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EUROPEAN REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT FUND
EU Interregional Cooperation
State of play and perspectives
Johanna Bähn | Finance Officer
Joint Technical Secretariat
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Content
1. INTERREG IVC state of play
2. Future of interregional cooperation
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1. INTERREG IVC state of play
1. INTERREG IVC programme
‘Learning by sharing’
Local / regional authorities access the experience of
others in Europe facing similar issues to improve their
practices / policies
in the fields of
Innovation and the
knowledge economy
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Environment and risk
prevention
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1. INTERREG IVC state of play
Eligible area
- EU 27
- Switzerland
- Norway
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1. INTERREG IVC state of play
Overview approved projects
204
2 274
projects
partners
90% of 271 NUTS 2
regions covered
All budget (302 M€) committed
Priority 1
Priority 2
Natural and
technological risks
Innovation, research
and technology
development
18 (16%)
37 (31%)
Water management
10 (12%)
16 (19%)
Entrepreneurship and
SMEs
Waste management
9 (11%)
20 (17%)
Information Society
38 (44%)
44 (36%)
Employment, human
capital and education
5 (6%)
7 (8%)
Biodiversity and
preservation of natural
heritage
Energy and sustainable
transport
Cultural heritage and
landscape
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1. INTERREG IVC state of play
Main achievements (as of June 2013)
Objective:
EU wide exchange of
experience / capacity building
Objective:
Identification / sharing /
transfer of good practices
Overall objective:
Improvement of regional and
local policies
90% of EU
NUTS 2
regions
covered
6,188
staff with
increased
capacity
349
‘spin-off
activities’
4,709
good practices
identified
403
successfully
transferred
2,037
policies
addressed
432
policies
improved
See illustrations of results in the programme’s annual report!
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1. INTERREG IVC state of play
Thematic Programme Capitalisation
To exploit and build on knowledge
from projects working on a similar topic
for the benefit of local and regional authorities all around Europe
Experienced thematic experts analyse projects in order to:
identify synergies & complementarities
discover innovative approaches & make them available
to all EU regions
draw policy recommendations for regional, national & EU
levels
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1. INTERREG IVC state of play
12 capitalisation topics
111 projects
Priority 1
Priority 2
Innovation Systems – 10
(triple helix & open innovation)
Innovation capacity of SMEs – 7
Eco-innovation – 7
Creative industries – 14
Climate change – 7
Energy efficiency – 12
Renewable energy – 7
Sustainable transport – 15
Entrepreneurship – 8
E-government services – 6
Demographic change – 9
CLUE participates in the
group ‘Climate change’
Rural development – 9
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Climate Change
7 projects tackling ‘Climate Change’
83 partners involved from 21 EU Member States
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1. INTERREG IVC state of play
METHOD
Cooperation with other initiatives and projects
Combination of research and regional partners
PARTNERSHIP
12 committed partners from
SE, IT, AT, DE, PL, EL, NL, ES,
UK with a very active and
reliable lead partner
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RESULTS
Around 80 good practices
identified,
Some first transfers initiated or
carried out
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2. Future of interregional cooperation
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Context
Few principle from the new regulations
• Concentrate resources to order to optimise the impact
• Result orientation
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Context
Regulation package 2014-2020
on interregional cooperation
• Link to EU cohesion policy
‘to reinforce the effectiveness of cohesion policy’
‘identification and dissemination of good practice with a view to its
transfer principally to operational programmes under the
investment for growth and jobs goal but also, where relevant, to
programmes under the European territorial cooperation goal’
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Thematic focus
Four themes
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Research &
innovation
SME
competitiveness
Low-carbon
economy
Environment &
resource efficiency
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INTERREG EUROPE rationale
Policy learning among public authorities
to improve performance of policies & programmes for regional development,
in particular Structural Funds programmes
EU Cohesion policy
Goal 1:
Investment for growth & jobs
EUR 340 billion
Goal 2:
European Territorial Cooperation
EUR 10.2 billion
INTERREG EUROPE
€
EUR 359 m
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INTERREG EUROPE rationale
Policy learning among public authorities
to improve performance of policies & programmes for regional development,
in particular Structural Funds programmes
EU Cohesion policy
Goal 1:
Investment for growth & jobs
EUR 340 billion
Goal 2:
European Territorial Cooperation
EUR 10.2 billion
INTERREG EUROPE
€
EUR 359 m
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Proposed actions
2 actions
Interregional Cooperation
Projects
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Policy Learning
Platforms
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Projects
A. Interregional cooperation projects
Main features
Definition
Interregional cooperation projects allow partners from different
countries to work together on a shared regional policy issue within
the scope of the selected investment priorities
Overall objective
to improve the effectiveness of the policies of the regions involved
in the project (in particular investment for growth and jobs goal
programmes)
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Projects
A. Interregional Cooperation Projects
Who should get involved?
Managing
Authorities
find tried and tested measures to implement
in your programme
Regional/local
authorities
share and implement good practices coming
from across Europe
Agencies,
institutes…
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get involved with your policymakers and
contribute to better policy implementation
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Projects
A. Interregional Cooperation Projects
1. Implementation in 2 phases
Phase 1
Phase 2
Policy exchange of experience (1 to 3 years)
ending up with production of 1 Action Plan / Region
Monitoring of the Action Plan’s implementation +
possible pilot actions (up to 2 years)
2. Creation of ‘local stakeholder groups’
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Future cooperation area
30 countries
- EU 28
- Norway
- Switzerland
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Platforms
B. Policy Learning Platforms
EU-wide capacity building on:
Innovation
SME competitiveness
Low-carbon economy
Resource efficiency
1 service provider per thematic objective via:
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Online collaborative tool
+
Expert team
With relevant functionalities
Content and coordination role
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2 interrelated actions
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Future 2014+
Programming timeline
June 2012
Dec 2013
May 2014
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INTERREG EUROPE Programming Committee set up
Adoption of legislative package &
agreement on budget 2014-2020
New programme & budget adopted by Partner States
September 2014
submission of the programme to the EC
End of 2014
approval of the programme by the EC
December 2014
INTERREG EUROPE launch event Bologna
Spring 2015
First call for project proposals expected
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For more information, please, follow us on:
interreg4c.eu/interreg-europe
facebook.com/interreg4c
twitter.com/interreg4c
changing-regions.eu
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Thank you for your attention!
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