EUROPEAN REGIONALDEVELOPMENT FUND

Cogita Final Conference, 23 October 2014, Bologna

EU Interregional CooperationState of play and perspectives

Elisa Milos| Finance Officer

Joint Technical Secretariat

COGITA final conference

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Summary

1. INTERREG IVC state of play

2. Programme Capitalisation

3.COGITA project

4. Future of Interregional Cooperation

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INTERREG IVC state of play

204 projects

2 285 partners

90% of 271 NUTS 2 regions covered

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Main achievements (as of June 2014)

Objective:

EU wide exchange of experience / capacity building

6,188staff with increased capacity

349‘spin-off

activities’

Objective:

Identification / sharing / transfer of good practices

4,165good practices

identified

403successfully transferred

Overall objective: Improvement of regional and local policies

2,037policies

addressed

432policies

improved

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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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INTERREG IVC state of play

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http://www.interreg4c.eu/

Capitalisation

PUBLICATIONS

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TOPIC

To support the uptake of an

integrated concept of Corporate

Social Responsibility (CSR) in

Small and Medium-sized

Enterprises (SMEs) by policy

makers.

TOPIC

To support the uptake of an

integrated concept of Corporate

Social Responsibility (CSR) in

Small and Medium-sized

Enterprises (SMEs) by policy

makers.

METHODOLOGY5 sub-groups

1.CSR awareness raising / capacity building within SMEs2.2: Inter-firm collaboration / regional supply chains3.Communication / Branding4.CSR incentives in public procurement5.CSR related criteria for awarding public funding for regional SMEs

METHODOLOGY5 sub-groups

1.CSR awareness raising / capacity building within SMEs2.2: Inter-firm collaboration / regional supply chains3.Communication / Branding4.CSR incentives in public procurement5.CSR related criteria for awarding public funding for regional SMEs

RESULTS17 good practices identified

>30 Staff members with increased

capacity1 Spin off activity

RESULTS17 good practices identified

>30 Staff members with increased

capacity1 Spin off activity Fact-s

heets

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Future of interregional cooperation

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

in particular Structural Funds programmes

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INTERREG EUROPE rationale INTERREG EUROPE rationale

Goal 1: Investment for growth & jobs

EUR 316 billion Goal 2:

European Territorial Cooperation

EUR 8.9 billion

€

INTERREG EUROPE

EUR 359 m

EU Cohesion policy

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Main features

• Eligible area: EU28 + Norway &Switzerland

• Who is eligible?

o Public bodies

o Bodies governed by public law

o Private non-profit bodies

• Co-financing rates

o 85% for public or public equivalent

o 75% for private non profit

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Thematic focus

4 themes

Research, technological development &

innovationCompetitiveness of SME

Low carbon economy Resource efficiency

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Two actions

Policy Learning PlatformsInterregional Cooperation

Projects

Proposed actionsProposed actions

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Overall objective

to improve the effectiveness of the policies of the regions involved

in the project (in particular their Investment for Growth and Jobs

goal programmes)

partner from different countries to work together on a shared

regional policy issue within the scope of the selected Investment

Priorities

ProjectsProjects

Interregional cooperation projects

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New features

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’

ProjectsProjects

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What is it?

PlatformsPlatforms

Innovation SME competitiveness

Resource efficiencyLow-carbon economy

1 service provided per thematic objective via:

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2 interrelated actions

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Future 2014+Future 2014+

Programming – Indicative timeline

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