Emma Harvey

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One NorthEast Transnational WorkTees Valley
Transnational Group Presentation

• Emma Harvey
• Transnational Development Senior Specialist
• 15th August 2006

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• Background
• RES produced with strong awareness of
  opportunities and threats of the global economy
• Importance of research and innovation at both
  European, regional and local level (Lisbon
  Agenda/RES)
• Transnational Programme budgets increasing
  (2007-2013) as SFs decreasing
• Transnational work provides broader approach/
  comparative analysis (e.g recent International
  Best Practice study) not possible with SFs

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• Introduction
• Importance of culture of networking
• Identified by EC as driver of success and
  innovation across European regions
• Transnational consortia enables
• access to large European knowledge pool
• exchange of best practice and experience both
  within and between European regions (address
  regional disparities)
• Raises regional profile/inward investment links
• Direct interface and valuable informal links with
  EC

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• Transnational Programmes 2007-2013
• Framework Programme 6/7 EUs main instrument
  for funding RD (55 Billion for EU)
• Interreg funds European regions to work
  together and develop projects which share
  knowledge and experience to address strategic
  regional policy issues (500 Million for UK)
• Thematic focus of EU Programmes pattern match
  many RES local development plan objectives e.g.
  innovation, economic inclusion/sustainable
  communities, enterprise, skills, culture,
  environment
• Vehicle to promote outward looking/thinking
  organisation!

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Priority Areas Alignment to FP7
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Increased Opportunities 2007-2013

• Synergies much stronger between EU Regional
  Policy and funding for RD integrated policy
  delivery
• Reflected within priorities of
  SFs/FP7/CIP/Interreg
• 2 key regional dimensions to future
  Transnational Programmes- Process
  organisation use of local infrastructure (e.g.
  business development centres)- Policy National
  Reform Programme, NSRF/SFs, RES, City Region
  Development Plans, Northern Way, Brussels
  Offices, more opportunity for LAs to be partners
  themselves!

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• Role of Regions LAs
• Need to plan more strategically for FP7 - key
  contributors to the delivery of 3 target
  localising Lisbon
• Future SFs more focused on innovation
• Future EU funding driven by scientific
  excellence rather than need/regeneration
• Stronger FP7 regional/city dimension Regions
  of Knowledge
• Regional local level appropriate for
  business/research linkages

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• Current Policy Work Areas
• Cross RDA Innovation Europe Groups
• Analysing draft Operational Programmes for
  Interreg (DCLG)
• FP7 Promotion Support liaison with OSI (DTI)
• Managing External Evaluation current
  transnational work
• Succession planning for current projects
  2007-2013
• Official Partner in transnational consortia
  Brussels Open Days
• Working with regional partners to develop
  previous regional events

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TouriSME

• Interreg IIIC RFO, 7.1m Euro budget, 3 years, NE
  share 1.9m Euro (www.tourisme-rfo.net)
• Tourism regional structures, development of
  nature based attractions, sharing best practice
• SME enterprise cluster development,
  international trade and business sustainability
• 4 Partners Saxony Anhalt Regional Government,
  Province of Limburg Valencia Regional
  Government

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Health ClusterNet

• Investment in the health sector is closely linked
  to spatial planning, sustainable economic
  development social cohesion
• Interreg IIIC Network with 1.5m Euro budget, 3
  years, 13 partners (www.healthclusternet.org)
• 4 thematic network priorities employment, RD,
  procurement capital investment
• Use sector more effectively to develop
  competitiveness

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Regional FP Support Package

• 2 year package of targeted support (June 2007)
  worth 1.4 million
• 3 regional initiatives
• North East England Enabling Fund (NEEF)
• Facilitation Service
• Strategic Integrated Coaching Service
• Some successes
• 1 in 3 North East submitted proposals have passed
  EU threshold (average for the rest of the UK 1 in
  6)
• 1 in 4 North East submitted proposals have been
  funded (average for SME based bids 1 in 16
  funded)
• EU framework funding gained by the North East
  increased by 400 - Newcastle one of lead UK
  Universities FP6

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ARRGOS

• FP6 Regions of Knowledge, 2 yrs, budget 700k euro
• Advance of European Regions RD Governance
  Systems
• Partners in France, Spain, Germany, Poland,
  Slovenia Denmark
• Benchmarking of research innovation policies at
  regional, national and European level
• Identified lack of coordination between RD
  players and policies
• Relevance of the regional governance approach in
  solving this
• 7 work packages including analysis, assessment
  tools, and policy recommendations

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Transnational Profile

• Total North East share
• E-justice (FP6) 4m 362k(www.ejustice.eu.com
  )
• R4eGov (FP6) 10m 1m
• Arrgos (FP6 RoK) 700k 87k
• TouriSME 7.1m 1.94m
• Health ClusterNet 1.5m 110k
• TOTAL INCOME TO AGENCY 3.5million
• Profile, intelligence, networks etc Invaluable!
• One NorthEast most proactive RDA transnationally