1. Interreg Annual Meeting
Framework Contract
Collecting solid evidence to assess the needs to be addressed by Interreg cross-border cooperation programmes
Alessandro Valenza (t33), Andrea Gramillano (t33)
Interreg Annual Meeting
Malta, 26th April

2. Overview of the presentation
Possible use
Methodology
What next
Product

3. Methodology

4. Overview of the methodology
Suitability and Affordability
for CBC programmes
Indicators
Geographical
dimension
Identification
of the needs

5. What do we mean by needs? Obstacles Potentials
Barriers hindering growth & development of border regions
Ex: Physical barriers (mountain)
Potentials
Untapped resources for growth & development
Ex: Shared natural and protected areas

6. How did we select the needs?
Identification
Filtering
Ranking
Obstacles and potentials for cross-border development
Suitable obstacles and potentials for CBC programmes
Affordable obstacles and potentials for CBC programmes

7. What are the needs? Obstacles Potentials
Normative and institutional obstacles
Cultural obstacles
Socio-economic disparities
Difficulties in physical accessibility
Potentials
Potential from shared management of natural resources
Social and human capital
Competitiveness potential
Market integration potential
Potential of integrated services for CB functional urban areas

8. Set of indicators Harmonised Up to date Perception or EU-wide coverage
Objective data

9. Data sources for the indicators
ESPON
DG REGIO
European Value Survey
Eurostat
Eurobarometer 422
EUNIS database and
Corine Land Cover

10. Geographical dimension: 62 border regions
45 land border regions
17 maritime border regions

11. Geographical dimension: border area
Total population (Nuts-3): 4,895,913
Total population (border area): 1,858,145
45 land border regions

12. Methodology
Product

13. What you have from the study
REPORT
DATABASE
MAPS

14. What you have from the study – REPORT (Inforegio)

15. What you have from the study – DATABASE (Inforegio)
Indicators
Filtering functions
Metadata

16. What you have from the study – MAPS (Inforegio)

17. Possible use
Methodology
Product

18. Possible use Programming tool Profiling border regions (SWOT)
Identifying priorities (Prioritisation)
Look at the situation of border regions (obstacles and potentials)
Compare the border regions to understand the relative importance of the specific need
Support the decisions of the policy maker
Value the impact

19. Profiling border regions
Possible use
Methodology
Product

20. As a MA, what can I find in this database?
Open the database

21. - Set of indicators on the needs
Open the database

22. - Indicators at Border Region
Open the database

23. - Indicators at Nuts-3 level
Open the database

24. Filter for my border region
As a MA of the Bulgaria-Romania border, what are my obstacles? - Step 1A – select the border
Open the database
Filter for my border region

25. Step 2A – select the obstacle
Open the database
Filter for my border region
Focus on physical obstacles

26. Step 3A – interpret the value
32% of population living in the area say accessibility is a barrier to cross-border cooperation.
What is my position compared to other border regions?
Open the database
Filter for my border region
Focus on physical obstacles

27. Step 4A – compare with some BR
Relative position compared with some BR
Less obstacle
Average
More obstacle
Open the database
Filter for my border region
Focus on physical obstacles

28. Filter for my border region
As a MA of the France-Switzerland border, what are my potentials? - Step 2B – select the potential
Open the database
Filter for my border region
Focus on potential of integrated services for CB functional urban areas

29. Step 3B – interpret the value
6 cities are located in the border area (25 km around the border)
Three cities out of six form a couple across the border representing a potential for developing cross-border services
Open the database
Filter for my border region
Focus on potential of integrated services for CB functional urban areas

30. Step 4B – compare with some BR
Land border regions
Open the database
Filter for my border region
Focus on potential of integrated services for CB functional urban areas

31. ? Profiling border regions Possible use Methodology Product
Identifying priorities ?

32. Analysis of the relevance of the needs
15.89
Number of potentials “limited” by the obstacle
Relevant obstacle
DATABASE

33. Analysis of the relevance of the needs
15.89
Impact of the potential
Relevant potential
DATABASE

34. As a MA of the Italy-Malta border, what are the first needs to be addressed to better reach the Treaty objective of economic, social and territorial cohesion?
Cultural activities

35. Possible use
Methodology
What next
Product

36. How to improve the tool? Update the indicators
Extend/Adapt the existing indicators to all border regions
Define new indicators to quantify the needs

37. How to improve the tool? Needs Physical obstacles
Market integration potential (labour market)
Example of new indicators
Traffic bottlenecks in public transport along the border
Number of searches for job offers across the border using data from web search engines

38. Thank you for your attention
Alessandro Valenza
Andrea Gramillano