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EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND From INTERREG IVC to INTERREG EUROPE 6 November 2013 – Euromontana Elena Ferrario | Project Officer INTERREG IVC Joint Technical Secretariat Summary 1.INTERREG IVC and Euromontana 2.Future of interregional cooperation 2 Euromontana – 6 November 2013 1. INTERREG IVC 3 Euromontana – 6 November 2013 1. INTERREG IVC EU Cohesion and Regional Policy REG ION AL / Objective 1: Objective 2: NATI Convergence Regional Competitiveness and ONA Employment L 81.54% PRO 15.95% GRA € 282.8 billion € 55 billion MME S Objective 3: European Territorial Cooperation 2.52% € 8.7 billion 4 ACRONYMACRONMY Final Conference – Place Place –- Date Date 1. INTERREG IVC Objective 3: European Territorial Cooperation INTERREG: 3 strands and 67 different programmes IN € 6.5 T cross-border 53 E A programmes billion R € 1.8 R B transnational 13 E programmes billion G INTERREG interregional 1 € 321M C programme IVC URBACT networking 3 INTERACT € 134M programmes ESPON 5 ACRONYMACRONMY Final Conference – Place Place –- Date Date 1. INTERREG IVC Eligible area: - EU 27 - Norway - Switzerland Funding available for projects: € 302M 6 Euromontana – 6 November 2013 1. INTERREG IVC INTERREG IVC in a nutshell ‘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 Environment and risk knowledge economy prevention 7 Euromontana – 6 November 2013 1. INTERREG IVC INTERREG IVC and Euromontana PADIMA: Policies Against Depopulation in Mountain Innovation and the Areas knowledge economy DANTE: Digital Agenda for New Tourism Approach in European Rural and Mountain Areas Environment and risk MOG: prevention Move on Green 8 Euromontana – 6 November 2013 1. INTERREG IVC PADIMA: a flagship project - Fully in line with the philosophy of the programme - Very good results of local policies improved and good practices transferred thanks to the exchange of experience among partners Good results to show to the programme’s stakeholders: EC and Member States: - During Monitoring Committee meetings - Communication material: Webdocumentary: http://www.changing- regions.eu/ visibility of project results contribution to raising awareness at EU and national level on mountain issues 9 Euromontana – 6 November 2013 1. Programme state of play Overview approved projects 204 2 274 All funds projects partners committed Innovation & Environment & risk prevention knowledge economy 10 Euromontana – 6 November 2013 1. Programme achievements Main achievements (as of December 2011) 90% of EU 4,046 Objective: 154 NUTS 2 staff with ‘spin-off EU wide exchange of regions increased activities’ experience / capacity building covered capacity Objective: 3,026 202 Identification / sharing / good practices successfully transfer of good practices identified transferred Overall objective: 1,250 224 Improvement of regional and policies policies local policies addressed improved See illustrations of results in the programme Annual Report! 11 Euromontana – 6 November 2013 1. Programme state of play New initiative: Programme Capitalisation before after 12 Euromontana – 6 November 2013 1. Programme 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 13 Euromontana – 6 November 2013 1. Programme state of play 1 capitalisation topics 111 projects Priority 1 Priority 2 Innovation Systems – 10 Climate change – 7 (triple helix & open innovation) Energy efficiency – 12 Innovation capacity of SMEs – 7 Renewable energy – 7 Eco-innovation – 7 Sustainable transport – 15 Creative industries – 14 Entrepreneurship – 8 E-government services – 6 Info on project if it is part of Demographic change – 9 programme cap. Rural development – 9 14 Euromontana – 6 November 2013 2. Future of interregional cooperation: INTERREG EUROPE 15 Euromontana – 6 November 2013 2. Future of interregional cooperation Framework for the future: EU2020 strategy Draft regulation 2014-2020: 11 Thematic Objectives 16 Euromontana – 6 November 2013 2. Future of interregional cooperation From 3 objectives to 2 goals Goal 1: Investment for growth and jobs Goal 2: European Territorial Cooperation Now From 2014 17 Euromontana – 6 November 2013 INTERREG EUROPE Eligible area: - EU 28 - Norway - Switzerland Funding available for projects: € 360M 18 Euromontana – 6 November 2013 2. Future of interregional cooperation Draft regulation 2014-2020 on interregional cooperation Link to EU cohesion policy • ‘to reinforce the effectiveness of cohesion policy’ • ‘to enhance design and implementation of operational programmes under the Investment for growth and jobs’ 19 Euromontana – 6 November 2013 2. Future of interregional cooperation Four Thematic Objectives (TO) selected • TO 1: Strengthening Research, Technological Development and Innovation • TO 3: Enhancing the competitiveness of SME • TO 4: Shift towards a Low Carbon Economy • TO 6: Protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency 20 Euromontana – 6 November 2013 2. Future of interregional cooperation Two types of actions A. Interregional cooperation B. Policy Learning Platforms projects 21 Euromontana – 6 November 2013 2. Future of interregional cooperation A. Interregional cooperation projects Main features Definition Interregional cooperation projects allowing partner from different countries to work together on a shared regional policy issue Overall objective to improve the effectiveness of the policies of the regions involved in the project (in particular their Investment for Growth and Jobs goal programmes) 22 Euromontana – 6 November 2013 2. Future of interregional cooperation A. Interregional cooperation projects Main features Implementation in 2 phases Phase 1 Policy exchange of experience (2 to 3 years) ending up with the production of 1 Action Plan / Region Monitoring of the Action Plan’s implementation Phase 2 + possible pilot actions (up to 2 years) Creation of local stakeholder groups 23 Euromontana – 6 November 2013 2. Future of interregional cooperation B. Policy Learning Platforms Overall objective: To ensure policy learning across EU Specific objective: a) To contribute to EU wide capacity building ‘External capitalisation’ b) To optimise the exploitation of projects’ results ‘Internal c) To improve the quality of the programme’s content Capitalisation’ 24 Euromontana – 6 November 2013 2. Future of interregional cooperation B. Policy Learning Platforms What is it? 1 resource centre per Thematic Objective embodied through: • On-line collaborative tool With relevant functionalities • Expert team Content and coordination role 25 Euromontana – 6 November 2013 2. Future of interregional cooperation 27 Euromontana – 6 November 2013 2. Future of interregional cooperation Indicative timeline March 2010 EU2020 strategy October 2011 Draft regulation June 2012 INTERREG ‘5C’ Programming Committee set up Adoption of legislative package & agreement on budget post 2013 End 2013 March / April 2014 submission of the programme to the EC 2nd half 2014 approval of the programme by the EC End 2014/ early 2015 Launch of the 1st call? 28 Euromontana – 6 November 2013 Thanks for your attention! www.interreg4c.eu 29 Euromontana – 6 November 2013 .