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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



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



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



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


GreenInfraNet participating in capitalisation lot on ‘Climate change’



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!


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


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


3. Future: INTERREG EUROPE


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


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


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


Four themes

3. INTERREG EUROPE

Research & innovation

SME competitiveness

Low-carbon economy

Environment & resource efficiency


2 actions

Policy Learning

Platforms

Interregional Cooperation

Projects

3. INTERREG EUROPE3. INTERREG EUROPE


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’



Online collaborative tool + Expert team

B. Policy Learning Platforms

EU-wide capacity building on:


Innovation SME competitiveness

Resource efficiencyLow-carbon economy

1 service provider per thematic objective via:


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


2 interrelated actions




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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