1. SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL GROWTH 1 Baltic Sea Region Co-operation in ERDF Karin Hallerby April 3, 2014

2. SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL GROWTH Challenges for co-ordination of funding Many programmes and stakeholders - difficult to get a macro-regional overview High administrative burden for the MA’s to co-ordinate between programmes Decentralised programme structures – many decision makers, ”this is my money” Limited help and guidance in Art 27 and 70 2

3. SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL GROWTH Transnational Component A model to facilitate co-operation Make available a flexible ”add-on” to already approved and running projects -Guarantees relevant projects with regional support -Easier for running projects to identify relevant partners -Preferable, but not necessary, with financing from both/all partners -No need to synchronize calls between programmes -The projects use their own networks to find partners -Minimal need for coordination between the MA:s 3

4. SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL GROWTH Transnational Component 4

5. SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL GROWTH Application procedure 5

6. SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL GROWTH ESF + Rural 6

7. SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL GROWTH Pilot projects preparing a transnational component - 8 granted in January 2014 - well in line with regional ERDF priorities 3 examples: 7 OrganisationProject Regional County Board of Värmland Analysis and development of results from Interreg projects to be integrated in ERDF Regional Council of Skåne Cooperation on E-health within sustainble urban development priority in ERDF Industrial Development Center for WoodMacroregional value chain in wood production

8. SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL GROWTH Thank you! karin.hallerby@tillvaxtverket.se +46 8 681 91 00 www.tillvaxtverket.se www.interreg.se 8