Inspire policy making by territorial evidence
ESPON Seminar
“Territories Acting for Economic Growth:
Using territorial evidence to meet challenges towards 2020”
Investment and integrated strategies
supporting towns
Raivis BREMSMITS
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional
Development of the Republic of Latvia
Regional development disparities
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Latvia has the 5th largest regional disparities in EU-28 (dispersion
of regional GDP per inhabitant in NUTS 3 regions)
Pronounced monocentric development tendencies – a need for
many centres
Number of companies per 1000
inhabitants, 2012
Personal income tax revenue in
budgets of municipalities per
capita. 2013
Unemployment level, 2014
Population decrease 2009-2014
ERDF priority “Polycentric development” 2007-2013
Activities
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Growth of national and regional development centres
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Sustainable development of Riga
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Growth of amalgamated municipalities
Total funding: 323 M EUR
12%
8%
25%
55%
Transport infrastructure
(incl. support for
enterprises)
Energy efficiency of
public buildings
Education infrastructure
Culture infrastructure
(incl. heritage& tourism)
Daugavpils City Fortress infrastructure improvement of streets and engineering
networks
Total funding – 5,11 M EUR,
incl. ERDF 4,68 M EUR
Valmiera business and innovation center project
Total funding – 1,53 M EUR,
incl. ERDF 1,29 M EUR
Lessons learned
In order to tackle regional disparities more efficiently, there
is a need for:
1. Concentration of funding thematically and territorially
2. Territorial programs have to be much more oriented towards
investments in business infrastructure in order to promote
entrepreneurial activity and increase the number of workplaces
and thus address regional development challenges (less
investments in leisure infrastructure)
Sustainable urban development 2014-2020
Regulation on ERDF 2014-2020
Article 7
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The ERDF shall support, within operational programs, sustainable urban
development through strategies that set out integrated actions to tackle the
economic, environmental, climate, demographic and social challenges
affecting urban areas, while taking into account the need to promote urbanrural linkages.
At least 5 % of the ERDF resources allocated at national level under the
Investment for growth and jobs goal shall be allocated to integrated actions
for sustainable urban development
Taking into account its specific territorial situation, each Member State shall
establish in its Partnership Agreement the principles for the selection of
urban areas where integrated actions for sustainable urban development
are to be implemented and an indicative allocation for those actions at
national level.
Polycentric development: 9+21
Balanced network of centres
• Latvia 2030 – Long
term development
strategy
• Defines balanced
network of centres:
• 9 national level
development
centres (ITI)
• 21 regional level
development
centres
Urban development – ITI investments 2014-2020
ERDF
including 9
cities
3.3.1. Attracting investments for regions
59 016 742
10 911 633
5.6.2. Revitalisation of deprived areas
236 524 372
92 138 673
8.1.2. Infrastructure for general education
138 389 313
30 000 000
8.1.3. Infrastructure for vocational education
89 068 648
66 801 486
Climate and
environmental
4.2.2. Energy-efficiency of municipalities
31 393 658
15 696 829
5.6.2. Revitalisation of deprived areas
236 524 372
92 138 673
Social
9.3.1. Social services
41 241 194
15 300 000
Urban challenge
Economical and
demographical
Specific Objective
9,6%
Integrated approach 2014-2020
• Integrated or complementary projects – a set of projects
from several specific objectives, where investments and
results are interrelated
– Business projects - municipalities and entrepreneurs
– Service projects – municipalities and state
• For these projects it is necessary to ensure synchronized
project implementation:
– Synchronized decision project proposals (evaluation of projects
is taking into account interrelatedness of investments )
– Synchronizes decision making time on project proposals
• Central element – Local development program
EXAMPLE
Trainings for empoyees
Building or reconstruction of
premises
Equipment, technologies
Private
investments
Public
investments
Power supply, gas supply
Water supply and sewerage, rainwater
drainage system, heating system
Access roads
Local Development Program
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Revitalization of territories, development of deprived
areas
(Ministry of Regional Development)
Energy-efficiency of municipal
buildings
(Ministry of Regional Development)
Infrastructure of social
services
Integrated
investments
(Ministry of Welfare)
Other
investments
Needs analysis
Entrepreneurship
(Ministry of Economy)
Implementation of Integrated Territorial Investments (ITI)
Cabinet of
Ministers
Regional Development
Coordination Council
Municipality
Development Program
Investment Plan
Priority project ideas:
1. Project idea
2. Project idea
3. Project idea
Alternative project ideas:
1. Project idea
2. Project idea
Approves:
•Indicators and funding
(in total for each
municipality regarding
each SSO)
• Time frame of SSO
implementation
Municipal
commission
Performs selection of project
proposals:
•According to SSO terms
•According to funding amount
approved by Cabinet of Ministers
Approves or rejects project
proposal
(after verification)
Municipality
Drafts project
proposal for SSO
VERIFICATION
• According to Article 7 it is
verified if project selection has
been performed in compliance
with regulations and criteria of
SSO
Thank you!
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