EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND Event – date, place About INTERREG EUROPE INTERREG EUROPE INTERREG IVC Joint Technical Secretariat

2 Event – date, place Objective set in the regulations Focus on EU cohesion Policy to Reinforce effectiveness of cohesion policy’ ‘identification and dissemination of good practice with a view to its transfer principally to operational programmes under the Investment for growth and jobs goal but also, where relevant, to programmes under the European Territorial Cooperation goal’ INTERREG EUROPE

3 Event – date, place 1. New objective set for interregional cooperation 2. Concentration principles 3. Smart Specialisation strategies INTERREG EUROPE 4. Integration of Regions of Knowledge (RoK) Context INTERREG EUROPE

4 Event – date, place S3 Cooperation: core element of S3 “Looking beyond regional administrative boundaries: the outward dimension of smart specialisation” (part of step 1 of S3 development) “Region to identify its competitive advantages through systematic comparisons with other regions, mapping the national and the international context in search of examples to learn from, or to mark a difference with, and performing effective benchmarking ” INTERREG EUROPE

5 Event – date, place Timeline March 2010 Draft regulation First call for project proposals expected approval of the programme by the EC INTERREG EUROPE Programming Committee set up Adoption of legislative package & agreement on budget submission of the programme to the EC EU2020 strategy October 2011 June 2012 Summer nd half 2014 Early 2015 Programming – Indicative timeline December 2014 INTERREG EUROPE launch event

6 Event – date, place Rationale € INTERREG EUROPE EUR 359 m EU Cohesion policy Goal 1: Investment for growth & jobs (G&J) EUR 340 billion Goal 2: European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) EUR 10.2 billion Policy learning among public authorities to improve performance of policies & programmes for regional development, in particular Structural Funds programmes

7 Event – date, place Rationale € INTERREG EUROPE EUR 359 m EU Cohesion policy Policy learning among public authorities to improve performance of policies & programmes for regional development, in particular Structural Funds programmes Goal 1: Investment for growth & jobs (G&J) EUR 340 billion Goal 2: European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) EUR 10.2 billion

8 Event – date, place Cooperation area 30 countries -EU 28 -Norway -Switzerland

9 Event – date, place Four themes Thematic focus Research & innovation SME competitiveness Low-carbon economy Environment & resource efficiency

10 Event – date, place 2 actions Policy Learning Platforms Interregional Cooperation Projects Proposed actions

11 Event – date, place A. Interregional Cooperation Projects Policy exchange of experience (1 to 3 years) ending with production of 1 action plan per region Monitoring of action plan implementation (2 years) + possible pilot actions Phase 1 Phase 2 Proposed actions 1.Implementation in 2 phases 2.Creation of ‘local stakeholder groups’ + involve all organisations linked to policy process + reduce administrative/legal obstacles

12 Event – date, place A. Interregional Cooperation Projects Who should get involved? Proposed actions find tried and tested measures to implement in your programme share and implement good practices coming from across Europe get involved with your policymaker and contribute to better policy implementation Managing Authorities Regional/local authorities Agencies, institutes, not-for-profit bodies

13 Event – date, place Phase 2 ‘Monitoring the impact of cooperation’ Monitor the implementation of the different action plans Minimum requirements: Partners collect information and LP consolidates the ‘results’ Organisation of one joint meeting per year Pilot actions (in justified circumstances)’ Proposed actions

14 Event – date, place Online collaborative tool + Expert team B. Policy Learning Platforms EU-wide capacity building on: Proposed actions Research & innovationSME competitiveness Environment & resource efficiency Low-carbon economy 1 service provider per theme via:

15 Event – date, place Overall objective: To ensure policy learning across EU Specific objective: a)To contribute to EU-wide capacity building b)To optimise the exploitation of project results c)To improve the quality of the programme content ‘External capitalisation’ Platforms: objectives ‘ Internal Capitalisation’ 4. INTERREG EUROPE

16 Event – date, place B. Policy Learning Platforms Services Build EU-wide capacity Organise thematic events, peer reviews among regions Produce thematic publications Assist individual stakeholders involved in G&J and ETC ‘Animate’ the online tool for knowledge sharing Advise running projects Exploit project results Analyse, benchmark and disseminate the projects’ content Improve programme content Advise the programme on strategic orientation (e.g. calls for project proposals) Proposed actions

17 Event – date, place B. Policy Learning Platforms Users Proposed actions Two access levels  Public information for all users  Restricted area for registered users for extra services Bodies involved in management and implementation of Growth & Jobs and European Territorial Cooperation programmes Bodies involved in policy implementation relevant to the four programme themes Beneficiaries of G&J and ETC programmes

18 Event – date, place 2 interrelated actions Proposed actions Policy Learning Platforms Open to all regions Interregional cooperation projects Enrich Contribute Project 1Project 2Project 3

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