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The Baltic Sea RegionINTERREG III B
Neighbourhood programme in a nutshell
by Susanne ScherrerBSR INTERREG III B Joint Secretariat
Content
1. The programme: facts and figures
2. The projects: activities and results
(1) INTERREG III B Neighbourhood programme
• Total programme budget about 210 million EUR
• 129 approved projects
• more than 3200 project partners!
INTERREG III B Neighbourhood programme
Total 210 million EUR from 4 different sources:
• 129 million EUR European Regional Development Funds
• 6 million EUR Norway
• 7.5 million EUR Tacis 2004-2006
• 67.5 million EUR national/Norwegian co-financing from projects
of which for programme management: 14,65 million EUR
• 8 EU Member States + 3 neighbour countries
• 100 million inhabitants
• 11 languages
The programme’s context:
INTERREG III B Neighbourhood
Seeks to combine:
• 3 historically differently organised economic spaces (former EC, EFTA, COMECON)
• 3 different administrative traditions: Scandinavian, Eastern European (former Soviet dominated) and Continental European
• 3 differently organised political systems (Western democracy, presidential democracy, authoritarian regime)
• 3 different Christian religious cultures
Closure of INTERREG IIC and approval of the IIIB
programme (first round was launched in 2001)
September 2001
Introduction of Priority 4 (border regions) January 2002
EU enlargement - from PHARE to ERDF May 2004
Introduction of IIIA priorities (cross-border) May 2004
Transformation to Neighbourhood Programme October 2004
Future challenges
• Objective 3 – Territorial cooperation programme• Introduction of European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI)
2007 - 2015
Turning Points in programme history: The “ever changing environment” of implementation!
Baltic Sea region…
…..a rich common cultural
and natural heritage…..
…but a common identity?
Vilnius, Lithuania
Wismar, Germany
It is not the density, but the intensity that counts!
(2) INTERREG III B Neighbourhood projects
… and many other projects!
STRINGVia Baltica Nordica
Rural Development Connection
SEBTrans-Link
Baltic Sea projects:
• address challenges and risks
• seek to connect regions
• work on common grounds
around our Sea
Challenges and risks
• promote wind-energy-ideas and improve the investment climate by bringing together politicians, planners, lawyers, researchers and medium size companies to exchange knowledge (Wind Energy)
• improve direct access to specialised healthcare to prevent migration from rural areas (Baltic eHealth)
Connecting regions
• develop a region which is dynamic, sustainable, innovative and not hampered by borders (Baltic Palette)
• set up a common strategy for how to improve the transport system in the area (Baltic Gateway)
• build a tourist route, focussing on brick Gothic heritage (European Route of Brick Gothic)
Our Sea
• change the attitudes and behaviour in order to reduce marine pollution (Baltic SeaBreeze)
• decrease emissions by ships in Baltic ports (New Hansa)
BelarusDenmarkEstoniaFinlandGermanyLatviaLithuaniaNorwayPolandRussiaSweden
The Baltic Sea RegionINTERREG III B
Neighbourhood programme in a nutshell
by Susanne ScherrerBSR INTERREG III B Joint Secretariat