Murcia, 27 Nov. 2007 EU INTERREGIONAL COOPERATION PROGRAMME: INTERREG IVC Introduction to programme...

Murcia, 27 Nov. 2007

EU INTERREGIONAL COOPERATION PROGRAMME:INTERREG IVC

Introduction to programme & application process

Elena del Rey

Dirección General de Economía- Conselleria de Economía y Hacienda

Generalitat Valenciana

Info Point Sur INTERREG IVC

Autoridad de Gestión INTERREG IIIC Sur

Murcia, 27 de Noviembre de 2007


OverviewOverview

1. Programme Structure

2. Development/Tools

3. Application

4. Assessment

5. Decision


1. Programme Structure1. Programme Structure

INTERREG IIIC versus INTERREG IVC

321 MEUR ERDF

Cofinancing up to 75%/85%

One programme:

1 Managing Authority (Région Nord-Pas de Calais), 1 Audit Authority, 1 Certifying Authority

1 JTS in Lille and 4 Information Points in Rostock, Katowice (with support from Vienna), Valencia and Lille

Focus on Lisbon and Gothenburg Agendas

2 Types of Interventions

315 MEUR ERDF

Cofinancing up to 50% (up to 75% for Objective 1 Regions)

Four programmes: 4 Managing, 4 Audit and 4 Paying Authorities

4 JTS

All themes of regional and local public activities

3 Types of Operations

INTERREG IVCINTERREG IIIC


1. Programme Structure1. Programme Structure

1. Regional Initiative Projects: “classical approach”

Intensity of cooperation

Partnership: at least 3 countries 2 MS; 8-20;3-8 p.

Duration: 36 m. recommended

Budget: ERDF €500.000- 5M€

INTERREG IVC - Types of intervention


1. Programme Structure 1. Programme Structure

2. Capitalisation Projects (including Fast Track Projects)

Aim: transfer of regional development god practices into mainstream EU SF Programmes

Partnership: at least 3 countries 2 MS; 6-10 c. Relevant bodies responsible for monitoring OP

Duration: 24 m. recommended

Budget: ERDF €300.000- 3M€

Fast Track Projects: additional EC assistance offered

30 possible themes of the RfEC Initiative defined

INTERREG IVC - Types of intervention (II)


INTERREG IVC – Management structures

1. Programme structure


Information points• Rostock (IBSH), Germany:

Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Norway;

• Katowice (MRD), Poland, with support from the City of Vienna: Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania;

• Valencia (GV), Spain: Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain

• Lille (RNPC), France: Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Switzerland

1. Programme structure


2. Development2. Development

Tools provided by the JTS and the Information Points (IPs)

• Website www.interreg4c.net

• Events

• Consultations

• Application Pack

• Project idea database:

• Brochures, leaflets and articles in relevant media


3. Application3. Application

Application Pack

• Programme Manual: (found at www.interreg4c.net)

• Programme information

• Project development

• Application & selection

• Project implementation

• Project closure

• Application Form: (found at www.interreg4c.net)

• Activities Timeplan

• Co-financing Statement



Application Form

• General instruction

• Checklist

• Project summary

• Detailed project description

• Components

• Budget

• Partnership



Activities Timeplan



Co-financing Statement



Time table:

• 21 September 2007: Opening of first call (Lisbon)

• 15 January 2008: Deadline for submission of

applications first call to Lille-FR

• June 2008 (provisional) Opening of second call

• October 2008 (provisional) Deadline for submission of

applications second call


4. Assessment4. Assessment

Assessment of applications

• Eligibility Check

• Quality Check



Eligibility Check (by JTS)

• Application Form submitted in due time

• Application is complete

• Application is fully and properly filled

• All Co-financing Statements are correctly filled and printed

• Partnership from a min of three countries, from which at least two partners must be from EU Member States and financed by the INTERREG IVC programme

• Mini-programmes: max of eight partners



Quality Check (by JTS and external experts)

1) Relevance of the proposal

2) Coherence of the proposal

3) Quality of results

4) Quality of management

5) Quality of partnership

6) Budget and finance

• Content related

• Implementation related



Scoring system

• Not eligible (Information to MC and Lead Applicant)

• Eligible

0 Knock out (objective of the project can not be fulfilled)

1 Very poor2 Poor3 Adequate4 Good5 Excellent

• Eligibility Check

• Quality Check



Time table for the approval of first call for proposals (provisional):

• By end Feb 2008: Eligibility Check (JTS)

• By end May 2008: Quality Check (JTS-Experts

Pool)

• By end June 2008: Decision MC


5. Decision5. Decision

MC decision

• Two-thirds majority of Member States present needed

• Majority must include votes of countries having a Partner on its territory.


5. Decision5. Decision

MC decision

• Approval without condition

• Approval with conditions

• Rejection


FinalFinal

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