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Regions for Economic Change ConferenceWorkshop 1 A

INTERREG IV C

From Networking to Policy Change: B3 Regions, Results and Lesson Learnt

Elsa PilonePiedmont Region/CSI-Piemonte

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CONTENTS

Key Results

Lessons learnt

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OVERVIEW: THE 2 KEY ELEMENTS

THE CAPITALISATION APPROACH

Focus on action (Translation of ‘good practices’ into mainstream policies Knowledge already available: 8 good practices identified

Direct involvement of Managing Authorities

THE FAST TRACK ASPECT

Active support of the Commission services: DG Regional Policy, DG Information Society and Media, DG Competition, Eurostat ...

Stronger link between exchange of good practices and mainstream funding programmes, especially if Indirect participation of MAs stakeholders

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OVERVIEW: The 8 good practices 1) Demand aggregation 2) PPP

3) ICT observatory and integrated portals4) Broadband search engine5) Education services6) E-Government solutions

7) Broadband Technologies for rural areas Technological approach

8) State Aid procedures Management skills

Broadband projects

Economic models

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OVERVIEW: The Fast Track Capitalisation Network

DemandAggregation

ICTObservatory

EducationServicesBB

TechnologieseGovernment State Aid

IntegratedPortals

PPPEC

Good Practice Donors

Managing Authorities

Cohesion Policy

Cohesion Policy

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OVERVIEW: Transfer the good practices

Demand Aggregation workshop

ICT Observatory study visit

Turin conference

State Aid workshop

Fast Track Seminar

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KEY RESULTS

12 Action Plans

1) Piedmont/CSI-Piemonte (IT): Catalan experience2) Sterea Ellada (GR): Catalonia and Malopolska experiences3) Catalonia (ES): Piedmont and Nynet experiences4) Crete/ University of Crete (GR): Piedmont experience5) Malopolska (PL): Piemdont, Nynet and Catalonia experiences6) Lodz/City of Lodz (PL)7) Lower Silesia (PL): Catalonia, Nynet and Piedmont experiences8) Sardinia (IT): Fundecyt and Catalonia experiences9) Yorkshire Forward/Nynet (UK): Piedmont , Bulgaria and Catalonia experiences10) Ministry of Transport and Information Technology—Bulgaria/iCentres (BG):

Piedmont, Nynet, NCA, Lower Silesia, Catalonia experiences11) Extremadura/Fundecyt (ES): Nynet experience12) Ministry of Telecommunications-Cyprus/University of Cyprus (CY): Piedmont

experience

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KEY RESULTS: 12 ACTION PLANS

DONORS

SardiniaLower Silesia

Cyprus

Bulgaria

MAIN BENEFICIARIES

LodzkieMalopolska

Sterea Ellada

MOST WANTED DONORS

Catalunya

PiemonteExtremadura

North YorkshireCrete

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Broadband challenge is faced on different funding scales: B3 Regions deals with major multimillion regional programmes!Different Source: ERDF, ESF, EAFRD

Malopolska:7M€ ERDF, 2M€ National fund

Sardinia: 67M€ ERDF, 10M€ EARDF, 61M€ ESF, 36 M € regional fund

KEY RESULTS

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LESSON LEARNT

Regional/National elections can be a crucial point in the action plans delivery process -especially if the results lead to a sudden change in the Regional government and a consequently reorganisation process as well (political issues)

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Sharing methodologies among regions

Hidden knowledge potential Powerful learning instrument

Fast Track

Mutual benefits

LEASSON LEARNT

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Thank you for your attention!

elsa.pilone@csi.it

Lodz, 15th June 2010

B3 Regions Final conference