RFO Operation

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Regional Triangle of Weimar

• RFO Operation
• REGIONAL TRIANGLE OF WEIMAR
• INTERREG IIIC Forum
• Rotterdam, 6 December 2004
• Klaus Weßler,State Chancellery North
  Rhine-Westphalia

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The 3 partners

• The 3 partners
• The Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia (D)
• The Regional Council of Nord-Pas de Calais (F)
• The Voivodeship of Silesia (PL)

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The 3 partners
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Historic background

• Historic background
• Declaration of co-operation of the 3 foreign
  ministers of France, Germany and Poland in Weimar
  in 1991
• Declaration of co-operation in 2001 between the 3
  regions

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Common problems

• Common problems
• Similar economic, environmental and social
  problems
• Restructuring necessities regarding decline of
  mining and steel industry

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Some facts

• Some facts
• Duration
• January 2004 March 2007
• Budget
• 2.1 Mio. , including 1.27 Mio. from INTERREG
  IIIC (ERDF)

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Common goals

• Common goals
• To enhance a sustainable development of former
  coal and steel areas
• To enhance social cohesion of this restructuring
  process
• Support of development of modern administration

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The method

• The method
• Project funds in the areas of Industrial
  Restructuring, Social Policy and Modern
  Administration
• Funding of trilateral Sub-projects worth1.5 Mio.
  

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State of art

• State of art
• Project ideas (more than 120)
• 3 Regional conferences (in total ca. 270
  participants)
• 3 Thematic conferences (ca. 165 participants)
• 1st Call for proposals (14 proposals)

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State of art

• State of art
• 27 August 2004 PMC decision on 9 Sub-projects
• Website www.trireg.net
• 3 information seminars October 2004

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Sub-project example

• Sub-project COMMON COME ON
• Duration 27 months Budget 130.933
• Partners RENCONTRE, Dunkerque (Sub-project
  leader, F) Arbeit und Leben DGB, Düsseldorf (D)
  Powiat Labour Office, Tarnowskie Góry (PL)

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Sub-project example

• Sub-project COMMON COME ON
• Objectives
• To enhance employability of young people by
  developing mobility, adaptability, and social
  insertion

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Sub-project example

• Sub-project COMMON COME ON
• Activities
• 3 Trinational seminars in the fields of
  inter-cultural training, self assessment, world
  of labour

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Expectations

• Expectations of NRW and its partners
• Sustainable fostered partnership between the 3
  regions
• Sustainable co-operation between the regional
  institutions, NGOs, etc.

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Expectations

• Expectations of NRW and its partners
• Benefiting of new ideas and ongoing exchange of
  experience
• Better regional and social development

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Achievements

• Achievements of the RFO
• Awareness raising of regional actors regarding
  European Union in general
• European funding possibilities
• Signing of 1st co-operation agreement between
  North Rhine-Westphalia and Nord-Pas de Calais

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End of presentation

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