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EUROPEAN INTERREGIONAL COOPERATION 2007/13 Interreg IVC General overview 14 June, Strasbourg. four interregional and networking programmes art.6.3 Reg.CE 1080(2006). one interregional cooperation programme focusing on Lisbon and Gothenburg priorities ( INTERREG IVC )
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EUROPEAN INTERREGIONAL COOPERATION • 2007/13 • Interreg IVC • General overview • 14 June, Strasbourg
four interregional and networking programmesart.6.3 Reg.CE 1080(2006) • one interregional cooperation programme focusing on Lisbon and Gothenburg priorities(INTERREG IVC) • a network programme for the exchange of experiences on urban development (URBACT II) • a programme for the identification, transfer and dissemination of best practice in management of co-operation programmes (INTERACT II) • a programme for studies and data collection, observation and analysis of development trends (ESPON II)
IVC Specific objectives • innovation and the knowledge economy • 2. environment and risk prevention • 3. exchange experiences and knowledge. • 4. To match regions less and more experienced • 5. To transfer into Convergence and Competitiveness programmes. • Thematic priority axes • Priority 1: Innovation and the knowledge economy • innovation, research and technology development, • entrepreneurship and SMEs, • information society, • employment, human capital and education. • Priority 2: Environment and risk prevention • natural and technological risks; • water management; • waste management; • biodiversity and preservation of natural heritage; • energy and sustainable transport; • cultural heritage and landscape. cross-sectoral and integrated approach interrelating sub-themes
Procedures for project selection • 1. Regional Initiative Projects • call for proposals • one-step or two-step approach • eligibility and selection criteria approved by the Monitoring Committee • 2. Capitalisation, including Fast Track projects • Themes • networks • Animation • decision for FT Networks • In addition call for proposals • transfer into Competitiveness and Convergence programmes • involvement of their MA • partner activities from its respective programme or EIB or EBRD or Jasper
Types of interventions • TYPE 1 - Regional Initiatives • ‘classic’ interregional cooperation • regional and/or local level actors • various grades of intensity • 12 maximum number of partners • capitalisation activities • transfer into the mainstream programmes • one-step or two-step procedure for selection. • Type 2 - Fast Track networks ”Regions for Economic Change” • 30 themes INTERREG IVC & URBact (Com SEC(2006) 1432) • I. Making Europe and its regions more attractive places to invest and work • II. Improving knowledge and innovation for growth • III. More and better jobs • IV. The territorial dimension of European cohesion policy
I. Making Europe and its regions more attractive places to invest and work • Increasing adaptability • Improving air quality • Moving to a low carbon economy • Improving quality of water supply and treatment • Moving to a recycling society • Making healthy communities • Integrated policies on urban transport • Developing sustainable and energy-efficient housing stock • Improving monitoring of environment and security by and for the regions II. Improving knowledge and innovation for growth • Improving the capacity of regions for research and innovation • Bringing innovative ideas to the market more quickly • Training and retaining researchers • Helping to restructure regions most heavily dependent on traditional industries • Bringing e-government to regions and businesses • Better ICT connections between regions
III. More and better jobs • Improving qualifications for innovation • Promoting entrepreneurship • Meeting the demographic challenge • Promoting a healthy workforce in healthy workplaces • Integrating marginalised youth • Managing migration and facilitating social integration • Improving the adaptability of workers and enterprises • Expanding and improving education and training systems • Increasing employment of older workers. IV. The territorial dimension of European cohesion policy • Managing coastal zones • Reaping the benefits of the sea • Achieving sustainable urban development • Re-using brownfield and waste disposal sites • Preventing and reducing floods • Supporting the economic diversification of rural areas
Operational provisions • 1. Final beneficiaries PA or PEBs - private sector can participate their own cost or as sub-contractor • 2. Types of project activities: • study visits, • joint training sessions, • staff exchange, • studies and reports, • data analysis, • comparative studies, • information and publicity actions, • meetings and events, • development of common frameworks, • pilot experimentation • new instruments and approaches, • action plans