Integrating Europe 2020 in European Territorial Cooperation programmes and projects in the new programming period

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1 Integrating Europe 2020 in European Territorial Cooperation programmes and projects in the new programming period 4th Annual Meeting of the EGTC Platform of CoR, Brussels, 18th February 2014

2 EUROPE 2020 STRATEGY - PRIORITIES EUROPE 2020 Strategy The EU s 10- year growth strategy which aims to delivery growth that is: SMART through investments in education, research and innovation SUSTAINABLE thanks to a move towards a low-carbon economy INCLUSIVE with an emphasis on job creation and poverty reduction.

3 EUROPE 2020 STRATETGY TARGETS 5 key targets to be achieved by the end of the decade 1. Employment: 75% of the aged to be employed 2. Education: reducing the rate of early school leaving below 10% and at least 40% of the younger generation completing third level education 3. Research & Development: 3% of the EU s GDP to be invested in R&D 4. Climate change and energy sustainability: greenhouse gas emissions 20% lower then % of energy from renewables + 20% increase in energy efficiency 5. Fighting poverty and social exclusion: 20 million less people at risk of poverty

4 EUROPE 2020 STRATEGY FLAGSHIP INITIATIVES Source:

5 ETC AS THE GOAL OF COHESION POLICY Cohesion policy is one of the key instruments to realise the Europe 2020 goals. (...) We must now ensure that the reformed policy is all about making the right investments to the benefit of the whole of the European Union. Every euro spent should deliver maximum impact in terms of growth and competitiveness Jose-Manuel Barroso, President of the EC European Territorial Cooperation continue to be a goal of cohesion policy ETC Regulation (NEW!) ETC = 2,75% of total cohesion policy allocation = 8.9 bilion (ETC : 2.5% 8.7 billion) 3 strands: cross-border, transnational, interregional cooperation Reformed cohesion policy which means...

6 REFORMED COHESION POLICY IN THE ASPECT OF THE ETC Strategic approach Coordination between funds (european and national) Integrated approach to territorial development Thematic concentration Result orientation Partnership principle Multi-level governance

7 STRATEGIC APPROACH INTEGRATED APPROACH To increase the complementarity, cooperation and synergy between different ESI funds as well as EU policies Common Provisions Regulation and Fund-specific regulations: ETC + interregional and transnational (ESF) actions in Investment for growth and jobs goal (Art (d) CPR Regulation 1303/2013) Common Strategic Framework (CSF) coordination with other relevant EU policies and instruments, e.g. Horizon 2020, Connecting Europe Facility. Point 7 on Cooperation Activities Strategic programming documents: Partnership Agreements Operational Programmes Programme s strategy and analysis (needs!) Country-specific Recommendations

8 CSF FOR ETC Common Strategic Framework point 7.2.1: Member States and regions shall seek to make use of cooperation to achieve critical mass, inter alia, in the field of ICT and research and innovation, and also to promote the development of joint smart specialisation approaches and partnerships among educational institutions. Interregional cooperation shall, where appropriate, include fostering cooperation between innovative research-intensive clusters and exchanges between research institutions taking into consideration the experience of "Regions of Knowledge" and "Research Potential in Convergence and Outermost Regions" under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research

9 THEMATIC OBJECTIVES ART. 9 REGULATION 1303/2013 Source: DG Regio EC Panorama Inforegio, Winter 2014, No 48

10 THEMATIC CONCENTRATION IN ETC Aim to increase efficiency, impact and EU-added value of co-financed operations At least 80% of the ERDF allocation of CBC and TNC shall be concentrated on a maximum of four of TO Intrregional cooperation all of 11 TOs TO translated into Fund-specific investment priorities: Art. 5 of the ERDF Regulation 1301/2013 and in addition Art. 7.1 point a (iv) of the ETC Regulation 1299/ especially designed for each of the ETC strand, e.g. crossborder labour markets, joint vocational trainings, integration of communities across borders, promoting legal and administrative cooperation, developing and coordinating macro-regional strategies (TN), promoting the exchange of expeirence (INTERACT)

11 RESULT ORIENTATION IN ETC Enhances the strategic orientation of the reformed CP Objectives and indicators to be monitored and evaluated in the context of effective use of resources how money is spent + how the best use of funds is made Intervention logic to be followed at the level of the programme and the project Result and output indicator List of common output indicators annex to ETC Regulations Performance framework and review in 2019

12 PROJECT IN PROGRAMME INTERVENTION LOGIC (simplified scheme)

13 WHAT ETC DELIVERS SO FAR...? ETC programmes are delivering i.e.: New and maintained jobs Support to business development Km of roads, routes, railways etc. Investments in environment, waste management, energy efficiency BUT ALSO New and extended cooperation networks Cooperation agreements Joint cultural, natural, urban and rural actions Trainings and events with half a million participants

14 ETC EXAMPLE RESULTS Types of change (= results) that ETC brings: Integration related: common identity; integrated community and services, business & education frameworks; common branding Investments in physical, economic and social infrastructure (filling in the gaps); in common assets; preparation of such investment projects; development of solutions for joint challenges Policy and governance related: improved governance capacity; coordinated / territorial governance; improved regional performance

15 ETC and EUROPE2020 PRIORITIES KEEP is the most comprehensive database of ETC in Europe but it does not contain all the projects and partners At the moment KEEP covers 67% of all ETC projects projects (the overall figure is estimated at around 8 688) In few weeks KEEP should go from 67% of all projects to 85%

16 DIVERSITY OF TOPICS IN ETC (KEEP) ICT and digital society Innovation capacity and awareness raising Knowledge and technology transfer New products and services Scientific cooperation Demographic change and immigration Education and training Labour market and employment SME and entrepreneurship Social inclusion and equal opportunities Energy efficiency Green technologies Renewable energy Sustainable management of natural resources

17 Thank you for your attention! Please don t hesitate to contact us for further information or visit Aleksandra Rapp Project Manager ph.: aleksandra.rapp@interact-eu.net INTERACT Point Vienna Kirchberggasse 33-35/ Vienna Austria