The Cross-Border Cooperation betweenPortugal-Spain and Sweden–Norway

INTERREG-A

0 300 km

PSBR SNBR

Area (km2) 137.015 192.656

Territory (%) 23 27

Counties > 50.000 inhab. 10 22

Dynamic Axes 2 1

SNBR – Swedish Norwegian Border Region

PSBR – Portuguese Spanish Border Region

SNBR – Swedish Norwegian Border Region

PSBR – Portuguese Spanish Border Region

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Population Density - EU NUTS III - 2003

PSBR SNBR

Population 5.460.990 3.558.648

Population (%) 11 26

Pop. Density (hab/km2) 40 32

Pop. Growth (91-05) (93-06) 64.818 150.761

Birth Rate (‰) 8.49 10.92

Mortality rate (‰) 12.03 10.49

Ageing Index (%) 143.9 98.99

Data Source: ESPON Database

2 - 50

50 - 100

100 - 200

200 - 500

500 - 20365

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GNP per capita (€) - EU NUTS III – 2003

PSBR SNBR

GNP pc (PPC) (€/hab) 12.261 31.893

GNP (%) 7,5 5,3

Activity rate (%) 51.45 73.45

Unemployment rate (%)1 8.5 5.7

GVA – Primary Sector (%) 8.90 2.89

GVA – Secondary Sector (%)

26.00 36.64

GVA – Terciary Sector (%) 65.10 58.47

University degree (%) 9.9 18.7

Data Source: ESPON Database

< 10000

10000 - 20000

20000 - 30000

30000 - 40000

> 40.000

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Border Sub-Regions

PSBR SNBR

Investment (million €) > 2.500 > 200

Projects 2179 532

SR1 (% Proj.) / (% Inv.) 23 / 23

SR2 (% Proj.) / (% Inv.) 16 / 15

SR3 (% Proj.) / (% Inv.) 17 / 16

SR4 (% Proj.) / (% Inv.) 25 / 26

SR5 (% Proj.) / (% Inv.) 20 / 20

SR6 (% Proj.) / (% Inv.) 36 / 32

SR7 (% Proj.) / (% Inv.) 29 / 27

SR8 (% Proj.) / (% Inv.) 35 / 41

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INTERREG I – II – III-A

7,74

79,49

8,733,85

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10

20

30

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PUB - E

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(% de Investimento)

INTERREG I-II-III-A

34,38

54,26

8,66

2,70

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

LOC - P

PUB - P

REG - P

UNI - P

(% investment)

INTERREG I-II-III-A

Counties

Public Institutes

Reg. Associations

Universities

INTERREG II-III-A

30,36

16,60

38,98

14,07

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5

10

15

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25

30

35

40

45

LOC - N

PUB - N

REG - N

UNI - N

(% investment)

INTERREG II-III-A

19,3621,60

44,46

14,59

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5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

LOC - S

PUB- S

REG - S

UNI - S

(% investment)

0 120 km

1

5

10

Projects

0 100 km

1

5

10

Projects

Participation of Counties in INTERREG-A Projects

0 120 km

1

5

10

Projects

0 100 km

1

5

10

Projects

Participation of Universities in INTERREG-A Projects

Project Leaders in INTERREG III-A Projects 1st Phase

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Spanish

Portuguese

Source: ESPON

INTERREG-A projects with more than one stage - PSBR and SNBR

PSBR SNBR

78 - 3,5% 62 – 11,7%

PSBR INTERREG-A Project ERDF (€)

INT I – P IP1- Algarve - Road 84.828.892

INT I – P Accesses to Guadiana Bridge 24.939.894

INT I – S Motorway Badajoz-Portuguese Border 70.556.740

INT I – S Motorway Porriño-Tuy N-550 47.422.220

INT II – P Roads - EN 202 and EN 301 Monção-S. Gregório 28.535.619

INT II – P Sabugal Dam 24.927.424

INT II – S Roads and bridges 60.000.000

INT II – S Roads 22.550.736

INT III – PS Advanced networks – Information and telecom. 47.418.848

INT III – PS IC 27 Road Odeleite-Alcoutim 38.810.376

INT III – PS Commercial infra-structures and border permeability 29.199.616

INT III – PS Pipe infra-structures 26.568.052

INT III – PS CEI Guarda-Salamanca library 23.616.573

INT III – PS Cross border road network - south of peninsula 23.234.817

INT III – PS Rehabilitation of roads 22.230.768

INT III – PS Revitalization of the economic tissue 21.358.291

INT III – PS Road cross-border permeability 20.884.313

INT III – PS Basic network of road infra-structures 20.435.038

INTERREG-A Project ERDF (€)

INT II – SN Rock Carvings 5.427.754

INT II – SN GIT Bohuslän/Dalsland-Østfold 3.620.619

INT II – SN Scanland 2.535.464

INT II – SN GIT Bohuslän/Dalsland-Østfold 2.128.866

INT III – SN NABO– Train Trondheim-Östersund 7.219.824

INT III – SN NABO– Train Trondheim-Östersund 5.488.982

INT III – SN New job markets 4.595.208

INT III – SN KNIS – Knowledge and development in IS 2.260.167

INT III – SN Skandia Take-Off – Trøndelag -Jämtland Univ. 2.161.298

SNBR

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Country EU BR

50

100

1.000

Data Source: INTERACT

(million €)

Interreg III-A – 2000-2006

Territorial Cooperation – 2007-2013

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Milhoes €Million € Interreg III-A – 2000-2006

Territorial Cooperation – 2007-2013

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0,009 - 0,08 0,08 - 0,11 0,11 - 0,19 0,19 - 0,35

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100 Km

0,05 - 0,13

0,13 - 0,15

0,15 - 0,17

0,17 - 0,24

Socio-economic development index1991-2005 1993-2006

Iberia Peninsula: 0,165Iberia Peninsula: 0,165PSBR: 0,157PSBR: 0,157

Scandinavia Peninsula: 0,185Scandinavia Peninsula: 0,185SNBR: 0,132SNBR: 0,132

Territorial Articulation

Malmö

Trondheim

Östersun

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Lillehammer

Oslo

Bergen

Stavange

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Karlstad

Arvika

Götebor

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Böras

Jönköpin

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Lund

Helsingborg

Örebro

Linköpin

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Norrkköping

Mora Falu

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Gävle

Västerås

Uppsala

Estocolmo

Sarpsbor

g

Uddevalla

Vänersborg

Skövde

V. Castelo

Portimão

Faro

Huelva

Sevilha

Setúbal

Beja

Évora

Badajoz

Mérida

Portalegre

Plasencia

Cáceres

Ávila

Córdoba

Ciudad Real

Santarém

Lisboa

Madrid

Valência

Talavera

Castelo Branco

Coimbra

Viseu

Porto

Braga

Vigo

Pontevedra O

urense

Chaves

Vila Real

Bragança

Salamanca

Zamora

S. Compostela

Lugo

Corunha

Oviedo - Gijon

- Avilez

Bilbau

Leon B

enavente

Valladolid

Barcelona

Guarda

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Relational Intensity Strong Average Week CB Networks with higher morphologic polycentric potential

Border Sub-Regions

Source: Author

INVESTMENT (%)PSBR SNBR

AccessibilitiesCulture/SocialEnvironment/HeritageInstitutional/UrbanEconomy/TechnologicStudies

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12

6

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PSEUDO CBC

STRUCTURAL

SURGING

EUROREGION

WEEK

STRUCTURAL

SURGING

Week

CBC Models Type of border

Type of partnership

CBC Strategy

CBC Intensity

CBC in time

Territorial Articulation

Type of actors

Continued Ocasional

Several Bilateral

Strong Week

Old Recent

Strong Week

Local Regional

PSBR

SNBR

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Country

Sub-

NUTS II Sub-regions

EGTC Norte-Galiza EGTC Duero-Douro EGTC ZASNET

Source: : Author EGTC Guadiana Central

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Investigation Centers

Road Crossings International Bridge Baixo Guadiana

Renewable Energy

Nanotechnology

Maritime Excelence

Bragança – Zamora Highway

TGV Crossings

TGV – Lisboa/Madrid

TGV – Porto/Vigo

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Country Border NUTS III P-S / S-N

2

2 : 5

5 : 6

6 : 7

7 : 8

EU BR

ESPON Drought Risk Index

Data Source: ESPON Database

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Solar energy Kwh: 800

801 - 1050

1051 - 1200

1201 - 1350

1351 - 1500

1501 - 1650

Wind energy m/s (open space):

> 7.5

5.5 – 7.5

Country Border NUTS III P-S / S-N EU BR

Data Source: http://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pvgis/cmaps/eur.htm + http://www.windpower.org/en/tour/wres/euromap.htm

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Escala

-24 : -10

-9 : -5

-4 : 0

1 : 10

10 : 42

Country Border NUTS III P-S / S-N EU BR

Population Variation 1995 – 2003 (x1000)

Data Source: ESPON Database

Data Source: ESPON Database

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Escala

Agriculture, non market services, trade, hotels & restaurants, industry (light & construction)

High and medium technological industry

Non market services, agriculture & light industry

MEGAs advanced services: finances & business

Week in industry, market & non-market personal services

Neutral central without big cities

Textile, personal market services

Economic typology

Country Border NUTS III P-S / S-N EU BR