1. Belarus Denmark Estonia Finland Germany Latvia Lithuania Norway Poland Russia Sweden The Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III B Programme After EU Enlargement Susanne Scherrer BSR INTERREG IIIB /INTERREG IIIC NORTH 3rd BSR INTERREG III B Partner Search Forum Gdansk, 16 June 2003

2. 10 EU Accession Countries FOR INTERREG: 9 new internal borders 15 new external borders

3. INTERREG and Enlargement: Objective:  to involve all 10 EU Member States in INTERREG activities from accession 2004 in: Cross-border activities (INTERREG IIIA); Transnational activities (INTERREG IIIB); Interregional activities (INTERREG IIIC).

4. 5 (13) INTERREG III B programmes to be modified: Baltic Sea Region CADSES Archimed Alpine Space West Mediterranean INTERREG and Enlargement: Transnational Cooperation

5. 3 (4) INTERREG III C programmes to be modified: North East South INTERREG and Enlargement: Interregional Cooperation

6. Modified III A: Finland - Estonia Mecklenburg - Poland Brandenburg- Poland Sachsen – Poland (…) INTERREG and Enlargement: Cross-border Cooperation in the BSR: New III A: Two new priorities to the BSR III B programme: Estonia - Latvia – Russia Latvia - Lithuania - Belarus Lithuania - Poland - Russia/Kaliningrad Poland- Ukraine- Belarus

7. Priority 1: Promotion of spatial development approaches and actions for specific territories and sectors. Priority 2: Promotion of territorial structures supporting sustainable BSR development Priority 3: Transnational promotion of institution building, strengthening the capacity for spatial development activities Priority 4: Support for regions bordering candidate countries BSR INTERREG IIIB programme after EU Enlargement 2004 – 2008

8. New Priority 5 and 6: Cross-border Cooperation (sub-programmes): Estonia - Latvia – Russia Latvia - Lithuania - Belarus Technical Assistance: Technical assistance to support the management of transnational cooperation. BSR INTERREG IIIB programme after EU Enlargement 2004 - 2008

9. Additional allocations to the IIIB programme: around EUR 22 Million ERDF; ERDF contribution to partners from new MS: Max. 75 % ERDF plus 25 % national New Member States eligible for ERDF: 1 January 2004. Alloctions to new Cross-border Priorities: around EUR 8-9 Million ERDF each. BSR INTERREG IIIB programme after EU Enlargement 2004 – 2008 Financing

10. Tacis CBC programme: Most important instrument to finance cooperation with North–West Russia and Belarus; Key implementation tool for EU’s proximity policy. Different legal framework INTERREG – Tacis will remain - but further alignment envisaged! More funding: from EUR 8 Million/year now to EUR 60 Million/year (?!) in 2006. Tacis Small Project Facility (SPF) & Micro Facility. BSR INTERREG IIIB programme after EU Enlargement 2004 – 2008 Cooperation at new EU Borders

11. Open: 12 January 2004 Closed: 27 February 2004 Decision made: after 1 May 2004. BSR INTERREG IIIB programme after EU Enlargement 2004 – 2008 www.bsrinterreg.net Next call for INTERREG IIIB project applications:

12. Belarus Denmark Estonia Finland Germany Latvia Lithuania Norway Poland Russia Sweden The Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III B Programme After EU Enlargement Susanne Scherrer BSR INTERREG IIIB /INTERREG IIIC NORTH 3rd BSR INTERREG III B Partner Search Forum Gdansk, 16 June 2003