Improving Structural Funds for Effective Policy Enhancement
Enhance your understanding of INTERREG EUROPE projects by learning about the four key features focusing on improving Structural Funds, targeting public administrations, mobilizing stakeholders, and capturing results. Discover the rationale behind improving Structural Funds within EU cohesion policies and how it aligns with the goals of investment for growth and jobs. Explore how these improvements are reflected at the project level and how policies can be enhanced through support for new projects and changes in program governance.
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European Union | European Regional Development Fund Zooming in on Interreg Europe Petra Polaskova| Communication Officer Interreg Europe Secretariat 6 May 2015
Four features of INTERREG EUROPE projects 1. Improving Structural Funds programmes (video) 2. Public administrations as main target group (video) 3. Mobilising stakeholders (video) 4. Capturing results (video) All features derive from the result oriented approach 2 Info Day Prague 06 May 2015
1. Improving Structural Funds programmes 3 Info Day Prague 06 May 2015
1. Improving Structural Funds Why? rationale EU cohesion policy Structural Funds = ERDF + ESF implemented through Goal 1: Goal 2: Investment for growth and jobs programmes European Territorial Cooperation 4 Info Day Prague 06 May 2015
1. Improving Structural Funds Why? rationale Objective set in the ETC Regulation - Article 2(3)(a) for interregional cooperation: to reinforce the effectiveness of cohesion policy identification and dissemination of good practices with a view to their transfer principally to operational programmes under the Investment for growth and jobs goal but also, where relevant to cooperation programmes 5 Info Day Prague 06 May 2015
1. Improving Structural Funds Why? rationale Goal 1: Investment for growth & jobs EUR 340 billion Goal 2: European Territorial Cooperation EUR 10.2 billion INTERREG EUROPE EUR 359 m 6 Info Day Prague 06 May 2015
1. Improving Structural Funds How is it reflected at project level? Policy instruments addressed to be specified in application form At least half of the policy instruments addressed by a project need to be related to Structural Funds programmes 7 Info Day Prague 06 May 2015
1. Improving Structural Funds How do you improve policies? Support new projects Change programme governance Change programme structure 8 Info Day Prague 06 May 2015
1. Improving Structural Funds Support new projects Research and Development Card: advisory & financial support to SMEs for the development of innovative products Practice From: V stra G taland (SE) To: Lower Silesia (PL) 5.4 million z (MEUR 1.35) financed from the ESF Operational Programme of Lower Silesia 9 Info Day Prague 06 May 2015
1. Improving Structural Funds Change programme governance Modification of the monitoring system for the evaluation of the innovation measures in the ROP of: - Bretagne (FR) - PACA (FR) - Puglia (IT) - Wielkopolska (PL) 10 Info Day Prague 06 May 2015
1. Improving Structural Funds Change programme structure Sub-theme: Employment, human capital, education Partner concerned: Bulgarian Ministry of Labour and Social Policy Policy improved: Bulgarian ESF development programme modified Vasil Asenov from the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, Bulgaria In the beginning, the ESF Development programme was designed only to tackle unemployment after mass redundancies in enterprises. The foreseen budget was EUR 75 million. Thanks to ESF6 CIA, we were able to redesign the programme and include preferential treatment to people age 50+. It helped a lot, as it gave us a good idea how people in these target groups could be included in trainings. 11 Info Day Prague 06 May 2015
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2. Public administrations as main target groups 13 Info Day Prague 06 May 2015
2. Involving policymakers Why? Rationale INTERREG EUROPE: dedicated to improving policy instruments Public administrations: organisations responsible for policy design and implementation Public administrations: core target group of INTERREG EUROPE 14 Info Day Prague 06 May 2015
2. Involving policymakers How is it reflected at project level? Participation of public administration: pre requisite e.g. When Structural Funds programme addressed, Managing Authorities (MA) / Intermediate Bodies (IB) should be involved If organisation responsible for the policy instrument addressed is not a partner, it should provide a letter of support: a commitment to fully support and closely follow the project implementation 15 Info Day Prague 06 May 2015
2. Involving policymakers Letter of support Required for a partner when: - Structural Funds programme is addressed but MA/IB (or other relevant bodies) in charge of this programme is not directly involved in the project - Another policy instrument (outside Structural Funds) is addressed, but the organisation responsible for this instrument is not directly involved in the project 16 Info Day Prague 06 May 2015
2. Involving policymakers A new role for MAs/IBs of SF programmes Active participation as project partners. Important role for mobilising relevant stakeholders If not a partner: Political endorsement as providers of letters of support o Participation in the stakeholder group Active involvement in phase 2 of projects (roll-out of the action plan) o o Active use of policy learning platforms 17 Info Day Prague 06 May 2015
5. INTERREG EUROPE Programy C le 1 v R- Investice pro r st a zam stnanost Role Link Opera n program O/ZS http://www.mpo.cz/default_en.html Ministerstvo pr myslu a obchodu O OP Podnik n a inovace pro konkurenceschopnost Czechinvest ZS http://www.czechinvest.org/ Ministerstvo kolstv , ml de e a t lov chovy http://www.msmt.cz/contacts-and-informations OP V zkum, v voj a vzd l v n O http://www.esfcr.cz/op-zamestnanost-2014-2020 OP Zam stnanost Ministerstvo pr ce a soci ln ch v c O Ministerstvo dopravy http://www.mdcr.cz/en/HomePage.htm O OP Doprava St tn fond dopravn infrastruktury ZS http://www.sfdi.cz/en/ http://www.mzp.cz/en/ Ministerstvo ivotn ho prost ed O ZS http://www.ochranaprirody.cz/ OP ivotn prost ed Agentura ochrany p rody a krajiny ZS https://www.sfzp.cz/ St tn fond ivotn ho prost ed Ministerstvo pro m stn rozvoj www.strukturalni-fondy.cz/irop O Integrovan region ln opera n program Centrum pro region ln rozvoj ZS www.crr.cz http://www.prahafondy.eu/cz/budoucnost-2014/op- praha---pol-rustu-cr.html http://www.strukturalni-fondy.cz/cs/Fondy- EU/2014-2020/Operacni-programy/OP-Technicka- pomoc OP Praha p l r stu R Magistr t hlavn ho m sta Prahy O Ministerstvo pro m stn rozvoj OP Technick asistence O 18 Info Day Prague 06 May 2015
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3. Mobilising stakeholders 20 Info Day Prague 06 May 2015
3. Mobilising stakeholder Why? Rationale 4 levels of learning in interregional cooperation 3. Regional stakeholders learning 2. Organisational learning 4. External / EU level learning 1. Individual learning Key success factor to interregional learning: to go beyond individual / organisational learning 21 Info Day Prague 06 May 2015
3. Mobilising stakeholder How to optimise learning? Creation of stakeholder groups: - 1 group per partner region - Members: organisations competent in the field tackled by the project (e.g. for innovation: research centres, universities, agencies, SMEs) body in charge of policy instrument addressed (in case this body is not a partner) - Involved in the interregional learning process 22 Info Day Prague 06 May 2015
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4. Capturing results 24 Info Day Prague 06 May 2015
4. Capturing results Why? Rationale Importance to demonstrate results beyond policy changes Impacts of cooperation can take time Tackle the pilot action paradox : pilot action cannot be known at the application stage 25 Info Day Prague 06 May 2015
4. Capturing results Projects: structure and duration Implementation in 2 phases Phase 1 Learning From 1 to 3 years Phase 2 Monitoring Fixed to 2 years Maximum duration: 5 years 26 Info Day Prague 06 May 2015
4. Capturing results Projects: structure Phase 1 Interregional learning Interregional exchange of experience e.g. seminars, workshops, site visits, staff exchanges, peer reviews 1 Action Plan per region Measures to be implemented Timeframe Work steps Responsible players Costs and funding resources (if applicable) 27 Info Day Prague 06 May 2015
4. Capturing results Projects: structure Monitoring the action plan implementation Phase 2 Monitor the implementation of the different action plans Pilot actions (only in justified cases) 28 Info Day Prague 06 May 2015
4. Capturing results Insight into phase 2 Primarily dedicated to monitoring the Action Plan implementation Activities pre-defined by the programme (i.e. 2 partner meetings, 1 dissemination event, website update and reporting activities) 29 Info Day Prague 06 May 2015
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Thank you for your attention! 31 Info Day Prague 06 May 2015
