Interregional co-operation across the entire EU territory and neighbouring countries on topics closely related to regional development INTERREG IIIC North Joint Technical Secretariat, June 2003

Contents INTERREG IIIC in general Co-operation Area Programme Zones Types of Operation Topics for Co-operation Participation ERDF Budgets Available Programme Management INTERREG IIIC & EU Enlargement Contact Information

The INTERREG Initiative Main objectives economic and social cohesion balanced and sustainable development of the European territory territorial integration with candidate and other neighbouring countries

INTERREG IIIC ... is one strand of the EU Community Initiative INTERREG III INTERREG III cross-border co-operation transnational co-operation interregional co-operation INTERREG IIIA INTERREG IIIC INTERREG IIIB

Interregional co-operation aims to improve the effectiveness of policies and instruments for regional development and cohesion through large-scale information and know-how exchange and sharing of experience among European regions

Co-operation Area entire EU territory including insular and outermost regions Norway, Switzerland accession and candidate countries MEDA countries other interested countries

Programme Zones Joint Technical Secretariats North: Rostock, Germany East: Vienna, Austria South: Valencia, Spain West: Lille, France North East South West

INTERREG IIIC North Programme area Denmark Whole country Belarus Lithuania Latvia Estonia Norway Finland Sweden Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Schleswig-Holstein Germany

INTERREG IIIC East Programme area Austria Germany Italy Greece Poland Whole country Yugoslavia Croatia Slovenia Hungary Slovakia Czech Republic Poland Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki, Kentriki Makedonia, Dytiki Makedonia, Thessalia, Ipeiros Greece Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige, Emilia- Romagna, Puglia, Molise, Abruzzo, Marche Italy Bayern, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Berlin, Brandenburg, Thüringen Germany Austria

INTERREG IIIC South Programme area Spain France Greece Portugal United Whole country France Midi-Pyrennées, Limousin, Auvergne, Aquitaine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Poitou-Charentes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Rhône-Alpes, Corse, Guyane, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion Greece Dytiki Ellada, Peloponnisos, Voreio Aigaio, Notio Aigaio, Kriti, Ionia Nisia, Stera Ellada, Attiki Italy Piémont, Lombardie, Ligurie, Toscane, Ombrie, Lazio, Campanie, Sardaigne, Basilicate, Calabre, Sicile, Val d’Aoste Portugal Whole country United Kingdom Gibraltar

INTERREG IIIC West Programme area France Belgium Netherlands Nord-Pas de Calais, Picardie, Haute-Normandie, Île de France, Basse-Normandie, Centre, Champagne-Ardennes, Lorraine, Bourgogne, Alsace, Franche-Comté, Bretagne, Pays de la Loire Belgium Whole country Netherlands Whole country Luxembourg Whole country Germany Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Baden-Württemberg United Kingdom Whole country (except Gibraltar) Ireland Whole country

Regions without joint borders can work together in common projects e.g. Swedish lead partner applies to North zone

Three types of operation are eligible for funding:

Regional Framework Operation large-scale regional co-operation comprising various sub-projects Regional Partner LEAD PARTNER RFO Strategy Pt Lead participant Project 1 Project 3 Project 2 minimum of three different countries at least two must be Member States

Individual Project Lead Partner co-operation activities addressing only one specific topic Lead Partner minimum of three different countries at least two must be Member States Project Partner Project Partner

Network co-operation activities mainly directed at structured exchange of experience Partner Partner Lead Partner minimum of five different countries at least three must be Member States Partner Partner

Types of Operation General provisions

Topics for Co-operation Activities can cover a wide rage of themes closely related to regional development policy. These are divided into five key topics: Structural Funds Objective 1 and 2 INTERREG programmes Urban development Innovative Actions Other appropriate subjects Additional topic for co-operation in the North, East and South zone - „Border region operations“.

Topics for Co-operation Objective 1 and 2 INTERREG Urban develop- ment Innovative Actions Others Border region operations Regional Framework Operation Individual Project Network

Participation Who can participate? Regional Framework Operation Regional public authorities or equivalent bodies* Individual project Public authorities or public equivalent bodies Network Public authorities or public equivalent bodies

ERDF Budgets per Programme Zone Altogether 293 million EUR ERDF funds are available for co-financing operations plus 2.7 million EUR Norwegian national funds as well as 15 million EUR for border region operations.

Programme Management All four programme zones are managed homogenously: Monitoring Committee* Steering Committee* Managing Authority Paying Authority Joint Technical Secretariat *In the North Zone, the tasks of the Monitoring and Steering Committees are performed by a joint body – the Monitoring and Steering Committee of the INTERREG IIIC North

INTERRG IIIC & EU Enlargement 10 new countries Partners from accession countries, which will join the EU in 2004, will be eligible for ERDF funding from 1 January 2004*. In the second application round (16.6.-26.9.2003) they can apply as partners in the operations on the same terms with the partners coming from the EU Member States, with the only exception – they cannot be Lead Partners. * In the case of unexpected problems or delays in the enlargement process or with the amendment and approval of the INTERREG IIIC Programmes, the ERDF funding cannot be guaranteed.

Contact Information INTERREG IIIC West Joint Technical Secretariat 24, Boulevard Carnot – 3e étage F-59800 Lille, France Phone: +33 3 28 38 11 11 Fax: +33 3 28 38 11 15 Email: west@interreg3c.net INTERREG IIIC North Joint Technical Secretariat Grubenstr. 20 D-18055 Rostock, Germany Phone: +49 381 45 484 5285 Fax: +49 381 45 484 5282 Email: north@interreg3c.net INTERREG IIIC South Joint Technical Secretariat Calle Avellanas, 14 3G 46003 Valencia, Spain Phone: +34 96 3153340 Fax: +34 96 3153347 E-mail: sud@interreg3c.net INTERREG IIIC East Joint Technical Secretariat Schlesinger Platz 2 A- 1080 Vienna, Austria Phone: +34 1 4000 761 42 Fax: +43 1 4000 99 761 41 Email: east@interreg3c.net www.interreg3c.net

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