2011 Internal Seminar
20-30 November 20111
Kraków, Poland
Workshop Session 1: Transnational and cross-border co-operation
TranSMEC - Transnational support method for European Co-operation
Stakeholder: INTERREG B NorthWestEurope Programme
Production and testing of “ready-to-use” and “easy-to-read” assistance for better
communicating, disseminating, monitoring and steering of the
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ESPON
INTERREG
observes and measures
territorial co-operation
Implements and co-ordinates/steers
territorial co-operation (projects) in a defined space
Offers a
„Catch basin“
for very specific territorial co-operation projects
under 4 aggregated thematic ERDF priorities
Visualisation
Map as aggregated
and multi-layered
result of a complex
process
Production of
simpler territorial monitoring data about
-Number of Participants
- Amount of ERDF spent
ESPON Projects:
Production of
- data sets
- typologies
- indicators
in „spatial planning“
language/complexity
?
Focus on
Visualisation
Need for assistance that is
- easy-to-read (for non-planners)
- ready to use (for programme
managment) for
ongoing and dynamic steering,
monitoring, communicating and
disseminating of programme
results
ESPON
INTERREG
observes and measures
territorial co-operation
Implements and co-ordinates/steers
territorial co-operation (projects) in a defined space
Screening of
ESPON projects
INTERREG monitoring data about
-Number of Participants
- Amount of ERDF spent
ESPON Maps
(thematic and
timely matches)
Superpositioning of data in a
Overlay Map
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that reflect the requirements for disseminating, capitalising, steering and monitoring of an
INTERREG programme such as
- Variation in scale, Zooming in and out of the area, Filtering complex data sets
-Comparing programme performance against a „territorial baseline“, Assistance for the demarcation of
a thematically targeted call, Use of new typologies
Conclusions how ESPON can support INTERREG B
ESPON might engage more in the „stakeholder-oriented“ processing of existing data, e.g.
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provide easy accessible background visualisations in order to be able to communicate and steer
programme perfomance – special „service“ unit at the CU?
ESPON could provide typologies and indicators for pinpointing the factor of
„transnationality“ within structural fund interventions – so far, regional structural effects are
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among the most important success indicators and compete with other funding options, we need to
better communicate the the added value of transnational approaches – for example, TranSMEC
showed that „strong performing“ regions show a higher participation rate …. do they benefit more
from the offers of transnational approaches?
ESPON provides (maybe on demand?) territorial evidence in order to better steer the
programme concerning new, emerging themes like innovation – e.g. TranSMEC shows that
regions with certain typologies for the European knowledge economy (ESPON KIT project:
networking, scientific and technologically advanced regions) show stronger participation than
others….what „type“ of INTERREG participant is initiating cooperation in the field of innovation?
INTERREG B calls for more dynamic interaction between the programmes – so far, the
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interactive periods between the programmes where limited to the INTERREG programming period. In
the future, the ICT capacities and better alignment of processes allow a closer linkage through the
complete programme cycle e.g. the registration of projects and the assessment of territorial effect in
very short feedback loops.
Conclusions in the context of the EU2020 strategy
SMART
Growth
-Using new typologies that connect territory and innovation
- Visualising these typologies together with activities of innovation related
INTERREG projects
- ESPON and INTERREG can help to better understand the success criteria for
EU2020‘s call for „innovation and knowledge transfer throughout the EU
SUSTAINABLE
Growth
-EU2020 flagship initiative „Resource Efficient Europe“ wants to „accelerate
the implementation of strategic project with high European Added Value to
adress ciritical bottlenecks, in particular cross-border sections“
-INTERREGs effectiveness lies in exchanging and pooling knowledge about
resource efficent, greener and more competitive approaches.
- With TranSMEC, it is much easier to assist the identification of suitable
cooperation partners with similar territorial settings
INCLUSIVE
Growth
-ESPON can help to show where lower perfoming partners have so far not
been able to participate successfully
- Based on territorial evidence, INTERREG can develop strategies on how to
integrate partners for different performance levels.
There could be many more …..
THANK YOUR VERY MUCH FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION