SHARE Final Conference

Julia Chenut,

Joint Technical Secretariat of the Alpine Space Programme

Alpine Space Programme:

Water and Energy importance in the cooperation area

Aosta, 24 May 2012

European Cohesion Policy and the Alpine Space Programme

The cooperation area

Thematic fields of cooperation

The Alpine Space Programme 2007 – 2013 identifies three

thematic fields of cooperation called „priorities“:

13 Projects

Eg. AlpEnergy - http://www.alpenergy.net

Virtual Power Systems as an Instrument to Promote Transnational

Cooperation and Sustainable Energy Supply in the Alpine Space

AlpEnergy visualisation tool:

A virtual power system

http://www.alpenergy-visualisierung.de

Accessibility and Connectivity

11 Projects

Eg. PARAmount - http://www.paramount-project.eu/

imProved Accessibility:

Reliability and security of Alpine transport infrastructure

related to mountainous hazards in a changing climate

PARAmount operative tool

for a complete debris flow process simulation

Environment and Risk Prevention

11 Projects

Eg. SILMAS - http://www.silmas.eu/

Sustainable Instruments for Lakes Management

in the Alpine Space

SILMAS serious game based on a playful interface to discover lake’s ecosystem and functioning

Water and Energy:

2 core challenges for the European Union

+ WFD (2000) and RES-e (2001) directives

+ In view of the Blueprint to safeguard Europe’s Water:

+To develop options to improve the quality of the knowledge

base for water policy making;

+To improve governance in water policy.

+ EU 2020 – sustainable growth:

+Target of 20% of energy from renewables

+ COMM EC 2011: Regional Policy contributing to

sustainable growth in EU 2020:

+Transition to a low carbon economy: focus investments on

renewable energies

+Focus on preserving and maximising the potential of the

natural environment.

Water and Energy in the Alpine Space

Programme

+ 6 projects approved so far: AlpEnergy, Alp-Water-

Scarce, CO2 Neutralp, Enerbuild, Silmas, SHARE.

+ Hydropower and water ecosystems in the Operational

Programme of the Alpine Space Programme:

+ Pinpointed by experts in the Strategic Environmental

Assessment of the Programme;

+ Highlighted by the European Commission;

+ Very closely checked during the evaluation of

projects and monitored during their implementation.

SHARE

A strategic project

+ In line with EU policies and orientations concerning water

and energy;

+ Shared transnational solutions and tools for improved water

management and governance;

+ A unprejudiced methodology and tool through an innovative

approach: Multi Criteria Analysis

+ A constant quality improvement throught the involvement of

stakeholders in the Permanent Technical Panel

+ Cooperation with the Water Platform of the Alpine

Convention

What is still expected from the project

+ Long term sustainability of SHARE tools (DSS) and

platforms

+ Sustainability of the pilot actions

+ Keeping alive the Permanent Technical Panel

+ Capitalise on achieved results, eg. Broad implement the

improved MCA

+ A targeted transfer of the results to practitioners,

administrations and policy makers.

The Alpine Space Programme 2007-2013:

2013 +

EC draft Regulation on Structural Funds: Fall 2011

First elements proposed by EC:

- Increased budget for ETC 11,7B€

- Specific regulation for ETC (cooperation across borders)

- Simplification : specific eligibility rules, state aid regulation etc…

to be followed….

Content: concentration to best contribute to the EU 2020 strategy!

ASP Vision post 2013: Strategy Development Project:

- Analysis

- Stakeholder dialogues

- Development options

http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy

Where to find further information?

Thank you for your attention!

www.alpine-space.eu

http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy