INTERREG V-A SLOVAKIA – HUNGARY COOPERATION PROGRAMME 2014-2020 VERSION 4.0 - APPROVED ON 30 JULY 2020 1 INTERREG V-A SLOVAKIA – HUNGARY COOPERATION PROGRAMME CCI 2014TC16RFCB015 Title (Interreg V-A) SK-HU - Slovakia-Hungary Version 4.0 First year 2014 Last year 2020 Eligible from 01-Jan-2014 Eligible until 31-Dec-2023 Major amendment (requiring EC approval - cf. Art. 96 CPR) Approved by monitoring committee The temporary increase of the co-financing rate to 100% in all priority axes is to ease burden due to COVID-19 crisis. Justification for amendment Detailed justification can be found in the attached position paper. EC decision number C(2020)5294 EC decision date 30-July-2020 MS amending decision number MS amending decision date 13-July-2020 MS amending decision entry into force date 13-July-2020 NUTS regions covered by the HU101 - Budapest cooperation programme HU102 - Pest 2 INTERREG V-A SLOVAKIA – HUNGARY COOPERATION PROGRAMME HU212 - Komárom-Esztergom HU221 - Győr-Moson-Sopron HU311 - Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén HU312 - Heves HU313 - Nógrád HU323 - Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg SK010 - Bratislavský kraj SK021 - Trnavský kraj SK023 - Nitriansky kraj SK032 - Banskobystrický kraj SK042 - Košický kraj 3 INTERREG V-A SLOVAKIA – HUNGARY COOPERATION PROGRAMME Table of content TABLE OF CONTENT .......................................................................................................................................... 4 1. STRATEGY FOR THE COOPERATION PROGRAMME’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNION STRATEGY FOR SMART, SUSTAINABLE AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND THE ACHIEVEMENT OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND TERRITORIAL COHESION ...................................................................................................................................................... 56 1.1 STRATEGY FOR THE COOPERATION PROGRAMME’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNION STRATEGY FOR SMART, SUSTAINABLE AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND TERRITORIAL COHESION ...................................... 56 1.2 JUSTIFICATION FOR THE FINANCIAL ALLOCATION ................................................................................................. 2930 2. PRIORITY AXES ....................................................................................................................................... 3435 2.A DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIORITY AXES OTHER THAN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ........................................ 3435 2.B DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIORITY AXES FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE .......................................................................... 8788 3. FINANCING PLAN .................................................................................................................................... 9293 3.1 FINANCIAL APPROPRIATION FROM THE ERDF (IN €) ........................................................................................... 9293 4. INTEGRATED APPROACH TO TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT ..................................................................... 9596 4.1 COMMUNITY-LED LOCAL DEVELOPMENT (WHERE APPROPRIATE) ........................................................................... 9697 4.2 INTEGRATED ACTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT (WHERE APPROPRIATE) ............................................ 9697 4.3 INTEGRATED TERRITORIAL INVESTMENT (ITI) (WHERE APPROPRIATE) ..................................................................... 9697 4.4 CONTRIBUTION OF PLANNED INTERVENTIONS TOWARDS MACRO-REGIONAL AND SEA BASIN STRATEGIES, SUBJECT TO THE NEEDS OF THE PROGRAMME AREA AS IDENTIFIED BY THE RELEVANT MEMBER STATES AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT, WHERE APPLICABLE, STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN THOSE STRATEGIES (WHERE APPROPRIATE) ....................................... 9798 5. IMPLEMENTING PROVISIONS FOR THE COOPERATION PROGRAMME .................................................. 99100 5.1 RELEVANT AUTHORITIES AND BODIES ............................................................................................................. 99100 THE BODY TO WHICH PAYMENTS WILL BE MADE BY THE COMMISSION IS: .................................................................... 99100 6. COORDINATION ................................................................................................................................. 114116 6.1 COORDINATION WITH THE OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMES OF THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS OF HUNGARY AND SLOVAKIA .................................................................................................................................................................. 114116 6.2 MECHANISMS TO ENSURE COORDINATION WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION STRATEGY FOR THE DANUBE REGION ........... 118120 7. REDUCTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN FOR BENEFICIARIES ......................................................... 120122 7.1 ASSESSMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN OF BENEFICIARIES ..................................................................... 120122 7.2 MAIN ACTIONS PLANNED TO REDUCE THE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN .................................................................. 120122 8. HORIZONTAL PRINCIPLES ................................................................................................................... 121123 8.1 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ..................................................................................................................... 121123 8.2 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND NON-DISCRIMINATION ........................................................................................ 123125 8.3 EQUALITY BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN ........................................................................................................ 125127 9. SEPERATE ELEMENTS .......................................................................................................................... 126128 9.1 MAJOR PROJECTS TO BE IMPLEMENTED DURING THE PROGRAMMING PERIOD ...................................................... 126128 9.2 PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK OF THE COOPERATION PROGRAMME .................................................................... 126128 9.3 RELEVANT PARTNERS INVOLVED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE COOPERATION PROGRAMME .................................... 127129 4 INTERREG V-A SLOVAKIA – HUNGARY COOPERATION PROGRAMME 9.4 APPLICABLE PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, PROGRAMMING, MONITORING, EVALUATION AND CONTROL OF THE PARTICIPATION OF THIRD COUNTRIES IN TRANSNATIONAL AND INTERREGIONAL PROGRAMMES THROUGH A CONTRIBUTION OF ENI AND IPA RESOURCES ................................................................. 134136 1. STRATEGY FOR THE COOPERATION PROGRAMME’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNION STRATEGY FOR SMART, SUSTAINABLE AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND THE ACHIEVEMENT OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND TERRITORIAL COHESION 1.1 Strategy for the cooperation programme’s contribution to the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and to the achievement of economic, social and territorial cohesion 1.1.1 Description of the cooperation programme’s strategy for contributing to the delivery of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and for achieving economic, social and territorial cohesion. The context of the Interreg V-A Slovakia-Hungary In the 2014-2020 programming period of the European Union, the cohesion policy is the main investment instrument for supporting the main priorities of the Union as envisaged in the Europe 2020 Strategy, i.e. smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and linked targets. The European Territorial Cooperation is one of the goals of cohesion policy and provides a framework for cooperation on internal borders of the EU. In line with these overall strategic goals, the Interreg V-A Slovakia-Hungary has been elaborated on the basis of the relevant Strategic Guidelines, Regulations, Delegated and Implementing Acts of the Commission, especially on basis of the following strategies, reports and legislative acts: EU2020 strategy, Territorial Agenda of the European Union 2020, 5th Cohesion Report, 2010, The urban and regional dimension of the crisis. Eighth progress report on economic, social and territorial cohesion, June 2013 Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 - Common Provision Regulation (CPR), Regulation (EU) No 1301/2013 on the European Regional Development Fund Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013 on specific provisions for the support from the European Regional Development Fund to the European territorial cooperation (ETC) goal 5 INTERREG V-A SLOVAKIA – HUNGARY COOPERATION PROGRAMME On the base of these guidelines the Interreg V-A Slovakia-Hungary will contribute to the delivery of the European Union EU2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, and will contribute to the achievement of economic, social and territorial cohesion. European Union Strategy for the Danube Region In close co-operation with the concerned national and interregional programmes and institutions, within the scope of its operations the Interreg V-A Slovakia-Hungary will contribute to the implementation of some of the envisaged actions of the European Union Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) endorsed by the European Council in April 2011. In line with this the Interreg V-A Slovakia-Hungary will definitely act to realize the four strategic policy objectives of the EUSDR on the regions of Hungary and Slovakia along the Danube: connecting the regions, protecting the environment, building prosperity and strengthening the concerned regions. This will be done in line with the Hungarian Partnership Agreement, which states,