1. European Union | European Regional Development Fund Zooming in on Interreg Europe Petra Polaskova| Communication Officer Interreg Europe Secretariat 6 May 2015

2. 2 Info Day Prague – 06 May 2015 1.Improving Structural Funds programmes (video)video 2. Public administrations as main target group (video)video 3. Mobilising stakeholders (video)video 4. Capturing results (video)video All features derive from the result oriented approach Four features of INTERREG EUROPE projects

3. 3 Info Day Prague – 06 May 2015 1. Improving Structural Funds programmes

4. 4 Info Day Prague – 06 May 2015 Structural Funds = ERDF + ESF implemented through Goal 1: Investment for growth and jobs programmes Goal 2: European Territorial Cooperation Why? rationale EU cohesion policy 1. Improving Structural Funds

5. 5 Info Day Prague – 06 May 2015 1. Improving Structural Funds Why? rationale Objective set in the ETC Regulation - Article 2(3)(a) for interregional cooperation: ‘to reinforce the effectiveness of cohesion policy’ ‘identification and dissemination of good practices with a view to their transfer principally to operational programmes under the Investment for growth and jobs goal but also, where relevant to cooperation programmes’

6. 6 Info Day Prague – 06 May 2015 Goal 1: Investment for growth & jobs EUR 340 billion Goal 2: European Territorial Cooperation EUR 10.2 billion INTERREG EUROPE EUR 359 m Why? rationale 1. Improving Structural Funds

7. 7 Info Day Prague – 06 May 2015 1. Improving Structural Funds How is it reflected at project level? Policy instruments addressed to be specified in application form At least half of the policy instruments addressed by a project need to be related to Structural Funds programmes

8. 8 Info Day Prague – 06 May 2015 1. Improving Structural Funds How do you improve policies? Support new projects Change programme governance Change programme structure

9. 9 Info Day Prague – 06 May 2015 Support new projects Practice Research and Development Card: advisory & financial support to SMEs for the development of innovative products From: Västra Götaland (SE) To: Lower Silesia (PL) 5.4 million zł (MEUR 1.35) financed from the ESF Operational Programme of Lower Silesia 1. Improving Structural Funds

10. 10 Info Day Prague – 06 May 2015 Change programme governance Modification of the monitoring system for the evaluation of the innovation measures in the ROP of: -Bretagne (FR) -PACA (FR) -Puglia (IT) -Wielkopolska (PL) 1. Improving Structural Funds

11. 11 Info Day Prague – 06 May 2015 Change programme structure Sub-theme: Employment, human capital, education Partner concerned: Bulgarian Ministry of Labour and Social Policy Policy improved: Bulgarian ESF development programme modified Vasil Asenov from the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, Bulgaria “In the beginning, the ESF ‘Development’ programme was designed only to tackle unemployment after mass redundancies in enterprises. The foreseen budget was EUR 75 million. Thanks to ESF6 CIA, we were able to redesign the programme and include preferential treatment to people age 50+. It helped a lot, as it gave us a good idea how people in these target groups could be included in trainings.” 1. Improving Structural Funds

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13. 13 Info Day Prague – 06 May 2015 2. Public administrations as main target groups

14. 14 Info Day Prague – 06 May 2015 2. Involving policymakers Why? Rationale INTERREG EUROPE: dedicated to improving policy instruments Public administrations: organisations responsible for policy design and implementation Public administrations: core target group of INTERREG EUROPE

15. 15 Info Day Prague – 06 May 2015 2. Involving policymakers Participation of public administration: pre requisite e.g. When Structural Funds programme addressed, Managing Authorities (MA) / Intermediate Bodies (IB) should be involved If organisation responsible for the policy instrument addressed is not a partner, it should provide a letter of support: a commitment to fully support and closely follow the project implementation How is it reflected at project level?

16. 16 Info Day Prague – 06 May 2015 2. Involving policymakers Required for a partner when: -Structural Funds programme is addressed but MA/IB (or other relevant bodies) in charge of this programme is not directly involved in the project -Another policy instrument (outside Structural Funds) is addressed, but the organisation responsible for this instrument is not directly involved in the project Letter of support

17. 17 Info Day Prague – 06 May 2015 A new role for MAs/IBs of SF programmes Active participation as project partners. Important role for mobilising relevant stakeholders If not a partner: o Political endorsement as providers of letters of support o Participation in the stakeholder group o Active involvement in phase 2 of projects (roll-out of the action plan) Active use of policy learning platforms 2. Involving policymakers

18. 18 Info Day Prague – 06 May 2015 5. INTERREG EUROPE Programy Cíle 1 v ČR- Investice pro růst a zaměstnanost Operační programŘO/ZSRoleLink OP Podnikání a inovace pro konkurenceschopnost Ministerstvo průmyslu a obchoduŘOhttp://www.mpo.cz/default_en.html CzechinvestZShttp://www.czechinvest.org/ OP Výzkum, vývoj a vzdělávání Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy ŘOhttp://www.msmt.cz/contacts-and-informations OP ZaměstnanostMinisterstvo práce a sociálních věcíŘOhttp://www.esfcr.cz/op-zamestnanost-2014-2020 OP Doprava Ministerstvo dopravyŘOhttp://www.mdcr.cz/en/HomePage.htm Státní fond dopravní infrastrukturyZShttp://www.sfdi.cz/en/ OP Životní prostředí Ministerstvo životního prostředíŘOhttp://www.mzp.cz/en/ Agentura ochrany přírody a krajinyZShttp://www.ochranaprirody.cz/ Státní fond životního prostředíZShttps://www.sfzp.cz/ Integrovaný regionální operační program Ministerstvo pro místní rozvojŘOwww.strukturalni-fondy.cz/irop Centrum pro regionální rozvojZSwww.crr.cz OP Praha – pól růstu ČRMagistrát hlavního města PrahyŘO http://www.prahafondy.eu/cz/budoucnost-2014/op- praha---pol-rustu-cr.html OP Technická asistenceMinisterstvo pro místní rozvojŘO http://www.strukturalni-fondy.cz/cs/Fondy- EU/2014-2020/Operacni-programy/OP-Technicka- pomoc

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20. 20 Info Day Prague – 06 May 2015 3. Mobilising stakeholders

21. 21 Info Day Prague – 06 May 2015 3. Mobilising stakeholder Why? Rationale 3. Regional stakeholders learning 2. Organisational learning 4. External / EU level learning 1. Individual learning 4 levels of learning in interregional cooperation Key success factor to interregional learning: to go beyond individual / organisational learning

22. 22 Info Day Prague – 06 May 2015 How to optimise learning? Creation of stakeholder groups: -1 group per partner region -Members: organisations competent in the field tackled by the project (e.g. for innovation: research centres, universities, agencies, SMEs) body in charge of policy instrument addressed (in case this body is not a partner) -Involved in the interregional learning process 3. Mobilising stakeholder

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24. 24 Info Day Prague – 06 May 2015 4. Capturing results

25. 25 Info Day Prague – 06 May 2015 Importance to demonstrate results beyond policy changes Impacts of cooperation can take time Tackle the pilot action ‘paradox’: pilot action cannot be known at the application stage Why? Rationale 4. Capturing results

26. 26 Info Day Prague – 06 May 2015 Projects: structure and duration Phase 1 From 1 to 3 years Learning Phase 2 Fixed to 2 years Monitoring Implementation in 2 phases Maximum duration: 5 years 4. Capturing results

27. 27 Info Day Prague – 06 May 2015 ‘Interregional learning’ Interregional exchange of experience e.g. seminars, workshops, site visits, staff exchanges, peer reviews 1 Action Plan per region Measures to be implemented Timeframe Work steps Responsible players Costs and funding resources (if applicable) Projects: structure Phase 1 4. Capturing results

28. 28 Info Day Prague – 06 May 2015 ‘Monitoring the action plan implementation’ Monitor the implementation of the different action plans Pilot actions (only in justified cases) Phase 2 Projects: structure 4. Capturing results

29. 29 Info Day Prague – 06 May 2015 4. Capturing results Insight into phase 2 Primarily dedicated to monitoring the Action Plan implementation Activities pre-defined by the programme (i.e. 2 partner meetings, 1 dissemination event, website update and reporting activities)

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31. 31 Info Day Prague – 06 May 2015 Thank you for your attention!