Murcia, 27 Nov EU INTERREGIONAL COOPERATION PROGRAMME: INTERREG IVC Introduction to programme & application process Elena del Rey Dirección General de Economía- Conselleria de Economía y Hacienda Generalitat Valenciana Info Point Sur INTERREG IVC Autoridad de Gestión INTERREG IIIC Sur Murcia, 27 de Noviembre de 2007

Murcia, 27 Nov Overview 1.Programme Structure 2.Development/Tools 3.Application 4.Assessment 5.Decision

Murcia, 27 Nov Programme Structure INTERREG IIIC versus INTERREG IVC  321 MEUR ERDF  Cofinancing up to 75%/85%  One programme: 1 Managing Authority (Région Nord- Pas de Calais), 1 Audit Authority, 1 Certifying Authority  1 JTS in Lille and 4 Information Points in Rostock, Katowice (with support from Vienna), Valencia and Lille  Focus on Lisbon and Gothenburg Agendas  2 Types of Interventions  315 MEUR ERDF  Cofinancing up to 50% (up to 75% for Objective 1 Regions)  Four programmes: 4 Managing, 4 Audit and 4 Paying Authorities  4 JTS  All themes of regional and local public activities  3 Types of Operations INTERREG IVC INTERREG IIIC

Murcia, 27 Nov Programme Structure 1.Regional Initiative Projects: “classical approach” Intensity of cooperation Partnership: at least 3 countries 2 MS; 8-20;3-8 p. Duration: 36 m. recommended Budget: ERDF € M € INTERREG IVC - Types of intervention

Murcia, 27 Nov Programme Structure 2. Capitalisation Projects (including Fast Track Projects) Aim: transfer of regional development god practices into mainstream EU SF Programmes Partnership: at least 3 countries 2 MS; 6-10 c. Relevant bodies responsible for monitoring OP Duration: 24 m. recommended Budget: ERDF € M€ Fast Track Projects: additional EC assistance offered 30 possible themes of the RfEC Initiative defined INTERREG IVC - Types of intervention (II)

Murcia, 27 Nov INTERREG IVC – Management structures 1. Programme structure

Murcia, 27 Nov Information points Rostock (IBSH), Germany: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Norway; Katowice (MRD), Poland, with support from the City of Vienna: Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania; Valencia (GV), Spain: Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain Lille (RNPC), France: Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Switzerland 1. Programme structure

Murcia, 27 Nov Development Tools provided by the JTS and the Information Points (IPs) Website Events Consultations Application Pack Project idea database: Brochures, leaflets and articles in relevant media

Murcia, 27 Nov Application Application Pack Programme Manual: (found at ) Programme information Project development Application & selection Project implementation Project closure Application Form: (found at ) Activities Timeplan Co-financing Statement

Murcia, 27 Nov Application Application Form General instruction Checklist Project summary Detailed project description Components Budget Partnership

Murcia, 27 Nov Application Activities Timeplan

Murcia, 27 Nov Application Co-financing Statement

Murcia, 27 Nov Application Time table: 21 September 2007:Opening of first call (Lisbon) 15 January 2008:Deadline for submission of applications first call to Lille-FR June 2008 (provisional)Opening of second call October 2008 (provisional)Deadline for submission of applications second call

Murcia, 27 Nov Assessment Assessment of applications Eligibility Check Quality Check

Murcia, 27 Nov Assessment Eligibility Check (by JTS) Application Form submitted in due time Application is complete Application is fully and properly filled All Co-financing Statements are correctly filled and printed Partnership from a min of three countries, from which at least two partners must be from EU Member States and financed by the INTERREG IVC programme Mini-programmes: max of eight partners

Murcia, 27 Nov Assessment Quality Check (by JTS and external experts) 1) Relevance of the proposal 2) Coherence of the proposal 3) Quality of results 4) Quality of management 5) Quality of partnership 6) Budget and finance Content related Implementation related

Murcia, 27 Nov Assessment Scoring system Not eligible (Information to MC and Lead Applicant) Eligible 0 Knock out (objective of the project can not be fulfilled) 1Very poor 2Poor 3Adequate 4Good 5Excellent Eligibility Check Quality Check

Murcia, 27 Nov Assessment Time table for the approval of first call for proposals (provisional): By end Feb 2008: Eligibility Check (JTS) By end May 2008: Quality Check (JTS-Experts Pool) By end June 2008: Decision MC

Murcia, 27 Nov Decision MC decision Two-thirds majority of Member States present needed Majority must include votes of countries having a Partner on its territory.

Murcia, 27 Nov Decision MC decision Approval without condition Approval with conditions Rejection

Murcia, 27 Nov Final Thank you for your attention! ¡Gracias por su atención!