1. Welcome address Ole Damsgaard, Joint Secretariat
September 20th, 2017 – Galway, Ireland

2. What to expect from today?
Part 1: Project Implementation Q & A
Part 2: Communications updates
Part 3: Peer review of project mesageing
Part 4: Project closure
NPA Annual conference dinner

3. Current programme status
Approved by EU-Commission December 2014
Thematic concentration, focus on results, Arctic dimension, administrative simplification
4 calls have been completed -> 35 funded main projects
5th Call opens October 1st. 6th Call in 2018

4. Thematic concentration & focus on results
6 Programme Specific Objectives
Indicators , baseline values and targets have been defined
Impact evaluation 2018 where results from 1st & 2nd Call project will be included

5. Cooperation across programmes pivotal
In specific in relation to Arctic and macro regional and sea basin strategies
Clustering initiatives
Communication initiatives, dissemination of project results and outputs across programme areas

6. Post-2020 programming is around the corner
May 2018 Future Multiannual Financial Framework beyond 2020
Negotiations on formal post 2020 framework
June 2019 European Parliament elections
Brexit makes future conditions more uncertain than usual, extension of programme period?
Need for profiling transnational programmes

7. Thank you for listening
Ole Damsgaard
interreg-npa.eu