SEE Programme 2007 – 2013
Bridging experience of European Territorial Cooperation in SEE with IPA
programming
IPA Regional Programme 2010 – EuropeAid/131229/C/ACT/Multi
“Improving Cooperation in SEE by Actions for strengthening the RCC”
Sarajevo, 16th March 2012
Contents of the presentation
− Introduction to the SEE Programme
− What we have achieved so far
− Next programming period Cohesion Policy 2014 – 2020
The Programme area
EU Member States:
Austria, Bulgaria,
Greece, Hungary, Italy,
Slovakia, Slovenia,
Romania
Non-EU-member States:
Albania, BosniaHerzegovina, Croatia,
former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia,
Serbia, Montenegro,
Republic of Moldova,
Ukraine
(Italy and Ukraine do not
participate with its whole
territory)
The Programme’
Programme’s strategy
SEE S.W.O.T.
Analysis
Cohesion Policy
GLOBAL
PROGRAMME
OBJECTIVE
Territorial
Cooperation
The Programme’
Programme’s strategy
Specific objectives
Priority Axes
Facilitation of innovation, entrepreneurship,
knowledge economy and information society
by concrete cooperation action and visible
results
P1: Facilitation of innovation and
entrepreneurship
Global objective
Improvement of the territorial,
economic and social integration
process and contribution to
cohesion, stability and
competitiveness through the
development of transnational
partnerships and joint actions on
matters of strategic importance
Improvement of the attractiveness of regions
and cities taking into account sustainable
development, physical and knowledge
accessibility and environmental quality by
integrated approaches and concrete
cooperation action and visible results
Foster integration by supporting balanced
capacities for transnational territorial
cooperation at all levels
Promotion of
sustainable
development
P2: Protection and improvement of the
environment
P3: Improvement of the accessibility
P4: Development of transnational synergies
for sustainable growth areas
P5: Technical assistance to support
implementation and capacity building
Promotion of equal opportunities
and non discrimination
application of EU principles
The SEE features…
1.
High number of small countries in a relatively small area
A. High density of borders: transnational co-operation is very relevant
B. Very complex governance structure
•
Consensus between 16 Partner States
•
Huge partnerships in projects to ensure the necessary representation
2.
High diversity of countries
A. Different political status
•
Member States, Candidates and Potential Candidates, Neighbour Countries
•
3 different funding sources
B. Different development level
•
Different needs and interests
•
Strong difference in experience and management capacity
3.
Extreme strong interest in co-operation
A.
B.
Internal interest to rebuilt and enhance regional co-operation
External economic and political interest, other donor activities
The implementation: 4 calls
Achievement of the objectives
4th Call: (October 2011 –
April 2012?) fully open –
“Bottom up”
4th Call
100%
3rd Call: (June 2010 –
February 2012) strategic –
“Top down”
3rd Call
2nd Call: (December 2009 –
December 2010) open
targeted – “Bottom up”
2nd Call
1st Call: (May 2008 –
March 2009) fully open “Bottom up”
1st Call
ERDF/IPA/ENPI commitment
100%
SEE Programme so far : 1st,2nd (and 3rd) CfP
The 3rd Call for proposal
The 1st Call for proposal
Strategic Call – 30M€
8 Proposals pre-selected
Open Call – Bottom-up approach – 76M€
(ongoing 2nd Step)
P4: 11
820 Expressions of Interest (EoI)
40 Projects finally approved
P1: 11
P3: 5
The 2nd Call for proposal
P2: 13
Targeted restricted – GAP filling – 43M€
>900 Project Partners!
550 EoIs
P1:6
26 Projects approved
P2: 6
P3: 5
P4: 9
The Programme up to today (1st+2nd CfP)
The budget as it stands
ERDF
Nat. Pub.
Contr.
Total
%
Consumption
after 2 CfPs
P1. Facilitation of innovation and
entrepreneurship
44,051,157
7,773,734
51,824,891
85%
62%
P2. Protection and improvement of the
environment
53,739,828
9,483,499
63,223,327
85%
78%
55,160,834
9,734,265
64,895,099
85%
33%
41,338,329
7,294,999
48,633,328
85%
89%
P3. Improvement of the accessibility
P4. Development of transnational
synergies for sustainable growth areas
Example of participation (1st CfP)
615 formally acceptable EoIs
95 pre-selected EoIs
IPA resources: 1st CfP
Total IPA requested
€83.952.622
Total IPA “invited”
€17,247,833
1st step
2nd step
ALBANIA
IPA requested
€1.417.804
IPA allocated
€180.018
IPA contracted
€219.640
BiH
IPA requested
€945.246
IPA allocated
€453.000
IPA contracted
€385.213,20
Croatia
IPA requested
€2.380.932
IPA allocated
€800.000
IPA contracted
€777.294,27
FYROM
IPA requested
€940.270
IPA allocated
€453.000
IPA contracted
€394.022,60
Montenegro
IPA requested
€1.092.790
IPA allocated
€616.328
IPA contracted
€609.315
Serbia
IPA requested
€4.975.315
IPA allocated
€1.892.000
IPA contracted
€1.882.205,85
IPA resources: 2nd CfP
TOTAL IPA requested
€82.523.000
TOTAL IPA “invited”
€11.950.174,20
IPA requested per country (allocated)
AL €1.589.021, BiH €2.010.184, HR €1.784.349
FYROM €1.429.014, MN €1.292.731, SRB €3.844.873
1st step
2nd step
ALBANIA
IPA available
€540,182.00
IPA contracted
€397.091,5
BiH
IPA available
€866,282.00
IPA contracted
€353.846,50
CROATIA
IPA available
€400,000.00
IPA contracted
€ 360.000,00
FYROM
IPA available
€1,018,997.40
IPA contracted
€509.422
MONTENEGRO
IPA available
€1,311,787.00
IPA contracted
€765.972
SERBIA
IPA available
€1,137,855.00
IPA contracted
€1.139.748,42
What we have achieved so far (SEE 2007 – 2013)…
SOLID PROJECTS going beyond the pure
networking (concrete and tangible results)
Exploiting endogenous potentials of all
the Countries (not plain EU => non EU
transfer of knowledge)
COOPERATION restoring historical regional
relationships
Integration and capacity building at
all levels
1. Linkage to wider networks (i.e. paving the way for extension of TEN-T to
the Western Balkans)
2. Unique instrument for “transnational scale” cooperation with 2007 EU MS
3. Financial circuits and management system established and running
well
4. Good cooperation spirit between inside and outside - between Partner
States represented in the MC and among the project participants – (source
Ecorys)
What we can achieve in the future (SEE 2014 –
2020)…
MANAGEMENT
CONTENTS
Stabilize and further enhance the
management capacity of a “young” and
motivated environment
Improve and expand current projects’
portfolio outcomes => communication!
Put into practice “lessons learnt” in 2007 - 2013
Filling the gap with the other
transnational programmes
STRATEGY
•
Cross point of cooperation for key EU strategic macro regions (Danube,
Adriatic Ionian, Black Sea)
•
Promoting North – South connections (Adriatic – Baltic) in transport
corridors and beyond
•
Further supporting stabilisation process (in WB) and absorption capacity of
the new EU MS and Candidates
•
Dialogue platform for REGIO, ENLARG, DEVCO policies
Territorial cooperation 2014 – 2020
− Macroregional strategies on move (Danube, Adriatic…)
− Proposals of new Regulations delivered by the EC (6th October 2011)
− New objectives, higher impacts
Ivan Curzolo
SEE Joint Technical Secretariat
[email protected]
0036 1 224 3129