"INTERREGIV C - State of Play and Perspectives" (Tourage, 2014)

EUROPEAN REGIONAL

DEVELOPMENT FUND

TOURAGE final conference, 18 September 2014, Brussels

EU Interregional Cooperation

State of play and perspectives

Akos Szabo | Project Officer

Joint Technical Secretariat

TOURAGE final conference

18 September 2014, Brussels

2 TOURAGE final conference, 18 September 2014, Brussels

Summary

1. INTERREG IVC state of play

2.TOURAGE project

3. Future: INTERREG EUROPE

3 TOURAGE final conference, 18 September 2014, Brussels 3 TOURAGE final conference, 18 September 2014, Brussels

1. INTERREG IVC programme

‘Learning by sharing’

Innovation and the

knowledge economy

Environment and risk

prevention

in the fields of

Local / regional authorities access the experience of

others in Europe facing similar issues to improve their

practices / policies



Overview approved projects

204 projects

2 274 partners

All funds (302 M€) committed

37 (31%)

44 (36%)

20 (17%)

18 (16%)

Innovation, researchand technologydevelopment

Entrepreneurship andSMEs

Information Society

Employment, humancapital and education

16 (19%)

9 (11%)

5 (6%)

7 (8%)

38 (44%)

10 (12%)

Natural andtechnological risks

Water management

Waste management

Biodiversity andpreservation of naturalheritageEnergy and sustainabletransport

Cultural heritage andlandscape

Priority 1 Priority 2

90% of 271 NUTS 2

regions covered



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




Main achievements (as of June 2013)

90% of EU

NUTS 2

regions

covered

Objective:

EU wide exchange of

experience / capacity building

6,188

staff with

increased

capacity

369

‘spin-off

activities’

Objective:

Identification / sharing /

transfer of good practices

4,709

good practices

identified

403

successfully

transferred

Overall objective:

Improvement of regional and

local policies

1,943

policies

addressed

432

policies

improved

See illustrations of results in the programme Annual Report!


TOPIC & METHOD Unique topic – senior tourism in remote regions

+

Intense interregional exchange process & dissemination activities

PARTNERSHIP

11 committed partners from

9 Member States

representing a good balance

in terms of type of partners

and experience

RESULTS (so far) 40 good practices identified and 2 new

project ideas developed (thematic

tours in three different European

Islands & FLOWS 3S)

and many others in progress

2. TOURAGE project


3. Future: INTERREG EUROPE


1. New objective set for

interregional cooperation 2. Concentration

principles

3. Smart Specialisation

strategies

INTERREG

EUROPE

4. Integration of Regions

of Knowledge (RoK)

Context

3. INTERREG EUROPE


EU Cohesion policy

Goal 1: Investment for growth & jobs

EUR 316 billion

Goal 2: European Territorial Cooperation

EUR 8.9 billion

Policy learning among public authorities

to improve performance of policies & programmes for regional development,

in particular Structural Funds programmes

€ INTERREG EUROPE

EUR 359 m

3. INTERREG EUROPE


3. INTERREG EUROPE

• Eligible area: EU28 + Norway & Switzerland

• Who is eligible?

o Public bodies

o Bodies governed by public law

o Private non-profit bodies

(RoK ‘heritage’)

• Co-financing rates

o 85% for public or public equivalent

o 75% for private non profit

Main features


Four themes

3. INTERREG EUROPE

Research &

innovation

SME

competitiveness

Low-carbon

economy

Environment &

resource efficiency


2 actions

Policy Learning

Platforms

Interregional Cooperation

Projects

3. INTERREG EUROPE


A. Interregional Cooperation Projects

Policy exchange of experience (1 to 3 years)

ending up with production of 1 Action Plan / Region

Monitoring of the Action Plan’s implementation +

possible pilot actions (up to 2 years)

Phase 1

Phase 2

Implementation in 2 phases

Creation of ‘local stakeholder groups’

3. INTERREG EUROPE


Online collaborative tool + Expert team

B. Policy Learning Platforms

EU-wide capacity building on:

3. INTERREG EUROPE

Innovation SME competitiveness

Resource efficiency Low-carbon economy

1 service provider per thematic objective via:


Overall objective: To ensure policy learning across EU

Specific objective:

a) To contribute to EU-wide capacity building

b) To optimise the exploitation of project results

c) To improve the quality of the programme content

‘External capitalisation’

Platforms: objectives

‘Internal

Capitalisation’

3. INTERREG EUROPE


2 interrelated actions

3. INTERREG EUROPE


3. INTERREG EUROPE

March 2010

Draft regulation

First call for project proposals expected

approval of the programme by the EC

INTERREG EUROPE Programming Committee set up

Adoption of legislative package &

agreement on budget 2014-2020

submission of the programme to the EC

EU2020

strategy

October 2011

June 2012

Summer 2014

2nd half 2014

Early 2015

Programming – Indicative timeline

December 2014 INTERREG EUROPE launch event


Showcasing project results and highlighting importance of territorial cooperation.

You are part of it!

21 September 2014

INTERREG IVC celebrates:

• 15 final conferences

• 4 project videos in contest

• 2 projects in a national

exhibition www.youtube.com/embed/Djsc1arYsmI


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"INTERREGIV C - State of Play and Perspectives" (Tourage, 2014)