1. PRESENTATION OF EUROPEAN TERRITORIAL COOPERATION OBJECTIVE PROGRAMMES FOR 2014- 2020 – POTENTIAL FOR COOPERATION Gediminas ČESONIS Deputy Director of Regional Policy Department of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Lithuania

3. Countries benefitting Commitment INTERREG I (1990-1993) 111,1 bill. ECU INTERREG II (1994-1999) 11-153,8 bill. ECU INTERREG III (2000-2006) 15-255,8 bill. € INTERREG IV (2007-2013) 27(28)8,7 bill. € INTERREG V (2014-2020) 2810,1 bill. €

4. Over 32 thousand of projects were implemented within 25 years for more than 20,6 billion euro: 28,3 thousand cross-border cooperation projects 3280 transnational cooperation projects 340 interregional cooperation projects

5. SPECIFICITY OF INTERREG PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS (1) Projects must have partners from at least 2 countries (CBC programmes or 3 countries (transnational and interregional programmes) Lead partner principle must be applied. Support is given for activities of public (general) interest Priority is given for cooperation activities rather than investment activities

6. SPECIFICITY OF INTERREG PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS (1) No advanced payments – reimbursement of costs. Projects are selected via open calls Programmes are managed and main decisions are taken by Monitoring committees. Managing authority, certifying authority, audit authority are placed in the same country.

7. IN TOTAL 107 PROGRAMMES PLANNED TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN 2014-2020 60 cross-border cooperation programmes (INTERREG A), 12 IPA programmes and 16 ENI programmes (7,476 bill. €) 15 transnational cooperation (INTERREG B) programmes (EUR 2.1 bill. €) 4 interregional cooperation programmes: INTERREG EUROPE, INTERACT, URBACT ir ESPON (0,5 bill. €).

8. INTERREG PROGRAMMES Programme2007-2013 2014-2020 2007-2013 2014-2020 2007-2013 LT partners got support MEUR Total budget, MEUR ERDFLT Contribution MEUR LT – PL71,7 51,49 30 21,5 33,6 LV - LT63,9 54,97 35,5 26 34,12 South Baltic60,7 83,98 2,5 2,4 7,55 Baltic sea region 236,6 263,8 12,7 13,9 19,90 INTERREG EUROPE 321,3 359,3 * * 3,08 Total:754,2 813,54 85 65 98,25

9. PROGRAMMES Priorities INTERREG VA Lithuania- Poland (budget – 53 MEUR ERDF) 1. Preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency 2. Promoting social inclusion, combating poverty and any discrimination 3. Promoting sustainable and quality employment and supporting labour mobility 4. Enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration Territory of the Programme: Lithuania – Alytus, Kaunas, Marijampolė, Tauragė and Vilnius (without Vilnius city) counties ; Poland – Bialostocky, Suwalkski ir Elkski subregions

10. PROGRAMMEPRIORITIES INTERREG VA Lithuania- Latvia (budget – 54,9 MEUR ERDF) 1. Preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency 2. Promoting social inclusion, combating poverty and any discrimination 3. Promoting sustainable and quality employment and supporting labour mobility 4. Enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration Territory of the programme: Lithuania – Kaunas, Klaipėda, Panevėžys, Šiauliai, Telšiai and Utena counties; Latvia – Kurzeme, Latgale and Zemgale regions PROGRAMMES

11. PROGRAMMEPRIORITIES Baltic Sea Region (Budget – 263,8 MEUR ERDF) 1. Strengthening research, technological development and innovation 2. Preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency 3. Promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures 4. Enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration Territory: Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Poland Sweden, Germany (NE part), Norway, Belarus, Russia (NW part) PROGRAMMES

12. PROGRAMMEPRIORITIES INTERREG EUROPE (Budget – 359,3 MEUR ERDF) 1. Strengthening research, technological development and innovation 2. Enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs 3. Supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors 4. Preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency Territory: EU, Norway, Switzerland PROGRAMMES

13. PROGRAMMEPRIORITIES URBACT III (Budget – 74 MEUR ERDF) Cities cooperation networking Territory: EU, Norway, Switzerland PROGRAMMES

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