Interreg Europe: state of play

3 July 2019RETRACE final conference, Brdo pri Kranju - SI

Erwin SiwerisProgramme Director | Interreg Europe

e.siweris@interregeurope.eu

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Sharing solutions

for better regional policy

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At the heart of EU cohesion policy:

Improving regional development policies (in particular Structural Funds)

Mix of more and less advanced regions

High participation of peripheral regions

An accelerator for

regional development

Based on local needs: Importance of stakeholders

Focus on results: 2 phases of projects (Exchange of experience + implementation)

Innovative: Lump sum for phase 2 (4th Call projects)

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Interregional cooperation projects

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88% NUTS 2

25% Managing

authorities

4Calls

30 Countries

2000Partners

MEUR 322

258Projects

Overview

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Balanced

25%

26%23%

26%

Low-carbon

economy

60

Environment and

resource efficiency

67

Research and

innovation

65

SME

competitiveness

66

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Outputs achieved (validated as of June 2019)

~300 M76 projects have finished Phase 1

1796Good practices

identified

4914

36 %

2785Staff with

increased capacity

22132

12 %

174Action plans

1300

13 %

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Improving policies (Validated as of June 2019)

MEUR

265Funds

92Policy changes

Growth and Jobs

69Projects

43Policy changes

Other

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Policy Learning Platform

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#policylearning

Good practice database

Policy briefs & news

Community of peers

Expert policy support4

services

~ 700 Good practices

8 peer reviews

+ 16,000 members

35 policy briefs

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Cooperation on Resource efficiency

31projects

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Circular economy – 11 projects

BIOREGIO

CECI

CESME

CirCE

CircPro

Color Circle

REDUCES

REPLACE

SYMBI

TRIS

+

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Strengths of application

Topic high on EU agenda

(transition to circular economy)

Clear focus on Structural Funds programmes (all policy instruments)

High potential for results to be adopted by other regions beyond the partnership (via Policy Road Map)

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ERDF Operational Programme, Piemonte 2014-2020 (IT)

Improved call on Innovation Clusters

How? Direct link made between vertical R&D lines and “Smart" and "Resource efficiency” horizontal trajectories

Result? Cluster projects focus on CE processes, irrespective of vertical domains

Partners: Piedmonte Region (IT)

and Politecnico di Torino (IT)Inspiration from: Strategic R&I Partnerships, Slovenia

Policy change:

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Active contribution at programme level

Thematic webinar on Circular

Economy Business Models

Matchmaking sessions

and peer reviews

Policy change exhibition

16 good practices published

on Good Practice Database!

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