EUROPEAN REGIONAL

DEVELOPMENT FUND

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EU Interregional Cooperation

State of play and perspectives

Johanna Bähn | Finance Officer

Joint Technical Secretariat

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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

1. INTERREG IVC state of play

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Eligible area

- EU 27

- Switzerland

- Norway

1. INTERREG IVC state of play

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INTERREG IVC state of play

204projects

2 285 partners

90% of 271 NUTS 2

regions covered

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1. INTERREG IVC state of play

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

349

‘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

2,037

policies

addressed

432

policies

improved

See illustrations of results in the programme’s annual report!

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http://www.interreg4c.eu/

Capitalisation

PUBLICATIONSINTERREG IVC

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14 projects tackling ‘creative industries’

Creative Industries

Representing 171 partners from 25 EU Member States + Norway

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METHOD

Brokerage, match-making, manifesto…

PARTNERSHIP

11 committed partners from

all-over Europe, mix of

cities, academia

RESULTSA variety of good practises

identified, excellent

communication campaign

and SME involvement

1. INTERREG IVC state of play

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2. Future of interregional cooperation

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Few principle from the new regulations

• Concentrate resources to order

to optimise the impact

• Result orientation

Context

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Regulation package 2014-2020

on interregional cooperation

• Link to EU cohesion policy

‘to reinforce the effectiveness of cohesion policy’

‘identification and dissemination of good practice with a view to its

transfer principally to operational programmes under the

investment for growth and jobs goal but also, where relevant, to

programmes under the European territorial cooperation goal’

Context

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Four themes

Thematic focus

Research &

innovation

SME

competitiveness

Low-carbon

economy

Environment &

resource efficiency

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INTERREG EUROPE rationale

EU Cohesion policy

Goal 1: Investment for growth & jobs

EUR 340 billion

Goal 2: European Territorial Cooperation

EUR 10.2 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

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INTERREG EUROPE rationale

Goal 1: Investment for growth & jobs

EUR 340 billion

Goal 2: European Territorial Cooperation

EUR 10.2 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

EU Cohesion policy

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2 actions

Policy Learning

Platforms

Interregional Cooperation

Projects

Proposed actions

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Overall objective

to improve the effectiveness of the policies of the regions involved

in the project (in particular investment for growth and jobs goal

programmes)

Definition

Interregional cooperation projects allow partners from different

countries to work together on a shared regional policy issue within

the scope of the selected investment priorities

Projects

A. Interregional cooperation projects

Main features

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A. Interregional Cooperation Projects

Who should get involved?

Projects

find tried and tested measures to implement

in your programme

share and implement good practices coming

from across Europe

get involved with your policymakers and

contribute to better policy implementation

Managing

Authorities

Regional/local

authorities

Agencies,

institutes…

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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

1. Implementation in 2 phases

2. Creation of ‘local stakeholder groups’

Projects

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3. INTERREG EUROPE

Eligible area:

• EU28 + Norway & Switzerland

Eligible bodies

• Public bodies

• Bodies governed by public law

• Private non-profit bodies

Co-financing rates

• 85% for public or public equivalent

• 75% for private non profit

Main features

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Online collaborative tool

With relevant functionalities

+ Expert team

Content and coordination role

B. Policy Learning Platforms

EU-wide capacity building on:

Platforms

Innovation SME competitiveness

Resource efficiencyLow-carbon economy

1 service provider per thematic objective via:

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New features

Focus on Structural Funds

Two phases implementation

Local stakeholder groups

Contribution to thematic platforms

A. Projects

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2 interrelated actions

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Future 2014+

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

June 2012

September 2014

End of 2014

Spring 2015

Programming timeline

December 2014 INTERREG EUROPE launch event Bologna

Dec 2013

May 2014 New programme & budget adopted by Partner States

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Europe, let’s cooperate! – Bologna

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