1. Conference: Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-13
Colin Wolfe DG Regional Policy, INTERREG European Commission
Conference: Baltic Sea Region Programme
Hamburg, Germany May 2007

2. European Territorial Cooperation / INTERREG
Easy policy to explain
European value is clear
So now an Objective (Art 3.2.(c) of Reg 1083/06)

3. European Territorial Cooperation “Fills the gaps!”
Between regional/national programmes
Communication gaps/Accessibility gaps
Environment gaps
- Rivers & Water pollution
- Air pollution
- Floods, avalanches & other crises
Enterprise initiatives
- Science parks
- Clusters
- Tourism
Energy
People-to-people

4. Environment (e.g. Marine pollution, climate change)
European Territorial Cooperation
”Acts on big problems we can’t solve alone!”
Environment (e.g. Marine pollution, climate change)
Energy
Cutting-edge enterprise
in zonal programmes
a classic example is Baltic Sea

6. Baltic Sea programme priorities Need to build on Baltic cutting edge
Fostering innovation across Baltic
Need to smooth out Baltic bottlenecks, reach remote places
External & internal accessibility of Baltic
Need to clean up the Baltic, stop environment deterioration
Management of Baltic as common resource
Need to build up brilliant Baltic cities
Promoting attractive/competitive cities and regions

7. Baltic Sea programme approach
Build strategic approach to mobilise everyone (partnership) e.g. water treatment regions/countries/Baltic Sea
Implement headline projects
“modern problems need modern solutions, complex issues need sophisticated solutions”

8. Thank you for your attention!
In 2013, let us say we have delivered…
Thank you for your attention!