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Sustainable Food for Urban CommunitiesThematic Network – Gothenburg Transnational Meeting Stephanie Mantell, Brussels Environment (IBGE)
30 May 2013
Photo credit: Dieter Telemans
Agenda for 30 May 2013
1. What’s next in the projectreporting, transnational meetings, MAs
2. What’s next in each subgroupdelivering, enjoying, growing
3. Enjoying – what we take homepartner actions
4. URBACT news
5. Questions & informal exchangecommunication & local activities
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Timeframe
Project duration = 27 months» 1 February 2013 – 30 April 2015
(eligible costs = about 50 000€ per partner)
5 semestriel reporting periods:» Feb – June 2013 (interim)» July – Dec 2013 (interim)» Feb – June 2014 (interim)» July – Dec 2014 (interim)» Jan – Apr 2015 (final)
(reporting about 10 000€ per semester per partner)
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Semestriel reporting (as in Phase I)
› activity reporting in Excel formto be provided next week (along with timsheet template)
› financial reporting (online in Presage)
Did you receive access codes to Presage?
Did you try entering costs?
1st webinar for financial officers on 13 May
Next webinar on reporting in early July
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TO DO First reporting period (1 Feb – 30 June 2013)
By 5 Aug 2013 (or 15 July if central FLC)» Partners report activities in detail in Excel form» report costs in presage» provide scanned supporting evidence
Within 1-2 weeks 20131. Lead partner OKs costs in Presage and/or provides feedback
By 5 Sep 2013» Partner’s FLC OKs costs in Presage, » signs certificate & sends it to LP.
By 30 Sep 2013» Lead partner provides reports to URBACT
In Nov - Dec 2013» (if all is well reported) URBACT Secretariat pays LP» Lead partner transfers funds to partners
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Final Application = project bible
On dropbox: Phase 2 admin\URB_5547-1_applicationform_FINAL_13-12-2012.pdf
Discribes our activities in detail
Provides overall budget, either Per partner Per work
Package Per category
Joint Convention
On dropbox: Phase 2/joint convention signed 18-3-2013.pdf
Reporting arrangements
Detailed cost breakdown Per partner &
category & year
Joint Convention (cont)
For each partner Annual breakdown = indicative
Budget per categoryA category can overshoot by < 20%Total budget cannot be exceeded
Overview per category per partner
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Budget Excel file with further breakdown (for internal
reference)
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On dropbox: Phase 2 admin\Budget PhaseII-sustainable food 13-12-2012.xls
How to report costs: Presage
All partners to enter costs
https://urbact.presage-cte.org/
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How? Presage guidance
Dropbox Folder « Phase 2 Reporting »
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http://urbact.eu/en/documents-and-resources/documents/
Dropbox Folder « URBACT Programme Manuals »
How to report costs: Presage
Be precise in comment box: describe the why and the how of the expenditure (what? where? when? for whom?)
Staff: actual hours, actual costs, use timesheet (all in WP1 project management)
External expertise: invoices + supporting documents(all in WP1 project management)
Travel: report costs as paid by municipality with supporting documents (in WP2 transnational or WP3 local)
Meeting organisation: invoices + supporting docs (in WP2 transnational or WP3 local)
Communication (printing, designing…) (in WP4)
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How to report costs: Presage
Keep all original supporting documents (including boarding passes of all participants)
If payment in a different currency, please convert the expenditure into EUR using the monthly official EC accounting exchange rate in the month during which the expenditure has been paid by the municipality (i.e. date when amount is debited from the partner institution’s bank account).
http://ec.europa.eu/budget/inforeuro/index.cfm
Indicate monthly exchange rate used in comment box
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Follow-up Webinar with Managing Authorities
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March 2013
CURRENT Operational Programme & Food
Have you funded projects related to (sustainable) food production, distribution or consumption?
›Directly: West Netherlands
›Indirectly: West Sweden, Brussels Capital Region, Rhône-Alpes
›No: Sicily, Attica, Romania Environment, possibly West England
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Follow March Webinar with Managing Authorities
Growing tomatoes on waste water. Pilot Sustainable water cycle. Developing new technology to re-use waste water. ERDF – Innovation. ERDF 315,292 euro
Direct ERDF funding
Taskforce Green Port Westland to make greenhouse cultivation more sustainable. ERDF – Innovation. ERDF 776,968 euro
Direct ERDF funding
BRUSOC project finances SMEs projects including food servicesERDF
Indirect ERDF funding
Brussels Sustainable Economy (BSE) supports entrepreneurship by study & coaching 6 sectors including sustainable food sector (production)ERDF – 1 Million
Indirect ERDF funding
Construction of indoor food market combined with 3.000 m² rooftop farm ERDF – 6 Million euro
Indirect ERDF funding
Small scale food production in Angered, suburb of Gothenburg as part of large urban development projectERDF – 5 Million euro (priority 1. “Entrepreneurship, innovative business and sustainable urban development”)
Indirect ERDF funding
3. Next Programming period & Food
Are you consulting local stakeholders active or knowledgeable in the area of (sustainable) food production, distribution or consumption? Who should be consulted and how?
›Consultation is starting: Attica, West Netherlands, Sicily, Brussels Capital Region,
›Other bodies are working on this: West Sweden, West England, Rhône-Alpes
›Not a priority: Romania Environment
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3. Next Programming period & Food
Is a specific budget line foreseen under which sustainable food actions would be eligible?
If yes, which and under what conditions?
›Not foreseen: Romania Environment
›To early to say: Attica, West Netherlands, Sicily, West Sweden
›A clear link could be made: Brussels Capital Region
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TO DO on Managing Authorities
› Read new URBACT guidance on MAs
› Identify and contact in June Body that is drafting the new ERDF operational programme
and offer them the opportunity to exchange transnationally with other MAs and to help them include sustainable food
> Maintain good long term contacts Body that is implementing the operational to propose
sustainable food actions within the new operational programme
> I will re-contact MAs next week to explore interest in a second webinar to be held in late June
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Sustainable Food Network Meetings(mandatory)
URBACT programme meetings
Transnational6 Workshops
2 Conferences
Local8 ULSG meetings
1 Dissemination event(mandatory)Bilateral
field trips(optional)
2014?
Mandatory1 or 2 National
Capacity building seminars(2d – 3p)
InternationalSummer
UniversityDublin 28-30/8& conf in 2014
Optional & limited Elected officials
pilot schemeIn Brussels
(3x, 2,5d, for 30p)
6 teleconf
Meetings
URBACT Elected Officialspilot scheme
What? Training seminars organised for Elected Officials.
Participants from Lyon, Bristol, Ourense
An opportunity to get the elected official to understand and support the project
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URBACT National Training on Participative Action Planning
What? Training seminars organised for Local Support Group members, in national languages, to strengthen their capacities in participative action planning.
2 per country (or group of countries)
≥ 3 participants from LSG
http://urbact.eu/en/news-and-events/urbact-events/national-training-on-participative-action-planning/
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URBACT Summer University
Dublin 28-30 August 2013 (tbc)
Specifically designed for people participating in the
URBACT Local Support Groups (ULSG), the first URBACT Summer
University which is a unique learning opportunity for urban
practitioners from all over Europe.
With a good 'mix of fun and hard work' the University allows
participants to learn new theories, methods and tools for
coproducing integrated local urban policy with key stakeholders
http://urbact.eu/en/news-and-events/view-one/urbact-events/?entryId=4903
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Next Programming period & Food
Is a specific budget line foreseen under which sustainable food actions would be eligible?
If yes, which and under what conditions?
›Not foreseen: Romania Environment
›To early to say: Attica, West Netherlands, Sicily, West Sweden
›A clear link could be made: Brussels Capital Region
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TO DO on Managing Authorities
› Read new URBACT guidance on MAs
› Identify and contact in June Body that is drafting the new ERDF operational programme
and offer them the opportunity to exchange transnationally with other MAs (through webinar)and to help them include sustainable food
> Maintain good long term contacts Body that is implementing the operational to propose
sustainable food actions within the new operational programme
> I will re-contact MAs next week to explore interest in a second webinar to be held in late June
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3. What’s next in each subgroup
› Delivering
› Partners provide radars with comments
› Draft thematic report shared with partners mid June
› All partners react to draft
› Enjoying
› Draft thematic report shared with partners late June
› All partners react to draft
› Growing
› 10-12 September 2013 Oslo Workshop “Growing” (Tuesday-Thursday)
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5. Communication & your local activities
› Did you update the blog since last meeting?
› How will you communicate about our transnational exhanges locally with your group and beyond?
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Questions & Feedback
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