Indicators 2014-2020: Telling the story of European Territorial Cooperation

1. Indicators 2014-2020: Telling the story of European Territorial Cooperation Bologna, 20 June 2013

2. European Territorial Cooperation – Status Quo Evidence on what ETC delivers for Europe still vague and not heard on policy levels -> EC proposal to increase funding for ETC has not been supported by the Council. BUT it is also difficult to find out from Programme reports! The funding envelope for ETC in the 2014-2020 MFF is very much the same as in 2007-2013 -> MORE (bigger impact) will have to be delivered with LESS money Programmes have started programming – to enable change, additional guidance and certain common agreements would be helpful

3. Ex-post Evaluation of INTERREG III • Only around half of the programmes focussed their financial resources on a limited number of priority topics (Strand A) Programmes generally adopted broad intervention strategies which did not concentrate financial support on a limited number of priority topics (Strand B) • Mixed results were obtained with regard to improving the effectiveness of instruments for regional development and cohesion policies. (Strand C)

4. What is (was?) the problem…..? • Focus on absorption and processes - current programmes are often just designed to spend • Indicators are numerous, but not meaningful or appropriate • Difference monitoring – evaluation not clear. Shortcomings in knowledge of evaluation methods • Consequently, it is difficult to demonstrate value and achievements of the policy

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6. What is proposed for 2014-2020? • More concentration – to maximise effects • A renewed focus on Programme intervention logic • A focus on results (not only spending) • Better gathering of basic data on outputs • Integration of evaluation into the whole policy cycle

7. Concentration and focus

8. Monitoring and Evaluation Programming Intended Result Thematic Objective Other Factors Needs Allocated INPUTS Actual INPUTS Operation Contribution (Impact) Targeted OUTPUTS Achieved OUTPUTS New logical framework Actual Result 8

9. Specific objectives what the MS wants to achieve, taking into account national and regional needs and potentials Investment priorities Result indicators Description of actions needed to achieve the specific objectives Output Indicators Categories of intervention Priority axis: intervention logic

10. Investment priority Enhancing regional mobility through connecting secondary and tertiary nodes to TEN-T infrastructure Specific objective: Enhancing mobility between small towns and big cities and towards international border crossing points Reduction of travel time • Description of actions needed • Enhancing the capacity of roads A & B • Building multi-level intersections in areas x and y • Improved access to public transport • Km of road upgraded • + • No of intersections constructed • No of additional bus services • Categories of intervention • Secondary road links to TEN-T road network and nodes • Other national and regional roads

11. Indicators should tell the story 11

12. Application to ETC 12

13. What do ETC programmes deliver? New and maintained jobs Support to business development 18.000 km of roads, routes, railways etc Investments in environment, waste management, energy efficiency BUT Similar outputs are delivered also by the Objective 1 and 2 programmes. Why finance the same under ETC?

14. ETC programmes also produced New and extended cooperation networks Cooperation agreements Joint cultural, natural, urban and rural actions Trainings and events with half a million participants BUT What has changed as a resulted of these for the people and businesses in the programme area?

15. Follow-up to ex post - “capture” exercise What was done: Desk review of studies, programme and Member State evaluations Investigation of pilot cases Programme efforts Outcomes: Clarification of ETC objective Identification of the types of change (results) ETC delivers Explanation of most commonly found terms relevant to ETC (Insert I) Model intervention logic for the ETC objective (Insert II) Proposals for Common Strategic Framework (Insert III) Proposals for ETC specific common output indicators (Insert IV) Recommendations for improvements and follow-up actions

16. Conclusions and recommendations Reiterate the added value of ETC to the Europe, respect its limited size Clarify the role of ETC in delivering Europe 2020 and eleven Thematic Objectives When setting ambition level towards programmes, take into account the maturity of cooperation Amend common output indicators list for the ETC Encourage use of new approaches to capture integration and cohesion, attitudinal and behavioral change and to measure change in organisational / regional performance No definition of territorial cohesion exists. No indicators have been used so far to measure it Explore what generic ETC specific information can be collected to illustrate the achievements Encourage programmes to carry out impact evaluations Embed programmes in wider strategic frameworks – i.e. macro-regional, sea basin, Euroregion, other strategies; apply strategy indicators, evaluate programmes as part of strategy evaluation Engage scientific community, programme evaluators in developing monitoring frameworks and exploring ETC specific factors – i.e. integration, territorial cohesion Collect the relevant additional evidence from projects – start NOW! Typology is a ready made solution for this Future programmes need focus & critical mass – this calls for stronger top-down guidance and leadership

17. What change to be delivered by 2014-2020 Programmes? “Capture Report” -> Discussion Paper 17

19. Clarification of ETC objective European Territorial Cooperation programmes contribute to the overall (economic, social / societal and territorial) cohesion of the EU by supporting cohesion of respective cross-border or transnational programme areas and by working together with shared assets and/or common challenges EU level vision & strategic framework Vision / strategy and mission for the programme area

20. Types of change (=results) ETC delivers Integration related: common identity; integrated services, business & education frameworks; common branding; improved cross-border flows & accessibility; territorial governance; cooperation on community level Investments in physical, economic and social infrastructure (filling in the gaps); in environment; in common assets; preparation of such investments; development of solutions for joint challenges Performance related: improved organisational / governance capacity; improved regional peformance

21. Taking care of the shared (natural, cultural, physical, economic, human) assets and working together to address common challenges Joint actvities supporting the economic, social and territorial cohesion of the cooperation area: reducing disparities, improving accessibility, building on strengths & accumulated critical mass Terri torial governance framework Creating and sustaining the cooperation culture – people to people and community level cooperation COHESION 21

22. Cohesion / integration - polycentric and balanced development - integrated development in cities, rural and specific regions - territorial integration in cross-border and transnational functional areas; territorial governance - global competitiveness based on strong local economies - territorial connectivity for individuals, communities and enterprises; overcoming distance, e.g. access to services, energy, broadband; integrating the economy of places with the economy of flows managing and connecting ecological, landscape and cultural values Community integration

23. Performance Capacity building Innovation Cost savings Leverage effects (e.g. additional investments released) ...