Knowledge and Expertise in European Programmes (KEEP)

Background and State of Play

Regions for Economic Change – Building Sustainable Growth

20 May 2010 | Bruxelles, Belgium

KEEP is

•An INTERACT Knowledge Management tool / platform to:

→support programmes in increasing efficiency & effectiveness

→improve exchange of information, experience & good practices among the ETC community

KEEP can

•Enable aggregata data search and statistical evidence of the results of cooperation

•Generate basic statistics graphs & information on themes, budgets & regions of interest and visualise this information2

KEEP - BACKGROUND

KEEP - BACKGROUND

KEEP products

•Existing

→KEEP Guide – strategy, objectives, expected outputs

→KEEP Video – introduces activities undertaken and raise awareness

•New

→KEEP online prototype - the real challenge

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KEEP – STATE OF PLAY

KEEP database

•Information on INTERREG III + ETC cross-border, transnational, interregional projects

→Data stored in ESPON & INTERACT databases + INTERREG III projects (2008)

→Data entry operation (2009) – public data available

MA/JTS bodies

Web search

Support from INTERACT Points

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KEEP – STATE OF PLAY

KEEP database includes information on

•INTERREG III

→62 cross-border, 13 transnational, 4 interregional = 79 programmes

→11.011 projects

→33.321 partners

•European Territorial Cooperation

→52 cross-border, 13 transnational, 4 interregional = 65 programmes

→2.389 projects

→11.358 partners

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KEEP – STATE OF PLAY

KEEP maps

•Google maps

→Advert free

→INTERACT can offer the fastest service possible to end-users

•Information stored on maps includes

→Programme boundaries, NUTS areas, historical information

→Support from DG Regio GIS Department (coordinates for borders, ...)

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KEEP – STATE OF PLAY

KEEP prototype

•KEEP Pilot Action Proposal for 2010-2011

→Finalisation of fully operational online prototype

•Will be presented today for the first time

•Contains data on 13 transnational + 4 interregional programmes ( approx. 2000 projects)

•Realised by INTERACT Secretariat with support from IP Viborg

•Highlighted existing gaps / clarified further action needed

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KEEP – STATE OF PLAY

From KEEP phase 1 to KEEP phase 2

•Phase 1 - finalisation

→Access to the system to external users (password)

→Programme / focus group (transnational / interregional)

→Integration of data in the DB (qualitative / quantitative)

•Phase 2 – launch

→public procurement (Bratislava Self-Governing Region)

→Programme / focus group + data integration (cross-border)

→ToR now under preparation, start by 09.2010, fully operational system available by early 2011

MA/JTS bodies

Web search

Support from INTERACT Points

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KEEP – STATE OF PLAY

KEEP website – Territorial Cooperation Portal

•KEEP website will comprise

→Maps & statistics linking to the KEEP database

→Editorial contents / news items

•Comprehensive portal of territorial cooperation

→To be established in cooperation among INTERACT, ESPON, INTERREG IV and URBACT

•Foreseen in Plan of Common Activities for 2010

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