Results Focus & Partnership
Kirsti Mijnhijmer, Secretariat
How to Apply Seminar
1st October 2014, Strathpeffer, Scotland
Some terminology
 Result: what is intended to be changed in the programme area
 Outputs: direct products of the programme, intended to
contribute to results. They are mainly developed at project level
(products/services).
 Results orientation: for the 2014-2020 period, the focus is
shifting from only measuring outputs (products/services) to
measuring the results that they contribute to (change in the
programme area).
Intervention logic
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• Programme Area specific challenges and
opportunities
• Selected interventions
• Tangible results or solutions =>
• Measurable changes at Programme Area level
Intervention logic at priority level
 Vision: what does the programme want to achieve
 Specific objectives: how the programme plans to meet the vision
 Results sought: what changes the programme wishes to see, e.g.
 raised awareness, improved entrepreneurial climate, raised preparedness
 Result indicators: how the changes will be measured
 Actions supported: examples of interventions to help achieve the
results sought, including examples of target groups and partners
 Output indicators: quantifying the outputs that are developed
 Performance framework: accountability for outputs, finances,
and implementation steps.
What does it mean for projects?
 Project result: what change does the project hope to achieve?
 Qualitative contribution to programme result indicators (neutral/positive)
 Project objectives: how will the project achieve its chosen result?
 Project outputs: products/services, i.e. the solutions to meet the
chosen objectives and result
 Quantitative contribution to output indicators
 Deliverable: by-product in developing the main outputs
 Spending target
Why quality objectives?
 Bridge the gap between the
project outputs and
programme results
 Indicate the type of projects
the programme aims to
support; those delivering
meaningful change.
 Form a reference point for
evaluating project
applications – basis for
selection critearia
Products &
services
(outputs)
Quality
objectives
Change in
programme area
(results)
Quality Objectives
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Concrete
Innovative
Focused
Relevant
Responsible
Viable
Transnational
Strategic
Value-for-money
Quality Objectives
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Concrete
Innovative
Focused
Relevant
Responsible
Viable
Transnational
Strategic
Value-for-money
Quality Objectives – Innovative, Relevant
 Innovative: the project output is new or innovative to the
partner organisations, the partner countries involved, or the
Programme area.
 Relevant: Project outputs take into account relevant conditions
in each part of the project’s target area. This means that the
project outcomes:
 Demonstrate a high relevance for the development needs and opportunities
in the target area.
 Take into account the current situation for the sector/each part of the target
area.
 Demand-driven: The development of project outputs is based on
demonstrable stakeholder demand and include stakeholder involvement
(interface)
Quality Objectives – Viable, Transnational
 Viable: project outputs are supported by appropriate business
and dissemination models that allow the project output to
become self-sustaining when the project support ends.
 Marketing plans for the project output to reach identified relevant target
groups. Note: branding should focus on project outcomes, not the project.
 Realistic provision/delivery models. For example, ensuring that that the
project output is delivered by organisations with the right competences, and
well integrated, etc.
 Transnational: the design of project outputs clearly draws on
the results of transnational cooperation.
 E.g. transferring models/knowledge/technology from one region to another,
partners complementing each others’ competences and resources,
combining different regional skill sets, gaining a critical mass, etc.
Partnership Constellation - Eligibility
 A minimum of 3 partners from 3 different programme partner
countries, one of which located in a EU Member State.
 The Lead Partner organisation is eligible:
 Public or public-like.
 Located in an EU programme partner country, Norway or Iceland.
 All project partners are eligible organisations.
 Eligible legal status.
 Located in the programme area, unless in exceptional circumstances when
sufficient justification is provided for the use of geographical flexibility.
 Partnership is clearly transnational rather than cross-border: combination
of partners from the Nordic, West-Atlantic and North Atlantic countries.
Partnership Constellation - Types
 Lead Partner: partner with overall responsibility for
development and implementation of the project
 Project partner: partner with a dedicated responsibility for part
of the project development and implementation, and a budget
 Associated partner: project partner participating in the project
without financially contributing to it. Any expenses need to be
covered by the partners with a budget.
 Sub partner: project partner attached to another project partner
for administrative reasons; especially if the contribution to the
project is relatively small. A sub partner construction can only
be set up within the same programme partner country.
Partnership Constellation – Lead Partner
 Lead Partner principle: LP is formally the final beneficiary of the
ERDF funding and acts as a link between the project partners
and the Programme.
 NEW: whole/part of the responsibility for ensuring
implementation of the project activities can be delegated to an
assigned Co-Lead Partner in the project partnership within the
programme area, including Greenland and Faroe Islands.
Partnership Constellation – Good Practice
 Apply a results-driven approach
 Invite partners whose main interest is closely associated with
the project aim and field of intervention
 Involve expert organisations (universities, institutions,
authorities) and private sector partners
 Select a Lead Partner with the administrative capacity and
experience to implement and coordinate a transnational project
 If appropriate, adopt a triple-helix partnership or work in a
triple helix context.
Partnership Constellation - SMEs
 Of very high strategic importance in EU policy
 The Programme allocates 60% (P1 & P2) of its funding to SME
related activities
 New legislation (General Block Exemption Regulation)
 Still technicalities to be clarified and resistance among national
State Aid experts
 Maximum grant rate for SMEs is 50%
 As before: SMEs can also be involved indirectly
Thank you for listening!
 Kirsti Mijnhijmer
Secretariat
Tel.: +45 3283 3784
E-mail:
kirsti.mijnhijmer@northern
periphery.eu
 www.interreg-npa.eu