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Workshop 3External Border Cooperation
Chair: Jean-Pierre Halkin
Workshop 3Round table 1
Interreg Specific Objectives(ISOs)
WS 3 – Round table 1: Interreg-specificobjectives (ISOs)
• Jean-Pierre Halkin, Head of Unit, Macro-regions, Transnational/Interregional cooperation, IPA, Enlargement, DG Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission: Introduction
• Gilles Kittel, IPA/EUSAIR Team leader: „Safer and more secure Europe“ ISO
• Simona Pohlová, ENI CBC Team leader: „Better Interreggovernance“ ISO
Better Interreg governance: why is it needed?
• To reduce border obstacles – mainly those of administrative orlegal nature
- Evidence for EU internal borders (and inspiration for external ones): the Cross-Border Review exercise (https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/policy/cooperation/european-territorial/cross-border/review/)
• To enhance building of trust between citizens and institutionsacross borders
Response in the RegulationArticles 14(4) and 15(2) of the draft ETC Regulation
• Improving institutional capacity of public authorities
• Making public adminstration more efficient by promoting legaland administrative cooperation and cooperation between citizensand institutions (resolving border obstacles)
• Specific for EU external borders: building up mutual trust by people-to-people actions, enhancing sustainable democracy, support to civil society
What to support and how to embed it
in the programme?What types of actions?
• Studies, meetings - exchange of good practice, pilot projects, people-to-people projects
• Trainings, peer reviews, staff exchanges
How to embed it in the programme – examples:
• Specific Priority – one or more
• Small Projects´ Fund
- Differentiated approach needed to reflect specific borders´ issues
Workshop 3Round table 2
ENI CBC: Lessons learnt and views on the future
WS 3 – Round table 2
• Jean-Pierre Halkin, Head of Unit, Macro-regions, Transnational/Interregional cooperation, IPA, Enlargement, DG Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission: chair
• Carlos Bolanos, Head of TESIM
Workshop 3Round table 3
CBC tools and delivery mechanisms
WS 3 – Round table 3
• Jean-Pierre Halkin, Head of Unit, Macro-regions, Transnational/Interregional cooperation, IPA, Enlargement, DG Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission: chair
• Marko RUOKANGAS, Managing Authority / Karelia ENI CBC
• Gilles Kittel, Macro-regions, Transnational/Interregional cooperation, IPA, Enlargement, DG Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission
• Simona POHLOVA, Macro-regions, Transnational/Interregional cooperation, IPA, Enlargement, DG Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission
Small project funds2014-2020
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De facto
De lege?
post-2020 (Article 24 ETC)
Only for ETC (Interreg)!
Only for Interreg governance?
SPF = "operation"
EUR 20 million or 15% per SPF under an Interreg programme
"Final recipients" implement "small projects" (§1)
Cross-border legal body or EGTC = beneficiary (§2)
Content of grant letter (§3)
Selection of small projects ≠ delegation of tasks to an IB (§4)
20% max. for staff and management costs (§5)
Small project < EUR 100.000 SCO obligatory (§6)
CLLD2014-2020
CPR (32-35) Omnibus
Sub-regional
Local action groups
CLLD integrated strategy
LAG select operations
LAG = IB (conditions)
ETC (10)
LDG = two countries
post-2020
CPR (25-28)
Sub-regional
Local action groups
CLLD integrated strategy
LAG select operations
LAG = IB (conditions)
ETC (21)
LAG = two countries
ITI2014-2020
CPR (36)
Territ . development strategy
Funds, PA, OP
Intermediate body
"certain tasks"
monitoring
ETC (11)
IB = EGTC or joint legal body
post-2020
CPR (24 23)
Territ. strategy
Funds, OP, priority
IB, if > selection of operations
authorities select operations
monitoring
ETC (20)
ImplB = EGTC or "c-b legal body"
ImplB = Sole beneficiary
Thank you!