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Insight into interregional cooperation Erika Fulgenzi | Project Officer Joint Technical Secretariat IMMODI Final conference 15 November 2011, Clermont-Ferrand. Summary 1. Reminder on the programme’s context 2. Programme state of play 3. First programme achievements
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Insight into interregional cooperation Erika Fulgenzi| Project Officer Joint TechnicalSecretariat IMMODI Final conference 15 November2011, Clermont-Ferrand
Summary • 1. Reminder on the programme’s context • 2. Programme state of play • 3. First programme achievements • 4. Concluding words on IMMODI
1. Programme context Objective 3: European Territorial Cooperation INTERREG: 3 strands and 67 different programmes INTERREG • € 6.5 billion • 53 programmes A cross-border • € 1.8 billion • 13 programmes B transnational • 1 programme INTERREG IVC C interregional • € 321M URBACTINTERactESPON • 3 programmes networking • € 134M
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
1. Programme context INTERREG IVC ‘Learning by sharing’ allows local and regional policy-makersto access the experience of others in Europe facing similar issues in order to renew their practices / strategies / policies
2. Programme state of play 4 calls for proposals organised TOTAL: ~14 000 project partners 1357 (+355) applications 1002 (+29) applications 973 (+481) applications 492applications Regional Initiative Projects Both types of Projects Both types of Projects Launch of the Programme Capitalisation Projects 1st Call 2nd Call 3rd Call 4th Call 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
2. Programme state of play Applicants per country – all calls
2. Programme state of play Approved Projects 71 projects in priority 1 51 projects in priority 2 122projects 1 332partners BUDGET, EUR 82% of EU NUTS 2 regions represented committed remaining
2. Programme state of play 1: Innovation and the knowledge economy 71 projects 2: Environment and risk prevention 51 projects
2. Programme state of play INTERREG IVC projects related to Information Society 12 projects 144 partners
2. Programme state of play Programme new development ‘Capitalisation at programme level’ to better exploit the knowledge resulting fromprojects working on a similar topic up to 12 topics covered Innovation capacity of SMEs ageing population cultural industries sustainable transport climate change entrepreneurship renewableenergy Approved in June 2011 by the Monitoring Committee with a startplanned in 2012
3. Results and achievements Results of the 41 first call projects 35Regional Initiative projects 6Capitalisation projects 50national/regional/local policies improved 42Priority I INNOVATION 8Priority II ENVIRONMENT Exchange of experience results in23 ‘spin off’ activities 1,639staff members with increased capacity Capitalisation projects 66%of policies addressed are improved (34 out of 56) 12%of policies addressed areimproved (50 out of 423) 1,121good practices identified 29sucesfully transfered
3. Programme achievements 1st call Capitalisation Projects: financial commitment
3. Programme achievements Example of mainstream process Project: Practice: FILES: Vocational Training for Women and Special Population Groups Exporting region: Western Greece Importing region: Bulgaria (Ministry of labour) A new grant scheme to fund specialised trainings for persons in pre-retirement age, titled “Back to work”, has been created by the MA How: Budget: 32,000,000 Euro (ESF)
4. IMMODI 4.
4. IMMODI Project strengths • Relevance of the issue addressed: • “reduce the isolation of mountain/rural areas through the use of innovative technologies and in particular trough the development of e-government and e-health services”
4. IMMODI Project strengths • Relevance of the approach: • clear focus on the exchange of experience among regions • clear transfer methodology through technical workshop and in site visits • involvement of deep delegations (decision makers, local stakeholders) trough political meetings • Results already achieved: • 30 staff members with increased capacity • 7 Action Plans (3 ‘Convergence’ regions) • about EUR 26 millions GPs mainstreamed into OPs