EU Interregional Cooperation State of play and perspectives Akos Szabo

EUROPEAN REGIONALDEVELOPMENT FUND

EU Interregional CooperationState of play and perspectives

Akos Szabo

Joint Technical Secretariat

26 June 2014, Brussels

2 Brussels – 26 June 2014

Summary

1.Context

2. INTERREG IVC state of play

3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC

4. Future of interregional cooperation – INTERREG EUROPE


EU regional policy: from 3 objectives to 2 goals

Goal 1: Investment for growth

and jobs97% of the fundsEUR 340 billion

Goal 2: European Territorial

Cooperation2.9% of the fundsEUR 10.2 billion

2007 – 2013

2014 – 2020

1. Context


Goal 2: European Territorial Cooperation INTERREG: 3 strands and 80 different programmes

(EUR 10.2 billion)

INT

ER

RE

G

A

B

C

cross-border

transnational

interregional

networking

60 programmes74% - 7,548 MEUR

15 programmes20.3% - 2,075 MEUR

1 programme

URBACTINTERACTESPON

3 programmes

INTERREG EUROPE

5.6%571.6 MEUR

1. Context

5 Brussels – 26 June 20145 Brussels – 26 June 2014

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


6 Brussels – 26 June 20146 Brussels – 26 June 2014

Eligible area

- EU 27

- Switzerland

- Norway



Overview approved projects

204 projects

2 274 partners

All budget (302 M€) committed

Priority 1 Priority 2

90% of 271 NUTS 2 regions covered




Main achievements (as of June 2013)

90% of EU NUTS 2 regions covered

Objective:

EU wide exchange of experience / capacity building

6,188staff with increased capacity

369‘spin-off

activities’

Objective:

Identification / sharing / transfer of good practices

4,709good practices

identified

403successfully transferred

Overall objective: Improvement of regional and local policies

1,943policies

addressed

432policies

improved

See illustrations of results in the programme Annual Report!


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



12 capitalisation topics

111 projects

Priority 1 Priority 2

Innovation Systems – 1010

(triple helix & open innovation)

Innovation capacity of SMEs – 77

Eco-innovation – 77Creative industries – 14

Entrepreneurship – 8

E-government services – 6

Demographic change – 9

Rural development – 9

Climate change – 7

Energy efficiency – 12

Renewable energy – 7

Sustainable transport – 15

3 topics/ 24 projects

devoted to innovation




Download the full reports from: www.interreg4c.eu/capitalisation

Available from 1 October 2013

Capitalisation reports


3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC


Overview priority 1:

Innovation & knowledge economy

3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC 3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC

37 projects involving 395 partners from 26 EU MS & Norway


37 projects related to

Innovation, research & technology development



Projects:

Good practice : Aalto Design Factory (from Aalto University, FI)

Aim: to support world-class & interdisciplinary product design

Dynamic collaboration environment (3000 sqm) for interaction between

students, teachers, researchers and industry partners, allowing for joint

lecturing, seminars, research, prototyping, experimentation, user-tests etc.

Bringing open innovation into practice



Project:

Partner concerned: Kujawsko-Pomorskie (PL)

Mainstreamed GP: Innovation voucher

Interregional trainings enabled Kujawsko-Pomorskie to transfer tool of innovation vouchers into their ERDF Operational Programme 2007-2013.

Example of good practice (GP) transferred




Project:

Partner concerned: Government of Catalonia (ES)

Improved policy: ‘Strategy for innovation ecosystem‘

Revised strategy includes measures for stakeholders involvement coming from the Finnish innovation system (more precisely from the city of Jyvaskyla)

Example of policy improved



Main achievements in innovation (as of June 2013)

1,105staff with increased capacity

63practices transferred

75policies improved

See illustrations of results in the programme Annual Reports!



3 topics

Thematic capitalisation on innovation

Innovation Systems: triple helix & open innovation

Innovation capacity of SMEs

Eco-innovation



Innovation Systems triple helix & open innovation

10 INTERREG IVC projects analysed

114 Project Partners

269 good practices identified


Innovation capacity of SMEs


61 Project Partners

178 Good practices identified



Eco-innovation


73 Project Partners

110 Good practices identified



4. Future of interregional cooperation


1. New objective set for interregional cooperation

2. Concentration principles

3. Smart Specialisation strategies

INTERREG EUROPE

4. Integration of Regions of Knowledge (RoK)

Context

4. 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

4. INTERREG EUROPE


4. 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

4. INTERREG EUROPE

Research & innovation

SME competitiveness

Low-carbon economy

Environment & resource efficiency

RoK & clusters


2 actions

Policy Learning

Platforms

Interregional Cooperation

Projects

4. INTERREG EUROPE4. 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’



B. Policy Learning Platforms

EU-wide capacity building on:


Innovation SME competitiveness

Resource efficiencyLow-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

‘InternalCapitalisation’

4. INTERREG EUROPE


2 interrelated actions




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


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