Territorial Cooperation – adding value to the Danube Region

Ivana Lazic, INTERACT Point Vienna

9 July 2010 | Novi Sad

Regional Policy

Objectives 1 - Convergence

Objective 2 - Regional Competitiveness and Employment

Objective 3 - European Territorial Cooperation (ETC)

• + IPA CBC (and ENPI CBC)

• Regional development co-operation programmes outside the EU

Territorial Cooperation Programmes

Cross-border cooperation programmespromoting integrated regional development between neighbouring

border regions, including external borders; the objective is developing cross-border economic and social cooperation through joint strategies and development programmes.

Transnational cooperation programmesaim to promote integration across groupings of European regions, to encourage a sustainable and balanced development of the European territory. These programmes also promote better integration between the Member States and candidate countries and other neighbouring countriesInterregional cooperation programme INTERREG IVC

and 3 networking programmes (INTERACT II, Urbact II, and ESPON) - pan-European level, covering all EU-27 Member States to develop good practice and facilitate the exchange and transfer of experience by successful regions

Territorial Cooperation in Danube Region

Potentials of the Territorial Cooperation programmes in the context of the EUSDR

41 programmes (18 Cross-border programmes, 7 Transnational programmes, 13 IPA CBC programmes and 3 ENPI programmes) in the Danube area covered by EUSDR

~ 4,3 billion EUR available in 2007-2013 through ERDF + IPA CBC + ENPI

The topics of the EUSDR mirror largely the topics of cross-border and transnational cooperation programmes

Territorial Cooperation in Danube Region

Territorial Cooperation in Danube Region

Territorial cooperation programmes adding value to EUSDR

•cross-border and transnational way of working (and thinking) is essential for implementation of EUSDR

•multi-level governance implementation in international setting – cooperation between public administrations, local, regional, national level, civil society, SMEs, etc.

•already implementing synergies among sectoral, national and regional programmes and initiatives and other EU programmes

•CBC and transnational programmes and projects are European integration come to life – it is already happening between people on the ground

•long experience in the joint implementation of cooperation projects between EU and non-EU countries and the joint management of EU and external funds

Territorial Cooperation in Danube Region

• offers a platform for the development of bottom-up solutions where these are more appropriate than top-down answers

• project partners hold tacit knowledge about the area, which is needed for the implementation

• already today, many cross-border projects are linked to the Danube Region

• enrich the EUSDR with people-to-people integration on the ground and help improve networks and partnerships

• working community of key programme actors created to be able to share and exchange good practices

Thank you very much for your attention.

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Danube Strategy / Territorial Cooperation