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EU Interregional Cooperation State of play and perspectives Akos Szabo

EU Interregional Cooperation State of play and perspectives Akos Szabo Joint Technical Secretariat 26 June 2014, Brussels. Summary Context INTERREG IVC state of play 3 . Innovation in INTERREG IVC 4 . Future of interregional cooperation – INTERREG EUROPE.

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EU Interregional Cooperation State of play and perspectives Akos Szabo

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  1. EU Interregional Cooperation State of play and perspectives Akos Szabo Joint Technical Secretariat 26 June 2014, Brussels

  2. Summary Context INTERREG IVC state of play 3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC 4. Future of interregional cooperation – INTERREG EUROPE

  3. 1. Context EU regional policy: from 3 objectives to 2 goals Goal 1: Investment for growth and jobs97% of the funds EUR 340 billion Goal 2: European Territorial Cooperation2.9% of the funds EUR 10.2 billion 2007 – 2013 2014 – 2020

  4. 1. Context Goal 2: European Territorial Cooperation INTERREG: 3 strands and 80 different programmes (EUR 10.2 billion) INTERREG • 60 programmes • 74% - 7,548 MEUR A cross-border • 15 programmes • 20.3% - 2,075 MEUR B transnational • 1 programme INTERREG EUROPE C interregional • 5.6% • 571.6 MEUR URBACTINTERACTESPON • 3 programmes networking

  5. 2. INTERREG IVC state of play INTERREG IVC programme ‘Learning by sharing’ Local / regional authorities access the experience of others in Europe facing similar issues to improve their practices / policies in the fields of Innovation and the knowledge economy Environment and risk prevention

  6. 2. INTERREG IVC state of play Eligible area • EU 27 • Switzerland • Norway

  7. 2. INTERREG IVC state of play Overview approved projects 204projects 2 274 partners 90% of 271 NUTS 2 regions covered All budget (302 M€) committed Priority 1 Priority 2

  8. 2. INTERREG IVC state of play Main achievements (as of June 2013) 90% of EU NUTS 2 regions covered 6,188staff with increased capacity 369‘spin-off activities’ Objective: EU wide exchange of experience / capacity building Objective: Identification / sharing / transfer of good practices 4,709good practices identified 403successfully transferred Overall objective: Improvement of regional and local policies 1,943policies addressed 432policies improved See illustrations of results in the programme Annual Report!

  9. 2. INTERREG IVC state of play Thematic Programme Capitalisation To exploit and build on knowledge from projects working on a similar topic for the benefit of local and regional authorities all around Europe • Experienced thematic experts analyse projects in order to: • identify synergies & complementarities • discover innovative approaches & make them availableto all EU regions • draw policy recommendations for regional, national & EU levels

  10. 2. INTERREG IVC state of play • capitalisation topics • 111 projects Priority 1 Priority 2 • Innovation Systems – 10 • (triple helix & open innovation) • Innovation capacity of SMEs – 7 • Eco-innovation – 7 • Creative industries – 14 • Entrepreneurship – 8 • E-government services – 6 • Demographic change – 9 • Rural development – 9 • Climate change – 7 • Energy efficiency – 12 • Renewable energy – 7 • Sustainable transport – 15 3 topics/ 24 projects devoted to innovation

  11. 2. INTERREG IVC state of play Capitalisation reports Available from 1 October 2013 Download the full reports from: www.interreg4c.eu/capitalisation

  12. 3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC

  13. 3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC Overview priority 1: Innovation & knowledge economy 37 projects involving 395 partners from 26 EU MS & Norway

  14. 3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC 37 projects related to Innovation, research & technology development

  15. 3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC Bringing open innovation into practice Projects: Good practice : Aalto Design Factory (from Aalto University, FI) Aim: to support world-class & interdisciplinary product design Dynamic collaboration environment (3000 sqm) for interaction between students, teachers, researchers and industry partners, allowing for joint lecturing, seminars, research, prototyping, experimentation, user-tests etc.

  16. 3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC Example of good practice (GP) transferred Project: Partner concerned: Kujawsko-Pomorskie (PL) Mainstreamed GP:Innovation voucher Interregional trainings enabled Kujawsko-Pomorskie to transfer tool of innovation vouchers into their ERDF Operational Programme 2007-2013.

  17. 3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC Example of policy improved Project: Partner concerned: Government of Catalonia (ES) Improved policy: ‘Strategy for innovation ecosystem‘ Revised strategy includes measures for stakeholders involvement coming from the Finnish innovation system (more precisely from the city of Jyvaskyla)

  18. 3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC Main achievements in innovation (as of June 2013) 1,105staff with increased capacity 63practices transferred 75policies improved See illustrations of results in the programme Annual Reports!

  19. 3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC Thematic capitalisation on innovation 3 topics Innovation Systems: triple helix & open innovation Innovation capacity of SMEs • Eco-innovation

  20. 3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC Innovation Systems triple helix & open innovation 10 INTERREG IVC projects analysed 114 Project Partners 269 good practices identified

  21. 3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC Innovation capacity of SMEs 7 INTERREG IVC projects analysed 61 Project Partners 178 Good practices identified

  22. 3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC • Eco-innovation 7 INTERREG IVC projects analysed 73 Project Partners 110 Good practices identified

  23. 4. Future of interregional cooperation

  24. 4. INTERREG EUROPE Context 1. New objective set for interregional cooperation 2. Concentration principles INTERREG EUROPE 3. Smart Specialisation strategies 4. Integration of Regions of Knowledge (RoK)

  25. 4. INTERREG EUROPE Policy learning among public authorities to improve performance of policies & programmes for regional development, in particular Structural Funds programmes EU Cohesion policy Goal 1: Investment for growth & jobs EUR 316 billion Goal 2: European Territorial Cooperation EUR 8.9 billion € INTERREG EUROPE EUR 359 m

  26. 4. INTERREG EUROPE Main features • Eligible area: EU28 + Norway & Switzerland • Who is eligible? • Public bodies • Bodies governed by public law • Private non-profit bodies (RoK ‘heritage’) • Co-financing rates • 85% for public or public equivalent • 75% for private non profit

  27. Four themes 4. INTERREG EUROPE Research& innovation SME competitiveness RoK & clusters Low-carbon economy Environment & resource efficiency

  28. 4. INTERREG EUROPE 2 actions Interregional Cooperation Projects Policy Learning Platforms

  29. 4. INTERREG EUROPE A. Interregional Cooperation Projects Implementation in 2 phases Policy exchange of experience (1 to 3 years) ending up with production of 1 Action Plan / Region Monitoring of the Action Plan’s implementation + possible pilot actions (up to 2 years) Phase1 Phase2 Creation of ‘local stakeholder groups’

  30. 4. INTERREG EUROPE B. Policy Learning Platforms EU-wide capacity building on: SME competitiveness Innovation Low-carbon economy Resource efficiency 1 service provider per thematic objective via: Online collaborative tool + Expert team

  31. 4. INTERREG EUROPE Platforms: objectives Overall objective: To ensure policy learning across EU Specific objective: To contribute to EU-wide capacity building To optimise the exploitation of project results To improve the quality of the programme content ‘External capitalisation’ ‘Internal Capitalisation’

  32. 4. INTERREG EUROPE 2 interrelated actions

  33. 4. INTERREG EUROPE Programming – Indicative timeline EU2020 strategy March 2010 October 2011 Draft regulation INTERREG EUROPE Programming Committee set up June 2012 Adoption of legislative package & agreement on budget 2014-2020 Summer 2014 submission of the programme to the EC approval of the programme by the EC 2nd half 2014 INTERREG EUROPE launch event December 2014 First call for project proposals expected Early 2015

  34. For more information, please contact: akos.szabo@interreg4c.eu Or follow us on: interreg4c.eu/interreg-europe facebook.com/interreg4c twitter.com/interreg4c changing-regions.eu

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