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Project Development Seminar Denise Pirie
27th August 2009 – Inverness, Scotland
European UnionEuropean Regional Development Fund
Background
Builds on successes Interreg IIIB Northern Periphery Programme: Total allocated funding to projects €30.2 million 62 preparatory and 47 main projects 400 project partners 68% of all projects involved SMEs Case study binder available
Shift to the new programme period: Additions to the programme area More funding available for projects: €45 million Official name: Northern Periphery Programme 2007-2013 Operational Programme approved in September 2007
Status: To date: 27 main projects and 21 preparatory project approved 66% of programme budget committed
Available Funding
Types of funding: European Regional Development Funds (ERDF) for Member States ERDF equivalent for Non Member States Public/Public-like match funding
Amounts available: € 35.115 000ERDF € 10.155 000 ERDF equivalent € 33.565 000 match funding
Total programme budget (including match funding): €79 million
Programme Area
Regions in 9 programme partner countries
EU Member States: Finland Ireland Northern Ireland Scotland Sweden
Non Member States: Faroe Islands Greenland Iceland Norway
Priority 1:Promoting innovation and
competitiveness in remote and peripherial areas
Priority 2:Sustainable development of natural
and community resources
Horizontal objectives:Equal opportunities and Sustainable development
Objectives of priority 1:
· Promote competitiveness by increasing and developing the
capacity for innovation and networking in rural and peripheral
areas
· facilitate development by the use of advanced information and
communication technologies and transport in the programme area
Objectives of priority 2:
· strengthen synergies between environmental protection and growth
in remote and peripheral regions
· improve sustainable development in peripheral regions by
strengthening urban-rural relations and enhancing regional heritage
Vision: Regions working innovatively together to help communities to develop the
potential of Europe’s Northern Periphery, and to achieve a sustainable and high quality future, and so make a distinctive contribution to a more dynamic EU.
Joint Transnational Strategy
PRIORITY 1: Promoting innovation and competitiveness in remote and peripheral areas
i. Innovation, networks and competitiveness
Objective: To promote competitiveness by increasing and developing the capacity for innovation and networking in rural and peripheral areas.
exchange of best practise and establishment of cooperation networks between R&D institutions and SMEs to increase the capacity for innovation, facilitate the design of innovation systems and strengthen competitiveness
transnational cooperation networks and knowledge transfer to develop existing and new innovative products
cooperation and exchange of best practice between SMEs on how to address and reach markets with existing and new products
PRIORITY 1: Promoting innovation and competitiveness in remote and peripheral areas
ii. Accessibility
Objective: To facilitate development by the use of advanced information and communication technologies and transport
increased use of ICT to overcome distance implementation of ICT to modernise and to innovate industries and
businesses in the Northern Periphery developing innovative solutions for developing and maintaining
transport infrastructure subject to harsh climatic conditions development of transport schemes that benefit rural communities,
such as new maritime routes maritime safety in remote areas with arctic, harsh conditions building the capacity to respond to and prepare for emergencies and
natural disasters to which the Northern Periphery is exposed.
PRIORITY 2: Sustainable development of natural and community resources
i. Environment as an asset in the periphery
Objective: To strengthen the synergies between environmental protection and growth in remote and peripheral regions.
Developing new approaches to efficient and sustainable
management and utilisation of resources
Impact and possible implications of climate change and means to
reduce it at a community level
Development of small scale renewable energy solutions
PRIORITY 2: Sustainable development of natural and community resources
ii. Urban-rural development and promotion of heritage
Objective: To improve sustainable development in peripheral regions by strengthening urban-rural relations and enhancing regional heritage.
Urban-rural partnerships for new service solutions
Innovative provision of existing and new services in the periphery
private, public and voluntary sectors cooperation and networks to
develop new and innovative service solutions for remote and
peripheral regions
promotion of natural and cultural heritage that supports the
development of sustainable industries
NPP Concepts
NPP Concepts
Core concepts of transnational cooperation in NPP 2007-2013
Added value All projects must develop concrete, tangible results
By working together to produce a new product or service that has a transnational or transregional character
Transnational or transregional character: product or service can be used/implemented in many regions across the programme area
Methods: knowledge transfer, innovation, organisational learning
Transnationality Each project must address at least 3 of the transnationality criteria:
Joint development Joint staffing Joint implementation Joint financing
In addition: Projects must involve a minimum of 3 partner countries; 1 EU Member State Joint strategy for implementing and disseminating project results Transnational impact
NPP Concepts
Triple Helix Partnerships
Definition:
The three different spheres of business, higher education and public institutions working together on new tasks and in new fields. These three spheres together, and not only by themselves, make it possible to obtain an enhanced outcome from the cooperation and invested capital, in the form of innovative new products and solutions.
Encouraged when appropriate
Community aspect: emphasis on ensuring that the end beneficiaries are located within the communities of the Northern Periphery
NPP Concepts
Strategic Projects
Projects that make a strategic contribution towards achieving the objectives and
vision of the programme
Features: Innovative outputs of relevance to whole programme area with a focus on
peripheral regions Beneficial impact in terms of a physical product or social capital and expertise Involves cooperation at transnational, national, regional and local level to inform
policy development
Strategic projects: Strategic themes will be identified for each priority by the Monitoring Committee Specific calls will be held for strategic projects
Contact Details – Programme Secretariat
Northern Periphery Programme Secretariat
Strandgade 91, 4. sal
DK-1401 Copenhagen K, DENMARKFax: +45 3283 3775
Niclas Forsling – Head of Secretariat Tel. +45 3283 3786, mobile +45 2511 2344, [email protected]
Christopher Parker – Programme Manger for Project Development Support Tel. +45 3283 3782, mobile +45 2511 2391, [email protected]
Kirsti Mijnhijmer – Programme Manager for Information & Communication Tel. +45 3283 3784, [email protected]
Maxi Nachtigall – Project Officer Tel. +45 3283 3785, [email protected]
Contact Details – Regional Contact Points
Republic of Ireland
Mr Michael O'Brien
BMW Regional Assembly
The Square
Ballaghaderreen
County Roscommon,
Ireland
Tel.:+353 949862970
Fax: +353 949862973
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.bmwassembly.ie
Northern Ireland
Ms Teresa Lennon
SEUPB, EU House
6 Cromac Place
Belfast
BT7 2JB,
Northern Ireland
Tel.: + 44 28 9026 6723
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.seupb.eu
Contact Details – Regional Contact Points
Norway
Ms Greta Johansen
Landsdelsutvalget
Sjøgata 3
N- 8002 Bodø
Norway
Tel.:+47 75 50 34 20
Fax: +47 75 52 67 25
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.lu.no
Sweden
Mr Bernt Vedin
Region Västerbotten
Norrlandsgatan 13, Box 443
S-901 09 Umeå
Sweden
Tel.: +46 90 16 37 17
Fax: + 46 90 16 37 19
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.regionvasterbotten.se
Contact Details – Regional Contact Points
Finland
Ms Paula Mikkola
Regional Council of Lapland
P.O. Box 8056
FIN-96101 Rovaniemi
Finland
Tel.:+358 16 2114 324
Mobile: +358 40 7118 380
Fax: +358 16 318 705
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.lapinliitto.fi
Iceland
Mr Þórarinn V. Sólmundarson
Institute of Regional Development in
Iceland
Ártorg 1
IS - 550 Sauðárkrókur
Iceland
Tel.: +354 4555400
Fax. +354 4554477
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.byggdastofnun.is
Contact Details – Regional Contact Points
Faroe Islands
Mr Jakup Sørensen
NORA (Nordisk Atlantsamarbejde)
Bryggjubakki 12
Box 259
FO-110 Tórshavn
Tel: +298 30 69 94
Mob: +298 21 29 59
Fax. +298 35 31 01
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.nora.fo
Scotland
Mrs Denise Pirie
Highlands & Islands Enterprise
Cowan House
Inverness Retail & Business Park
Inverness IV2 7GF
Tel: +44 1463 244252
Fax: +44 1463 244217
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.hient.co.uk
Contact Details – Regional Contact Points
Greenland
Mr Anders Ullrich la Cour Vahl
Greenland Tourism and Business Council
Hans Egedesvej 29
PO Box 1615
3900 Nuuk
Tel: +299 34 28 31
Mob: +299 55 25 34
Fax: +299 32 28 77
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.greenland.com
For further information, please visit:
www.northernperiphery.eu
Thank you for listening!