Interreg Annual Meeting Framework Contract Collecting solid evidence to assess the needs to be addressed by Interreg cross-border cooperation programmes Alessandro Valenza (t33), Andrea Gramillano (t33) Interreg Annual Meeting Malta, 26th April

Overview of the presentation Possible use Methodology What next Product

Methodology

Overview of the methodology Suitability and Affordability for CBC programmes Indicators Geographical dimension Identification of the needs

What do we mean by needs? Obstacles Potentials Barriers hindering growth & development of border regions Ex: Physical barriers (mountain) Potentials Untapped resources for growth & development Ex: Shared natural and protected areas

How did we select the needs? Identification Filtering Ranking Obstacles and potentials for cross-border development Suitable obstacles and potentials for CBC programmes Affordable obstacles and potentials for CBC programmes

What are the needs? Obstacles Potentials Normative and institutional obstacles Cultural obstacles Socio-economic disparities Difficulties in physical accessibility Potentials Potential from shared management of natural resources Social and human capital Competitiveness potential Market integration potential Potential of integrated services for CB functional urban areas

Set of indicators Harmonised Up to date Perception or EU-wide coverage Objective data

Data sources for the indicators ESPON DG REGIO European Value Survey Eurostat Eurobarometer 422 EUNIS database and Corine Land Cover

Geographical dimension: 62 border regions 45 land border regions 17 maritime border regions

Geographical dimension: border area Total population (Nuts-3): 4,895,913 Total population (border area): 1,858,145 45 land border regions

Methodology Product

What you have from the study REPORT DATABASE MAPS

What you have from the study – REPORT (Inforegio)

What you have from the study – DATABASE (Inforegio) Indicators Filtering functions Metadata

What you have from the study – MAPS (Inforegio)

Possible use Methodology Product

Possible use Programming tool Profiling border regions (SWOT) Identifying priorities (Prioritisation) Look at the situation of border regions (obstacles and potentials) Compare the border regions to understand the relative importance of the specific need Support the decisions of the policy maker Value the impact

Profiling border regions Possible use Methodology Product

As a MA, what can I find in this database? Open the database

- Set of indicators on the needs Open the database

- Indicators at Border Region Open the database

- Indicators at Nuts-3 level Open the database

Filter for my border region As a MA of the Bulgaria-Romania border, what are my obstacles? - Step 1A – select the border Open the database Filter for my border region

Step 2A – select the obstacle Open the database Filter for my border region Focus on physical obstacles

Step 3A – interpret the value 32% of population living in the area say accessibility is a barrier to cross-border cooperation. What is my position compared to other border regions? Open the database Filter for my border region Focus on physical obstacles

Step 4A – compare with some BR Relative position compared with some BR Less obstacle Average More obstacle Open the database Filter for my border region Focus on physical obstacles

Filter for my border region As a MA of the France-Switzerland border, what are my potentials? - Step 2B – select the potential Open the database Filter for my border region Focus on potential of integrated services for CB functional urban areas

Step 3B – interpret the value 6 cities are located in the border area (25 km around the border) Three cities out of six form a couple across the border representing a potential for developing cross-border services Open the database Filter for my border region Focus on potential of integrated services for CB functional urban areas

Step 4B – compare with some BR Land border regions Open the database Filter for my border region Focus on potential of integrated services for CB functional urban areas

? Profiling border regions Possible use Methodology Product Identifying priorities ?

Analysis of the relevance of the needs 15.89 Number of potentials “limited” by the obstacle Relevant obstacle DATABASE

Analysis of the relevance of the needs 15.89 Impact of the potential Relevant potential DATABASE

As a MA of the Italy-Malta border, what are the first needs to be addressed to better reach the Treaty objective of economic, social and territorial cohesion? Cultural activities

Possible use Methodology What next Product

How to improve the tool? Update the indicators Extend/Adapt the existing indicators to all border regions Define new indicators to quantify the needs

How to improve the tool? Needs Physical obstacles Market integration potential (labour market) Example of new indicators Traffic bottlenecks in public transport along the border Number of searches for job offers across the border using data from web search engines

Thank you for your attention Alessandro Valenza Andrea Gramillano