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Akos Szabo, Project Officer INTERREG IVC Joint Technical Secretariat Tourage Final Conference (18.09.2014) Committee of the Regions, Brussels, Belgium www.tourage.eu
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EUROPEAN REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT FUND
TOURAGE final conference, 18 September 2014, Brussels
EU Interregional Cooperation
State of play and perspectives
Akos Szabo | Project Officer
Joint Technical Secretariat
TOURAGE final conference
18 September 2014, Brussels
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Summary
1. INTERREG IVC state of play
2.TOURAGE project
3. Future: INTERREG EUROPE
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1. 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
1. INTERREG IVC state of play
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Overview approved projects
204 projects
2 274 partners
All funds (302 M€) committed
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 andtechnological risks
Water management
Waste management
Biodiversity andpreservation of naturalheritageEnergy and sustainabletransport
Cultural heritage andlandscape
Priority 1 Priority 2
90% of 271 NUTS 2
regions covered
1. INTERREG IVC state of play
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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
1. INTERREG IVC state of play
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1. INTERREG IVC state of play
Main achievements (as of June 2013)
90% of EU
NUTS 2
regions
covered
Objective:
EU wide exchange of
experience / capacity building
6,188
staff with
increased
capacity
369
‘spin-off
activities’
Objective:
Identification / sharing /
transfer of good practices
4,709
good practices
identified
403
successfully
transferred
Overall objective:
Improvement of regional and
local policies
1,943
policies
addressed
432
policies
improved
See illustrations of results in the programme Annual Report!
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TOPIC & METHOD Unique topic – senior tourism in remote regions
+
Intense interregional exchange process & dissemination activities
PARTNERSHIP
11 committed partners from
9 Member States
representing a good balance
in terms of type of partners
and experience
RESULTS (so far) 40 good practices identified and 2 new
project ideas developed (thematic
tours in three different European
Islands & FLOWS 3S)
and many others in progress
2. TOURAGE project
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3. Future: INTERREG EUROPE
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1. New objective set for
interregional cooperation 2. Concentration
principles
3. Smart Specialisation
strategies
INTERREG
EUROPE
4. Integration of Regions
of Knowledge (RoK)
Context
3. INTERREG EUROPE
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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
3. INTERREG EUROPE
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3. 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
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Four themes
3. INTERREG EUROPE
Research &
innovation
SME
competitiveness
Low-carbon
economy
Environment &
resource efficiency
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2 actions
Policy Learning
Platforms
Interregional Cooperation
Projects
3. INTERREG EUROPE
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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’
3. INTERREG EUROPE
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Online collaborative tool + Expert team
B. Policy Learning Platforms
EU-wide capacity building on:
3. INTERREG EUROPE
Innovation SME competitiveness
Resource efficiency Low-carbon economy
1 service provider per thematic objective via:
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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
‘Internal
Capitalisation’
3. INTERREG EUROPE
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2 interrelated actions
3. INTERREG EUROPE
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3. INTERREG EUROPE
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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Showcasing project results and highlighting importance of territorial cooperation.
You are part of it!
21 September 2014
INTERREG IVC celebrates:
• 15 final conferences
• 4 project videos in contest
• 2 projects in a national
exhibition www.youtube.com/embed/Djsc1arYsmI
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