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Presentation to CWC seminar 21 October 2011 Has Cross Border Co-operation and Partnership enhanced the work of Peacebuilding?
Ruth TaillonDeputy Director, Centre for Cross Border Studies
Impact Assessment for Cross-Border Cooperation: an integrated method for capturing the social, economic, environmental and cooperation impacts of cross-border projects and programmes
Context
EU 5th Cohesion Report EU Impact Assessment SystemEU Sustainable Development Policy EU Territorial Co-operation Programmes (INTERREG & PEACE)Good Friday/Belfast Agreement
European Cohesion Policy
“Cohesion policy is the EU’s main instrument for pursuing harmonious development across the Union. It is based on a broad vision, which encompasses not just the economic development of lagging regions and support for vulnerable social groups, but also environmental sustainability and respect for territorial and cultural features of different parts of the EU. This breadth of vision is reflected in the variety of programmes, projects and partners that are supported under the policy.”
Investing in Europe’s Future: Fifth report on economic, social and territorial cohesion, November 2010
Project objectives
A practical Cross Border Impact Assessment Toolkit
To identify and consider the impacts of cross border
co-operation within the island of Ireland
based on transparent criteria Provide stronger conceptual framework based on an
integrated territorial approach
Supported by a training course and mentoring for actors at the programme and project level
Definitions
Guidance Questions
Instructions
Explanations
Practical Examples
Dundalk17.18 January 2012
• The first training course will be targeted at projects that expect to be submitting
proposals to the next round of ETCs (INTERREG and Peace).• Six projects will be invited to participate, on the criteria that there will be:• 2 projects working primarily in each of the 3 pillars: Social, Economic and
Environmental;• 3 people from each project who are committed to attending for the full 2-day
session;• Project personnel should all have cross-border project experience at a
management level (i.e. senior project staff or management), who will be involved in the development and implementation of their project;
• There will be three working groups (Social, Economic and Environmental) and one person from each project will be in each of the working groups.
Impact Assessment for Cross-Border CooperationTraining Course
Contact
The Centre for Cross Border Studies
39 Abbey StreetArmagh BT61 7EB
Tel. +44 (0)28 3751/1550Fax. +44 (0)28 3751/1721
Email: [email protected]
The Euro Institut – Institute for cross border co-operation
Villa Rehfus Rehfusplatz 11D-77694 KehlGERMANYTel. +49 (0)7851/7407-0Fax. +49 (0)7851/7407-33
Email: [email protected]
