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1 Territorial cooperation & Territorial cohesion - Brussels - 25 September 20091
EUROPEANREGIONALDEVELOPMENTFUND
Contribution to the debate on the Green paper on territorial cohesion
Brussels – 25 September 2009
Michel LAMBLIN | Programme Director
Contribution to the debate on the Green paper on territorial cohesion
Brussels – 25 September 2009
Michel LAMBLIN | Programme Director
2 Territorial cooperation & Territorial cohesion - Brussels - 25 September 2009
1- What role should the Commission play in encouraging and supporting territorial cooperation?
• to highlight the need for cooperation
• to further develop the promotion of existing results
• to reaffirm the need for innovation in every Territorial Cooperation programme
2- Is there a need for new forms of territorial cooperation?
Evolution more profitable than revolution:• massive dissemination and use of the existing stock of good practice,
• improvement of existing programmes and procedures,
• increase of the ERDF budget
• think of the subsidy rate (75% - 85% at the moment)
• reinforce the integration role of the regional policy towards thematic DGs
3- Is there a need to develop new legislative and management tools to facilitate cooperation, including along the external borders?
•a specific TA rate for cooperation (up to …%)
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Possible improvements for IRC
• enlarge the thematic areas of Innovation and Environment to further themes, such as:
regional policy management (in order to improve the capacity building);
territorial governance;
other territories, not covered at present (not urban, nor regional) metropolitan areas, rural/urban interface;
integrated sustainable development;
• the future interregional cooperation programme should be the natural platform to facilitate the transfer of cooperation results to regional operational programmes;
• to imagine devices to improve the access to IRC programmes for small public entities/authorities;
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European CooperationEuropean CooperationEuropean CooperationEuropean Cooperation
Crossborder
5 Territorial cooperation & Territorial cohesion - Brussels - 25 September 2009
European CooperationEuropean CooperationEuropean CooperationEuropean Cooperation
Transnational
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European CooperationEuropean CooperationEuropean CooperationEuropean Cooperation
Interregional
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Although IRC (InterRegional Cooperation) does not concern directly a territory, has this type of programme a “territorial” impact?
Yes, as much as any other regional (territorial) programme, which can be improved through IRC
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• 1 EU Programme - 321 M€ - Subsidy rate 75/85%
• Exchange & Transfer of good practices in the fields of Innovation & Environment
• Dedicated to Public local and regional Authorities
INTERREG IVC
INTERREG IVC characteristicsINTERREG IVC characteristics
• Improve the effectiveness of regional development policies (and contribute to economic modernisation and competitiveness of Europe
by
• Enabling exchange of experiences and knowledge, matching less experienced with more advanced regions, ensuring transfer of identified good practice into mainstream programmes
Objective
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INTERREG IVC 321 M€ _______________ = __________
Σ Structural Funds 347 000 M€
~ 1 °/°°
INTERREG IIIC experienceINTERREG IIIC experience
Good practices identified Good practices transferred
6400 1650
Policy instruments addressed Policy instruments improved
2100 860
Reminder of INTERREG IIIC (2002/2006 – 264 projects – 2634 Cities and Regions involved)
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Distribution of the 9000 public authorities
within the two first calls for projects (2 x 500 projects submitted)
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Programme Priorities
Priority 1: Innovation and Knowledge Economy (177 M€ ERDF)
Priority 2: Environment and Risk Prevention (125 M€ ERDF)
INTERREG IVC characteristicsINTERREG IVC characteristics
Regional Initiative Projects
Exchange of experience and good practice, development of tools and instruments of regional policies
Capitalisation Projects
Capitalisation projects: optimise results achieved, transfer of good practices identified into mainstream programmes
Types of Interventions
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Soon, we’ll start capitalisation at programme level:
• clustering projects working on similar issues;
• drawing lessons from their findings;
• publicising the lessons learnt for the benefit of all local and regional authorities and Managing authorities of Convergence and Competitiveness programmes.
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Where are we?
1st Call (2008): - 500 projects received involving 5000 public authorities (400 eligible)
- 41 projects approved for 70 MEUR
2nd Call (2009):- 500 projects received (400 eligible)
- ~ 60 projects recommended for ~100 MEUR
- Decisions early November in Stockholm
3rd Call (2010): - only Capitalisation projects and
- limited at 15 MEUR
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Thank you for your attention!
www.interreg4c.eu
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