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EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND Event – date, place About INTERREG EUROPE INTERREG EUROPE INTERREG IVC Joint Technical Secretariat Iruma Kravale, The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development

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EUROPEAN REGIONALDEVELOPMENT FUND

Event – date, place

About INTERREG EUROPE

INTERREG EUROPEINTERREG EUROPE

INTERREG IVC Joint Technical Secretariat

Iruma Kravale, The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development

2 Event – date, place

TimelineTimeline

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

1st half 2015

April 2015

Programming – Indicative timeline

2-3 December 2014 INTERREG EUROPE launch event, Bologna

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Rationale Rationale

€INTERREG EUROPE

EUR 359 m

EU Cohesion policyGoal 1:

Investment for growth & jobs (G&J)

EUR 340 billion

Goal 2: European Territorial Cooperation (ETC)

EUR 10.2 billion

Policy learning among public authorities to improve performance of policies & programmes for regional development,

in particular Structural Funds programmes

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Rationale Rationale

€INTERREG EUROPE

EUR 359 m

EU Cohesion policy

Policy learning among public authorities to improve performance of policies & programmes for regional development,

in particular Structural Funds programmes

Goal 1: Investment for growth & jobs (G&J)

EUR 340 billion

Goal 2: European Territorial Cooperation (ETC)

EUR 10.2 billion

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Cooperation areaCooperation area

30 countries

- EU 28

- Norway

- Switzerland

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Eligibility & co-financing rateEligibility & co-financing rate

Who is eligible? Co-financing rates

Public bodies and bodies governed by public law

85%

Private non-profit bodies 75%

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Four themes

Thematic focus

Research & innovation

SME competitiveness

Low-carbon economy

Environment & resource efficiency

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2 actions

Policy Learning

Platforms

Interregional Cooperation

Projects

Proposed actionsProposed actions

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A. Interregional Cooperation Projects

Policy exchange of experience (1 to 3 years)ending with production of 1 action plan per region

Monitoring of action plan implementation (2 years)+ possible pilot actions

Phase 1

Phase 2

Proposed actionsProposed actions

1. Implementation in 2 phases

2. Creation of ‘local stakeholder groups’+ involve all organisations linked to policy process+ reduce administrative/legal obstacles

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A. Interregional Cooperation Projects

Who should get involved?

Proposed actionsProposed actions

find tried and tested measures to implement in your programme

share and implement good practices coming from across Europe

get involved with your policymaker and contribute to better policy implementation

Managing Authorities

Regional/local authorities

Agencies, institutes, non-profit private

bodies

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A. Interregional Cooperation Projects

2. INTERREG EUROPE2. INTERREG EUROPE

1. Focus on SF programmes

• A half of policy instruments addressed

2. Direct commitment of policymakers

• Support letters from MAs/ IBs

3. Stakeholder groups

• Broader policy learning and impact

4. Online (OLF) system

• Application, report, request for changes

Application and reporting

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A. Interregional Cooperation Projects

2. INTERREG EUROPE2. INTERREG EUROPE

1. Administration costs

• 15% of staff costs

2. Project preparation costs

• Lump sum EUR 15.000,-

3. Budget changes

• 20% flexibility rules within approved budget

Financial simplifications (tbc)

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Online collaborative tool + Expert team

B. Policy Learning Platforms

EU-wide capacity building on:

Proposed actionsProposed actions

Research & innovation SME competitiveness

Environment & resource efficiencyLow-carbon economy

1 service provider per theme via:

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B. Policy Learning Platforms

Services

Build EU-wide capacity

• Organise thematic events, peer

reviews among regions

• Produce thematic publications

• Assist individual stakeholders

involved in G&J and ETC

• ‘Animate’ the online tool for

knowledge sharing

• Advise running projects

Exploit project results

• Analyse, benchmark and

disseminate the projects’

content

Improve programme content

• Advise the programme on

strategic orientation (e.g. calls

for project proposals)

Proposed actionsProposed actions

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B. Policy Learning Platforms

Users

Proposed actionsProposed actions

Two access levels

Public information for all users

Restricted area for registered users for extra services

Bodies involved in management and implementationof Growth & Jobs and European Territorial Cooperation programmes

Bodies involved in policy implementation relevant to the four programme themes

Beneficiaries of G&J and ETC programmes

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2 interrelated actions

Proposed actionsProposed actions

Policy Learning Platforms

Open to all regions

Interregional cooperation projects

Enrich Contribute

Project 1 Project 2 Project 3