change will endanger agricultural safety especially on the Hungarian Great Plain and in Vojvodina, which can result in a significant decrease of the GDP of the region. Due to climate change the annual water budget will decrease, however, flood hazard will stay the same or can even increase due to climate variability.

The expected increasing weather extremities (hails, storms) have also negative effects on the agricultural production, which demands up-to-date protection for the entire area of the cross-border region.

As a consequence of the variability in soils and water availability, land use is much more complex and heterogeneous in Bács-Kiskun and Western Csongrád county compared to the Serbian territories on the other side of the border. The very intensive agricultural use of Bačka, Banat and Srem greatly affects, in a negative way, the extension of nature conservation areas. Consequently, the improvement of the national ecological network would be highly desirable in Vojvodina.

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Selected thematic

priorities


3. Promoting

sustainable

transport and

improving public

infrastructures

Transit traffic is constantly increasing on the border stations and the timeframe of border crossing is relatively long, especially in the case vehicles crossing international border crossing points.

The mobility of population is low in the border region.

Despite the favourable geographical location of the border region, the relatively slow timeframe for the border crossing together with the missing East–West railway transport connections result in underexploited potentials in logistics.

Despite the newly created border crossing points, limitation on border-crossing remains still relevant in terms of the opening hours, services for the freight traffic and animal transport, use of the citizens.

The different economic, taxation and customs rules at the Serbian, Romanian and Hungarian triple border area offer opportunities (e.g. logistics), which are unexploited.

There are unutilised potentials in river tourism.

The Tisa will be dedicated as an international transit line providing new potentials for the freight traffic on the river, which requires port developments along the Tisa.

Regarding public transport, there are only few relations in the bus and railway transport, but all of them offer slow travel time with respect to the distances. The absence of good cross border transport connections (especially public transport) limits the intensification of the cross-border co-operations.

Roads, railway (Szeged-Subotica) and public transport (stations, information system) infrastructure are in rather bad condition.

The development of missing bicycle routes should be accompanied by building rider-friendly infrastructure and services. The further development of the biking routes into a network can complete the supply of the existing (Mórahalom, Palic, Szeged) or potential new tourist destinations at the border region and can encourage the leisure sport connections within the region.

4. Encouraging

tourism and natural

and cultural

heritage

In the Hungarian-Serbian cross-border region there is a high potential for tourism based mainly on the natural and cultural assets of the region. The key attractions to be developed can utilize both intangible cultural values (traditions, ethnical variety etc.) and tangible ones, as water and active tourism (cycling, horse riding) based on the rivers and related canals.

In Hungary tourism concentrates significantly in settlements with thermal bathes (e.g. Mórahalom, Makó, Szeged) and there are traditional touristic areas also in Serbia, such as Palic.

The common cultural roots and the outstanding cultural heritage and values bind together the cross-border area, the plurality of the built heritage is reflected in the touristic supplies of the larger cities (e.g. Szeged, Novi Sad, Subotica, Zombor, Kecskemét).

The rivers with their connected canals may provide a good opportunity for

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Selected thematic

priorities


the active and eco-tourism after the development of the missing infrastructures (bicycle roads, and small ports for water tourism) and services (accommodations).

Since the cross-border region is an area with typically rural characteristics (small farms), tourism can strongly contribute to the catch-up of the less developed settlements with job creation through the development of tourism services (provided, first of all, by SMEs) and self-employment, with additional income-earning opportunities for the citizens (e.g. private accommodation) and with catalysing local investments and bottom-up initiatives.

The different programmes, events organised for touristic purposes, may also activate local citizens to strengthen the sense of community, contribute to cross-border integrity, and to foster tolerance and social inclusion.

Besides these economic and social impacts, sustainable tourism also facilitates the preservation and utilization of cultural and natural values of the area.

The main challenge of the cross border tourism development is not to develop parallel capacities (thus increase the inner competition in the region), but to create a complex and joint touristic product-supply, based on the local values and potentials of both sides of the border.

Through all these, tourism can strongly contribute to the development of the common identity of the cross-border region, to the reduction of territorial inequalities and to the strengthening of the population retention capacity of the countryside.

Projects implemented within the programming period of 2007-2013 have already generated tangible results through partnership building, preparation of activities (e.g. studies) and soft-type product development (thematic routes, events) –, yet there are problems still unsolved: e.g. limited number of competitive joint tourism products with higher attractiveness for longer stays, lack of interconnection amongst the individual elements of supply, shortage of quality tourism and lack of integrated design and implementation of regional tourism (including positioning and branding).

Beyond purely development activities, raising awareness of common cultural heritage, bringing closer people from the two sides of the border through cultural cooperation would contribute to a better appreciation and understanding among people, especially the young generation.

In the current cross-border programme there was a strong demand for co-operation projects and joint activities primarily in the area of sports and culture. The need for such type of projects persists especially in ethnically mixed areas and has a sound impact on strengthening mutual understanding.

7. Enhancing competitiveness, business and SME development, trade

Economic branches, clusters (e.g. agriculture, medicine, ICT, engineering-mechatronic) with similar research fields, profiles and with limited co-operation are operating in the programming area.

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Selected thematic

priorities


and investment Vojvodina is the most industrialised part of Serbia (with strong food processing and beverage sector, yet also chemical industry, rubber and plastic, oil and gas products and metal processing). Szeged and Novi Sad are key players in the tertiary education and in the R&D activities.

Agriculture is a relatively important segment of the economy compared to the national average (8% in Vojvodina and 11% in South Great Plain in percentage of total GDP) contributing to the competiveness of the region especially in the food processing sector. However the co-operation between the players of the sector as well as the recognition of the local products is rather poor thus needs to be further improved.

The R&D expenditure is below the EU average: in terms of GDP 0.89% in Vojvodina, 1.9% in Csongrád and 0.55% in Bács-Kiskun as opposed to above 2% in the EU 27 countries. Also the utilisation rate of research results is low in the programming area, and has low contribution to the development of the production processes of the SMEs.

Key areas of research: medicine and health, agriculture, engineering. In terms of research personnel these areas represent 51% of all research staff on the Hungarian side and 63.5% on the Serbian side.

Missing cross border co-operation among the relevant cluster organisations and the members of clusters hinder the efficient use of the potential created by the existing synergies in the economy, research and higher education.

Utilization of the opportunities based on the different economic, taxation and customs rules at the Serbian, Romanian and Hungarian border area is a valuable potential.

High migration of the younger generation to Western countries (because of high youth unemployment rates), very low integration of cross-border labour markets, and low cross-border mobility prevents the formulation of a sufficient, mobile labour force supply responding to the needs of the local companies.

Similar primary and secondary educational system, but different vocational profiles and vocational education systems prohibit the mutual recognition of qualifications and thereby job mobility of the labour. There isn’t sufficient and up-to-date information system of the job vacancies and trained labour force in the border region which is available from both sides.

1.3. Justification for the financial allocation

TBD

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Table 2: Overview of the investment strategy of the cooperation programme

Priority axis Union support (in EUR)

Proportion (%) of the total Union support for the cooperation programme

Thematic Priority Result indicators corresponding to the Thematic Priority

Improving the cross-border water management and risk prevention systems

TBD TBD 2. Protecting the

environment and

promoting

climate change

adaptation and

risk prevention

Damages caused by flooding incidents, hail or drought in the agriculture sector (source: statistical data of the insurance companies)

Level of coordination of the water management and monitoring issues (Source: Survey among the relevant organisations acting in water management and monitoring; level range 1-10)

Decreasing the bottlenecks of the cross-border traffic

TBD TBD 3. Promoting

sustainable

transport and

improving public

infrastructures

Level of services and capacities of the border crossing points (source: survey based on the capacities and services of the border crossing points; level range 1-10)

Encouraging the tourism and cultural heritage cooperation

TBD TBD 4. Encouraging

tourism and

cultural heritage

Level of coordination of joint cross-border tourism products in terms of quality, stability and impact (Source: Survey among key actors [e.g. TDM organisations, key touristic attractions] in tourism; level range 1-10)

Number of overnight stays at accommodations (source of information: regional official statistics of HCSO and SORS)

Level of the cross-border cooperation of the organisations dealing with cultural, leisure, sports and nature protection issues in terms of quality, stability and impact (Source: Survey among the relevant organisations [e.g. cultural, sport, nature protection NGOs]; level range 1-10)

Enhancing SMEs’ economic

TBD TBD 7. Enhancing

competitiveness,

Level of collaborative cross-border research, development and marketing

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competitiveness through innovation driven development

business and SME

development,

trade and

investment.

activities with SME involvement (survey among key economic clusters and key players active in R&D&I in terms of quality, stability and results; level range 1-10)

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2. SECTION 2: PRIORITY AXES

2.1. Priority axis 1

2.1.1 Identification

ID of the priority axis 2. Protecting the environment, promoting climate change adaptation and mitigation, risk prevention and management

Title of the priority axis Improving the cross-border water management and risk prevention systems

The entire priority axis will be implemented solely through financial instruments

No

The entire priority axis will be implemented solely though financial instruments set up at Union level

No

The entire priority axis will be implemented through community-led local development

No

2.1.2 Fund, calculation basis for Union support and justification of the calculation basis choice

Fund ERDF and IPA

Calculation basis (total eligible expenditure or public eligible expenditure)

TBD

Justification of the calculation basis choice TBD

2.1.3 The specific objectives of the thematic priority and expected results

ID 2. Protecting the environment, promoting climate change adaptation and mitigation, risk prevention and management

Specific objectives Decrease environmental risks (e.g. drought, flood, hail) and preventing negative effects on agriculture and food production

Improving the level of the management and monitoring measures of the water bases by coordinated actions (e.g.

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rivers, canals, thermal water, water bases for drinking) in the cross-border region

The results that the partner States seek to achieve with Union support

Primarily in the agriculture sector the damages caused by the extreme weather circumstances will decrease. The better circumstances of agricultural activities will contribute to the increasing income of the agricultural enterprises.

Harmonized, sustainable and state-of-the-art water management system will operate in the cross-border region. Water management system organized in a better way will provide better and safer environment for the inhabitants and create favourable conditions for economic activities, preferably for agriculture and tourism (e.g. water and eco-, active tourism).

Precise and regular information about the quality, expected quantity and causes of water pollutions will be provided for the end-users and the professional organisations responsible for the water management.

2.1.4 Elements of other thematic priorities added to the priority axis

ID not relevant

Contribution to the specific objective of the priority axis

not relevant


not relevant

2.1.5 Actions to be supported under the thematic priority (by thematic priority)

2.1.5.1 A description of the type and examples of actions to be supported and their expected contribution to the specific objectives, including, where appropriate, identification of the main target groups, specific territories targeted and types of beneficiaries

Thematic Priority 2. Protecting the environment, promoting climate change adaptation and mitigation, risk prevention and management

Collection of reliable information for improving the quality of groundwater and the rivers and implementing relevant water management measures. Within the activity the following actions can be supported:

Harmonizing the monitoring, information, regulations and development activities and disseminating good practices on the water management systems.

Development of monitoring and related information system for specific purposes (e.g. decrease drought damage, forecasting of floods, improving the hydrological status for water bodies of transboundary groundwater, decrease of pollution of waters (e.g. arsenic content of the drinking

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water bodies and other chemical, industrial pollutions of the water bodies)

The target groups of the actions are the population and mainly agricultural enterprises.

The potential beneficiaries of the actions are the water management companies in partnership with the relevant public organisations.

Development of water management system in order to ensure stable agricultural production and minimize the risks of drought, floods, inland inundation and improving the quality of waters. The investment should focus preferably on the areas affected mostly by the drought. Some specific regions of the programme area suffered strongly of droughts in the last 20 years, and also the frequency and strength of the drought increased in the last 10 years. This conclusion is corroborated by the fact that in 2003 the damage caused by drought in Hungary was approx. 130 M EUR, while in 2012 it reached 1.300 M EUR (10 times more) due to the extremely hot weather conditions. The following type of action could be implemented: increasing capacity of pumping plants, reconstruction of watersheds and the connecting sluices and the construction of the related water quality monitoring systems. In Serbia the development of the watersheds will be continued to create a connection with the river Tisa. The investment shall contain the restoration of the natural environment and the developments with combination of renewable energy solutions will be prioritized.

The target groups of the actions are population, mainly agricultural enterprises, tourism service providers

The potential beneficiaries of the actions are water management companies and if it is relevant local governments, water management associations will be involved into the partnership

The reconstruction of the definitive rivers and their connected canals can ensure more stable water management of the direct and adjacent areas. Under this activity there is a possibility for carrying out primarily those reconstruction works which ensure the stable water management of canals (e.g. reconstruction of sluices, canal dredging). These interventions improve primarily the irrigation and flood prevention function of the canals and rivers, but the reconstructions could have positive effect on other sectors and those can respond to the demand of the water tourism, fishery, irrigation and nature protection activities as well.

The target groups of the action are the population, mainly agricultural enterprises and tourism service providers.

The potential beneficiaries of the action are the water management companies with involvement of the relevant local governments along the canals.

Implementation of interventions to minimize the hail damages in the entire border region. A counter-hail system to be developed would result a much more effective defence solution for the agricultural enterprises in the whole border region and would provide more stable and countable operational conditions. The interventions have to take into account the aspects of nature protection.

The target groups of the action are mainly the agricultural enterprises.

The potential beneficiaries of the action are local, county governments in partnership with weather forecast institutions and agricultural organisations.

Cooperation in nature protection preferably in relation with water based habitats, e.g. in species protection programmes, including the operation of rescue centres, ex situ breeding and release programmes – managing protected area.8

The target group of the action is the population.

8 Some member of the Task Force doesn’t support the activity concerning the relative large number of the activities

compared to the available financial resources.

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The potential beneficiaries of the action are the nature protection organisations.

2.1.5.2 Guiding principles for the selection of operations

Thematic priority 2. Protecting the environment, promoting climate change adaptation and mitigation, risk prevention and management

Most important selection criteria, inter alia, are

Impact on economic activities, especially agricultural activities

Potential effects of the planned interventions in terms of decreasing the environmental risks and damages

The cross-border impact of the projects

Level of cooperation among project partners

Long run sustainability of joint developments and management, monitoring systems

Management and financial capacity of the beneficiary organizations

Preparedness of the infrastructural projects

2.1.5.3 Planned use of financial instruments (where appropriate)

Thematic priority 2. Protecting the environment, promoting climate change adaptation and mitigation, risk prevention and management

Planned use of financial instruments Not applicable

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2.1.6 Common and programme specific indicators

2.1.6.1 Priority axis result indicators (programme specific)

Table 3: Programme specific result indicators

ID Indicator Measurement unit

Baseline value Baseline year

Target value (2023) Source of data Frequency of reporting


Damages caused by flooding incidents and hail or drought in the agriculture sector

EUR TBD 2013 TBD Statistical data of the insurance companies

At the end of programme period


Level of coordination of the water management and monitoring issues

survey TBD 2014 The frequency of the cross-border coordination will increase and the level of the relevant and the reliability of monitoring information will improve

Survey among the relevant organisations acting in water management and monitoring, level range 1-10


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2.1.6.2 Priority axis output indicators (common or programme specific)

Table 4: Common and programme specific output indicators

ID Indicator (name of indicator)

Measurement unit Target value (2023) Source of data Frequency of reporting

Number of jointly developed and operated monitoring systems

number TBD Programme monitoring system

2018 and at the end of programme period

Population benefiting from flood protection measures



Length of new or improved water management system

kilometre TBD Programme monitoring system


Land for agricultural use benefiting from hail protection activities in the cross-border area

hectare TBD Programme monitoring system


Surface area of habitats supported in order to attain a better conservation status

hectare TBD Programme monitoring system


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ID of the priority axis 3. Promoting sustainable transport and improving public infrastructures

Title of the priority axis Decreasing the bottlenecks of the cross-border traffic


No


No


No


Fund ERDF and IPA


TBD

Justification of the calculation basis choice TBD


ID 3. Promoting sustainable transport and improving public infrastructures

Specific objective Increasing the capacity of the border crossing and the connected transport lines through promoting development and use of sustainable transport modes (public transport, road transport, bicycle, water transport)


The number of the possibilities for the border crossing in the various transport modes will increase and reflect on the various demands in a flexible way.

The infrastructural conditions will improve and contribute to businesses and trade promotion along the border.

The average waiting time (time waist) will decrease at the

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border stations.

The personal and economic relations will be intensified within the border region.


ID not relevant


not relevant


not relevant



Thematic Priority 3. Promoting sustainable transport and improving public infrastructures

Organizing regular consultations on cross-border transport involving all relevant partners in order to harmonize the (individual, public, freight) transport development plans (feasibility studies, technical plans for permissions, etc..), the operation of the different border-crossing points (road, railway, water) and enforce the harmonization of the related regulations. The consultations would provide for constructive discussions among the relevant organisations having a role in the development of the border crossing (e.g. border control offices, customs offices, road and railway management / development organisations). The regular institutionalized consultations ensure the harmonisation of the development plans and the related permission processes, prepare concrete proposals for the harmonisation of regulations. The consultations provide also possibility to harmonise among others, the schedules and tariff system of the public transport, as well as to design a joint multimodal logistic network of the border region.

The target groups of this action is passengers, public and private transport companies and non-profit organisations

The potential beneficiaries of the action: county and regional level organizations and bodies

Development of cross-border railway lines (e.g. preparation of technical plans for permission, feasibility studies or smaller investments for improving the passenger services)

The target groups of the action are passengers, railway companies

The potential beneficiaries of the action county and regional level bodies and organizations, railway management and development companies

Developing the capacity and improving the service level (e.g. opening hours, international traffic, freight traffic, water tourism traffic and animal transport) of the existing road border crossing points and the relevant transport lines leading to the border points. The following actions can be supported:

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Construction of small roads leading to the border and new border crossing points

Development of cross-border bicycle network in order to ensure the safe biking across the border:

o completing the existing bicycle routes (networks) (e.g. Szeged-Tiszasziget-Novi-Knezevac-(Kaniza), Szeged-Mórhalom-Ásotthalom-Bački Vinograd-Palic-Subotica; Kiskunhalas-Tompa-Subotica)

o development of new bicycle routes along the main rivers and canals (Eurovelo 6, 11)

Improvement of water transport infrastructure along the Tisa and the Danube and its connected canals (e.g. small ports and border crossing points for tourist traffic, ports for the freight traffic at Tisa, as a newly dedicated international water route).

Development of the passenger information and service systems for the individual cross-border roads and public transport networks (bus, railway, biking, water transport)

Development of the infrastructural conditions of the border stations through increasing the service level and capacities (e.g. custom offices, transport of dangerous goods, improving the environment of the border stations)

The target groups of these actions are passengers, tourists, public and private transport companies, non-profit organisations

The potential beneficiaries of the actions are road management and development companies, local governments, border control and customs offices, organisations which are maintaining the transport stations and operating the public transport traffic: bus and railway public transport companies, organizations dealing with shipping

Development of the communal and transport infrastructure system (roads, railway lines, border crossing point and business service infrastructure) to improve the business infrastructure conditions near the border promoting new agricultural, industrial, logistics investments and trade in the border area

The target groups of the action are manufacturing and logistics enterprises

The potential beneficiaries of the actions are county and regional level bodies, organisations and relevant local governments, road and railway management and development companies, also companies which are responsible for the development of the necessary public utility networks


Thematic priority 3. Promoting sustainable transport and improving public infrastructures


Impact on cross border traffic of the population and enterprises

Relation to economic activities (e.g. agricultural, touristic, manufacturing)

Potential size of the increased traffic capacities at the cross border points


Long run sustainability of joint developments


Preparedness of infrastructural projects

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Thematic priority 3. Promoting sustainable transport and improving public infrastructures


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Level of services and capacities of the border crossing points

Survey TBD 2014 The number of services and the capacities of cross-border passing will increase in the various traffic modes

Survey based on the capacities and services of the border crossing points – level range 1-10


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Number of jointly operated cross-border transport platforms



Total length of newly built, reconstructed or upgraded transport infrastructure: road and bicycle path

kilometres TBD Programme monitoring system


Number of the developed or new border crossing points



Total length of the railway line directly affected by developments

kilometres TBD Programme monitoring system


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ID of the priority axis 4. Encouraging tourism and cultural heritage

Title of the priority axis Encouraging the tourism and cultural heritage cooperation


No


No


No


Fund ERDF and IPA


TBD

Justification of the calculation basis choice

TBD


ID 4. Encouraging tourism and cultural heritage

Specific objective Creation of commonly coordinated cross-border tourism destinations based on the complementary local assets in order to ensure sustainable development of tourism potentials

Promoting co-operation activities in the field of culture, leisure, sport, and nature protection


Tourism developed as to become a key sector of the border economy: increased number of guest nights and increased turnovers at the tourism service providers (e.g.

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accommodations)

On the basis of a joint tourism development strategy a harmonized and common branded well-known tourist offer will be developed in the border region

Improvement of cultural, historical and natural heritage status and values in the CBC region through cooperation of the relevant actors

Increased institutional and public interest in participation in the cross-border cultural programmes resulting in better understanding among the people living in the border region


ID not relevant


not relevant


not relevant



Thematic Priority 4. Encouraging tourism and cultural heritage

The activities can be grouped in two categories according to the description of the relevant thematic priority:

Tourism development

Elaboration of joint tourism and marketing strategy and action plan for the cross-border region and implementation marketing activities on regional level

The target groups of this action are tourist attraction management organisations, enterprises interested in tourism sector, local governments

The potential beneficiaries of the actions are regional tourism organisations with the involvement of the local tourism destination management associations and the counties from Hungary and Vojvodina regions

Development of joint tourism products (e.g. cultural tourism including religious and folklore) and jointly branded offer (reflecting also on the intangible values): thematic routes, nautical tourist way, cycling path, rural tourism, eco-tourism with visitor centres and the related nature protection activities (e.g. ex situ breeding and release programmes) based on the sustainable utilization and development of the cultural and natural heritage with tangible and/or intangible character. The support of the joint tourism

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products must be based on the elaborated joint tourism strategy. At the development of joint tourism products high attention will be paid for connecting the attractions, sites and venues of the two sides of the border (not mirror projects), through connecting the separate elements of tourism supply (with clear specification, clear segmentation and positioning, clear added value of cross-border co-operation). Potential supported activities can be. e.g. thematic routes – planning and designation of routes, signs, printed and mobile application guides, infrastructure development (e.g. stopping and resting places, boat mooring for water routes, bicycle parking places, drinking water providing places for horse riding routes, equipment rental system, reconstruction of sites and venues).9.

The target groups of the action are tourist service providers, tourists

The potential beneficiaries of the action are local governments, tourist attraction management organisations (e.g., NGOs, public entities responsible for the preservation and utilization of cultural or natural values e.g. national parks, forestry, etc.)

Promoting networking, development of capacity of actors and encouraging entrepreneurship in different fields of tourism based on the tourism destination management method. The proposed activities can be the following:

Implementation of joint training programmes for the tourist service providers (e.g. professionals, language courses) in order to improve their service level

Elaboration and introduction of a joint and locally branded quality control and categorization system for tourism service providers and local product producers who are interested in tourism business (e.g. organisation of events with the aim of promoting values, services of the specific field (e.g. fair for the promotion of handmade food products, etc.)

Implementation of cultural and leisure sport events with touristic importance

Harmonizing the marketing (e.g. common branding) and information activities of tourism. Potential activities can be: development of tourist packages, specific tourist cards, online tourist services, mobile applications, etc.

The support to the tourism networks developments must be based on the elaborated joint tourism strategy.

The target groups of these actions are tourist service providers, tourists

The potential beneficiaries of the actions are professional tourist organisation (e.g. local tourism destination management organisations, or other associations, clusters, acting in the tourism sector)

Cultural cooperation activities

Organizing small scale co-operation projects including cultural, leisure sport and nature protection programmes with special regards to the target groups of the young people and children

Developing and organizing cultural co-operation activities in the border region (e.g. events, festivals, programmes, knowledge transfer)

The target groups of these actions are the entire population, especially young persons

The potential beneficiaries of the actions are NGOs dealing with sport, culture, and youth affairs, as well as regional, county and local governments and their institutions

Enhancement of cooperation for protection of cultural, historical and natural heritage (i.e. revitalization of historical and cultural sites, cooperation between museums, workshops on conservation of art, etc).

9 It can be an advantage in the project selection if the applicant had a successful project in the previous period of the HU-

SRB IPA CBC Programme and the aim of the new project is to implement its actions (concrete investments), or dedicated funds should be allocated to the implementation of these previously supported project plans

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The target group of this action is the entire population

The potential beneficiaries of the actions are public state organisations, local governments and its relevant institutions, NGOs dealing with cultural heritage,

Providing permanent information about the key cultural, social, economic news and events of the border region for the public. The following actions can be supported: gathering and publishing news and information (in national languages and in English), creation of infrastructural conditions for the communication activities and operating an information centre. It is preferred if the developments capitalize on the existing information systems, achievements, institutional frames.

The target groups of this action are the entire population, but especially the young persons who are interested in news, cultural, sport and any similar programmes and information from the border region

The potential beneficiaries of the action are relevant organisations interested in developing cultural information centres.


Thematic priority 4. Encouraging tourism and cultural heritage


Potential contribution to the competitiveness of the tourism supply

Importance of the tourism destination in the border region

The cross-border relevance of the developments and programmes


Long run sustainability of developed projects


Preparedness of infrastructural projects


Thematic priority 4. Encouraging tourism and cultural heritage


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Level of coordination of joint cross-border tourism products in terms of quality, stability and impact

survey TBD 2014 Increased number of jointly developed, managed and promoted managed and promoted tourism product and destination

TDM organisations, key touristic attractions) in the tourism, level range 1-10



Number of overnight stays in the accommodations

overnight stays TBD 2013 It will be defined later

regional official statistics of HCSO and SORS

In every second year


Level of the cross-border cooperation of the organisations dealing with cultural, leisure sport and nature protection issues in term of quality, stability and impact

survey TBD 2014 Increased co-operation frequency of NGOs and other relevant organisations in the border region

Survey among the relevant organisations (e.g. cultural, sport, nature protection NGOs), level range 1-10


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Number of strategies developed for harmonized tourism development




Number of visits to supported sites of cultural and natural heritage and attractions




Number of supported joint tourism promotion/information activities




Number of joint cross-border cultural, recreational and other types of community events and actions



Encouraging the tourism and cultural heritage

Number of participants in the events and actions



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cooperation


Number of user entries/month of developed information system



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ID of the priority axis 7. Enhancing competitiveness, business and SME development, trade and investment

Title of the priority axis Enhancing SMEs’ economic competitiveness through innovation driven development


No


No


No


Fund ERDF and IPA


TBD

Justification of the calculation basis choice

TBD


ID 7. Enhancing competitiveness, business and SME development, trade and investment

Specific objectives Enforcing the growth capabilities and employment potentials of the SMEs through the development and adaptation of new technologies, processes, products or services.

Increasing the innovation oriented cross-border interactions between the SMEs (clusters) and the relevant universities and R&D&I institutions as well as the civil society.

The results that the partner States seek R&D&I results and innovative solutions will become more

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to achieve with Union support exploited through being more available and better tailor-made to the specific and concrete needs of the enterprises, especially of SMEs acting in the challenged and/or emerging sectors, thanks to increased cross-border research cooperation activities in triple or quadruple helix cooperation forms.

Better competitiveness, higher visibility, stabilized and sustainable cooperation structures due to increased cooperation among enterprises, universities and R&D&I institutions in the cross-border region in the emerging sectors of the region (e.g. agriculture and food processing, IT, medicine, machinery).

Better development conditions and perspectives for the enterprises acting in the key economic sectors of the CBC region due to the growing labour force with relevant competences and knowledge gained through new types of adult trainings/retraining and tailor-made traineeship programmes.


ID not relevant


not relevant


not relevant



Thematic Priority 7. Enhancing competitiveness, business and SME development, trade and investment

Development of innovation infrastructure and catalysing joint R&D&I projects tailored to SME needs

To enforce the development and adaptation of new technologies, processes, products or services for enterprises by innovation-driven cross-border cooperation the following activities can be implemented, e.g.

Implementation of research and innovation projects to develop and adapt new technologies, processes, products or services to be directly used by the enterprises (technology and know-how transfer);

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Establishing well-equipped laboratories, innovation/technological centres providing surface for start-up companies, for joint research and innovation activities, trainings to facilitate the joint development of new products (prototypes), services or processes. Preferably purchase of equipment and small scale infrastructure development, marketing activities can be supported.

The following activities can be supported as complementary actions in well justified cases

Joint development of vocational, non-formal and adult training materials and the pilot implementation of the related training programmes tailored to SME needs (General business management training programmes are excluded.)

To achieve tangible results and to better focus the intervention, preferred sectors of the region (with catalysing effect) can be defined. (e.g. IT solutions and technology, metal industry, medical).

The target groups of these actions are enterprises, especially SMEs; young professionals, students, unemployed persons, especially the young people who are seeking jobs in the border region

The potential beneficiaries of the actions are economic clusters, business and innovation support organizations, in cooperation with R&D&I and higher education institutions, vocational and adult training organisations

Setting up and operating “innovation communities” in “challenged economic and social areas”

Creating permanent cooperation “knowledge platforms” in the cross-border region’s “challenged economic and social areas”, through involving partners of the “Quadruple helix innovation and cooperation form” (knowledge institutions, local companies, citizens and NGOs and authorities responsible for Local Economic Development (LED)) in order to solve joint problems and challenges by innovative solutions, services provided by local companies or other institutions through generating new project proposals10.

After the joint selection of the “challenged economic and social areas” of the border region (e. g. waste (e.g. solid, energy) recycling management – industrial ecology; renewable energy and energy efficiency; water management; medical and social care; social economy and employment; etc.) the following actions can be supported in cooperation platforms of the relevant organisations:

identification of the challenges of the relevant economic and social area and the key stakeholders (e.g. interested research institutions, groups of companies, local/regional authorities, NGOs);

setting up “knowledge platforms” aiming at finding appropriate solutions through involving business partners or launching projects (e.g. to be funded under different EU development programmes, e.g. Horizon 2020) to efficiently address the identified challenges or problems.

It is intended that for each selected “challenged economic and social area” one platform will be supported that would cover the whole territory of the border region involving all relevant players.

The target group of these actions are local SMEs, enterprises, local/county governments and their specialized institutions, public organisations, knowledge (research) institutions, NGOs

The potential beneficiaries of the actions are regional innovation organisations, county and regional bodies, and their professional organisations, non-profit or state owned organisations

10 Based on the “The Dublin Innovation Declaration”. http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/%E2%80%9C-dublin-

innovation-declaration%E2%80%9D-manifesto-ten-point-declaration-create-more-wealth-better

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with relevant professional background, groups of companies

Positioning the CBC agriculture and food processing through joint innovation activities

Enforcing joint agricultural and local product producing, logistic, quality management solutions, food processing and sale systems in the border region in order to increase competitiveness of local enterprises and products. The following activities can be implemented, e.g.:

Implementation of research and innovation projects to develop and adapt new technologies, processes, products or services to be directly used by the enterprises;

Establishing laboratories, innovation and technological centres, for common usage of the enterprises in the border region in order to develop new products, services, processes. Preferably purchase of equipment and small scale infrastructure development, marketing activities can be supported.

Establishing and developing commercial centres, markets for common usage of the producers and distributor enterprises in order to promote marketing and positioning agricultural goods and local products. Infrastructure development, purchase of equipment, marketing activities can be supported.

Implementation of common marketing activities (developing common brands, establishing common webshops, participating in exhibitions etc.) to promote local products (e.g. agro-food products) through common brand-building

Developing solutions for helping integration processes in agriculture and food-processing (e.g. catalysing networking, establishment of supply-chains)

The following activities can be supported as complementary actions in well justified cases

Capacity building through joint development of vocational and adult training materials and the implementation of the related training programmes in order to cover knowledge gaps and lack of state-of-the-art skills (General business management training programmes are excluded.)

The target groups of these actions are agricultural producers, production and sales cooperatives and food processing enterprises; students, unemployed persons, especially young people who are seeking jobs in the border region

The potential beneficiaries of the actions are relevant NGOs, professional organisations operating in agriculture and food processing (e.g. clusters, chambers of agriculture enterprises, non-profit agro-marketing organisations) in cooperation with R&D&I institutions, laboratories, higher education, vocational and adult training organisations

Promoting knowledge-sharing, networking amongst, and professional experience building for young researchers and entrepreneurs

Encouraging the cooperation and the network building among researchers, students and entrepreneurs in order to promote knowledge-sharing and cross-border commercial activities. Generating and implementing common research and education programmes, as well as promoting practice-oriented (on the job) learning modes through traineeship programmes. Offering help for young people to set up new businesses through improving their business skills, providing entrepreneurial mentoring, advisory and training services.

Realizing entrepreneur experience program based on the example of the concept „ERASMUS for young entrepreneurs” by the European Commission. (This specific program aims at reaching young professionals, who have the ambition to start their own enterprise, but are in lack of experience.) The activity is also targeting young entrepreneurs who have already started an SME, but are in need of detailed knowledge how to move on towards growth. During the time of the scholarship in the neighbouring country, young professionals/entrepreneurs can gain practical

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knowledge of the business sector they are interested in, they gain insight of a successful enterprise in the partner-country, which as a mentor, helps them with advices and best practices in realizing their business concepts. Besides experiencing the modern business and technical knowledge of the participant company, young scholars can take part in trainings which tend to improve their business skills.

Organizing mutual research and cross-border student scholarships by research institutions and universities in predefined sectors and areas (e.g. “challenged economic areas”, key sectors of the region) and establishing traineeship programmes with companies (based in the “challenged economic areas”) for young professionals (students and graduates) organized by chambers of commerce/groups of companies/clusters. Both facilities are to be implemented for a minimum of 6 months period enabling participants to gain thorough experience in the given field.

The target group of these actions are researchers, especially young researchers and students, young professionals/graduates, young entrepreneurs

The potential beneficiaries of these actions are R&D institutions, higher education organisations, chambers of commerce, enterprise development agencies, clusters/groups of companies, SMEs


Thematic priority 7. Enhancing competitiveness, business and SME development, trade and investment


Potential contribution to the competitiveness of the relevant sector or economic and social challenged area

The cross border relevance of the developments and project


Long run sustainability of the results of the projects


Preparedness of the projects


Thematic priority 7. Enhancing competitiveness, business and SME development, trade and investment


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Enhancing SMEs’ economic competitiveness through innovation driven development

Level of collaborative cross-border research, development and marketing activities with SME involvement

survey TBD 2014 With the involvement of SMSs the number of the collaborative cross border research, development and marketing activities will increase

survey among key economic clusters and key players active in R&D&I in terms of quality, stability and results, from level 1-10


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2.4.6.2 Priority axis output indicators(common or programme specific)





Number of newly established cross-border consortia involving enterprises and local R&D&I organisations, universities




Number of enterprises receiving non-financial support




Number of enterprises cooperating with research institutions



Enhancing SMEs’ economic

Number of active partners participating in the work of



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competitiveness through innovation driven development

the “knowledge platforms”


Number of the active “knowledge platforms”




Number of months spent in the institutions and companies on the other side of the border through scholarships



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2.5. Overview table of indicators per priority axis and thematic priority

Table 14: Table of common and programme specific output and result indicators

Priority axis Thematic priority Specific objective(s) Selected result indicators Selected output indicators


2. Protecting the environment and promoting climate change adaptation and risk prevention

Decrease environmental risks (e.g. drought, flood, hail) and preventing negative effects on agriculture and food production

Damages caused by flooding incidents and hail or drought in the agriculture sector

Number of jointly developed and operated monitoring systems

Population benefiting from flood protection measures

Improving the level of the management and monitoring measures of the water bases by coordinated actions (e.g. rivers, canals, thermal water, water bases for drinking) in the cross-border region

Level of coordination of the water management and monitoring issues

Length of new or improved water management system

Land for agricultural use benefiting from hail protection activities in the cross-border area

Surface area of habitats supported in order to attain a better conservation status


3. Promoting sustainable transport and improving public infrastructures

Increasing the capacity of the border crossing and the connected transport lines through promoting development and use of sustainable transport modes (public transport, road transport, bicycle, water transport)

Level of services and capacities of the border crossing points

Number of jointly operated cross-border transport platforms

Total length of newly built, reconstructed or upgraded transport infrastructure: road and bicycle path

Number of the developed or new border crossing points

Total length of the railway line directly affected by developments

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4. Encouraging tourism and natural and cultural heritage

Creation of commonly coordinated cross-border tourism destinations based on the complementary local assets in order to ensure sustainable development of tourism potentials


Number of strategies developed for harmonized tourism development

Number of overnight stays in the accommodations

Number of visits to supported sites of cultural and natural heritage and attractions

Number of supported joint tourism promotion/information activities

Promoting co-operation activities in the field of culture, leisure, sport, and nature protection


Number of joint cross-border cultural, recreational and other types of community events and actions

Number of participants in the events and actions

Number of user entries/month of developed information system


7. Enhancing competitiveness, business and SME development, trade and investment

Enforcing the growth capabilities and employment potentials of the SMEs through the development and adaptation of new technologies, processes, products or services.

Level of collaborative cross-border research, development and marketing activities with SME involvement

Number of newly established cross-border consortia involving enterprises and local R&D&I organisations, universities

Increasing the innovation oriented cross-border interactions between the SMEs

Number of enterprises receiving non-financial support

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(clusters) and the relevant universities and R&D&I institutions as well as the civil society



Number of active partners participating in the work of the “knowledge platforms”

Number of the active “knowledge platforms”

Number of months spent in the institutions and companies on the other side of the border through scholarships

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SECTION 3-4-5: TBD

SECTION 6: HORIZONTAL PRINCIPLES

Sustainable development

Sustainable development was the key principle throughout the programming process – reflected in findings of the situation analysis and description of the Priority axis and in implementation measures envisaged. Three out of the four selected Thematic Priorities directly contribute to the sustainable development of cross-border region.

Protecting the environment and promoting climate change adaptation and risk prevention

Implementation of this TP is contributing to the principle of Sustainable Development with a special emphasis on the specificity of the cross-border region:

Preserving quality of water (following Water Framework Directive)

Preventing risks and damages caused by the climate change

Preserving natural habitats and ecosystems

Promoting renewable energy where it is applicable in a sustainable way

Promoting sustainable transport and improving public infrastructures

Improvements in public transport infrastructure within the cross-border region will contribute to the Sustainable Transport development through the following actions:

Harmonising transport development plans in order to decrease CO2 emissions, ensure inter-connectivity, enable easier and cheaper access to markets

Improving quality of service and safety for passengers, especially in case of the public transport

enforcing the railway transport in the border region

Encouraging tourism and natural and cultural heritage

All activities under this TP will pay special attention to:

Selection of projects with highest resource efficiency and sustainability

Selection of projects promoting sustainable utilisation and development of natural and cultural heritage

Prevention of investments with considerable negative environmental and climate effects

Enhancing competitiveness, business and SME development, trade and investment

Advantage for funding under this TP will be given to operations:

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Promoting clean and green technologies, technologies that decrease industrial pollution etc.

Contributing to more employment opportunities, education, training and support services in the context of environment protection and sustainable development

Equal opportunities and non-discrimination

During the programming process, special attention was given to promotion of the principles of Equal opportunities and Non-Discrimination in all phases: in selection of target groups and potential beneficiaries, in design of types of activities and in consultation process.

Protecting the environment and promoting climate change adaptation and risk prevention

All measures implemented under this TP will pay special attention to:

Promoting social inclusion of all vulnerable groups that might be affected by climate change or any type of environmental risk (pollution, flood, draught, etc.)

Promoting projects with access for disabled persons in nature protected sites

Ensuring access to information and education to all potential groups in need – regarding pollution, risk prevention, nature protection etc.

Promoting sustainable transport and improving public infrastructures

Operations funded through this TP will enable easier and cheaper commuting of citizens in remote areas for work or school.

Specific operations might be funded to take into account special needs of specific target groups

Encouraging tourism and natural and cultural heritage

Advantage for funding under this TP will be given to operations:

Promoting women’s entrepreneurship in tourism

Fostering cultural cooperation of minority groups

Enabling access to information and education to all interested groups and individuals respecting equal rights and opportunities

Enabling access for disabled persons in cultural sites and events

Fostering activities for children and youth in the cross-border region in order to promote social integration and cooperation

Enhancing competitiveness, business and SME development, trade and investment

All measures implemented under this TP will pay special attention to:

Promoting women’s entrepreneurship and self-employment

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Promoting youth entrepreneurship and self-employment

Inclusion of vulnerable groups (minorities, disabled, unemployed) in project activities such as training, entrepreneurial practice programmes etc.

Equality between men and women

Principle of gender equality will be implemented throughout the implementation of HU-SRB IPA II CBC

Programme 2014 – 2020 in all its phases:

Management of IPA II CBC Programme

Participation in project preparations and management

Access to all project activities and results

Additional affirmative measures promoting women’s rights and opportunities such as: women’s

entrepreneurship, access to education and training, participation in decision making etc.

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