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Regions for Economic Change ConferenceWorkshop 1 A
INTERREG IV C
From Networking to Policy Change: B3 Regions, Results and Lesson Learnt
Elsa PilonePiedmont Region/CSI-Piemonte
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CONTENTS
Key Results
Lessons learnt
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OVERVIEW: THE 2 KEY ELEMENTS
THE CAPITALISATION APPROACH
Focus on action (Translation of ‘good practices’ into mainstream policies Knowledge already available: 8 good practices identified
Direct involvement of Managing Authorities
THE FAST TRACK ASPECT
Active support of the Commission services: DG Regional Policy, DG Information Society and Media, DG Competition, Eurostat ...
Stronger link between exchange of good practices and mainstream funding programmes, especially if Indirect participation of MAs stakeholders
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OVERVIEW: The 8 good practices 1) Demand aggregation 2) PPP
3) ICT observatory and integrated portals4) Broadband search engine5) Education services6) E-Government solutions
7) Broadband Technologies for rural areas Technological approach
8) State Aid procedures Management skills
Broadband projects
Economic models
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OVERVIEW: The Fast Track Capitalisation Network
DemandAggregation
ICTObservatory
EducationServicesBB
TechnologieseGovernment State Aid
IntegratedPortals
PPPEC
Good Practice Donors
Managing Authorities
Cohesion Policy
Cohesion Policy
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OVERVIEW: Transfer the good practices
Demand Aggregation workshop
ICT Observatory study visit
Turin conference
State Aid workshop
Fast Track Seminar
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KEY RESULTS
12 Action Plans
1) Piedmont/CSI-Piemonte (IT): Catalan experience2) Sterea Ellada (GR): Catalonia and Malopolska experiences3) Catalonia (ES): Piedmont and Nynet experiences4) Crete/ University of Crete (GR): Piedmont experience5) Malopolska (PL): Piemdont, Nynet and Catalonia experiences6) Lodz/City of Lodz (PL)7) Lower Silesia (PL): Catalonia, Nynet and Piedmont experiences8) Sardinia (IT): Fundecyt and Catalonia experiences9) Yorkshire Forward/Nynet (UK): Piedmont , Bulgaria and Catalonia experiences10) Ministry of Transport and Information Technology—Bulgaria/iCentres (BG):
Piedmont, Nynet, NCA, Lower Silesia, Catalonia experiences11) Extremadura/Fundecyt (ES): Nynet experience12) Ministry of Telecommunications-Cyprus/University of Cyprus (CY): Piedmont
experience
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KEY RESULTS: 12 ACTION PLANS
DONORS
SardiniaLower Silesia
Cyprus
Bulgaria
MAIN BENEFICIARIES
LodzkieMalopolska
Sterea Ellada
MOST WANTED DONORS
Catalunya
PiemonteExtremadura
North YorkshireCrete
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Broadband challenge is faced on different funding scales: B3 Regions deals with major multimillion regional programmes!Different Source: ERDF, ESF, EAFRD
Malopolska:7M€ ERDF, 2M€ National fund
Sardinia: 67M€ ERDF, 10M€ EARDF, 61M€ ESF, 36 M € regional fund
KEY RESULTS
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LESSON LEARNT
Regional/National elections can be a crucial point in the action plans delivery process -especially if the results lead to a sudden change in the Regional government and a consequently reorganisation process as well (political issues)
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Sharing methodologies among regions
Hidden knowledge potential Powerful learning instrument
Fast Track
Mutual benefits
LEASSON LEARNT
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Thank you for your attention!
Lodz, 15th June 2010
B3 Regions Final conference