EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND Interregional Cooperation State of play and future perspectives SHARP final conference – 10 October 2012 Katja Ecke| Finance Officer Joint Technical Secretariat of INTERREG IVC programme

2 SHARP Final Conference – Graz – 10 October INTERREG IVC programme Reminder on the context State of play Achievements 2.SHARP project 3.Future of interregional cooperation Summary

3 SHARP Final Conference – Graz – 10 October ERDF funding: € 302 million Eligible area: - EU 27 - Switzerland & Norway INTERREG IVC programme context

4 SHARP Final Conference – Graz – 10 October INTERREG IVC in a nutshell Innovation and the knowledge economy Environment and risk prevention in the fields of ‘Learning by sharing’ Local / regional authorities access the experience of others in Europe facing similar issues to improve their practices / policies INTERREG IVC programme context

5 SHARP Final Conference – Graz – 10 October projects partners Overview approved projects INTERREG IVC – state of play Innovation & knowledge economy Environment & risk prevention All funds committed

6 SHARP Final Conference – Graz – 10 October 2012 Projects tackling ‘water management’ INTERREG IVC – state of play suports/ (under construction)

7 SHARP Final Conference – Graz – 10 October 2012 INTERREG IVC achievements Results achieved (as of June 2011) 90% of EU NUTS 2 regions covered Objective: EU wide exchange of experience / capacity building 3,549 staff members with increased capacity 88 ‘spin-off activities’

8 SHARP Final Conference – Graz – 10 October 2012 INTERREG IVC achievements Results achieved (as of June 2011) 90% of EU NUTS 2 regions covered Objective: EU wide exchange of experience / capacity building 3,549 staff members with increased capacity Objective: Identification / sharing / transfer of good practices 2,835 good practices identified 151 successfully transferred Good practice database: 88 ‘spin-off activities’

9 SHARP Final Conference – Graz – 10 October 2012 INTERREG IVC achievements Results achieved (as of June 2011) 90% of EU NUTS 2 regions covered Objective: EU wide exchange of experience / capacity building 3,549 staff members with increased capacity Objective: Identification / sharing / transfer of good practices 2,835 good practices identified 151 successfully transferred Overall objective: Improvement of regional and local policies 1,250 policies addressed 118 policies improved 88 ‘spin-off activities’

10 SHARP Final Conference – Graz – 10 October 2012 INTERREG IVC achievements Dredging sludge for shallowing lakes (NL)

11 SHARP Final Conference – Graz – 10 October 2012 INTERREG IVC achievements Signage informing of plastic degradation times Cavalaire sur mer (FR) Newcastle (UK)

12 SHARP Final Conference – Graz – 10 October 2012 INTERREG IVC achievements

13 SHARP Final Conference – Graz – 10 October 2012 INTERREG IVC achievements Agro-monitoring network Emilia- Romagna (IT) National Meteorological Administration (RO)

14 SHARP Final Conference – Graz – 10 October 2012 SHARP project Geographically balanced partnership (all 4 programme zones represented) Unique topic in INTERREG IVC Over 20 good practices identified, some on their way to be transferred 2 new projects born from SHARP

15 SHARP Final Conference – Graz – 10 October 2012 Indicative time line March 2010 draft regulation launch of the 1 st call? approval of the programme by the EC INTERREG ‘5C’ Programming Committee set up adoption of legislative package & agreement on budget post 2013 submission of the programme to the EC EU2020 strategy October 2011 June 2012 End st half nd half 2014 Future of European interregional cooperation

16 SHARP Final Conference – Graz – 10 October 2012 Future of European interregional cooperation Framework for the future: EU2020 strategy SMART GROWTH Economy based on knowledge & innovation GREEN GROWTH Resource efficient, greener and more competitive economy INCLUSIVE GROWTH High-employment economy delivering social and territorial cohesion Draft regulation : 11 thematic objectives

17 SHARP Final Conference – Graz – 10 October 2012 Future of European interregional cooperation Link to EU cohesion policy to be reinforced “to enhance the design and implementation of operational programmes under the Investment for growth and jobs goal” Role to play in capacity building “institutional capacity & efficient public administration” (11 th thematic objectives) Thematic scope in line with 11 thematic objectives Proposal for regulation concerning ETC incl. interregional cooperation

18 SHARP Final Conference – Graz – 10 October Improved integrated programme (similar to INTERREG IVC) INTERREG IVC philosophy kept Improvements & simplification (e.g. 1 type of projects only) 2.Support programme to national / regional Operational Programmes under the ‘Investment for growth and jobs’ goal More fundamental change (less bottom up) ‘Service provider’ to Managing Authorities (similar to the Smart Specialisation Platform in Seville) 2 scenarios currently discussed (not mutually exclusive) Future of European interregional cooperation

19 SHARP Final Conference – Graz – 10 October 2012 Regions of Europe Sharing Solutions