Part-financed by the European Union

Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013:a general overview

Joint Technical Secretariat

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Content

1. What is the Baltic Sea Region programme?

2. Programme’s management structure.

3. What do we expect from projects?

4. Further information.

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1. What is the Baltic Sea RegionProgramme?

Programme area1. EU Member States (ERDF and ENPI):

Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden and Northern parts of Germany

2. Norway (Norwegian fund)

3. Partner countries (ENPI):

Belarus and North-western regions of Russia (no Financing Agreement signed)

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“To create a sustainable,competitive and territorially integratedBaltic Sea Region”

Priority 1. Fostering innovations

Priority 2. External and internal accessibility

Priority 3. Baltic Sea as a common resource

Priority 4. Attractive and competitive cities and regions

65 Transnational co-operation projects

22 projects 16 projects

12 projects 15 projects

Programme supports implementation of EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region

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so far 11 flagships and 11 projects being confirmed as part of flagships

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Monitoring Committee

ManagingAuthority (MA)Investitionsbank

Schleswig-Holstein

Certifying Authority (CA) Investitionsbank

Schleswig-Holstein

Joint TechnicalSecretariat(JTS)

Main Office: Rostock, Gerrmany Branch Office: Riga, Latvia

Lead Partner

Project Partner 1 Project Partner 3Project Partner 2

First level controllerFirst level controller First level controller

First level controller

Audit Authority (AA)

Germanyand

Group of Auditors (GoA)

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3. What do we expect from projects?

all partners committed to the project activities

respect principle of transnationality

achieve the expected projects' results, which are durable and transferable

raise policy-making competence in the participating institutions

ensure effective marketing of results and outputs

regularly report and inform JTS about achievements and major project activities

Further information

• eu.baltic.net

• Programme page on facebook

• Programme on Twitter

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Part-financed by the European Union

Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013

Vineta GrieķereProject Officer, Joint Technical Secretariat

Information Seminar for Latvian project partnersRiga, 9 November 2010