EUROPEAN REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT FUND
EU Interregional Cooperation
State of play and perspectives
Akos Szabo
Joint Technical Secretariat
26 June 2014, Brussels
Summary
1. Context
2. INTERREG IVC state of play
3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC
4. Future of interregional cooperation –
INTERREG EUROPE
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1. Context
EU regional policy: from 3 objectives to 2 goals
Goal 1:
Investment for growth
and jobs
97% of the funds
EUR 340 billion
Goal 2:
European Territorial
Cooperation
2.9% of the funds
EUR 10.2 billion
2007 – 2013
2014 – 2020
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1. Context
Goal 2: European Territorial Cooperation
INTERREG
INTERREG: 3 strands and 80 different programmes
(EUR 10.2 billion)
A
cross-border
B
transnational
C
interregional
networking
60 programmes
74% - 7,548 MEUR
15 programmes
20.3% - 2,075 MEUR
1
programme
3
programmes
4
INTERREG
EUROPE
URBACT
INTERACT
ESPON
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5.6%
571.6
MEUR
2. INTERREG IVC state of play
INTERREG IVC programme
‘Learning by sharing’
Local / regional authorities access the experience of
others in Europe facing similar issues to improve their
practices / policies
in the fields of
Innovation and the
knowledge economy
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5
Environment and risk
prevention
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2. INTERREG IVC state of play
Eligible area
- EU 27
- Switzerland
- Norway
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2. INTERREG IVC state of play
Overview approved projects
204
2 274
projects
partners
90% of 271 NUTS 2
regions covered
All budget (302 M€) committed
Priority 1
Priority 2
Natural and
technological risks
Innovation, research
and technology
development
18 (16%)
37 (31%)
Water management
10 (12%)
16 (19%)
Entrepreneurship and
SMEs
Waste management
9 (11%)
20 (17%)
Information Society
38 (44%)
44 (36%)
Employment, human
capital and education
5 (6%)
7 (8%)
Biodiversity and
preservation of natural
heritage
Energy and sustainable
transport
Cultural heritage and
landscape
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2. INTERREG IVC state of play
Main achievements (as of June 2013)
Objective:
EU wide exchange of
experience / capacity building
Objective:
Identification / sharing /
transfer of good practices
Overall objective:
Improvement of regional and
local policies
90% of EU
NUTS 2
regions
covered
6,188
staff with
increased
capacity
369
‘spin-off
activities’
4,709
good practices
identified
403
successfully
transferred
1,943
policies
addressed
432
policies
improved
See illustrations of results in the programme Annual Report!
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2. INTERREG IVC state of play
Thematic Programme Capitalisation
To exploit and build on knowledge
from projects working on a similar topic
for the benefit of local and regional authorities all around Europe
Experienced thematic experts analyse projects in order to:
identify synergies & complementarities
discover innovative approaches & make them available
to all EU regions
draw policy recommendations for regional, national & EU
levels
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2. INTERREG IVC state of play
12 capitalisation topics
111 projects
Priority 1
Innovation Systems – 10
(triple helix & open innovation)
Innovation capacity of SMEs – 7
Eco-innovation – 7
Priority 2
Climate change – 7
Energy efficiency – 12
Renewable energy – 7
Sustainable transport – 15
Creative industries – 14
Entrepreneurship – 8
E-government services – 6
Demographic change – 9
3 topics/ 24 projects
devoted to innovation
Rural development – 9
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2. INTERREG IVC state of play
Capitalisation reports
Download the full reports from: www.interreg4c.eu/capitalisation
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3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC
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3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC
Overview priority 1:
Innovation & knowledge economy
18 (16%)
37 (31%)
Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Information Society
20 (17%)
Employment, human capital and
education
44 (36%)
37 projects involving 395 partners from 26 EU MS & Norway
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3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC
37 projects related to
Innovation, research & technology development
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3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC
Bringing open innovation into practice
Projects:
Good practice : Aalto Design Factory (from Aalto University, FI)
Aim: to support world-class & interdisciplinary product design
Dynamic collaboration environment (3000 sqm) for interaction between
students, teachers, researchers and industry partners, allowing for joint
lecturing, seminars, research, prototyping, experimentation, user-tests etc.
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3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC
Example of good practice (GP) transferred
Project:
Partner concerned: Kujawsko-Pomorskie (PL)
Mainstreamed GP: Innovation voucher
Interregional trainings enabled Kujawsko-Pomorskie
to transfer tool of innovation vouchers into their ERDF
Operational Programme 2007-2013.
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Project
IVC ERDF spent
Leverage effect
Earmarked mainstream funds
RAPIDE
EUR 1,194,558
x 18
EUR 21,210,460
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3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC
Example of policy improved
Project:
Partner concerned: Government of Catalonia (ES)
Improved policy: ‘Strategy for innovation ecosystem‘
Revised strategy includes measures for stakeholders involvement
coming from the Finnish innovation system (more precisely from the
city of Jyvaskyla)
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3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC
Main achievements in innovation (as of June 2013)
1,105
staff with increased capacity
63
practices transferred
75
policies improved
See illustrations of results in the programme Annual
Reports!
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3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC
Thematic capitalisation on innovation
3 topics
Innovation Systems:
triple helix & open innovation
Innovation capacity of SMEs
Eco-innovation
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3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC
Innovation Systems
triple helix & open innovation
10 INTERREG IVC projects analysed
114 Project Partners
269 good practices identified
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3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC
Innovation capacity of SMEs
7 INTERREG IVC projects analysed
61 Project Partners
178 Good practices identified
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3. Innovation in INTERREG IVC
Eco-innovation
7 INTERREG IVC projects analysed
73 Project Partners
110 Good practices identified
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4. Future of interregional cooperation
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4. INTERREG EUROPE
Context
1. New objective set for
interregional cooperation
2. Concentration
principles
INTERREG
EUROPE
3. Smart Specialisation
strategies
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4. Integration of Regions
of Knowledge (RoK)
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4. INTERREG EUROPE
Policy learning among public authorities
to improve performance of policies & programmes for regional development,
in particular Structural Funds programmes
EU Cohesion policy
Goal 1:
Investment for growth & jobs
EUR 316 billion
Goal 2:
European Territorial Cooperation
EUR 8.9 billion
€
INTERREG EUROPE
EUR 359 m
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4. INTERREG EUROPE
Main features
• Eligible area: EU28 + Norway & Switzerland
• Who is eligible?
o Public bodies
o Bodies governed by public law
o Private non-profit bodies
(RoK ‘heritage’)
• Co-financing rates
o 85% for public or public equivalent
o 75% for private non profit
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4. INTERREG EUROPE
Four themes
Research &
RoK &
innovation
clusters
Low-carbon
economy
27
SME
competitiveness
Environment &
resource efficiency
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4. INTERREG EUROPE
2 actions
Interregional Cooperation
Projects
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Policy Learning
Platforms
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4. INTERREG EUROPE
A. Interregional Cooperation Projects
Implementation in 2 phases
Phase 1
Phase 2
Policy exchange of experience (1 to 3 years)
ending up with production of 1 Action Plan / Region
Monitoring of the Action Plan’s implementation +
possible pilot actions (up to 2 years)
Creation of ‘local stakeholder groups’
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4. INTERREG EUROPE
B. Policy Learning Platforms
EU-wide capacity building on:
Innovation
SME competitiveness
Low-carbon economy
Resource efficiency
1 service provider per thematic objective via:
Online collaborative tool
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+
Expert team
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4. INTERREG EUROPE
Platforms: objectives
Overall objective: To ensure policy learning across EU
Specific objective:
a) To contribute to EU-wide capacity building
‘External capitalisation’
b) To optimise the exploitation of project results
c)
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To improve the quality of the programme content
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‘Internal
Capitalisation’
4. INTERREG EUROPE
2 interrelated actions
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4. INTERREG EUROPE
Programming – Indicative timeline
March 2010
October 2011
June 2012
EU2020
strategy
Draft regulation
INTERREG EUROPE Programming Committee set up
Adoption of legislative package &
agreement on budget 2014-2020
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Summer 2014
submission of the programme to the EC
2nd half 2014
approval of the programme by the EC
December 2014
INTERREG EUROPE launch event
Early 2015
First call for project proposals expected
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