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Stakeholder Workshop Brussels – 5 February 2014

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Nicolas Singer | Senior Project Officer

INTERREG IVC Joint Technical Secretariat

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Proposed actions & challenge

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Summary

1. Proposed actions

2. Challenge

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1. Proposed actions

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Two actions

Policy Learning PlatformsInterregional Cooperation

Projects

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A. Interregional Cooperation ProjectsRationale

• Build on the current INTERREG IVC experience

Exchange and transfer of experience at policy level

Result oriented approach

• Improve certain programme features

Monitoring beyond the exchange of experience Ensuring the (policy) relevance of implementation related

activities

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Overall objective

to improve the effectiveness of the policies of the regions involved

in the project (in particular their Investment for Growth and Jobs

goal programmes)

Definition

Interregional cooperation projects allow partners from different

countries to work together on a shared regional policy issue within

the scope of the selected Investment Priorities

A. Interregional Cooperation ProjectsMain features

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A. Interregional Cooperation ProjectsMain features

Policy exchange of experience (1 to 3 years)ending up with the production of 1 Action Plan / Region

Monitoring of the Action Plan’s implementation + possible pilot actions (up to 2 years)

Phase 1

Phase 2

Implementation in 2 phases

Creation of ‘local stakeholder groups’

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B. Policy Learning Platforms

Origin

1. Regulation: focus on Cohesion Policy (in particular Goal 1 programmes)

2. Success of thematic programme capitalisation

3. S3 platform experience

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‘External capitalisation’

Overall objective: To ensure policy learning across EU

Specific objective:

B. Policy Learning Platforms

Objectives

‘InternalCapitalisation’

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a) To contribute to EU-wide capacity building

b) To optimise the exploitation of projects’ results c) To improve the programme’s strategic focus on topics

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• Online collaborative tool

With relevant functionalities

• Expert team

Content and coordination role

B. Policy Learning Platforms

What is it?

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Innovation SME

resource efficiencylow-carbon economy

1 service provider per thematic objective embodied through:

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B. Policy Learning Platforms

Activities

• Monitor

• Analyse

• Write

• Advise

• Assess

• Moderate

• Answer

• Organise

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• Positioning of the platform: structural funds implementation

• Makes it different from other EU policy platforms

B. Policy Learning Platforms

Users

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Users: regions & actors

involved in SF implementation

For CH & NO: focus on similar thematic policies

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B. Policy Learning Platforms

Knowledge management

Traditional

approach

to programme

capitalisation

Challenge

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B. Policy Learning Platforms

Knowledge management

More bottom-up

approach

(or ‘pull’ system)

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2 interrelated actions

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2. Challenge

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Goal 1: Investment for growth

and jobsEUR 316 billion

Goal 2: European Territorial Cooperation

EUR 8.9 billion

Particular focus on Structural Funds

2. Challenge2. Challenge

EU Cohesion policy

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2. Challenge2. Challenge

INTERREG IVC experience:

Low interest from Structural Funds (SF) players

TotalWith a focus

on SF %

Applications submitted 1357 70 5%

Projects approved 204 22 11%

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20 capitalisation projects

IVC fundingAmount forecasted in

Action Plans Leverage effect

EUR 34M EUR 665M(mainly ERDF)

x 20

INTERREG IVC experience:

High potential for Structural Funds players

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ConclusionConclusion

Convergence of EU policies

Unique chance for INTERREG EUROPE!

1. Objective of interregional cooperation

2. Concentration principles

3. Smart Specialisation strategies

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ConclusionConclusion

Need mobilisation of all energies:

• Geographical units of DG Regional & Urban Policy

• Relays at EU, national and regional levels

Tackling the challenge

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Thanks for your attention!

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