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Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III B Neighbourhood Programme: Russian Perspective and Proposals

Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III B Neighbourhood Programme: Russian Perspective and Proposals by Irina Karelina, Russian National BSR Interreg III B sub-committee St.Petersburg , 1 5 September 2004.

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Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III B Neighbourhood Programme: Russian Perspective and Proposals

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  1. Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III B Neighbourhood Programme: Russian Perspective and Proposals by Irina Karelina, Russian National BSR Interreg III B sub-committee St.Petersburg, 15 September 2004

  2. Russian National Sub-Committee (RNSC), as the main coordinating unit of Russian regions in the framework of BSR Interreg III B Programme, under the auspices of RF Ministry for Economic Development and Trade has created RNSC Task Force in order to initiate andfacilitate consultation process on: • How the issue of BSR IR IIIB priorities meeting Neighbourhood Programme priorities to be resolved? • How the consultation process with partners, including Russia will be organized? • How project selection and financing procedures, management structures will be established?

  3. RNSC Task Force is working in close consultation with: RNSC network members, St Petersburg Liaison Office, EC Delegation to Russia and Tacis Local Support office in St Petersburg BSR Interreg III BSteering Committee “Strategy” Task Force BSR Interreg III B Task Force for amending the CIP

  4. During the first consultation round with RNSC members all eligible North-West regions • St Petersburg • Leningrad oblast, • Pskov oblast, • Kaliningrad oblast • Murmansk oblast • Republic of Karelia • Novgorod Oblast • Archangelsk oblast • expressed their great interest and commitment to participate in the Baltic Sea Region Interreg III B Neighbourhood Programme which is getting the strategic importance for Russia taking into consideration that Tacis CBC is closing and only one Baltic NP among 6 NPs for Russia is opening the opportunities for them to co-operate transnationaly with all BSR neighbors.

  5. Baltic NP on which Tacis allocated funds in amount of7,5 million • EURO for Russia and Belarusia is providing the strategic • framework for Russia to: • increase the benefits and efficiency of Russian participation in the process of elaboration and implementation of the joint Interreg IIIB spatial development projects and strategies; • support existing and develop new maritime co-operation links with the partners from BSR Member States, not bordering Russia by land.

  6. PRIORITIES AND MEASURES • The following principles were introduced by RNSC Task Force in • the process of amending of BSR Interreg III B Neighbourhood • programme priorities: • to provide best synergies and succession with Tacis CBC Small Project Facility Priorities in compliance with NNP Guidance Note • to enhance implementation of Northern Dimension priorities and activities • to avoid duplication and overlapping with other Cross Border Neighbourhood programmes and find the best balanced use of the resources allocated within Tacis Neighbourhood Project Facility

  7. During consultation process all North-West regions supported the Swedish Proposal for bilateral co-operation between NWR regions and BSR Neighbors under indicated in the proposal fields, which are in line with NNP priorities and accumulated the previous Tacis experiences and partnerships. Such approach to enhance bilateral maritime co-operation may become very useful instrument which guarantees preservation of wide co-operation between EC and NIS partners across Baltic Sea established during last years within Tacis CBC Small Project Facility Programme.

  8. RNSC Task Force Proposal on Tacis NP Funding

  9. RNSC Task Force proposing the following size of Tacis grants • minimum amount: EUR 100.000 • maximum amount: EUR 300.000 • RNSC Task Forceproposing to allocate10% (within every • priority) to micro-grants for projects preparation. • Size of Tacis micro-grants – up to 25.000 EUR.

  10. On the Russianside efficient body- the secretariat or part of the joint secretariat as main support and info point for Russian regions- is needed which will be responsible for: • the systematic work on informing Russian regions about • the Programme news, calls, meeting, decisions, • collecting information for and from regions, information • exchange between main Programme actors. • coordination of preparation of efficient projects pipe • lines.

  11. Russian Task Force proposes to use RNSC secretariat with its experience, network and telecommunication capabilities as Russian info point of the Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III B Neighbourhood Programme. The financing of Info Point from Technical Assistant Fund is needed. • RNSC Secretariat will be responsible for co-operation with the Joint Secretariat on such matters as: • project ideas formation, • project partners search, • coordinating of projects implementation to avoid duplication, • getting the information concerning call for proposals, • applicants package, submission results etc from the • Secretariat • exchange of the project results information

  12. All Russian proposals and discussion documents are published on RNSC web-site www.leontief.ru/rnsc

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