1. Integrated projects in the perspective of the 2007-2013 Expected inputs from the subprojects to the Component 3 Gál Körmendy West-Pannon Regional Development Agency Subproject infoday 17. October 2006, Udine

2. Agenda Integration basics –Definition and advantages GRIP-IT –Past experience –Setup –Aim of the Project Partners and the Subprojects Component 3 GRIP-IT –Role, aims and tools of Component 3 detailed –Agenda of Component 3 – a framework of cooperation

3. Integration I.: What is integrated planning – and what is not?  Strategic development method  Wonderdrug  Setting priorities and adhering to them  Ushering in the land of milk and honey  A means of receiving funding for focused development  A means of getting free money

4. Integration II.: What is it good for? Better cooperation and partnership, „better life” in the microregions Better utilisation of development funds Better alignment with national and EU objectives and priorities More and easier money from national and EU development sources „Spiritual”„Material” Global Local

5. Integration III.: Where can we apply integration? Stage 1: Programming Stage 2: Project preparation Stage 3: Project selection Stage 4: Contracting Stage 5: Implementation Stage 6: Monitoring All 6 stages of a program lifecycle can profit from integration What we are trying to find out is how to make the most of it Great proactive experiment with results possibly significant on EU-level as well

6. GRIP-IT I: What can GRIP-IT build upon? Basilicata Region 40% of ROP into IP 18 years of integration Friuli-Venezia-Giulia Region Objective 5b and 2 LEADER and LEADER+ Border and transnational exp Hradec Králové Region LEADER+ 2007-13 NDP West Pannon Region LEADER+ 2007-13 NDP Proactive actions

7. GRIP-IT II: How GRIP-IT works C3: Methodology – The Head Accumulator Consolidator Generator C4: Dissemination – The Mouth Communicator Publisher Advertiser C1: Management – The Heart Initiator Motivator, Coordinator C2: Subprojects – Arms and Legs Actor Feeler Mover

8. GRIP-IT III.: What are we doing? Subproject partners –„To boldly go where no man has gone before“ (Star Trek) –Forward the subprojects‘ respective causes by experimenting with a new level of local and international integration –Do exercises in the enactment of the Lead Partner Principle –Provide feedback on the proceedings, field results and risks of integration GRIP-IT Project Partners –Form a theoretical framework for project integration –Encourage, fund and help subprojects to gather as much experience as possible –Come up with something that can be used in the future by EU programmers and project owners alike

9. Component3 I.: What is C3 aiming at? Aims –Develop innovative IP planning and management methodology and strategy –Increase efficiency of SF-usage in 2007-13 –Establishment of a permanent project planning network Tools –Acquire a comprehensive set of benchmark practices and approaches through experience pooling –Analyse and evaluate existing local systems and practices –Provide consolidated and enhanced methodology through creative workshops Results –Robust set of guidelines for IP horizontal issues. –Several operable model procedures – call scenarios –Working transnational planning network

10. Component3 II.: What are the main tools? Working together with as many parties as possible to pool experiences and practices –Channelling from partner regions through partners –Local „field lab“ Consolidating all info to provide a robust basis for analysis Networking to generate the best possible results Providing continuous feedback to enhance performance – experience exchange, cooperation Formulating concise and operable methodology with the most comprehensive and versatile set of guidelines

11. Component3 III.: The 5 Steps A framework of cooperation Steps 3-4: Important role of subprojects, continuous two-way feedback –What programmed and or management conditions would help or hinder the realisation of future integrated projects –What works, and what does not - solutions –What results are to be rationally anticipated from integration Step 1: Experience evaluation Step 2: Procedure typology Step 3: Recommendations for Partners Step 4: EU-level guidelines Step 5: Verification

13. Public availability of planning materials in the region: www.westpa.hu/rhti Thank you for your attention! Gál Körmendy West-Pannon Regional Development Agency Győr, Buda u. 21. Phone/Fax: +36 96/319-467 E-mail: gal.kormendy@westpa.hu