1. Planning and implementation of cross- border and regional programs in Hungary Csalagovits Imre Interreg Directorate VÁTI Kht. 8 December 2005, Belgrade

2. 8 December 2005 Beograd Project cycle Closing Programming Implementation

3. 8 December 2005 Beograd Projekt, program, politika Policy Program Project

4. 8 December 2005 Beograd. 39.56 36.35 51.47 42.75 39.55 31.58 36.18 39.42 46.34 43.43 54.98 44.99 68.71 50.62 45.75 42.87 57.66 31.82 54.06 123.89 Vásárlóerő paritáson mért GDP (EU25 = 100) 31 - 37 37 - 44 44 - 52 52 - 70 70 - 124 Az egy főre jutó GDP a kibővült Európai Unió átlagában, 2002 (%) Jelmagyarázat Per capita GDP compared to EU average, 2002 (%) Legend GDP on PPP EU25=100

5. 8 December 2005 Beograd Legend declining underdeveloped, growing mediocre, stagnating mediocre, growing developed, stagnating dynamically growing Change of economic spatial structure 1998-2002

6. 8 December 2005 Beograd Migration 1998-2002 Legend.

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8. Development policy planning system in Hungary Mid-term national development strategy (II. NDP) 2007-13 (Government) NSDC (National SPatial Development Concept) Regional Operational Programme (EU, national) National Development Concept Guideline, overall objectives 2020 EU policies, framework Sectoral Operational Programme (EU, national) National Development Programme (national)

9. 8 December 2005 Beograd Objective system of NSDC VISION OVERALL OBJECTIVES OF SPATIAL POLICY 3. Sustainable regional development and regional heritage management 4. Integration into the European space 5. Decentralisation and regionalism 2. Spatial / regional cohesion NATIONAL TERRITORIAL AND REGIONAL OBJECTIVES 1 Competitive metropolitan area of Budapest 2 Developing of poles and town network connections 3 Integrating and promoting internal and external peripheries and underdeveloped regions 4 Integrated development areas and themes of national importance A, Permanent competitiveness of Balaton region B, Sustainable development of underdeveloped zone along river Tisza C, Sustainable development of Danube region D, Regional utilization of thermal water 5 Promoting cooperation of border regions 6 Spatially integrated priorities for rural areas 7 Regional priorities for sectoral policies PRINCIPLES FOR INSTITUTION SYSTEM CONCEPTS OF THE REGIONS (NUTS II.) Frames of the regional objectives - Central Hungary - South Great Plain - Central Transdanubia - North Great Plain - West Transdanubia - North Hungary - South Transdanubia PRINCIPLES 1. Regional competitiveness

10. 8 December 2005 Beograd Sopron Szombathely Zalaegerszeg Nagykanizsa Békéscsaba Eger Salgótarján Kecskemét Szolnok Zágráb Eszék Szabadka/ Belgrád Nagyvárad Ungvár/ Kijev Kassa Pozsony Bécs Arad Győr Pécs Szekszárd Debrecen NyíregyházaMiskolc Kaposvár Hódmezővásárhely Regional development poles and axes Székesfehérvár Veszprém Budapest Szeged Dunaújváros Tatabánya Development subcentre Legend International axe Regional axe Development pole Development companion secondary centre

11. 8 December 2005 Beograd Legend:Growth axis Crossborder relations and urban connections Capital, national center Development pole Secondary center

12. 8 December 2005 Beograd Operational Programme for Regional Development - 2004-06 1. Developing the tourism potential of the regions 1.1 Developing tourist attractions – ERDF 1.2 Developing tourism-related services ERDF 2. Developing regional infrastructure and the communal environment 2.1 Developing the accessibility of the regions and micro-regions lagging behind- ERDF 2.2 Regeneration of urban areas - ERDF 2.3 Infrastructure investment in pre-school institutions and primary schools– ERDF 3. Strengthening the regional dimension of human resource development 3.1 Capacity building of local public administration and local non-governmental organisations - ESF 3.2 Support for local employment initiatives – ESF 3.3 Strengthening co-operation of higher education institutions with local actors – ESF 3.4 Support of region-specific vocational training - ESF 4. Technical Assistance 4.1 CSF Technical Assistance - ERDF 4.2 OPRD Technical Assistance - ERDF

13. 8 December 2005 Beograd Location of projects of ROP (10 Oct 2005) Tourist attractions Accessibility Town rehabilitation Educational infrastructures Local employment initiative Higher education cooperations Tourist accomodations 266 projects 63.73 billion HUF

14. 8 December 2005 Beograd Cross-border and regional programs comparison Principles Regional programsInterreg IIIA (cross-border programs) Main objectiveDevelopment of a given region Development of territorial co-operation between regions, communities, etc. InstrumentsERDF+ESFERDF+Tacis, Cards, etc. Target groupRegional, local Co-ordination mechanismDecentralised- deconcentrated (regional) Transnational, transregional

15. 8 December 2005 Beograd Cross-border and regional programs comparison Programming Regional programsInterreg IIIA Cross border programs Programming unitNuts IINuts III Eligible areaGiven region (existing („administrative unit) Cross-border region (non administrative unit) Programming methodology „mainstream” EU, national and regional guidelines „mainstream” programming principles + special rules and procedures on joint programming

16. 8 December 2005 Beograd Cross-border and regional programs comparison Implementation Regionális programokInterreg IIIA Cross border programs RegulationSF *(Member States)SA + speciális szabályozás Project type„regional” projectJoint projects Financial proceduresRegional-national rules and procedures Cross-border procedures (program and project level) AuditAt regional-national levelCo-ordination between 2 or more partner states

17. 8 December 2005 Beograd Cross-border and regional programs comparison Program-institutions Regional programsInterreg IIIA Cross border programs Administrative responsibility Managing AuthorityShared, Managing Authority + National Authority Decision making(Regional) Monitoring Committee Joint Monitoring Committee Operative co-ordinationIn principle by regional bodies (at regional level) Joint Technical Secretariat

18. 8 December 2005 Beograd NARD Headquaters NARD Regional Offices RDA (Regional Development Agencies) AU SLO RO SCG HR SK UKR Eger

19. 8 December 2005 Beograd Thank you for your kind attention! CSALAGOVITS Imre Phone: +36-30-230-7651 Fax: +36-1-224-3291 E-mail: csalagovits@vati.hu@vati.hu Web: www.vati.hu