1. INTERREG-IIIB CADSES Neighbourhood Program: a general overview
Walther Stöckl, City of Vienna
Department for EU-strategy and Economic Development
9-10 November 2004, Continental Hotel,
Brno-Czech Republic
Walther will declare the opening of the 3rd call for CADSES!

2. INTERREG OUTLOOK:
Community Initiative
SF-period
4,875 billion € (1999 prices)
„Incentive“ for co-operation across national borders
New partnerships/new governance
-> European integration

3. CADSES Co-operation Area

4. CADSES – Central Adriatic Danubian South-Eastern European Space one of the largest co-operation areas in Europe extending from Germany to the Black Sea and from the Baltic Sea to Greece
4 member states: Austria, Germany, Greece, Italy
5 new member states: Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Poland
2 candidate countries: Bulgaria, Romania
7 third countries: Moldova, Ukraine, Croatia, Bosnia- Herzegovina, Serbia&Montenegro, Albania, FYROM
220 Mio. inhabitants

5. From IIC to CADSESIIIB: what has changed.
Interreg IIC: a partnership network of national and regional coordinators, national+ERDF/PHARE contribution to each project on the national and regional level, without LP principle.
Interreg IIIB: MA/PA/JTS/, LP principle, common negotiations on Program level, establishement of common rules and procedures on a national and regional level.

6. Neighbourhood IIIB CADSES Is a Programme That Supports the Territorial Cohesion of Europe Through:
Joint Territorial Planning
Support of transnational strategies for co-operation
Laying ground for cohesion policies in a large european space with 18 partner countries

7. CADSES IIIB Neighbourhood Program Priorities
PRIORITY 1 : Spatial, Urban and Regional development and economic co-operation in Rural areas
PRIORITY 2 : Transport studies, logistics and information society
PRIORITY 3 : Cultural heritage, landscape protection
PRIORITY 4 : Environmental protection, flood prevention and risk management

8. INTERREG IIIB CADSES After 1st + 2nd Call
187 project applications submitted, 73 projects approved
Overview of the results of the two calls ...
... about 960 project partners from all 18 countries
... at the average partners per project
... project sizes (based on ERDF-funds) between Euro and 2,8 million Euro
... average project size: 1,2 million Euro

9. Remaining available ERDF/NP/PHARE funds
ERDF : 61,6 Mio €
Neighbourhood Funds : 4,8 Mio € CARDS/
5 Mio € TACIS
PHARE : approx. 4 Mio € for Bulgaria, Romania and possibly Croatia from 2005.
Grand Total available for the next 2 CADSES calls for proposals:
approx. 75 Mio €

10. Wide Thematic Range of Project Activities

11. Already PP from new MS and non-MS involved

12. FUTURE OF INTERREG NEW PERSPECTIVE ON EUROPEAN COHESION
The new cohesion policy is designed for the next generation of programs in 2007 – 2013.
Aims to reduce disparities and to promote greater Economic, Social and Territorial cohesion
Organized around a simplified and more transparent framework with the new generation of programs tailored on three (3) headings:

13. FUTURE OF INTERREG NEW PERSPECTIVE ON EUROPEAN COHESION
First priority : Convergence
- supporting growth/ job creation
- GDP less than 75 % of EU average
- 78 % of Structural Funds budget

14. FUTURE OF INTERREG NEW PERSPECTIVE ON EUROPEAN COHESION
Second priority : Regional Competitiveness
and Employment
- Objectives 2 & 3
- 18 % of Structural Funds
budget

15. FUTURE OF INTERREG NEW PERSPECTIVE ON EUROPEAN COHESION
Third priority : European Territorial
Co-operation
- aiming at ensuring harmonious
and balanced development
throughout the European Union
- new objective based on
INTERREG structure/experience
including also initiatives found in
Leader and Equal

16. FUTURE OF INTERREG NEW PERSPECTIVE ON EUROPEAN COHESION
Third priority :
- 4 % of Structural Funds budget
tripled from INTERREG III
- present strand A (cross border
cooperation) mainly unchanged
- strands B & C – ongoing debate
- establishment of specific EU legal
instrument for managing Transna-
tional co-operation structures and
projects.

17. the EU-Enlargement implementation
INTERREG IIIB CADSES Is an EU Funding Instrument That Covers Political Areas of Strategic Importance for :
the Cohesion of Europe at the EU-external borders through the Neighbourhood Policy
the EU-Enlargement implementation
Spatial Integration and Sustainable Development of Urban areas and Regions

18. Welcome to it! to a new, enlarged Europe and the
INTERREG IIIB CADSES Is an EU Funding Instrument That Covers Political Areas of Strategic Importance for:
Know-how exchange in the framework of management of structural funds
social, economic and political cohesion
to a new, enlarged Europe and the
CADSES 3rd call for proposals
is your opportunity to join the program.
Welcome to it!