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EUROPEAN REGIONALDEVELOPMENT FUND
GreenInfraNet/Smart Europe final conference, 4 November 2014, Almere
EU Interregional CooperationState of play and perspectives
Akos Szabo | Project Officer
Elisa Milos | Finance Officer
Joint Technical Secretariat
GreenInfraNet/Smart Europe final conference
4 November 2014, Almere
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Summary
1. INTERREG IVC state of play
2. GreenInfraNet/Smart Europe projects
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, research and technology de-velopment
Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Information Society
Employment, human capital and education
16 (19%)
9 (11%)
5 (6%)
7 (8%)
38 (44%)
10 (12%) Natural and technological risks
Water management
Waste management
Biodiversity and preserva-tion of natural heritage
Energy and sustainable transport
Cultural heritage and landscape
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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12 capitalisation topics
111 projects involved
Priority 1 Priority 2
Innovation Systems – 10
(triple helix & open innovation)
Innovation capacity of SMEs – 7
Eco-innovation – 7
Creative 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
1. INTERREG IVC state of play
GreenInfraNet participating in capitalisation lot on ‘Climate change’
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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
6,188staff 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!
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TOPIC & METHODDevelopment and implementation of green infrastructure in EU regions
+Intense interregional exchange process in specific fields: development
and implementation of green infrastructure in urbanised areas, in natural areas, in relation to rural land uses and to adapt to climate change
PARTNERSHIP11 committed partners from
9 Member States representing a good balance in terms of type of partners
and experience
RESULTS (so far)2 policies improved and 2 spin-off
activities developed
and many others in progress
2. GreenInfraNet project
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TOPIC & METHODTopic: support regions in boosting employment in innovation based jobs by exchanging and developing regional policies and by supporting the
creation of jobsMethod: peer review methodology
PARTNERSHIP13 highly motivated and
experienced partners from 11 Member States. 7 of these partners already
successfully cooperated in Mini Europe project (2008 –
2011).
RESULTS (so far)21 good practices identified, 1 GP catalogue, 8 peer review reports, 3
regional action plans
and many others in progress
2. Smart Europe 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 bodieso Bodies governed by public lawo Private non-profit bodies
(RoK ‘heritage’)
• Co-financing rateso 85% for public or public equivalento 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
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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’
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Online collaborative tool + Expert team
B. Policy Learning Platforms
EU-wide capacity building on:
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Innovation SME competitiveness
Resource efficiencyLow-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
‘InternalCapitalisation’
3. INTERREG EUROPE
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2 interrelated actions
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First call for project proposals expected
Submission and approval of the programme by the EC
2nd half 2014
Early 2015
Programming – Indicative timeline
2-3 December 2014 INTERREG EUROPE launch event – Bologna, IT
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