Transcript INTERREG IVC - Power Programme

EUROPEAN REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT FUND
Insight into interregional cooperation
Irma Astrauskaitė| Communication Officer
Benoît Dalbert| Project Officer
Joint Technical Secretariat
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21 September 2011, Brussels
Summary
1. Reminder on the programme’s context
2. Programme state of play
3. First programme achievements
4. Concluding words on the POWER project
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1. Programme context
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1. Programme context
EU Cohesion and Regional Policy
Reducing disparities
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REGIONAL / NATIONAL
PROGRAMMES
1. Programme context
EU Cohesion and Regional Policy
Objective 1:
Convergence
Objective 2:
Regional Competitiveness and
Employment
81.54%
15.95%
€ 282.8 billion
€ 55 billion
Objective 3:
European Territorial Cooperation
2.52%
€ 8.7 billion
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1. Programme context
Objective 3: European Territorial Cooperation
INTERREG
INTERREG: 3 strands and 67 different programmes
A
B
C
Cross-border
transnational
interregional
networking
53
programmes
€ 1.8
billion
13
programmes
1
programme
3
programmes
6
€ 6.5
billion
INTERREG
IVC
€ 321M
URBACT
INTERact
ESPON
€ 134M
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1. Programme context
INTERREG IVC main features
Eligible area:
- EU 27
- Switzerland & Norway
ERDF funding: € 300 m
2 priorities
- Innovation & knowledge economy
- Environment and risk prevention
2 types of interventions
- Regional Initiative Project
- Capitalisation Project
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1. Programme context
Programme rationale
“Learning by sharing”
INTERREG IVC allows local and regional policy-makers to
access the experience of others in Europe facing similar
issues in order to renew their practices / strategies / policies
 Mainly dedicated to local and regional authorities
 Core focus on the exchange of experience
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2. Programme state of play
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2. Programme state of play
4 calls for proposals
organised
TOTAL:
1357 (+355)
applications
~14 000
project partners
1002 (+29)
applications
973 (+481)
applications
Regional
Initiative
Projects
492
applications
Launch of
the
Programme
2007
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Both
types of
Projects
Both
types of
Projects
1st Call
2nd Call
2008
2009
Capitalisation
Projects
3rd Call
2010
4th Call
2011
2012
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2013
2. Programme state of play
Applicants per country – all calls
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2. Programme state of play
Approved Projects
122
projects
71 projects in priority 1
51 projects in priority 2
1 332
partners
BUDGET, EUR
82%
of EU NUTS 2
regions
represented
100M
202M
committed
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remaining
2. Programme state of play
INTERREG IVC projects related to
Energy and Sustainable transport
• 19 approved projects:
- 6 Climate change
- 5 Energy efficiency
- 5 Sustainable public transport
- 3 Other
For a total of 226 partners coming from all EU
Member States, also Switzerland and Norway
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2. Programme state of play
Programme new development
‘Capitalisation at programme level’
to better exploit the knowledge resulting from
projects working on a similar topic
up to 12 topics
covered
ageing population
entrepreneurship
cultural
industries
climate change
sustainable transport
renewable energy
Approved in June 2011 by the Monitoring Committee with a start planned in 2012
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3. First programme achievements
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2. Results and achievements
Exchange of experience / match experiences
Outputs of the 41 first call projects
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1,639
Regional
Initiative
projects
staff members
with increased
capacity
6
Capitalisation
projects
16
1,121
good practices
identified
Average of
40
per project
Exchange of
experience
results in
23
‘spin off’
activities
Average of
32
per project
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sucesfully
transfered
3. Programme achievements
Examples of transfer under Priority 1
Project:
Practice:
‘Summer entrepreneur’ – Stimulate entrepreneurial
mindset among young people through the creation
of their own business during summer vacation
From: Mid Sweden region
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To: Flevoland region (NL)
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3. Programme achievements
MINI-EUROPE example: main results
- 1 practice transferred (‘mainstreamed’) (2 other transfers
planned in North West England and Veneto)
- Participation of 38 young people
- Creation of one business
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3. Programme achievements
Examples of transfer under Priority 2
Project:
Practice:
‘Walk to school’ – Encourage school children to
walk to school rather than travel by car
From:
Borrough of Bromley (UK)
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To:
Frankfurt am Main (DE)
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3. Programme achievements
PIMMS TRANSFER example
Results: - 1 practice transferred (partly financed by IVC)
- 15 schools and 3,000 pupils involved
- 40 tonnes CO2 (and 19,200 litres of oil) saved
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3. Programme achievements
Improvement of regional and local policies
Outputs of the 41 first call projects
50
national/regional/local
policies improved
42
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Priority I
Priority II
INNOVATION
ENVIRONMENT
12%
66%
of policies addressed
are already improved
(50 out of 423)
of policies addressed
in Capitalisation
projects are improved
(34 out of 56)
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3. Programme achievements
Example of policy improvements (INNOVATION)
Sub-theme: Information society
Project:
Partner concerned:
Bologna Municipality
(IT)
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Policy improved:
Revision of the Emilia
Romagna Regional
Telematic Plan 20112013 which now
includes the ‘Guidelines
for Local Wireless
Communities’ coming
from PIKE
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3. Programme achievements
Example of policy improvements (ENVIRONMENT)
Sub-theme: Natural and technological risks, climate change
Project:
Partner concerned:
Regional Environment
Centre for Eastern
Europe (SK)
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Policy improved:
Revision of the Emilia
Romagna Regional Telematic
Plan 2011-2013 which now
includes the ‘Guidelines for
Local Wireless Communities’
coming from PIKE
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3. Programme achievements
1st call Capitalisation Projects: financial commitment
Achievements of the first call Capitalisation Projects
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Projects
IVC ERDF spent
(EUR)
Leverage
effect
Amount dedicated to the
implementation of
practices (EUR)
B3 Regions
ERIK ACTION
ESF6 CIA
1,525,947
1,418,440
935,661
x 307
x 17
x 55
= 468,612,500
= 24,561,200
= 51,300,000
ICHNOS PLUS
734,183
x 0.9
= 687,800
PIKE
RAPIDE
TOTAL
1,146,295
1,194,558
6,955,084
x6
x 18
x 82
= 7,272,900
= 21,210,460
573,644,800
TOTAL
(without B3
Regions)
5,429,137
x 19
105,032,300
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4. POWER project
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4. POWER
Project strength : clear relevance to INTERREG IVC
• European added-value of the issue tackled: low
carbon economy in the context of climate change
• A focus on the exchange of experience at policy
level which is also reflected at sub-project level
• Quality of partnership:
• A majority of partners are public authorities
• Good geographical coverage: 7 partners from all
4 corners of Europe, including 2 new MS
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4. POWER
Project strength :
quality of approach and deliverables
• Efficient communication strategy (e.g. video)
• 9 approved sub-projects of high quality
• Exchange of experience also between partners with
1 policy improved (IT) and other results expected soon
• First results:
69 staff members with increased capacity
4 spin-off activities incl. CO2 calculator
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Thank you for your attention!
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