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EUROPEAN REGIONALDEVELOPMENT FUND
Insight into interregional cooperation
Irma Astrauskaitė| Communication Officer
Benoît Dalbert| Project Officer
Joint Technical Secretariat
POWER final conference
21 September 2011, Brussels
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Summary
1. Reminder on the programme’s context
2. Programme state of play
3. First programme achievements
4. Concluding words on the POWER project
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1. Programme context
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1. Programme context1. Programme context
EU Cohesion and Regional Policy
Reducing disparities
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1. Programme context1. Programme context
EU Cohesion and Regional Policy
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ES Objective 1:
Convergence
81.54%€ 282.8 billion
Objective 2: Regional Competitiveness and
Employment
15.95% € 55 billion
Objective 3: European Territorial Cooperation
2.52% € 8.7 billion
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Objective 3: European Territorial Cooperation
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B
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Cross-border
transnational
interregional
networking
53 programmes
13 programmes
1 programme
URBACTINTERactESPON
3 programmes
INTERREG IVC
€ 6.5 billion
€ 1.8 billion
€ 321M
€ 134M
1. Programme context1. Programme contextIN
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INTERREG: 3 strands and 67 different programmes
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INTERREG IVC main features
ERDF funding: € 300 m
Eligible area:
- EU 27
- Switzerland & Norway
2 priorities - Innovation & knowledge economy
- Environment and risk prevention
2 types of interventions- Regional Initiative Project
- Capitalisation Project
1. Programme context1. Programme context
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1. Programme context1. Programme context
Programme rationale
INTERREG IVC allows local and regional policy-makers to access the experience of others in Europe facing similar issues in order to renew their practices / strategies / policies
Mainly dedicated to local and regional authorities
Core focus on the exchange of experience
“Learning by sharing”
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2. Programme state of play
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4 calls for proposals
organised
2007 20132008 2009 2010 2011 2012
1st Call 2nd Call 3rd Call 4th Call
Regional Initiative Projects
Capitalisation Projects
Both types of
Projects
Both types of
Projects
1002 (+29) applications
492 applications
973 (+481) applications
1357 (+355) applications
Launch of the
Programme
TOTAL:
~14 000 project partners
2. Programme state of play2. Programme state of play
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Applicants per country – all calls
2. Programme state of play2. Programme state of play
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Approved Projects
122 projects
1 332 partners
71 projects in priority 1
51 projects in priority 2
82% of EU NUTS 2
regions represented
BUDGET, EUR
committed remaining
2. Programme state of play2. Programme state of play
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• 19 approved projects:
- 6 Climate change- 5 Energy efficiency- 5 Sustainable public transport- 3 Other
For a total of 226 partners coming from all EU
Member States, also Switzerland and Norway
INTERREG IVC projects related to
Energy and Sustainable transport
2. Programme state of play2. Programme state of play
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Programme new development
2. Programme state of play2. Programme state of play
‘Capitalisation at programme level’
to better exploit the knowledge resulting from projects working on a similar topic
Approved in June 2011 by the Monitoring Committee with a start planned in 2012
up to 12 topics covered
renewable energy
cultural industries
entrepreneurship
ageing population
climate change
sustainable transport
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3. First programme achievements
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2. Results and achievements2. Results and achievements
Outputs of the 41 first call projects
Exchange of experience / match experiences
35Regional Initiative projects
6Capitalisation
projects
1,121 good practices
identified
Average of
32per project
Exchange of experience results in
23 ‘spin off’ activities
1,639 staff members with increased
capacity
Average of
40per project
29 sucesfully transfered
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Examples of transfer under Priority 1
From: Mid Sweden regionTo: Flevoland region (NL)
‘Summer entrepreneur’ – Stimulate entrepreneurial mindset among young people through the creation of their own business during summer vacation
Practice: Project:
3. Programme achievements3. Programme achievements
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- 1 practice transferred (‘mainstreamed’) (2 other transfers planned in North West England and Veneto)
- Participation of 38 young people
- Creation of one business
MINI-EUROPE example: main results
3. Programme achievements3. Programme achievements
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Examples of transfer under Priority 2
From: Borrough of Bromley (UK)
To: Frankfurt am Main (DE)
Practice:
‘Walk to school’ – Encourage school children to walk to school rather than travel by car
Project:
3. Programme achievements3. Programme achievements
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Results: - 1 practice transferred (partly financed by IVC)
- 15 schools and 3,000 pupils involved
- 40 tonnes CO2 (and 19,200 litres of oil) saved
PIMMS TRANSFER example
3. Programme achievements3. Programme achievements
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3. Programme achievements3. Programme achievements
Improvement of regional and local policies
Outputs of the 41 first call projects
50national/regional/local
policies improved
42Priority I
INNOVATION
8Priority II
ENVIRONMENT
12%of policies addressed are already improved
(50 out of 423)
66%of policies addressed
in Capitalisation projects are improved
(34 out of 56)
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3. Programme achievements3. Programme achievements
Sub-theme: Information society
Example of policy improvements (INNOVATION)
Project:
Bologna Municipality (IT)
Partner concerned: Policy improved:
Revision of the Emilia Romagna Regional Telematic Plan 2011-2013 which now includes the ‘Guidelines for Local Wireless Communities’ coming from PIKE
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3. Programme achievements3. Programme achievements
Sub-theme: Natural and technological risks, climate change
Example of policy improvements (ENVIRONMENT)
Regional Environment Centre for Eastern Europe (SK)
Project: Partner concerned: Policy improved:
Revision of the Emilia Romagna Regional Telematic Plan 2011-2013 which now includes the ‘Guidelines for Local Wireless Communities’ coming from PIKE
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1st call Capitalisation Projects: financial commitment
Achievements of the first call Capitalisation Projects
Projects IVC ERDF spent (EUR)
Leverage effect
Amount dedicated to the implementation of
practices (EUR)
B3 Regions 1,525,947 x 307 = 468,612,500
ERIK ACTION 1,418,440 x 17 = 24,561,200
ESF6 CIA 935,661 x 55 = 51,300,000
ICHNOS PLUS 734,183 x 0.9 = 687,800
PIKE 1,146,295 x 6 = 7,272,900
RAPIDE 1,194,558 x 18 = 21,210,460
TOTAL 6,955,084 x 82 573,644,800
TOTAL (without B3
Regions)5,429,137 x 19 105,032,300
3. Programme achievements3. Programme achievements
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4. POWER project
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Project strength : clear relevance to INTERREG IVC
4. POWER4. POWER
• European added-value of the issue tackled: low carbon economy in the context of climate change
• A focus on the exchange of experience at policy level which is also reflected at sub-project level
• Quality of partnership:• A majority of partners are public authorities
• Good geographical coverage: 7 partners from all 4 corners of Europe, including 2 new MS
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4. POWER4. POWER
Project strength : quality of approach and deliverables
• Efficient communication strategy (e.g. video)
• 9 approved sub-projects of high quality
• Exchange of experience also between partners with 1 policy improved (IT) and other results expected soon
• First results:
69 staff members with increased capacity
4 spin-off activities incl. CO2 calculator
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Thank you for your attention!