1. EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 Interregional Cooperation State of Play and Perspectives Michel LAMBLIN | Programme Director

2. 2 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 Summary 1. Reminder on the programme context 2. Programme state of play 3. First programme achievements 4. WINNET8 5. Recent developments at Programme level

3. 3 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 1. Programme context

4. 4 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 1. Programme context EU Cohesion and Regional Policy Reducing disparities

5. 5 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 EU Cohesion and Regional Policy (€ 347 bn) REGIONAL / NATIONAL PROGRAMMES 1. Programme features Objective 1: Convergence 81,54% € 282.8 billion Objective 2: Regional Competitiveness and Employment 15,95% € 55 billion Objective 3: European Territorial Cooperation 2,52% € 8.7 billion

6. 6 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 European Territorial Cooperation A B C crossborder transnational interregional networking 53 programmes 13 programmes 1 programme URBACT INTERact ESPON 3 programmes INTERREG IVC (INTERREG) € 6,5 billion € 1,8 billion € 321M 0,1% € 134M

7. 7 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 7 INTERREG IVC ERDF: 300 MEUR (projects) Eligible area: EU 27 & Switzerland & Norway Governance: 1 Managing Authority 1 Monitoring Committee 1 Joint Technical Secretariat 4 Information Points 1. Programme context

8. 8 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 8 1. Programme context Programme rationale INTERREG IVC allows local and regional policy-makers to access the experience of others in Europe facing similar issues in order to renew their practices / strategies / policies  Mainly dedicated to local and regional authorities  Core focus on the exchange of experience “Learning by sharing”

9. 9 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 2. Programme state of play

10. 10 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 Programme implementation – April 2011  Two open calls for proposals (2008 & 2009) Almost 1,000 applications received  Third call for Capitalisation Projects (2010) 29 applications received  Fourth call Deadline 1 April 2011: around 350 applications received 2. Programme state of play

11. 11 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 4 calls for proposals organised 2007201320082009201020112012 1st Call2nd Call3rdCall4th Call Regional Initiative Projects Capitalisation Projects Both types of Projects 29 (1002) applications 492 applications 481 (973) applications 355 (1357) applications Launch of the Programme TOTAL: ~14 000 project partners 2. Programme state of play

12. 12 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 Applicants per country – all calls 2. Programme state of play

13. 13 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 Approved Projects 122 projects 1 332 partners 71 projects in priority 1 51 projects in priority 2 82% of EU NUTS 2 regions represented BUDGET, EUR committedremaining 2. Programme state of play

14. 14 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 3.First programme achievements

15. 15 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 First achievements: basis for analysis 122 approved projects but data comes mainly from 41 first call projects: 35 Regional Initiative Projects (2 years of implementation) 6 Capitalisation Projects (under finalisation) 3. Programme achievements

16. 16 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 Programme objective related to: “ EU wide exchange of experience / capacity building ” 1,639 staff members with increased capacity (average of 40 people per project) 23 ‘spin-off’ activities resulting from the exchange of experience - Submission of new applications (e.g. ERIK ACTION in FP7) - Adoption of new tools (e.g. POWER with a carbon reduction tool) - Development of new joint services (e.g. CLIQ on incubators inter services) - Adoption of new cooperation convention (e.g. B3 Regions with new agreement between Piemont, Sardinia & Catalonia on ICT observatory) (Results reported by the 41 first call projects) 3. Programme achievements

17. 17 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 Programme objective related to: “ Identification / sharing / transfer of good practices ” (Data from the 35 first call Regional Initiative Projects) 1,121 good practices identified (average of 32 per project) Amongst these practices, 29 already successfully transferred - 10 practices transferred in the field of ‘Innovation, research and technology Development’ ( CLIQ, MINI EUROPE ) - 5 others related to ‘Entrepreneurship and SMEs’ ( CREATIVE GROWTH, SEE, CLUSNET, ICHNOS PLUS ) - 14 others related to ‘Sustainable transport’ ( FLIPPER, PIMMS TRANSFER, MORE4NRG ) 3. Programme achievements

18. 18 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 Examples of transfer under Priority 1 From: Mid Sweden region To: Flevoland region (NL) ‘Summer entrepreneur’ – Stimulate entrepreneurial mindset among young people through the creation of their own business during summer vacation Practice : Project : 3. Programme achievements

19. 19 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 - 1 practice transferred (‘mainstreamed’) (2 other transfers planned in North West England and Veneto) - Participation of 38 young people - Creation of one business MINI-EUROPE example: main results 3. Programme achievements

20. 20 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 Examples of transfer under Priority 2 From: Borrough of Bromley (UK) To: Frankfurt am Main (DE) Practice : ‘Walk to school’ – Encourage school children to walk to school rather than travel by car Project : 3. Programme achievements

21. 21 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 Results: - 1 practice transferred (partly financed by INTERREG IVC) - 15 schools and 3,000 pupils involved - 40 tonnes CO 2 (and 19,200 litres of oil) saved PIMMS TRANSFER example 3. Programme achievements

22. 22 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 Programme overall objective: “Improvement of regional and local policies” Already 50 national/regional/local policies improved within the 41 first call projects: 42 policies improved under Priority 1 o 18 under ‘innovation, research and technology development’ o 9 under ‘entrepreneurship and SMEs’ o 11 under ‘information society’ o 4 under ‘employment, human capital and education 8 policies improved under Priority 2 o 3 under ‘natural and technology risks, climate change’ o 5 under ‘energy and sustainable transport’ 3. Programme achievements

23. 23 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 Examples of policy improvement Sub-theme: Information Society Project: PIKE Partner concerned: Bologna Municipality (IT) Policy improved: Revision of the Emilia Romagna Regional Telematic Plan 2011-2013 which now includes the ‘Guidelines for Local Wireless Communities’ coming from PIKE Sub-theme: Natural & technological risks; Climate Change Project: GRaBS Partner concerned: London Borough of Sutton (UK) Policy improved: Revision of the ‘Sutton’s Adaptation Action Plan’ which now integrates GRaBS findings on community and stakeholders engagement into Climate Change policies 3. Programme achievements

24. 24 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 1 st call Capitalisation Projects: financial commitment Achievements of the first call Capitalisation Projects Projects IVC ERDF spent (EUR) Leverage effect Amount dedicated to the implementation of practices (EUR) B3 Regions1,525,947x 307= 468,612,500 ERIK ACTION1,418,440x 17= 24,561,200 ESF6 CIA935,661x 55= 51,300,000 ICHNOS PLUS734,183x 0.9= 687,800 PIKE1,146,295x 6= 7,272,900 RAPIDE1,194,558x 18= 21,210,460 TOTAL6,955,084x 82573,644,800 TOTAL (without B3 Regions) 5,429,137x 19105,032,300 3. Programme achievements

25. 25 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 4. Winnet8 Four strong points of

26. 26 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 4. Winnet8 1. Capitalisation project The most challenging type of projects in INTERREG IVC, aiming at the mainstreaming of the good practices into the ROPs 2. Bringing gender equality to INTERREG IVC Only 2 projects tackle gender equality in IVC, so the presence of Winnet8 is crucial for the programme 3. The largest INTERREG IVC partnership With 18 partners, cooperation is a challenge but also an invaluable source of knowledge and exchange 4. High quality dissemination at EU level Winnet8 is promoted at the highest EU political levels

27. 27 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 5- Programme recent developments

28. 28 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 Programme recent developments  Programme mid-term evaluation Delivered in November 2010 (total of 18 recommendations related to programme implementation and future of interregional cooperation)  ‘Capitalisation at programme level’ - Experimentation focus on 21 projects dealing with innovation policies (finding presented to the MC in June 2011) - Proposal for the ‘generalisation’ approved 5. Programme recent developments

29. 29 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 Programme new development ‘Capitalisation at programme level’ Approved in June 2011 by the Monitoring Committee with a start planned in 2012 Core objective: to better exploit the knowledge resulting from projects working on a similar topic Up to 12 topics covered (e.g. cultural industries, entrepreneurship, ageing population, climate change, sustainable transport, renewable energy...) 2. Programme state of play

30. 30 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 Why ‘capitalise’ at programme level? Individual project monitoring necessary but not sufficient to fully exploit results for the programme High number of projects approved in the same sub-theme o « Innovation & RTD »: 22 projects o « Energy & Sustainable Transport »: 19 projects Critical mass: capitalisation potential is high when enough projects are covering the same theme o around 200 regions involved in exchanging on regional innovation systems o no mechanism planned in the Operattional Programme to exploit this 5. Programme recent developments

31. WINNET8 final conference – 13-14 September 2011 Capitalisation potential within project groupings What are the common characteristics shared by these projects in terms of region involved, difficulties faced, results achieved? Do they have similar good practices in common? Can they be transferred to other regions? Did they respond differently to the same problem? Did one region develop a particularly innovative and interesting approach? What public policy recommendations can we draw from these projects? 5. Programme recent developments

32. WINNET8 final conference – 13-14 September 2011 Topics identified for programme capitalisation in 2011 (min. 5 projects per topic) Priority 1: 1. Innovation capacity of SMEs 2. Creative and cultural industries 3. Entrepreneurship 4.e-government 5. Support to SMEs Priority 2: 1.Climate change 2.Energy efficiency 3.Renewable energy 4.Sustainable public transport 5. Programme recent developments

33. WINNET8 final conference – 13-14 September 2011 Expected results Increased visibility and understanding of programme results Influence of INTERREG IVC on policy-making at regional, national and european level e. g. as source of inspiration for future Regional Operational Programmes Strenghten links between INTERREG IVC and thematic DGs 5. Programme recent developments

34. 34 WINNET8 final conference, Kastoria - 13/14 September 2011 www.interreg4c.eu