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
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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
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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
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Eligible area: - EU 27 - Norway - Switzerland
Funding available for projects: € 302M
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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
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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
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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
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Overview approved projects
204 2 274 All funds projects partners committed
Innovation & Environment & risk prevention knowledge economy
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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!
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New initiative: Programme Capitalisation
before after
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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 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
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Framework for the future: EU2020 strategy
Draft regulation 2014-2020: 11 Thematic Objectives
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From 3 objectives to 2 goals
Goal 1: Investment for growth and jobs
Goal 2: European Territorial Cooperation
Now From 2014
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Eligible area: - EU 28 - Norway - Switzerland
Funding available for projects: € 360M
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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’
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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
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Two types of actions
A. Interregional cooperation B. Policy Learning Platforms projects
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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)
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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
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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’
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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
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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!
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