Neighbourhood programme Kolarctic Interreg IIIA North subprogram Kolarctic Neighbourhood program Kolarctic общая информация с норвежской стороны общий сайт для Интеррег IIIA Север программа Соседство Коларктик в Норвегии regional development in practice, for "western" side of the border extended foreign policy perspective; new criteria ENPI-financing for Russian project partners Kolarctic in the last stage of Interreg IIIA North

: in short –to reduce the problems for modern economic activity, created by the state borders should support the the internal integration in the Union, and the cooperation with neighbouring states INTERREG is not a foreign development instrument, but regional development in practice based on the projects, i.e it is the projects which promote this integration

programme categories Across-border in principle; one border, one programme Btrans-national between states in a big region C inter-regional thematic cooperation between different regions in Europe

The neighbouring countries Sweden and Finland invited Norway to take part in the programmes The Norwegian definition: The country participates in practical terms on equal bases as INTERREG-financer (however the INTERREG-means on Norwegian side does not come from the EU-commission, but from Norwegian state budget) Why Norwegian participation in INTERREG-programmes? : Political; to show participation abilities in EUropean integrational policy.. and further

INTERREG in general: it is activities on the Norwegian side THE EFFECTS: 1 the direct effect of projects (economic, cultural..) 2 modernizing regional policy (cooperation forms, partnerships..) through PROJECTS(through PROGRAMME) DIRECT (participants) economic; employment, infrastructure/culture growth the Partnership model +neighbourstate/-culture knowledge INDIRECT (society) generally adjusted market efforts common competence development, cooperation skills, reforms or

Kolarctic region: Nenets aut. okrug Archangel oblast Murman oblast Lappi län Norrbotten län Finnmark fylke Troms fylke Nordland fylke Västerbotten län Oulo län Karelia republic St. Peterburg city Leningrad oblast

Management and cooperation between official and private interests at the regional level; in the projects as well as in the programme Norway > fylke: Nordland, Troms, Finnmark EU: > län: Norrbotten, Lappland Russia: > oblast: Murman, Archangel > autonomous okrug: Nenets > republic of Karelia (enterprise projects) > city Saint-Peterburg (enterprise projects) Main secretariat >Rovaniemi (subdepartments in Norway and Russia) PARTNERSHIP model - a European tool for development; and a challenge for Russia and Norway?

project principles: Spesification of interests i.e budget for respective effects on both sides. Regional/public cofinancing at least 50% of total public financing Norwegian side must be other than INTERREG, and confirmed. Rules of budgeting and accounting EU-eligible costs in Norwegian budget do not cover travel-, salary- and training costs for Russian personel. Project budgets separated from organization's. : economic division, but content cooperation -and the partnership principle of cooperation …

Norwegian co-appliant APPLICATION: forming Norwegian co-appliant budget Norwegian part of secretariatmain secretariat (Rovaniemi) EU main appliant APPLICATION: forming EU main appliant budget proposal S.K.: yes S.K.: written procedure controlling system EU-sideNorwegian side desicion/financing S.K.: no idea of cooperation with Russian part. A detail ; how to apply:

Innovative projects -some examples:  Atomic sector activity  RUSCA projects  military and civil ship-demolition  rescue cooperation ("Barents rescue")  Northern dimension of tourism  Norwegian electron production in Murmansk "Raduga" Innovative projects –some examples:

CULTURE: Sport cooperation Finnmark/Murmansk Pomor museum in Vardø eLibrary "PUK 2005" Young writers in Barents region Library cooperation (NoRu) Migration Orthodox paths Church cooperation …

type Interreg IIIA North subprogram Kolarctic type Neighbourhood program Kolarctic The regional development perspective, and the foreign development perspective regional development in practice, for EU/Norwegian side of the border extended foreign policy perspective; new criteria, as typical Norwegian attitudes for 'development of others' As in the present structures under Interreg IIIA North, as well as in the ENPI-instrument for the period ; 2 different mail directions: together in the Kolarctic Neighbourhood criterias of mutual effects : A challenge for the ability to let regions learn and develope vs. "policy towards northern regions" and "viking" foreign policy inheritance of 1100 years

общая информация с норвежской стороны общий сайт для Интеррег IIIA Север программа Соседство Коларктик в Норвегии Kolarctic ENPI CBC both EU regional policy and foreign policy in one- that was all – Это всё 1 "Equal" participation 2 One application for all sides (can also be one budget) 3 ENPI-money only to projects with EU-part* *3: Will include that Russian parts cannot get ENPI-money if the North-Calotte part is Norway (under negotiation) > Norwegian parts can anyway use other means to cover Russian budget and effects there > 1st application round –probably spring 2008