EUROPEAN REGIONALDEVELOPMENT FUND
EU Interregional CooperationState of play and perspectives
Akos Szabo
Joint Technical Secretariat
26 June 2014, Brussels
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Summary
1.Context
2. INTERREG IVC state of play
3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC
4. Future of interregional cooperation – INTERREG EUROPE
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EU regional policy: from 3 objectives to 2 goals
Goal 1: Investment for growth
and jobs97% of the fundsEUR 340 billion
Goal 2: European Territorial
Cooperation2.9% of the fundsEUR 10.2 billion
2007 – 2013
2014 – 2020
1. Context
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Goal 2: European Territorial Cooperation INTERREG: 3 strands and 80 different programmes
(EUR 10.2 billion)
INT
ER
RE
G
A
B
C
cross-border
transnational
interregional
networking
60 programmes74% - 7,548 MEUR
15 programmes20.3% - 2,075 MEUR
1 programme
URBACTINTERACTESPON
3 programmes
INTERREG EUROPE
5.6%571.6 MEUR
1. Context
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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
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Eligible area
- EU 27
- Switzerland
- Norway
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Overview approved projects
204 projects
2 274 partners
All budget (302 M€) committed
Priority 1 Priority 2
90% of 271 NUTS 2 regions covered
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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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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
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12 capitalisation topics
111 projects
Priority 1 Priority 2
Innovation Systems – 1010
(triple helix & open innovation)
Innovation capacity of SMEs – 77
Eco-innovation – 77Creative 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
3 topics/ 24 projects
devoted to innovation
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2. INTERREG IVC state of play
Download the full reports from: www.interreg4c.eu/capitalisation
Available from 1 October 2013
Capitalisation reports
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3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC
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Overview priority 1:
Innovation & knowledge economy
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37 projects involving 395 partners from 26 EU MS & Norway
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37 projects related to
Innovation, research & technology development
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Projects:
Good practice : Aalto Design Factory (from Aalto University, FI)
Aim: to support world-class & interdisciplinary product design
Dynamic collaboration environment (3000 sqm) for interaction between
students, teachers, researchers and industry partners, allowing for joint
lecturing, seminars, research, prototyping, experimentation, user-tests etc.
Bringing open innovation into practice
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Project:
Partner concerned: Kujawsko-Pomorskie (PL)
Mainstreamed GP: Innovation voucher
Interregional trainings enabled Kujawsko-Pomorskie to transfer tool of innovation vouchers into their ERDF Operational Programme 2007-2013.
Example of good practice (GP) transferred
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Project:
Partner concerned: Government of Catalonia (ES)
Improved policy: ‘Strategy for innovation ecosystem‘
Revised strategy includes measures for stakeholders involvement coming from the Finnish innovation system (more precisely from the city of Jyvaskyla)
Example of policy improved
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Main achievements in innovation (as of June 2013)
1,105staff with increased capacity
63practices transferred
75policies improved
See illustrations of results in the programme Annual Reports!
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3 topics
Thematic capitalisation on innovation
Innovation Systems: triple helix & open innovation
Innovation capacity of SMEs
Eco-innovation
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Innovation Systems triple helix & open innovation
10 INTERREG IVC projects analysed
114 Project Partners
269 good practices identified
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Innovation capacity of SMEs
7 INTERREG IVC projects analysed
61 Project Partners
178 Good practices identified
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Eco-innovation
7 INTERREG IVC projects analysed
73 Project Partners
110 Good practices identified
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4. Future of interregional cooperation
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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
4. 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
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4. 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
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Research & innovation
SME competitiveness
Low-carbon economy
Environment & resource efficiency
RoK & clusters
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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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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’
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2 interrelated actions
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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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