Info day - Germany · 2015-06-02 · 7 Info Day Germany – Berlin, 22 April 2015 Germany in INTERREG IVC Examples of impacts of CAP projects in DE Länder DE Land Project Example

European Union | European Regional Development Fund

From INTERREG IVC to Interreg Europe

Info day - Germany

Martina Bacova | Project Officer

Katja Ecke | Financer Officer

Verena Priem | Project Officer

Interreg Europe Secretariat Berlin, 22 April 2015

2 Info Day Germany – Berlin, 22 April 2015

‘Learning by sharing’

Local / regional authorities exchange the experience

with others in Europe facing similar challenges

in order to improve their practices / policies

INTERREG IVC (2007-2013)

Public authorities

Bodies governed by public law

EU 27

Norway

Switzerland

INTERREG IVC


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 and technologicalrisks

Water management

Waste management

Biodiversity andpreservation of naturalheritageEnergy and sustainabletransport

Cultural heritage andlandscape

INTERREG IVC

Innovation and the

knowledge economy

Environment and risk

prevention

204 projects

2 285 partners

90% of 271 NUTS 2

regions covered


INTERREG IVC

Main achievements (2014)

90% of EU

NUTS 2

regions

covered

Objective:

EU wide exchange of

experience / capacity building

7,537

staff with

increased

capacity

446

‘spin-off

activities’

Objective:

Identification / sharing /

transfer of good practices

6,475

good practices

identified

543

successfully

transferred

Overall objective:

Improvement of regional and

local policies

1,943

policies

addressed

438

policies

improved

See illustrations of results in the programme Annual Report!


Germany in INTERREG IVC

81.5 m

inhabitants

16.15 %

IVC population

99 projects = 48.5 % of total

with 137 DE partners

led by 21 DE lead

partners

777 DE partners

in 518 project applications

with 91 DE lead partners

23% approved

(vs. 15% programme average

approval rate)

DE partners in applications by call


INTERREG IVC

Main achievements for Germany (2014)

EU wide exchange of

experience / capacity building 393 staff with

increased capacity

36 ‘spin-off

activities’

Identification / sharing /

transfer of good practices 27 GPs successfully transferred

Improvement of regional and

local policies 29 policies improved

See illustrations of results in the programme Annual Report!

Objectives:

ERDF Funds committed: approx. 21,7 mEUR

CAP projects mainstream funds

dedicated to GP implementation: approx. 16 mEUR


Germany in INTERREG IVC

Examples of impacts of CAP projects in DE Länder

DE Land Project Example of GP mainstreamed into SF prgm

Saxony-

Anhalt RAPIDE Innovation Vouchers - ERDF €72,000

Saxony ESF6 CIA Vocational Training - €802,872 (75% ESF)

Bade-

Württemberg MKW

NewBook Innovation Centre - €350,000 ZIM-NEMO

programme financed by Fed. Ministry of Economics

Hessen ENTREDI ‘We Tech Off Including Mapping Support Services -

€415,000 financed by Leonardo programme & HAT

Schleswig-

Holstein SCINNOPOLI

Innovation Support Services - €100,000 institutional

budget 2012-2015


Example of transfer

Practice: Project:

The Good Practice transferred is a

walk to school campaign, a schools

contest which helps to promote

regular walking among pupils.

From: London

Councils (UK) To: Frankfurt Public

Transportation

Authority (DE)

INTERREG IVC


Example of transfer

Practice: Project:

The main function of the “Scientific

Intermediation Group” practice is to provide a

point of contact for companies where they can

find solutions for their technology-related

questions, find cooperation partners and

support in applications for public funding

programmes.

From: Economic Office

of the Province of

Namur (BE)

To: Stuttgart Region

Economic

Development

Corporation (DE)

INTERREG IVC


Priority 2, Sub-theme: Energy and sustainable transport

Project:

Partner concerned: Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (DE)

Policy improved: Thanks to some of the project inputs, Hamburg included two

key topics in its Governmental Program for 2011: sustainable logistic

development and intelligent and innovative traffic management systems.

Example of policy improvements

INTERREG IVC


INTERREG IVC

Thematic programme capitalisation

12 sets of reports & policy papers

All available at:

www.interreg4c.eu/capitalisation/


Bridge to Interreg Europe


3 pillars translated in 11 Thematic Objectives in 2014-2020 regulation

SMART GROWTH

Economy based on knowledge & innovation

GREEN GROWTH

Resource efficient, greener and more competitive economy

INCLUSIVE GROWTH

High-employment economy delivering social and territorial cohesion

Overall strategic framework: EU2020 strategy

Context

Interreg Europe


Few principle from the new regulations

• Concentrate resources to order to optimise the impact

• Result orientation

Interreg Europe


Interreg Europe

Objective set in the ETC Regulation - Article 2(3)(a)

for interregional cooperation:

‘to reinforce the effectiveness of cohesion policy’

‘identification and dissemination of good practices with a

view to their transfer principally to operational

programmes under the Investment for growth and

jobs goal but also, where relevant to cooperation

programme’


Interreg Europe

Policy learning among public authorities

to improve performance of policies & programmes for

regional development,

in particular Structural Funds programmes, and

where relevant, European Territorial Cooperation

programmes

Interreg Europe is about…


Interreg Europe

EU28 + Norway &

Switzerland

Eligible area


Thematic focus

4 priority axes

Interreg Europe

…S3

innovation

infrastructure

innovation

chains…

…energy

efficiency

renewable

energies

sustainable

transport…

…creation,

development,

growth of

SMEs…

…natural

heritage

cultural

heritage

resources

efficiency…

Research and

innovation

SME

competitiveness

Low-carbon

economy

Environment and

resource

efficiency


B. Policy Learning Platforms A. Interregional Cooperation

Projects

Interreg Europe

Two actions


Objective

….to improve the effectiveness of the policies of the regions

involved in the project (in particular their Investment for Growth

and Jobs goal programmes)

Partners from different countries working together on a shared

regional policy issue (within the thematic fields of the

programme)…

Projects

Interreg Europe

Definition


Interreg Europe

Project organised in 2 phases

Exchange of experience ending up with the

production of 1 action plan / region

Monitoring of the action plan implementation

+ possible pilot actions

Phase 1

(1 to 3 years)

Phase 2

(2 years)


Projects partnership: who is eligible?

• Public bodies (the main target group)

(e.g. local, regional, national authorities)

• Bodies governed by public law

(Directive 2004/18/EC)

• Private non profit bodies

Interreg Europe

Confirmation of the eligibility status:

check with your contact point


• From at least 3 countries, from which at least 2 partners

from EU-MS

• Recommendation: between 5 to 10 partners

• Advisory partners:

offer a particular competence that can facilitate the

project’s implementation

do not address a policy instrument and therefore do

not need to develop an action plan.

• Stakeholder group: one per region

Projects partnership features

Interreg Europe


Co-financing rates According to legal status or location

85% ERDF Public or public equivalent from EU

75% ERDF Private non-profit from EU

50% Norwegian funding Public, public equivalent and private non-

profit from Norway

Swiss funding Public, public equivalent and private non-

profit from Switzerland

Interreg Europe


Online collaborative tool

with relevant functionalities

+ Expert team

content and coordination role

A service provided per priority axis via:

Platforms: what is it?

Interreg Europe

Research and

innovation

SME

competitiveness

Low-carbon

economy

Environment and

resource

efficiency


Objective: To contribute to policy learning across EU, in

particular on Structural Funds implementation

better exploiting projects’ results

opening up programme results to anyone interested

Interreg Europe

INTERREG IVC

capitalisation

exercise

S3 platform

Seville

Origin

Objective


Platforms

Interreg Europe

Examples of services

Advice regional stakeholders and running projects

Organise and facilitate peer reviews among regions

Organise and facilitate thematic workshops

Analyse and disseminate the content of projects through

dedicated events & publications

Facilitate knowledge sharing and networking among

regions on the collaborative tool


Interreg Europe

Implementation

Sub-contracting arrangement

Through procurement procedure

Launched in the course of 2015

Target groups

Stakeholders involved in the implementation of Growth &

Jobs or cooperation programmes

Other stakeholders relevant to the topics

Platforms


Two interrelated actions

Policy Learning

Platforms Open to all regions

Interregional cooperation

projects

Enrich Contribute

Project 1 Project 2 Project 3

Interreg Europe


Funding

• Programme ERDF budget: MEUR 359

o ERDF budget for platforms: MEUR 15.3 (max)

o ERDF budget for projects: MEUR 322.4 equally

shared over 4 priority axis (MEUR 84)

• ERDF budget recommended per project:

between MEUR 1 to 2

Interreg Europe



Zooming in on Interreg Europe


1. Improving Structural Funds programmes

2. Public administrations as main target groups

3. Mobilising stakeholders

4. Capturing results

Zooming in Interreg Europe


1. Improving Structural Funds

programmes


ERDF + ESF = Structural Funds + Cohesion Fund

= The Funds + EAFRD + EMFF = ESI Funds

(European Structural and Investment Funds)




Why? rationale

Objective set in the ETC Regulation - Article 2(3)(a)

for interregional cooperation:

‘to reinforce the effectiveness of cohesion policy’

‘identification and dissemination of good practices with a

view to their transfer principally to operational

programmes under the Investment for growth and jobs

goal but also, where relevant to cooperation

programmes’


Goal 1:

Investment for growth & jobs

EUR 340 billion Goal 2:

European Territorial Cooperation

EUR 10.2 billion

INTERREG EUROPE

EUR 359 m




How is it reflected at project level?

Policy instruments addressed to be specified in application form

At least half of the policy instruments addressed by a project

need to be related to Structural Funds programmes



• Support new projects

• Change programme governance

• Change programme structure

How do you improve policies?


2. Public administrations as

main target groups


2. Involving policy makers

Why? Rationale

INTERREG EUROPE: dedicated to improving policy instruments

Public administrations: organisations responsible for policy

design and implementation

Public administrations: core target group of Interreg

Europe



Participation of public administration: pre requisite

e.g. When Structural Funds programme addressed,

Managing Authorities (MA) / Intermediate Bodies (IB)

should be involved

If organisation responsible for the policy instrument addressed

is not a partner, it should provide a letter of support:

a commitment to fully support and closely follow the project

implementation

How is it reflected at project level?



Required for a partner when:

- Structural Funds programme is addressed, but the MA/IB (or

other relevant bodies) in charge of the management of this

Structural Funds programme is not directly involved in the

project as a partner

- Another policy instrument (outside Structural Funds) is

addressed, but the organisation responsible for this

instrument is not directly involved in the project

Letter of support


A new role for MAs/IBs of SF programmes

4. Interreg Europe

• Active participation as project partners

• Political endorsement as providers of letters of support

• Active involvement in phase 2 of projects (roll-out of the

action plan)

• Strategic communication to relevant stakeholders

• Active use of policy learning platforms


3. Mobilising stakeholders


3. Mobilising stakeholder

Why? Rationale

3. Regional stakeholders

learning

2. Organisational

learning 4. External /

EU level learning

1. Individual

learning

4 levels of learning in interregional cooperation

Key success factor to interregional learning: to go beyond

individual / organisational learning


How to optimise learning?

Creation of stakeholder groups:

- 1 group per partner region

- Members:

• organisations competent in the field tackled by the

project (e.g. for innovation: research centres,

universities, agencies, SMEs)

• body in charge of policy instrument addressed (in

case this body is not a partner)

- Involved in the interregional learning process

3. Mobilising stakeholder




• Importance to demonstrate results beyond policy changes

• Impacts of cooperation can take time

• Tackle the pilot action ‘paradox’: pilot action cannot be

known at the application stage

Why? Rationale



Projects: structure and duration

Phase 1 (exchanging and learning) From 1 to 3 years

Phase 2 (monitoring) Fixed to 2 years

Implementation in 2 phases

Maximum duration: 5 years



‘Interregional learning’

Interregional exchange of experience

e.g. seminars, workshops, site visits, staff exchanges, peer reviews

1 Action Plan per region

Measures to be implemented

Timeframe

Work steps

Responsible players

Costs and funding resources (if applicable)

Projects: structure Phase 1



‘Monitoring the action plan implementation’

• Monitor the implementation of the different action plans

• Pilot actions (only in justified cases)

Phase 2

Projects: structure




Insight into phase 2

• Primarily dedicated to monitoring the Action Plan

implementation

• Activities pre-defined by the programme (i.e. 2 partner

meetings, 1 dissemination event, website update and

reporting activities)



Support for projects


• Partner search tool

• Project idea database

• Programme feedback

• Application Pack

• Events











National information events

- For local participants

- Information about the programme & funding

opportunities

- Inspiration from local project partners

Lead applicant seminars

- 2 events per call for proposals

(May – June 2015, tbc)

- For lead applicants in projects upon

submission of relevant PIF

- Guidance for submitting the application

- Usually with individual consultations



interreg4c.eu/interreg-europe

interregeurope.eu

facebook.com/interregeurope

twitter.com/interregeurope

changing-regions.eu


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Calendar &

Terms of reference 1st call


First call for project proposals closed

Submit application

Lead applicant seminars

National information days

Individual consultations 1st half 2015

May/June 2015

mid-July 2015

(tbc)

April 2015 Launch of Information campaign on First call

mid-January 2015 Project assistance form available online

Scheduling for individual consultations open

Calendar


First call for proposals

• Provisional timing:

• April – June – 1st call information campaign

• June – July – 1st call for proposals open (tbc)

• No thematic restrictions: call open to all Investment priorities

• No specific requirement in terms of geographical coverage

• One third ERDF budget available: MEUR28 per priority axis

• Procedure: on-line system

Terms of reference


Thank you for your attention!

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Info day - Germany · 2015-06-02 · 7 Info Day Germany – Berlin, 22 April 2015 Germany in INTERREG IVC Examples of impacts of CAP projects in DE Länder DE Land Project Example