1. 2014-20 European Transnational Programmes
Debbie Brown
DCLG Policy Advisor

2. ETC Programmes - England
Programme Type
Participating countries
Two Seas
Cross Border
England, France, Belgium, Netherlands
France (Channel) England
England, France
North West Europe
Transnational
All UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland
North Sea
England, Scotland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Norway
Atlantic Area
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal
Interreg Europe
Inter-regional
All EU, budget set at EU level and not part of UK allocations
URBACT
ESPON
INTERACT

3. 2014-20 programming – UK approach
UK approach to programming, based on Ministerial directions is:
For co-operation programmes to deliver smart, sustainable and inclusive growth;
A clearer focus on innovation/low carbon economy/eco-innovation that can stimulate economies and deliver early concept of products/processes and services to help reduce pollution, waste and create tangible solutions to address and prevent climate change.
To promote joint working on low carbon, renewable energy and green and blue growth technologies where international solutions can enable job creations and provide for more efficient delivery of local services;
Taking account of Ministerial concerns on previous results, there’s a need to ensure that future programmes deliver real value to economy and society;
Aligning ETC programmes better with UK national and local policies and funding streams like ERDF and ESIF programmes;
Promoting and tightening management and control arrangements to reduce financial risks to DCLG and the taxpayer!

4. Programme’s intervention logic
Specific objective
Situation
Needs
Change
Expected result
Result indicator
Output indicators
Actions
Objectives
Results
Outputs
PROJECTS

5. Zoom on project intervention logic
What are our common needs and potentials?
What do we want to change?
How will it be different?
What do we need to deliver to obtain this change?
How will we do it?
What resources do we need to do this work?
Project Idea
Project Outputs & Indicators
Project Objectives & Results
Work plan & Budget

6. Eligibility Rules Lots of work to simplify and harmonise funding rules
But, still complex – it’s EU funding!
Further work to improve guidance and training
Still an onus on project partners to spend properly – not ‘free money’
Expenditure subject to audit and controls
Eg’s of simplificiation / harmonisation on things like staff costs, overheads, etc etc
Make the point that DCLG will be coming out to do more on training and guidance – also, that we’ve pushed for a lot of the improvements so far (eg Focus Groups) and we’ll continue doing this
Outline processes on FLC, as well as possible AA and EC audits.

7. Support and Communication
We know delivery can be complex, so support will be provided
Network of UK Contact Points to be set up
Additional training and guidance will be created over coming months on FLC
More support and advice available in UK or through programme JS’s
Higher standard of projects delivered
Communicate, communicate, communicate!
Some important points to make here, that need to be made carefully but firmly. We want lots of good UK project partners to come forward, and we’ll try to support them. But there will be a greater focus on making sure that projects and money is managed appropriately.
Bang home that early and open communication is needed. Sitting and waiting for issues to arise isn’t the idea. Identify risks, manage them and talk about them. Eg, if unsure about whether expenditure is eligible, find out asap – don’t just put it in a claim and hope for the best. Identify these things throughout project application stages (2 stage processes help…) – this gives everyone a chance to find a solution in advance, because rules can’t be changed retrospectively

8. 2014-20 Atlantic Area Programme
Cooperation Programme – UK signed off!
Timelines – 1st Call and application process
Development of Funding Rules
We have been heavily engaged in developing a UK negotiating position for ETC to take into discussions with other participating EU Member States via the respective UK transnational co-operation and inter-regional co-operation planning groups which are in place to develop the new programmes.
We are also a key contributor in the development of the new AA, NWE and INTERREG EUROPE programme through membership of the Programme Preparation groups, which are made up by representatives of each of the participating international regions. Key negotiations take place at meetings of these groups between the Managing Authorities, Member State representatives 8

9. 2014-2020 – Principles of Engagement
Across all ETC Programmes the UK has been working to ensure:
Maximum impact to growth and jobs and focussing on real results and value for money;
Promote economic development through innovation to support UK jobs and growth;
Tackling shared challenges on climate change and resilience;
Projects need to be genuinely cross-border, transnational or inter-regional.
These principles of engagement have been negotiated and agreed at the UK ETC Board
The focus on Economic Development and Jobs and Growth cannot be understated – projects that do not clearly address this agenda will struggle to receive support in the ETC programmes. 9

10. 2014-20 Atlantic Area Programme
Is a maritime focused programme worth €140m in ERDF funding which links regions on the Atlantic coast including Ireland, areas of France, Spain and Portugal and areas of the UK, Supports Atlantic Strategy and Europe 2020 Strategy The Managing Authority is the North Regional Co-ordination and Development Commission (CCDR) based in Porto, Portugal. 10

11. AA 2014-20 - Practical Changes
Geography – now increased from funding period to include Azores, Madeira and the Canaries. This map show the eligible areas.
Geography increased to now include Azores, Madiera (both POR) and Canaries (SPA)
Ewrop & Chymru: Buddsoddi yn eich Dyfodol
Europe and Wales: Investing in your future 11

12. 2007-2013 AA Programme Some examples of UK project activity include;
Knowledge transfer in the marine economy;
Environmental conservation and risk prevention;
Sustainable urban development networks;
Development of renewable energies;
Tourism/Heritage
In addition to this list;
SME clustering;
Climate change adaptation;
Species Management
Ewrop & Chymru: Buddsoddi yn eich Dyfodol
Europe and Wales: Investing in your future 12

13. AA Programme
63 projects for €104M ERDF were approved across 4 calls;
25 Innovation and Entrepreneurship
21 Protecting the Environment and Natural Resources
Transports related projects
Territorial Development
Before we can plan for the future it’s good to take a quick look at what happen last time… projects involving 574 partners were approved across 4 open calls worth €102M
58 projects of these had at least one UK partner..
Ewrop & Chymru: Buddsoddi yn eich Dyfodol
Europe and Wales: Investing in your future 13

14. AA 2014-2020 - Practical Changes
Geography change
Grant rate has increased from 65% to 75%
Focus on tangible results from projects and programme
Simplification and Harmonisation of programme rules
Transport / Accessibility was not at all well utilised last time, and has not been considered something this programme should be looking to fund
A 2 stage process was trialled successfully in the final 4th call under Atlantic Area and potentially could be adopted for the programme
Ewrop & Chymru: Buddsoddi yn eich Dyfodol
Europe and Wales: Investing in your future 14

15. 2014-2020 – Value of AA Programme
DRAFT Budget by Priority; % of Budget €/m P1 33.7% 47,117,240 P2 21.2% 29,744,404 P3 10.9% 15,267,039 P4 28.2% 39,483,720 TA 6.0% 8,400, % 140,013,194
Ewrop & Chymru: Buddsoddi yn eich Dyfodol
Europe and Wales: Investing in your future 15

16. AA – Draft Priorities
Priority Axis 1: Stimulating innovation and competitiveness (Thematic Objective 1) - €47m
Specific Objective 1.1: Enhancing innovation capacity through cooperation to foster competitiveness.
Specific Objective 1.2: Strengthening the transfer of innovation results to facilitate the emergence of new products, services and processes
Promoting business investment in innovation and research
Developing links and synergies between private, public and educational institutions to stimulate innovation
Design development and testing of new products and services and processes through to transition to the market
promoting business investment in innovation and research, and developing links and synergies between enterprises, R&D centres and higher education, in particular product and service development, technology transfer, social innovation, eco-innovation, public service applications, demand stimulation, networking, clusters and open innovation through smart specialisation and supporting technological and applied research, pilot lines, early product validation actions, advanced manufacturing capabilities and first production, in particular in Key Enabling Technologies and diffusion of general purpose technologies
SO 1.1:- Aim is to contribute to the creation of an innovation-friendly business (but also public and social) environment, by encouraging more clustering, cooperation and skills development between complementary sectors
SO 1.2:- aligned to the previous SO1, intended to take things one step forward, trying to support the transition of those new innovative services and products from a given research centre or a company’s innovative department to the market by tackling the identified need of supporting the exploitation of new ideas and research results and the creation of more knowledge-intensive businesses to generate new products, services and processes
Ewrop & Chymru: Buddsoddi yn eich Dyfodol
Europe and Wales: Investing in your future 16

17. AA – Draft Priorities
Priority Axis 2: Fostering resource efficiency (Thematic Objective 4 and Thematic Objective 6) - €30m
Specific Objective 2.1: Fostering renewable energies and energy efficiency
Fostering renewable energy and adoption of energy efficiency
Addressing local and regional issues and actions to support social and market sector
Specific Objective 2.2: Fostering Green Growth, eco-innovation and environmental efficiency
Focuses on alternative energy sources to create sustainable green growth economies
Improving energy security and addressing fuel poverty
Bringing together key players to design, trial and test new solutions to the market
SO 2.1:- aims to contribute to fostering renewable energy and the adoption of energy efficiency patterns in the Atlantic Area, by assisting the process in the development of an adequate institutional, social and technological environment. Transnational cooperation will therefore be structured around 3 types of actions:- addressing local and regional governments (institutional dimension), actions for the local communities (social dimension) and actions to support the industrial sector (market dimension).
SO 2.2:- devoted to the introduction of eco-innovations and the green growth economy, contributing to support innovative production and consumption patterns that could help to minimise the negative impact on the environment, bringing also new market opportunities and potential new jobs to the Atlantic Area. This will assist cooperation in a wide range of activities that go from state-of-the-art R&D to innovate ideas in construction, mobility, design, energy management and business models to any improved products, technologies and services.
Ewrop & Chymru: Buddsoddi yn eich Dyfodol
Europe and Wales: Investing in your future 17

18. – Draft Priorities
Priority Axis 3: Strengthening the Territory’s resilience to risks of natural, climate and human origin (Thematic Objective 5) - €15m
Specific Objective 3.1: Strengthening risk management systems
To minimise the risks and impact of environmental problems and mitigating flood risks and tackling pollution and natural disasters;
Overlaps with priority 4, but needs to be focussed on piloting new approaches rather just studies and analysis
UK Ministers want the programme to tackle area with high level risks to floods and support for coastal communities.
Focus on maritime, coastal and river issues, but will also consider land-based projects and farming and rural issues.
SO 3.1:- examples of actions that could be supported under this are:- strengthening risk prevention, emergency and crisis management planning, monitoring, surveillance, exchange of know-how, improving operational capabilities, information systems and mapping, data dissemination, training and guidance material. The assistance is expected to have a threefold, dimension: a first (1) devoted to bring together local and regional authorities, a second one (2) that will be awareness raise in society and a third one (3) to encouraging transnational collaboration to develop the most efficient solutions to prevent and to manage risks. 18

19. – Draft Priorities
Priority Axis 4: Enhancing biodiversity and the natural and cultural assets (Thematic Objective 6 ) - €39m
Specific Objective 4.1: Improving the protection of biodiversity and enhancing ecosystems’ services
Better management of water catchment and land-use and tackling flooding and water shortages
Improvements to bio-diversity;
Specific Objective 4.2: Enhancing natural and cultural assets to stimulate economic development
Usage of area’s natural and cultural assets to drive economic growth
Particular focus on enhancing and expanding tourism sectors to drive economic growth
SO 4.1:- supports cooperation in the field of environmental and natural resources management. The common challenges to tackle here are the following: acquiring an in depth knowledge of the Atlantic ecosystems, their wealth, vulnerability and the conditions for their preservation in connection with the development of new marine and activities.
SO 4.2:- explores the ways to exploit and preserve the natural and cultural heritage, as a key element of the Atlantic Area identity. The intention is promote cooperation in order to generate new sources of wealth and sustainable development of the area. A specific emphasis is placed on locally based actions, with the involvement and empowerment of local communities and local authorities, therefore playing a key role in bringing concrete benefits to their territories 19

20. Thank you. Debbie. brown@communities. gsi. gov
Thank you ! Tel: / Mike Ford, WEFO Phone: /
Ewrop & Chymru: Buddsoddi yn eich Dyfodol
Europe and Wales: Investing in your future 20