Il Programma Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE: risultati, success...
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Il Programma Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE: risultati, success stories e prospettive
Luca Ferrarese | Head of the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Joint Secretariat
“Giornata della Cooperazione Europea - EC DAY 2018”
Venice | 24 September 2018
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TRANSNATIONAL COOPERATION IN EUROPE� EUR 1.8 bn ERDF
(20,36 % of Interreg)
(0,56 % of CoPol)
� 6.687 projects*(at 12.09.2018)
� 64.185 partners*(at 12.09.2018)
� IT � larger share*
*Source: keep.eu
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THE INTERREG CENTRAL EUROPE PROGRAMME
� 85 projects funded in 2 calls
� 160 m EUR allocated (70 %)
� 900+ partners involved
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NETWORKS ESTABLISHED (after 2 calls)
� 90 % of CE regions
are cooperating
� Strong cooperation
North-South and
East-West
� Peripheral regions
are well connected
to the CE core
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FINANCIAL PERFORMANCES (Sept-2018)
All Interreg programmes Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE
Source: https://cohesiondata.ec.europa.eu/
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WHAT COMES NEXT
The third call will soon bring new funding to central European regions:
at least 60 mEUR ERDF
� decision for funding on 15-16.01.2019
A fourth call (experimental) will be launched in 2019:
with the remaining (limited) funds
� more information in October 2018
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LOOKING AT THE FUTURE
� EC proposed a reduced budget for Interreg post-2020 � less programmes by:
o Allowing only one single CBC programme per land border
o Integrating maritime CBC into transnational sea-basin programmes
o Discontinuing Interreg Europe and URBACT
o Possibly, discontinuing some transnational programmes
� The notion of “functional areas” has been introduced � programmes are to be
designed for “covering contiguous functional areas” (Article 5(1) ETC Reg.)
EC DG-REGIO put the Interreg
CENTRAL EUROPE Programme in question
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WHAT IS A FUNCTIONAL AREA?
� Which criteria make an area “functional”? And at which territorial level?
� No commonly accepted definition…
� …however a precise and relevant one comes from CEMAT (Council of Europe
Conference of Ministers responsible for Spatial Planning):
A A functional area is a cohesive territory that operates politically and/or socially
and/or economically as a whole or as a system. Therefore, a functional area is
defined by a structure of interactions that occurs in several territorial
administrative units (…) that work together and are linked e.g. by transportation,
communications, economic activities or natural conditions, as well as through
common challenges and features.(17th session of CEMAT. Bucharest, 3 November 2017)
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IS CENTRAL EUROPE A FUNCTIONAL AREA?
� 9 countries:(AT, CZ, DE, HR, HU, IT, PL, SK, SI)
� 76 regions
� 146 million inhabitants
� 8 cities > 1 million inhabitants
� Industrial core of the EU
(industrial transformation)
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SHARED CHALLENGES IN CE
Old and new divides along the
north-south and east-west axes
are still shared challenges for
central European regions
Regional competitiveness index (2016) Quality of government index (2017)
7th Cohesion Report)
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Old and new divides along the
north-south and east-west axes
are still shared challenges for
central European regions
Electricity generated from renewable sources (2015)
Electricity generated from hard coal and lignite (2015)
SHARED CHALLENGES IN CE
7th Cohesion Report)
Disintegration drivers against
EU cohesion are in place
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TERRITORIAL COHESION ON THE GROUND IN CEShared values and a common identity generate strong networks and territorial integration on the ground
Partners in CE 2007-13 projects Network analysis of CE 2007-2013 transport projects
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Is a functional area also a “functioning” region?
� A transnational functional area is often identified with a geographical feature (a mountain chain, a river, a sea)
� However there are transnational regions sharing economic, social and cultural
features rooted in a common history and, at the same time, facing the same challenges (even without a common physical element)
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� Territorial coherence goes well beyond physical features and administrative
borders therefore…
� …functional areas should be defined following a holistic (yet rigorous and
coherent) approach, i.e. considering shared economic features, flows of goods
and people beyond borders, shared societal challenges (e.g. migration), common
identity � cohesive regions
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