Transcript presentation of Dr Moraitou

EUROPEAN REGIONAL
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Introducing INTERREG IVC
Programme
Over the 2007-2013 programming
period
HELLENIC REPUBLIC
MINISTRY OF CITIZEN PROTECTION
GENERAL SECRETARIAT FOR CIVIL PROTECTION
Athens, 27/5/2010
Dr. IOULIA MORAITOU
ADVISOR TO THE SECRETARY GENERAL
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History
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First INTERREG Community Initiative launched in
1990
Second programming period 1994-1999 –
INTERREG II (merging REGEN & INTERREG)
Third programming period 2000-2006 – INTERREG
III (still on-going – 3 strands)
NOW – fourth period but with INTERREG as a full
Structural Fund Objective – European Territorial
Cooperation (same 3 strands kept)
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For the 2007-2013 period, INTERREG IV has now
become the third Objective of EU Cohesion Policy:
the "European Territorial Cooperation" objective. €
8.7 billion is available for this objective, which is
again divided between three strands: € 6.44 billion
for cross-border, € 1.83 billion for transnational
and € 445 million for inter-regional cooperation.
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How is it organised ?
• 3 strands:
1. Cross-border cooperation for direct cooperation
between areas separated by a border
2. Transnational cooperation for activities improving
integration within a specific space
(e.g. North Sea, Northern Periphery)
3. Interregional cooperation to exchange experience
and good practice in regional development policies
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The geographical scope for the new
Interregional Cooperation (INTERREG IVC)
Programme includes the entire EU-27 as well
as Norway and Switzerland.
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Interreg IV C 2007-13
– Single programme covering EU-27 + Norway +
Switzerland (no more zoning as in 2000-06)
– A vehicle for Regions for Economic Change
– Fast Track to optimise the transfer of experience
and knowledge between regions
– Networks between regional actors across Europe
and across different objectives of Structural Policy
to identify and transfer good practice
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The overall objective of the
Interregional Cooperation Programme is to:
To improve the effectiveness of regional
development policies and to contribute to
economic modernization and increased
competitiveness in Europe in the areas of
innovation, knowledge economy, environment and
risk prevention by means of interregional
cooperation.
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the Interregional Cooperation Programme is high up
in the ‘hierarchy’ of programmes in that it set a broad
framework for interregional cooperation.
Interreg is designed to strengthen economic and social
cohesion in the European Union by promoting
interregional cooperation across the entire EU
territory and neighboring countries.
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The principal types of actions to be cofinanced are therefore likely to involve
large-scale information exchange and
sharing of experiences (networks) as well
as some pilot actions.
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Like other EU structural funds, it is destined
to contribute to the realization of the Lisbon
and Gothenburg strategies.
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One of the two thematic priority axes for
funding under INTERREG IVC is the
environment and risk prevention (the other
one being innovation/knowledge economy).
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Lets focus now on the cross cutting area
of environment and civil protection:
Natural and manmade disasters pose
considerable challenges to sustainable
development in Europe today.
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“The existing links between civil protection and
environmental policies should be reinforced in
order to take full advantage of the preventive
measures included in environmental legislation
and ensure an integrated EU approach to
disaster prevention and mitigation.”
COM(2008) 130 final “on Reinforcing the Union's Disaster Response Capacity”
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The SEA of the Interregional Cooperation Programme
(INTERREG IVC) has been carried out in accordance with the
requirements of the SEA Directive 2001/42/EC.
The SEA is designed to ensure that the ‘likely significant
effects on the environment of implementing the plan or
programme, and of reasonable alternatives, are identified,
described, evaluated and taken into account before the
programme is adopted.’
This information is coming out of the non technical summary of the Environmental Report required
under the SEA Directive.
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There is evidence of a growing vulnerability to disasters
as the worsening conditions of climate change may
increase the destruction of human life, ecosystems and
infrastructures”.
The types of disaster that EU countries face depends to
some extend on their geography and climate and as
result many MS have built up different response expertise
and experiences.
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http://www.eos-eu.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=VVjFrzJskIk=&tabid=227
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Climate Adaptation and the specific objectives of prevention and
disaster risk reduction. The role of INTERREG IVC
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EU's Green Paper – Adapting to climate change in
Europe – stresses the increased risks of damage to
people, infrastructure and environment in the EU due to
climate change and draws attention to the need for early
action and policy response in Europe.
“Assessing the Potential for a Comprehensive Community Strategy for the prevention of Natural and Manmade Disasters”,
COWI Final Report, March 2008.
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The risks vary among regions in the EU
as well as among Member States,
and
Member States are thus put in different "risk positions".
This may have a negative impact
on European Cohesion.
“Assessing the Potential for a Comprehensive Community Strategy for the prevention of Natural and Manmade Disasters”,
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COWI Final Report, March 2008.
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This implies a need for improving disaster and crisis
management and for disaster prevention, preparedness,
response and recovery to be even more of a priority for
Member States.
“Assessing the Potential for a Comprehensive Community Strategy for the prevention of Natural and Manmade Disasters”,
COWI Final Report, March 2008.
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In conclusion ,
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The drivers for new prevention approaches are:
the understanding that the overall risk picture is
changing
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that countries which have experienced significant
disasters with losses of lives and or economic values
over the last decade, focus in priority the improvement
of disaster and crisis management
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Therefore,
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Let’s join forces and build capacity for local adaptation
to climate change
Let’s create long term institutional learning within civil
protection institutions in the wake of extreme weather
events
Let’s develop knowledge for more effective, long term,
proactive measures that will reduce the vulnerability of
society to extreme weather events.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
YOUR ATTENTION
IOULIA MORAITOU
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