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INTERREG III B General Introduction

BSR INTERREG III B Joint SecretariatLeena Anttila

Seminar on Financial Managements and AuditingRostock, 12th of November 2004

The INTERREG InitiativeMain objectives

economic and social cohesion

balanced and sustainable development of the European territory

territorial integration with candidate and other neighbouring countries

INTERREG III B

INTERREG III

cross-borderco-operation

transnationalco-operation

interregionalco-operation

INTERREG IIIA INTERREG IIICINTERREG IIIB

... is one strand of the EU Community Initiative INTERREG III

INTERREG III B programmes

Alpine Space Baltic Sea Region North Sea Region

Atlantic Area

Archimed

South West Europe

North West Europe

Westers Mediterranean

CADSES Northern Periphery

Most remote regions (3 programmes)

Transnational cooperation on spatial planning and regional development

Priority 1:

Promotion of spatial development approaches and actions for specific territories and sectors

Priority 2:

Promotion of territorial structures supporting sustainable BSR development

Priority 3:

Transnational promotion of institution building, strengthening the capacity for spatial development activities

Programme priorities

Priority 4 – border regions (committed)

Priority 5: • Cross-border (INTERREG III A) priority

Estonia-Latvia-Russia (North)

Priority 6:• Cross-border (INTERREG III A) priority

Latvia-Lithuania-Belarus (South)

Priority 7:

Technical Assistance

Programme priorities

Allocation of ERDF by round

5%18%

7%

5%14%

51%

1st round

2nd round

3rd round

4th round

5th round

remaining ERDF

-1,000,000

4,000,000

9,000,000

14,000,000

19,000,000

24,000,000

29,000,000

EUR

Total remaining ERDF budget after 5th round 2,721,121 6,161,031 4,528,274 10,870,783 15,218,424 7,493,708 13,873,887 2,110,415 -568,292

5th round ERDF funding approved: 2,152,853 680,000 602,500 4,074,685 2,034,825 3,310,197 3,254,173 0

Total committed ERDF funds (I-IV round): 9,414,932 3,501,540 2,574,815 8,635,882 8,933,050 5,832,021 1,804,500 0 3,518,042

1.1 1.2 1.3 2.1 2.2 2.3 3.1 3.2 4

14.288.906

10.342.571

7.705.589

23.581.35026.186.299

16.635.927

18.932.560

2.949.750

Priorities/Measures:

2.110.415

Allocation of ERDF into measures