Transcript Presentation of Cross-regional Partnerships in

Regions for Sustainable Change
Ministry of Regional Development
and Public Works Project
INTERREG IVC
Margarita Atanasova
DG “Regional Policy and Management
Systems”
INTERREG IVC
 Operational Programme INTERREG IVC
2007 - 2013 is a part of Objective 3 “European territorial cooperation” under
the EU Cohesion policy.
 INTERREG IVC enables cooperation
between regional and local authorities
from different countries in the EU27,
Norway and Switzerland. Partners from
other countries may join with their own
resources.
OBJECTIVES
The main objective of the programme is to
improve the effectiveness of the regional
development policy in the fields of
innovation, knowledge economy,
environment and risk prevention as well
as to contribute for the economic
modernization and the growth of the
European competitiveness
PRIORITIES
 Priority 1: Innovation and knowledge
economy (177 mln euros EFRD)
 Priority 2: Environment and risk
prevention (125 mln euros EFRD)
 Priority Technical assistance (EFRD
contribution - 19 mln euros);
BENEFICIERIES
In order to be eligible to EFRD funding
under INTERREG IVC, beneficiaries have
to be public authorities or bodies whose
expenditure is considered as public
expenditure. This applies especially to
bodies governed by public law.
The programme supports two
different types of interventions:
 Regional Initiative Projects initiated by
regional actors aiming to exchange
experience in a specific policy field in
order to identify good practice and to
develop new tools and approaches for
implementation.
 Capitalization, including Fast Track
projects in order to ensure hat good
practice identified, finds way into the
Convergence, Regional Competitiveness
and Employment and EU Territorial
Cooperation programmes.
BUDGET
The INTERREG IVC budget is 405 mln
euros, the contribution of EFRD is 321 mln
euros and the rest has to be covered by
the partners.
Contact unit
The national INTERREG IVC contact unit
is DG “Programming of the regional
development” in the Ministry of Regional
Development and Public Works
 Asia Hristova – tel. +359 2 94 05 307,
[email protected]
 Irina Rangelova – tel. +359 2 94 05 405,
[email protected]
 Stefan Cheshmedjiev – tel.+359 2 9405
400, [email protected]
Regions for Sustainable
Change – The partnership
 Regions for Sustainable Change (RSC) is
a three-year partnership of 12
organizations from eight EU member
states
 As RSC brings together regions at
different levels of preparedness to tackle
climate change, the partners are willing to
learn from one another, to exchange
experiences, and to share the results of
their efforts.
WHAT LIES BEHIND RSC?
 Type of intervention: Regional Initiative
Project
 Priority: Environment and risk prevention
 Sub-theme: Natural and technological
risks (including climate change)
 Partnership: 12 partners from 8 countries
 Duration: Oct 2008 – Sep 2011
 Total budget: 2,099,980.64 €
 Lead partner: REC for CEE
About the regions
The surveyed regions are diverse in terms
of population, size and economy. By far
the largest is Piedmont, Italy, with over 4
million inhabitants. Several regions have
between 1.5 and 3 million inhabitants —
Lower Silesia (Poland), Central Hungary
and the North Great Plain (Hungary),
South West Bulgaria and the Liguria and
Le Marche regions in Italy. Others have
just over 500,000 inhabitants (Cornwall,
UK) or fewer (Malta; La Rioja, Spain; and
Burgenland, Austria)
WHO WE ARE?
How it all began…
The idea behind the RSC project first
arose during the implementation of the
INTERREG IIIC project Greening
Regional Development Programmes
(GRDP), which ran from July 2004 to
October 2007.
How it all began…
In 2007, seven of the GRDP partners expressed
an interest in continuing the successful
cooperation. As climate change is a priority issue
for the regions, they decided to create a
partnership to promote the move towards a
lowcarbon economy in order to ensure economic,
social and environmental well-being. The
proposal was accepted and a total budget of
EUR 2,099,980.64 was approved. Project
activities were launched at a kick-off meeting
held in the REC Conference Center in December
2008.
What are the aims of the RSC
project?
 The overall objective is to develop the
regions’ potential to stimulate mitigation
and adaptation to climate change and to
promote sustainable socioeconomic
development.
 The project will help the regions to
achieve this goal by analysing current
regional practices and by providing
innovative tools and guidance to combat
climate change on a regional level.
What are the aims of the RSC
project?
 The capacities of regional authorities will
be built by the exchange of good practices
and experience on climate change risks
and options for mitigation and adaptation.
WHY THE PROJECT IS
IMPORTANT?
Climate change threatens socioeconomic development: the RSC
project support regions to tackle climate change through unlocking
the potential of regional development programmes.
Low-carbon investments pay in more ways than one: the RSC project
shows that low-carbon growth is not only an environmental
necessity, but also an economic and social opportunity.
Through regional networking and cooperation, the RSC project
stimulates innovative practical solutions for achieving low-carbon
economies on a regional level.
The RSC project builds capacity of regional authorities to focus on
innovative policy approaches and tools to combat climate change at
the regional level.
The RSC partnership will serve as a model for other regions,
promoting a Europe-wide shift to climate-friendly economies.
OUTPUTS
THE REGIONAL CLIMATE
CONFIDENCE INDEX
1. Greenhouse Gas
(GHG) Emissions
• GHG emissions per capita
• GHG intensity (ratio of GHG emissions to GDP)
2. Energy
Consumption
• Final Energy Consumption (FEC) per capita
• Energy intensity (ratio of energy consumption to GDP)
3. Renewable
Energy
• In energy production capacity
• In consumption
4. Policy
Frameworks
5. Institutional
Capacity
6. Socio-Political
Aspects
7. Financial
Instruments
• Measures the extent to which policy and planning
processes for climate change are in place
• The capacity and effectiveness of the regional
authorities to manage climate change issues
• Awareness and readiness of the population and key
stakeholder groups for climate change related actions
• For financing climate change-related measures
WHAT IS NEXT?
 A toolkit containing indicators and benchmarks for
tracking and measuring climate confidence (September
2010)
 A macro-economic analysis of three regions’ carbon
economies (March 2011)
 A capacity-building programme aimed at transfer of
good practices (2010 – 2011)
 A methodological handbook to support regions’ efforts
to become low-carbon regions (June 2011)
PROJECT SLOGAN AND LOGO
Slogan for the project:
Regions for Sustainable Change — Showing the way to
a low-carbon future (for European Regions)
Logo of the project:
“Time for change in direction.”
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1ST ISSUE OF THE NEWSLETTER
Finalized end of June
Distributed in mid -July
For the distribution, a
mailing list was developed
(with key stakeholders)
Currently cc. 600
newsletters distributed
Translated versions
(Bulgarian, German,
Hungarian, Italian,
Spanish) are in production
RSC WEBSITE –
www.rscproject.org
 Finalized design: June
 Website in place: September
 Content:
 About the project
 Partners Profile
 News
 Events
 Contacts
 Partner area
 Documents
 Forum
THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION!
Contacts and information:
Margarita Atanasova, coordinator of the RSC
project, MRDPW
[email protected],
[email protected]
TEL.: +359 2 9405406