EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND Interregional Cooperation State of play Draft regulations - Ideas for the future Michel LAMBLIN Programme Director
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
1. INTERREG IVC Results and lessons learnt 3 European Parliament ETC instruments Brussels 11 April 2012
14,000 local and regional authorities involved in INTERREG IVC applications 4 European Parliament ETC instruments Brussels 11 April 2012
Approved projects 204 projects 2 276 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
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
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
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
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 82 573,644,800 TOTAL (without B3 Regions) 5,429,137 x 19 105,032,300 9 European Parliament ETC instruments Brussels 11 April 2012
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
3. Draft regulations and Interregional Cooperation (IRC) incl. Ideas for a future IRC programme 11 European Parliament ETC instruments Brussels 11 April 2012
INTERREGIONAL COOPERATION 2020 - 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
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
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