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Insight into interregional cooperation Elena Ferrario | Project Officer

Insight into interregional cooperation Elena Ferrario | Project Officer Joint Technical Secretariat FLIPPER final conference 21October 2011, Almada. Summary 1. Programme context 2. Programme state of play 3. Results and achievements 4. The FLIPPER project. 1. Programme context.

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Insight into interregional cooperation Elena Ferrario | Project Officer

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  1. Insight into interregional cooperation Elena Ferrario|Project Officer Joint Technical Secretariat FLIPPER final conference 21October 2011, Almada

  2. Summary • 1. Programme context • 2. Programme state of play • 3. Results and achievements • 4. The FLIPPER project

  3. 1. Programme context

  4. 1. Programme context EU Cohesion and Regional Policy REGIONAL / NATIONAL PROGRAMMES Objective 1: Convergence € 282.8 billion Objective 2: Regional Competitiveness and Employment € 55 billion influence Objective 3: European Territorial Cooperation (including INTERREG IVC) € 8.7 billion

  5. 1. Programme context EU Cohesion and Regional Policy Reducing disparities

  6. 1. Programme context INTERREG IVC main features Eligible area:- EU 27- Switzerland & Norway ERDF funding: €300 m 2 priorities - Innovation & knowledge economy- Environment and risk prevention 2 types of interventions- Regional Initiative Project- Capitalisation Project

  7. 1. Programme context in a nutshell “Learning by sharing” • INTERREG IVC allows local and regional policy-makers to access the experience of others in Europe facing similar issues in order to renew their practices / strategies / policies • Mainly dedicated to local and regional authorities • Core focus on the exchange of experience

  8. 2. Programme state of play

  9. 2. Programme state of play Programme implementation – 2011 • Three calls for proposals (2008 – 2009 - 2010) • Around 1,000 applications received • Fourth call 2011 • Deadline 1 April 2011: around 350 applications received

  10. 2. Programme state of play Programme implementation – 2011

  11. 2. Programme state of play Applicants per country – all calls

  12. Project partners per country – 3 calls

  13. 2. Programme state of play 1: Innovation and the knowledge economy 71 projects 2: Environment and risk prevention 51 projects

  14. 2. Programme state of play INTERREG IVC projects related to Energy and Sustainable transport 19 projects 226 partners

  15. 2. Programme state of play Capitalisation at programme level to better exploit the knowledge resulting fromprojects working on a similar topic up to 12 topics covered Sustainable transport ageing population cultural industries climate change renewableenergy entrepreneurship

  16. 3. First programme achievements

  17. 3. First programme achievements Good practices transferred 1,121 good practices identified 29 successfully transferred (Data from the 41 first call projects)

  18. 3. First programme achievements Examples of transfer under Priority 2 Project: Practice: ‘Walk to school’ – Encourage school children to walk to school rather than travel by car From: Borrough of Bromley (UK) To: Frankfurt am Main (DE)

  19. 3. First programme achievements PIMMS TRANSFER example Results: - 1 practice transferred (partly financed by IVC) - 15 schools and 3,000 pupils involved - 40 tonnes CO2 (and 19,200 litres of oil) saved

  20. 3. First programme achievements Programme overall objective: “Improvement of regional and local policies” • Already 50 national/regional/local policies improved: • 42 policies improved under Priority 1 • 8 policies improved under Priority 2

  21. 3. First programme achievements Examples of policy improvement Sub-theme: Information Society Project: PIKE Partner concerned: Bologna Municipality (IT) Policy improved: Revision of the Emilia Romagna Regional Telematic Plan 2011-2013 which now includes the ‘Guidelines for Local Wireless Communities’ coming from PIKE Sub-theme: Natural & technological risks; Climate Change Project: GRaBS Partner concerned: London Borough of Sutton (UK) Policy improved: Revision of the ‘Sutton’s Adaptation Action Plan’ which now integrates GRaBS findings on community and stakeholders engagement into Climate Change policies

  22. 4. About FLIPPER

  23. 4. About FLIPPER Concrete and relevant results • Intense good practice transfers • Promising actions to improve regional/national policies • Successful pilots • ...one of our best projects, taken as example to illustrate the successfulness of INTERREG IVC projects to the EU Commission and EU Member States

  24. www.interreg4c.eu

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