South East Europe Territorial Cooperation Programme

Presenting the Beneficiaries of the Programme

Contents

• The Programme and its beneficiaries• Presenting the beneficiaries: our

approach

SEE Programme• Operational Programme approved in December 2007• Four programme priorities: Innovation, Environment,

Accessibility, Sustainable Growth Areas • Funding from different financial instruments:

– ERDF (European Regional Development Fund), – IPA (Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance) – and potentially ENPI (European Neighbourhood and

Partnership Instrument).– Together with the national contributions, the overall

budget amounts to approximately 245 mil. euro • 16 participant countries: the transnational programme

which gathers the biggest number of countries!!!!!

SEE area

The Beneficiaries Two calls launched so far :– First call: launched in may 2008 – projects approved in

March 2009• 40 projects selected which amount to 76.628.855

euro. • More than 500 partners from the 16 countries • The size of the projects ranges between 1 and 5 million

euro. • The projects are covering all project priorities

– Second call: ongoing ( application phase); the second step will be launched soon – 60 projects invited out of 600 – list already available on the website: http://www.southeast-europe.net/en/news_and_events/news/projectsinvitedtosubmitanapplicationform

Our goals

• Transparency – Conformity with regulation (for both the programme and

the projects, it is a condition of funding that their details appear on the list)

– Programme vision (included in communication strategy)• Efficiency

– Getting the most out of the projects– Presenting the projects in an attractive way

– Maximize impact: make the list a communication tool!– Provide a versatile, easy to use, accessible and

comprehensive tool

The beneficiaries (approved projects)

• Obligatory (for both the Programme and the projects) • Accessible

– Direct link from the home page ( from the main content area as well as from the projects menu)

• Versatile– For external users can be accessed both as a database and in

downloadable list format (pdf); the database can be exported as well from the admin interface in xls format.

– Multipurpose search by: call, country, theme, by lead partner – get the information you need !

• Comprehensive– The database provides all basic information about the project

(going beyond the regulation requirements) and contains a link to the project websites. communication added value: use of logos and websites.

• Easy to use: easy access; easy search…

The beneficiaries (approved projects)

In the future: • Adding project presentations (videos, photos)

• Some key data about the projects results

• Link with the Information and Management System (make use of the reports and analysis)

www.southeast-europe.net

Accessible

Versatile

Comprehensive

Thank you! Lelia Rotaru

Communications ManagerSouth East Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme

Joint Technical SecretariatE-mail: rotaru@southeast-europe.net;

www.southeast-europe.net