Transcript Diapozitiv 1

ALPINE SPACE 2000 - 2013
Kranj, 12.12. 2007
Margarita Jančič
MOP - DEZI
OP
The Programme shall provide for:
• an active contribution to the achievement of the
Lisbon objectives and Gothenburg priorities by
EU cohesion policy
• give impulses with regard to the objectives of
growth, employment, competitiveness,
equality and sustainability
The main goals of the new
Programme
- increase competitiveness and attractiveness
of the cooperation area
- maintaine quality of life with regard to specific
problems and requirements of the Alpine
Space
Goals, objectives and priorities shall
contribute
- to foster the specific strengths
- to make use of the opportunities
- to reduce the identified weaknesses and
threats of the Alpine Space
Three selected topics in the period
2007-2013
• competitiveness and attractiveness of the
Alpine Space
• accessibility and connectivity
• environment and risk prevention
Analyses
• of the cooperation area
• the framework conditions as set out by the
European Union
• the experience from the previous
programme;the results of projects, the midterm evaluation and the “Prospective Study”
Proactive approach
• to ensure that projects contribute to the
realisation of the programme objectives to
• achieve stronger involvement of the different
key actors
Summary of trends challenging the
Programme – SWOT Analysis
STRENGTHS
GROWTH,
COMPETITIVENESS
AND INNOVATION
Basis for sustainable
growth
Economic assets
Territorial balance of
growth
Environmental
sustainability
Social sustainability
and human capital
Economic resources
Major tourism destination and
strong tourism economy in the
Alpine core.
Environment as a key productive
factor.
WEAKNESSES
OPPORTUNITIES
THREATS
Sectoral and territorial weaknesses
apparent: agriculture, tourism.
Alpine productive cultures and
networks as factors of adaptability
and assets for growth.
Threats on tourism: climate
change, competition, increasing
structural costs (accessibility,
environment, water etc.), sensitivity
to economic downturns.
Some Alpine core areas rely too
much on certain sectors (industry,
tourism, agriculture).
Adverse environmental impact of
tourism in the Alpine core.
Development of innovative
products, based on local
resources (agro-food,
construction techniques etc.).
Tourism offer diversification with a
wider range of products on wider
seasonal basis.
Development of other activities in
territories relying heavily on single
activities (e.g.industry or tourism)
Changing energy paradigm.
STRENGHTS
- Major tourism destination and strong
tourism economy in the Alpine core
- Environment as a key productive factor
WEAKNESSES
• Sectoral and territorial weaknesses
apparent: agriculture, tourism
Some Alpine core areas rely too much on certain sectors (industry, tourism, agriculture).
• Some Alpine core areas rely too much on
certain sectors (industry, tourism,
• agriculture).
• Adverse environmental impact of tourism in
the Alpine core.
OPPORTUNITIES
• Tourism offer diversification with a wider
range of products on wider seasonal basis
• Development of other activities in territories
relying heavily on single activities
(e.g.industry or tourism)
THREATS
• Threats on tourism: climate change,
competition, increasing structural costs
(accessibility, environment, water etc.),
sensitivity to economic downturns.
• Possible downturns in some economic sectors
(industry or tourism).
• Increased micro-territorial discrepancies,
especially in the Alpine core, threaten
economic cohesion
Programme Strategy
• Enhancing endogenous potentials
• Capitalisation of experiences and results
Guiding Principles
• Innovation-oriented approach
• Integrated approach
• Mountain oriented approach
Strategic Dimension of the
Programme
- the main aim of transnational cooperation is to
increase cooperation across partner states on
matters of strategic importance
- to foster the specific strengths and exploit the
existing opportunities of the cooperation area
whereby weaknesses and threats should be
overcome
Added value
• dealing with the identified key issues, thus
contributing to the overall Community goal of
territorial cohesion;
• the programme shall concentrate on finding
common and innovative solutions to concrete
stakeholders’ needs
• transnational approach
Improvements
• the content of projects from the point of view of
strategic relevance for the cooperation area
• the procedural point of view of project
development
Special efforts
• to bring key actors or the various relevant fields
together
• to stimulate the creation of (new) transnational
and/or interdisciplinary networks and
partnerships
• to involve non institutional actors
Project generation and
implementation
• two-fold-approach is foreseen
aiming at balancing bottom-up and top down generated projects
ACP+ JTS support
• two step application procedure - tool to support this
two-fold approach
Priorities
Competitiveness and
Attractiveness of the Alpine Space
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Strengthening
innovation
capabilities
of
SMEs ,
creating
appropriate environments for their
development and fostering stable
cooperation between R&D
centres
and SMEs

Increasing the human potentials
for innovation
and sustainable
economic growth

Enhancing development options
based on traditional sectors and
cultural heritage

Strengthening the role of urban
areas as engines for sustainable
development

Strengthening rural -urban relations
and the development of peripheral
areas

Facilitating the participation of all
social groups in economic, cultural
and social activities
Accessibility and
Communication

Securing a fair access to public
services,
transport,
information,
communication and knowledge
infrastructure
within
the
programme area;

Promoting and improving access
and use of existing infrastructures
in
order
to
optimise
the
economical and social benefits,
and
to
reduce
environmental
consequences;

Enhancing connectivity for the
reinforcement
of
polycentric
territorial patterns and for laying
the basis for a knowledge
-driven
and information society;

Promoting
sustainable
and
innovative mobility models with
specific regard to environmental,
human health and equality related
issues;

Mitigating
the
consequences
of
crossing the Alps
negative
traffic
flows
Environment and Risk Prevention

Enhancing
cooperation
environmental protection issues
in

Stimulating
integrated
approaches
to
planning
and
management of natural resources
and cultural landscape

Stimulating the development of
resources efficiency with respect to
water, energy, land use, raw
materials
and
other
natural
resources

Coping with the effects of climate
change

Predicting,
mitigating
and
managing the impacts of natural
and technological hazards