Interregional Cooperation

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1 EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND Interregional Cooperation State of play Draft regulations - Ideas for the future Michel LAMBLIN Programme Director

2 Summary 1. INTERREG IVC Results and lessons learnt 2. Draft regulations and Interregional Cooperation (IRC) incl. ideas for a future IRC programme 2 European Parliament ETC instruments Brussels 11 April 2012

3 1. INTERREG IVC Results and lessons learnt 3 European Parliament ETC instruments Brussels 11 April 2012

4 14,000 local and regional authorities involved in INTERREG IVC applications 4 European Parliament ETC instruments Brussels 11 April 2012

5 Approved projects 204 projects partners ALL budget (302 M ) committed 19 (16%) 35 (29%) Innovation, research and technology development Entrepreneurship and SMEs 10 (12%) 16 (19%) Natural and technological risks Water management Waste management 20 (17%) 46 (38%) Information Society Employment, human capital and education 37 (44%) 9 (11%) 5 (6%) 7 (8%) Biodiversity and preservation of natural heritage Energy and sustainable transport Cultural heritage and landscape 5 European Parliament ETC instruments Brussels 11 April 2012

6 2. Programme achievements Programme objective related to: EU wide exchange of experience / capacity building 3,549 staff members with increased capacity 88 spin-off activities resulting from the cooperation Examples of spin-off activities: (Data as of 30 March 2012) - Adoption of new tools (e.g. POWER with a carbon reduction tool) - Development of new joint services (e.g. CLIQ on incubators inter services) - Adoption of new cooperation convention (e.g. B3 Regions with new agreement between Piemont, Sardinia & Catalonia on ICT observatory) - Submission of new applications (e.g. ERIK ACTION in FP7) 6 European Parliament ETC instruments Brussels 11 April 2012

7 2. Programme achievements Programme objective related to: Identification / sharing / transfer of good practices 2,835 good practices identified 151 successfully transferred (Data as of 30 March 2012) 7 European Parliament ETC instruments Brussels 11 April 2012

8 2. Programme achievements Programme overall objective: Improvement of regional and local policies 1,250 policies addressed 118 policies improved (Data as of 30 March 2012) 8 European Parliament ETC instruments Brussels 11 April 2012

9 Achievements of the first call Capitalisation (mainstreaming) Projects Projects IVC ERDF spent (EUR) Leverage effect Amount dedicated to the implementation of practices (EUR) B3 Regions 1,525,947 x 307 = 468,612,500 ERIK ACTION 1,418,440 x 17 = 24,561,200 ESF6 CIA 935,661 x 55 = 51,300,000 ICHNOS PLUS 734,183 x 0.9 = 687,800 PIKE 1,146,295 x 6 = 7,272,900 RAPIDE 1,194,558 x 18 = 21,210,460 TOTAL 6,955,084 x ,644,800 TOTAL (without B3 Regions) 5,429,137 x ,032,300 9 European Parliament ETC instruments Brussels 11 April 2012

10 what s going well what should be improved... Equitable management of the number; Channel of communication in both directions : EU->LRA/ LRA->EU; Proofed EU Programme-Tool; «Advanced» database and CMS; Unique and coherent indicators; Encouraging first results; Administrative simplification; Capitalisation on tracks. Reduce the number, then the workload : o o the painful phase of eligibility; the time spent assessing weak applications. Insufficient TA budget (TA rate OK but not the co-fin rate) Subsidy rate? The difficulty to measure projects impacts during the programming period; Linkage with the ROPs to be reinforced. 10 European Parliament ETC instruments Brussels 11 April 2012

11 3. Draft regulations and Interregional Cooperation (IRC) incl. Ideas for a future IRC programme 11 European Parliament ETC instruments Brussels 11 April 2012

12 INTERREGIONAL COOPERATION two goals; cooperation enobled - stronger link between Cooperation and Regional programmes, as the objective of IRC is to improve the effectiveness of «cohesion policy» (instead of «regional development policies» - to achieve this objective, the new IRC programme should : transfer more good practices into ROPs be more strategically driven (3 Strategic learning platforms) around three priorities (smart, sustainable, inclusive) and up to 11 themes, leading to: o financing more targeted projects o animate/support art.87.2.c.v projects; o and foster cooperation between innovative research-intensive clusters and exchanges and research institutions building on the experience of "Regions of Knowledge" - with a sufficient Technical Assistance budget. 12 European Parliament ETC instruments Brussels 11 April 2012

13 TA budget (examples with different cofinancing rates) -If ERDF Programme budget is 400 M, TA rate 6% and cofinancing rate 75%, TA 1 budget = 32 M -If ERDF Programme budget Is 400 M, TA rate 6% and cofinancing rate 50%, TA 2 budget = 48 M TA 2 = TA 1 +50%! 13 European Parliament ETC instruments Brussels 11 April 2012

14 Thank EU!