1. LOGO PROJECT Sustainable Food for Urban Communities Thematic Network – Amersfoort Transnational Meeting Stephanie Mantell, Brussels Environment (IBGE) 25 April 2013 Photo credit: Dieter Telemans

2. Agenda for 25 April 2013 1. Contractual documents 2. Managing Authorities Webinar debriefing 3. Upcoming meetings 4. Semestriel reporting 5. Communication & your local activities Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities 25 April2013I Page 2

3. 1. Contractual documents Application 13/12/2012 & commitment lettres Confirmation lettre Subsidy contract 2/2013 Joint convention 2/2013 Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities - Launch Teleconference 5 February 2013 I Page 3

4. 2. Webinar with Managing Authorities Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities – Kick-off 29 May 2012 I Page 4

5. Brussels Capital Region, B ELGIUM Name: Quentin Richard Organisation: Cellule de Coordination et de Gestion du FEDER 2007-2013, Ministry of the Government of the Brussels Capital Region (MRBC-MBHG), B ELGIUM ERDF: Operational Programme 'Brussels Capital Region'Operational Programme 'Brussels Capital Region' Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities - Teleconference 26 March 2013I Page 5

6. West Netherlands Name: Adri Hartkoorn Position: Secretary Kansen voor West Organisation: Managing Authority (municipality of Rotterdam), Operational Programme 'West Netherlands' Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities - Teleconference 26 March 2013I Page 6

7. Sicily, I TALY Name: Maria Basile Position: Manager Unit Urban Policy Organisation: Department of Planning-Sicily Region, I TALY ERDF: Operational Programme 'Sicily'Operational Programme 'Sicily' Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities - Teleconference 26 March 2013I Page 7

8. R OMANIA Name: Liana Bojneagu Position: Public Manager Organisation: General Directorate Managing Authority for SOP Environment, R OMANIA Romanian Operational Programme 'Environment 'Operational Programme 'Environment ' Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities - Teleconference 26 March 2013I Page 8

9. Rhone-Alpes, FRANCE Name: Sophie Boussac-Loarec Organisation: MA OP ERDF Rhône-Alpes (for current OP only) Operational Programme 'Rhône-Alpes' Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities - Teleconference 26 March 2013I Page 9

10. Attica, G REECE Name: Alexandra MAVROGONATOU (excused) Position: Executive of UNIT A’ Organisation: INTERMEDIATE MANAGING AUTHORITY of OP “Attica 2007-2013” ERDF: Operational Programme 'Attica'Operational Programme 'Attica' Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities - Teleconference 26 March 2013I Page 10

11. South West England, UK Name: Matthieu Havard & Lynn Dockerty (excused) Position: Programme Delivery Team: South West Organisation: Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), South West England, UK ERDF: Operational Programme 'South West England'Operational Programme 'South West England' Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities - Teleconference 26 March 2013I Page 11

12. West Sweden Name: Thanos Pinakas (excused) Position: Program manager Organisation: Tillväxtverket (Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth) ERDF: Operational Programme 'West Sweden'Operational Programme 'West Sweden' Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities - Teleconference 26 March 2013I Page 12

13. 3. CURRENT Operational Programme & Food Have you funded projects related to (sustainable) food production, distribution or consumption? › Directly: West Netherlands › Indirectly: West Sweden, Brussels Capital Region, Rhône-Alpes › No: Sicily, Attica, Romania Environment, possibly West England Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities - Teleconference 26 March 2013I Page 13

14. Growing tomatoes on waste water. Pilot Sustainable water cycle. Developing new technology to re-use waste water. ERDF – Innovation. ERDF 315,292 euro Direct ERDF funding

15. Taskforce Green Port Westland to make greenhouse cultivation more sustainable. ERDF – Innovation. ERDF 776,968 euro Direct ERDF funding

16. BRUSOC project finances SMEs projects including food services ERDF Indirect ERDF funding

17. Brussels Sustainable Economy (BSE) supports entrepreneurship by study & coaching 6 sectors including sustainable food sector (production) ERDF – 1 Million Indirect ERDF funding

18. Construction of indoor food market combined with 3.000 m² rooftop farm ERDF – 6 Million euro Indirect ERDF funding

19. Small scale food production in Angered, suburb of Gothenburg as part of large urban development project ERDF – 5 Million euro ( priority 1. “Entrepreneurship, innovative business and sustainable urban development”) Indirect ERDF funding

20. NO food related projects to our knowledge West England: No specific funding, but food businesses may have been supported as part of supporting enterprise. Romania: SOP Environment funded: Development of integrated waste management systems Rehabilitation of historically contaminated sites Sicily: No such projects funded in the current programming period. Attica: No, that kind of projects were not related to the thematic fields / goals of our OP. No (sustainable) food projects Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities - Teleconference 11 Mars 2012 I Page 20

21. 3. CURRENT Operational Programme & Food There is no (more) funding available that could be used to finance parts of a Local Action Plan on Sustainable Food. Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities - Teleconference 26 March 2013I Page 21

22. 3. Next Programming period & Food Are you consulting local stakeholders active or knowledgeable in the area of (sustainable) food production, distribution or consumption? Who should be consulted and how? › Other bodies are working on this: West Sweden, West England, Rhône-Alpes › Consultation is starting: Attica, West Netherlands, Sicily, Brussels Capital Region, › Not a priority: Romania Environment Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities - Teleconference 26 March 2013I Page 22

23. Other bodies are working on this: › West Sweden In Sweden, it is not the managing authority, Tillväxtverket, that has the main responsibility for drafting the Programmes. It is the regional actors, and for West Sweden it is the Region of Västra Götaland, Region Halland as well as the city of Gothenburg. › West England the proposed mechanism for delivering EU Common Strategic Framework Funds in England is through an EU Growth Programme with a single governance structure. The funds available will be nationally allocated to Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) areas and the LEPs have been tasked to develop EU Strategic Investment plans for 2014-2020. LEPs will get in touch with the most appropriate local stakeholders, i.e. those which are most susceptible to support the delivery of their plans in the future. Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities - Teleconference 9 May 2012 I Page 23

24. Consultation is starting › Attica: Consulting local stakeholders will be a basic part of the drafting preparations of the new OP (through regular meetings...). In that framework the Greek partner of the network could prepare and develop a specific plan on how actions connected to sustainable food production could “match” to the goals of the next programming period for Attica Region, which are going to be focused mainly on research & innovation projects. Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities - Teleconference 9 May 2012 I Page 24

25. Consultation is starting › West Netherlands: Yes, there is consultation. The focus will be on the so-called top sectors in the Netherlands. One of the top-sectors is Agr-Food, another is Horticulture. Cross cutting theme for the top-sectors is Sustainability. So, there will be space for sustainable interventions. Stakeholders include Universities and the entrepreneurial organisations of the sector. Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities - Teleconference 9 May 2012 I Page 25

26. Consultation is starting › Sicily: Participatory drafting of the 2014/2020 ERDF OP is about to start and the mapping of stakeholders to be involved in the process is ongoing. The opportunity to consult stakeholders active in these specific issues has to be addressed soon along with the identification of the most representative one(s) with whom to share aspect related to this issue to be included in the OP. Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities - Teleconference 9 May 2012 I Page 26

27. Not a priority for our OP › Romania Environment: Since the SOP Environment does not include a Priority Axis related to food production, distribution and consumption, the drafting process of the operational programme doesn’t include consultations with local stakeholders active in food domain. A relevant Authority able to offer more information regarding food production, distribution and consumption should be the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities - Teleconference 9 May 2012 I Page 27

28. 3. Next Programming period & Food Is a specific budget line foreseen under which sustainable food actions would be eligible? If yes, which and under what conditions? › Not foreseen: Romania Environment › To early to say: Attica, West Netherlands, Sicily, West Sweden › A clear link could be made: Brussels Capital Region Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities - Teleconference 26 March 2013I Page 28

29. A clear link to the food sector could be made › Brussels Capital Region: The buget line categories of OPs are not well-defined enough today to express it definitely but a link can clearly be made with several of the Thematic Objectives of the (future) Regulation  Enhancing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (TO3), with a specific attention to this sector  Protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency (TO 6, with “protecting biodiversity, soil protection and promoting ecosystem services”)  Promoting employment and supporting labour mobility (TO8, with “development of business incubators and investment support for self- employment and business creation”)  Investing in education, skills and lifelong learning by developing education and training infrastructure (TO10, with specific training programmes dedicated to this job opportunity sector). Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities - Teleconference 9 May 2012 I Page 29

30. 3. Upcoming meetings › 3 transnational workshops of 2,5 days 23-25 April 2013 Amersfoort Workshop “Delivering» (Tuesday-Thursday) 28-30 May 2013 Goteborg Workshop “Enjoying” (Tuesday-Thursday) 10-12 September 2013 Oslo Workshop “Growing” (Tuesday-Thursday)  Remember: PPs need to plan LSG meetings before & in between Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities - Launch Teleconference 5 February 2013 I Page 30

31. Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities 15 October2012 I Page 31 Sustainable Food Network Meetings (mandatory) URBACT programme meetings Transnational 6 Workshops 2 Conferences Local  8 ULSG meetings 1 Dissemination event (mandatory) Bilateral field trips (optional) 2014? Mandatory 1 or 2 National Capacity building seminars (2d – 3p) International Summer University Dublin 28-30/8 & conf in 2014 Optional & limited Elected officials pilot scheme In Brussels (3x, 2,5d, for 30p)  6 teleconf Meetings

32. URBACT National Training on Participative Action Planning What? Training seminars organised for Local Support Group members, in national languages, to strengthen their capacities in participative action planning. 1 or 2 per country (or group of countries) ≥ 3 participants from LSG http://urbact.eu/en/news-and-events/urbact- events/national-training-on-participative-action- planning/ http://urbact.eu/en/news-and-events/urbact- events/national-training-on-participative-action- planning/ Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities - Launch Teleconference 5 February 2013 I Page 32

33. URBACT National Training on Participative Action Planning Romania: 21-22 May in Bucharest Italy: 23-24 May in Rome & autumn? Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland: 29-30 May in Malmö & autumn? Netherlands: 5-6 June & autumn? UK & Ireland: 6-7 June in London & autumn? Greece: 6-7 June in Athens France & Belgium:11-12 June in Paris & November in Paris Spain: 2x ? Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities - Launch Teleconference 5 February 2013 I Page 33

34. URBACT Summer University Dublin 28-30 August 2013 (tbc) Specifically designed for people participating in the URBACT Local Support Groups (ULSG), the first URBACT Summer University which is a unique learning opportunity for urban practitioners from all over Europe.URBACT Local Support Groups With a good 'mix of fun and hard work' the University allows participants to learn new theories, methods and tools for coproducing integrated local urban policy with key stakeholders http://urbact.eu/en/news-and-events/view-one/urbact-events/?entryId=4903 Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities - Launch Teleconference 5 February 2013 I Page 34

35. 3. Semestriel reporting › Will you be in charge of activity reporting? › Will you be in charge of financial reporting? › Did you receive access codes to Presage?  I will arrange a webinar for financial officers in the coming weeks Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities - Launch Teleconference 9 May 2012 I Page 35

36. First reporting period (1/2/2013-30/6/2013) › Report activities in Excel form by 5/8 (or 15/7) › Report costs online in Presage system: 1. Partner enters costs by 5/8 (or 15/7) 2. Lead Partner oks costs as related to activities 3. Partner submits costs to First Level Controler 4. FLC oks costs and sends signed originals to LP by 5/9 5. Lead Partner compiles reports & issues payment claim by 30/09 Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities 25 April2013I Page 36

37. How to report costs: Presage  All partners to enter costs https://urbact.presage-cte.org/ Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities 25 April2013I Page 37

38. How? Presage guidance Dropbox Folder « Phase 2 Reporting » Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities 17 October 2012 I Page 38 http://urbact.eu/en/documents-and-resources/documents/ Dropbox Folder « URBACT Programme Manuals »

39. How to report costs: Presage Be precise in comment box: describe the why and the how of the expenditure (what? where? when? for whom?)  Staff: actual hours, actual costs, use timesheet (all in WP1 project management)  External expertise: invoices + supporting documents (all in WP1 project management)  Travel: report costs as paid by municipality with supporting documents (in WP2 transnational or WP3 local)  Meeting organisation: invoices + supporting docs (in WP2 transnational or WP3 local)  Communication (printing, designing…) (in WP4) Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities 25 April2013I Page 39

40. How to report costs: Presage Expenditure amount: Insert the amount in €. If VAT is recoverable, ensure that the amount is indicated without VAT If payment in a different currency, please convert the expenditure into EUR using the monthly official EC accounting exchange rate in the month during which the expenditure has been paid (i.e. date when amount is debited from the partner institution’s bank account). http://ec.europa.eu/budget/inforeuro/index.cfm Indicate monthly exchange rate used in comment box Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities 25 April2013I Page 40

41. Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities 25 April2013I Page 41 Presage Comments Travel Daniela Catanoso to Transnational Meeting in Brussels (2012.05.28-30): Ticket trnsport by fly Alitalia Catania Bouxelles and return € 342,42 Bus (2012.05.28 Bruxelles ) € 6,00 Hotel (HUSA PRESIDENT PARK) facture n. 329374 date 2012_05-30 check in (2012.05.28) check out 2012.05.30) € 240,00 Restaurant (date 2012.05.28)…

42. 5. Communication & your local activities › Did you receive the 1st issue of the electronic newsletter › How often did you local support group meet? › How did you communicate locally with your group and beyond? Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities - Launch Teleconference 9 May 2012 I Page 42

43. Questions & Feedback Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities 25 April2013I Page 43

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