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Instituto Financeiro para o Desenvolvimento Regional, IP COMMUNICATION CSF III 2000 2006
Information and Publicity CSF III • Overall Objectives: • To increase public awareness and transparency regarding the activities co-financed by the EC funds, and • To create a coherent image throughout the Member States. 2000-2006
Information and Publicity CSF III • Legislative provisions: • Council Regulation 1260/1999, art 46 ; • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1159/2000; • Commission Decision (EC) No 503/2001. 2000-2006
Information and Publicity CSF III • Target Groups: • the potential and final beneficiaries; • the general public; • the economic and social partners and non-governmental organisations. 2000-2006
Information and Publicity CSF III • Communication Plan: • Communication strategy; • Target Groups; • Planned communication measures; • Indicative budget, responsible departments and evaluation. 2000-2006
Communication actions: wide diffusion of the CSF III and the Operational Programmes and information activities to increase public awareness regarding the EC Funds. 2000
Press Advertisements 2000
2000 Publications
Communication Planwhich defines the communication strategy and contains the structure of the communication actions to be undertaken in the period between 2000 and 2006. 2001
Highlights 2001 The website www.qca.pt as the main tool of the information and publicity strategy.
2001 www.qca.pt
2001 Information actions on the Communication Plan
Publications 2001
Strengthening the website as the main information and publicity tool, ensuring the updating of the information and the introduction of new contents as needed. 2002
Highlights 2002 Corporative imagefor the national managing authority of the CSF III.
Logo and corporative image 2002
Highlights 2002 On March 2002 the first Seminar on Information and Communication about Structural Funds was held in Brussels with more than 300 participants. Portugal was represented with an exhibition of all the Operational Programmes and a presentation to the Seminar (PO Algarve).
Exhibition and Seminar Brussels March 2002
Following the guidelines of the Communication Plan, publicity measuresto increase the visibility of the European Fundstowards more specific publics were implemented. 2003
Pilot project “Loja do Cidadão”, Coimbra 2003
Information about CSF III available to the large public in the Website “Citizen Portal” 2003
2003 Publications
Publicity material 2003
2004 The Mid-Term Evaluation and the Mid-Term Review of the CSF III and of the Operational Programmes.
Mid-term Evaluation Reports 2004
CSF III and Operational Programmes 2004 Mid-Term Review 2004
Press advertising 2004 Air Portugália Magazine
Website Restructuring 2005 The websitewww.qca.ptwas refreshed with a new image and new contents and the English version was created.
New image and new information 2005 English version
Seminar “O QCA e a Reprogramação Intercalar O próximo período de programação financeira Comunitária 2007-2013” 2005
February 2006: Information and Publicity Network Meetingwith all the Operational Programmes and Funds to evaluate the communication actions undertaken and to think over the communication strategy for 2007-2013. 2006
Information and Publicity Network Meeting “Together towards a successful communication” 2006
“Cohesion Policy’s: Anthology of Regulations – Programming Periods 2000-2006 and 2007-2013", a publication with the fundamental regulations on the programming, management, monitoring and evaluation of the Structural and Cohesion Funds for 2007-2013. 2006 Preparing the Next Programming Period
2006 “Cohesion Policy: Anthology of Regulations – Programming Periods 2000-2006 and 2007-2013"
Other publications 2006
2007 2013 In the programming period 2007-2013 the emphasis on proper information and communication at all levels of the structural funds management process is not only maintained, but even strengthened. This obligation covers the three Structural Funds: the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Social Fund.
Information and Communication • Legislative provisions: • Council Regulation No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006, Article 69; • Commission's "Implementing" Regulation 1828/2006 of 8 December 2006, Articles 2-10. 2007-2013
Information and Communication • The adoption of Communication Plans for the NSRF, Funds and every Operational Programme. • The definition of minimal requirements for the managing authorities and the final beneficiaries for informing the general public. • Enhanced networking between Member States and regions. 2007-2013
Information and Communication • Communication Plan for every OP: • a strategy; • the definition of target groups; • planned information and communication measures; • an indicative budget; • naming of the responsible departments by the managing authorities, and • actions to assess the communication plan. 2007-2013
Information and Communication • Minimal requirements : • one major information activity when the programme starts and one each year of its subsequent implementation; • the publication of a list of final beneficiaries by the managing authority (transparency), and • setting-up billboards and plaques on project sites 2007-2013
Information and Communication • Enhanced networking between Member States and regions on information and communication actions with the aim of better integration of these and mutual learning from best practices. 2007-2013
Cohesion and Structural Funds 2007-2013: A Guide 2007
Information and Communication WEBSITES with relevant information: Information and Communication Platform. Regional Policy . Inforegio http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/country/commu/index_en.htm The Structural Funds Information and Publicity Platform aims to serve as a meeting point for the communication officers, project managers and all those interested in providing information on the Structural Funds interventions in the Member States. Portuguese Community Support Framework – CSF III Portuguese Version: http://www.qca.pt/ English Version: http://www.qca.pt/english/home/index.asp Structural Funds Regulations 2007-2013 http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docoffic/official/regulation/newregl0713_en.htm NSRF 2007-2013 http://www.qren.pt