Transcript Building a Rural Power Pack together

Interreg IV B
North Sea Project
Vital Rural Area
An overview
www.vitalruralarea.eu
Project organisation
13 partner regions from 6 North Sea
countries (N, NL, B, DK, D, UK)
Lead partner: NOFA (NL)
Scientific team and scientific group
University of South Denmark (DK)
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (NL)
University of East Anglia, Norwich (UK)
Project management
Peter Laan / Wietse Hermanns
Project finances
Budget (2009-2014)
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Total funding
ERDF funding
Cofinancing partners
€ 7,7 Mio
€ 3,85 Mio
€ 3,85 Mio
Scope of the project and
content basis
To find strategies to fortify rural areas by:
1) Enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs
by empowerment of SMEs towards new economical
prospects and innovations
2) Improving the overall perception of the region
by branding towards a professional exposure of regions
3) Delivering more and better services
by optimizing services, towards more and better
accessible services and amenities
Outcome of the project
43 ‘best practice’ project cases
Fitting into one of the
7 Vital themes
Tuning project information
towards sustainability
Pilot projects are described in a uniform project format
with emphasis on project analysis
A key question list is added to each of the projects
focusing on the applicability and integrative value
of the project results for the region as a whole
This includes a check on sustainability by applying the
Triple P-approach (People, Planet, Profit)
The Rural Power Pack
Based on the project results and scientific knowledge
the Rural Power Pack was developed:
o A general working method/standard for tackling rural
problems commonly encountered in rural areas
o Tested transnationally on its transferability to other regions
o Offering tools and instruments to be used in other regions
The Rural Power Pack
Example Rural Power Pack
methodology
Process approach
The Cooperative Agreement Approach (CAA)
o tested and implemented in most of the projects executed
o used as common standard for Public Private Partnership
Consisting of two main characteristics:
1) The gathering together of all potential partners in the
region (local, regional, public, private, different
sectors, knowledge institutes)
2) Facilitating a process based on respecting responsibilities
and knowledge that brings together energy,
creativity and budgets (EU, public, private)
Cooperative Agreement Approach
Dissemination of project results
Dissemination of results (2013-2014) over a
web-based structure by:
o appealing presentation of results (uniform project
format, “story telling” form)
o connecting to networks and projects throughout EU 27
o aiming for interactive growth of knowledge by sharing
project results and experiences
o adding results from other projects and programmes
How to test the applicability of
project results elsewhere?
The Vital Rural Area ‘team’