North West Europe Programme: Introduction

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North West Europe Programme Introduction

• Sarah Fothergill
• Northamptonshire County Council

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North West Europe Belgium - all France-
Nord/Pas-de-Calais, Picardie,Haute Normandie,
Basse Normandie, Ile de France, Centre, Lorraine,
Champagne/Ardennes, Bourgogne, Alsace,
Franche-Comté, Bretagne, Pay de la Loire Germany
- Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Hessen,
Baden-Württemberg, NW Bavaria, Snaarland Ireland
- all Luxembourg - all Netherlands - Overijssel,
Gerderland, Flevoland, Utrecht, Noord-Holland,
Zuid-Holland, Zeeland, Noord-Brabant, Limburg UK
- all
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NWE Characteristics

• 24 of total EU land surface 45 total EU
  population
• ¾ NWE of population live in urban areas
• 23 land area sparsely populated - distinct
  problems
• Changing economic structure
• Social exclusion and wealth disparities
• Comparatively accessible regions
• Environmental pressures pollution, energy
  consumption, waste generation, agriculture
• Strong cultural heritage

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Global Objective

• Taking the European policy goals as a starting
  point, the NWE Interreg IIIB Programme has a
  global objective to contribute, through an
  innovative and integrated approach of
  transnational co-operation on territorial issues,
  to a more cohesive, balanced and sustainable
  development of the European territory, and of the
  NWE area in particular. (Source CIP Page 26
  III.1.)

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Priority 1 An attractive and coherent system of
cities, towns and regions

• Measure 1.1
• More attractive metropolitan areas in the global
  and European context
• Measure 1.2
• Coherent and polycentric pattern of complementary
  cities, towns, rural areas, coastal and
  peripheral regions

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Priority 2 External and Internal Accessibility

• Measure 2.1
• Sustainable Mobility Management
• Measure 2.2
• Improved access to the Information Society

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Priority 3Water resources and the prevention of
flood damages

• Measure 3.1
• Land use and water systems
• Measure 3.2
• The prevention of flood damage

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Priority 4 Other Natural Resources and Cultural
Heritage

• Measure 4.1
• Stronger ecological infrastructure, reduced
  ecological footprint
• Measure 4.2
• Protection and creative enhancement of the
  cultural heritage

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Priority 5 Enhancing the maritime functions of
NWE and promoting territorial integration across
seas of the NWE

• Measure 5.1
• Promote transnational co-operation in the
  enhancement of maritime functions and in the
  development of more sustainable links between
  seaports and their hinterlands
• Measure 5.2
• Facilitating co-operation across and between
  maritime and inland regions

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3 Types of Project Category

• Action Projects
• Investment Projects
• Study Projects

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Content of an Application

• The Application Form must detail the following
• identification description of participants and
  their role
• good description of the project, issues to be
  addressed objectives
• expected results, outputs impacts of the
  project
• description of the expected concrete results and
  foreseen deliverables
• credible project budget per budget line per
  year
• indicators to assess the outputs of the projects
• detailed Action Plan for the duration of the
  project, including a publicity communication
  plan
• detailed Implementation Schedule for the duration
  of the project
• detailed budget justification for the duration of
  the project
• Application form accompanied by Joint Convention
  Between Partners

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Principles of Selection

• The selection criteria will be based on the
  following principles
• priority to quality projects
• consistency of criteria appraisal
• transparency of the decision-making process
• balanced geographical coverage, where possible
• sound funding package

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Core Eligibility Criteria (1)

• The project is transnational
• Not eligible as a IIIA cross-border project
• Deliver tangible innovative results to the
  common benefit of all partners
• Positive contribution to sustainable development
  to implementation of at least 1 ESDP policy
  option
• No large scale heavy infrastructure
• Consistent bidding partnership
• No other Community support involved (excl. EIB
  loans)

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Core Eligibility Criteria (2)

• Evidence of solvency of Lead Partner defined
  mutual financial and legal responsibilities of
  the project partners
• Fully completed application form
• Project completion date by end 2008
• Proof of match funding (Letter of Intent)
• Compliance with EU legislation
• Consistent with national and regional priorities
• Project falls within scope of relevant Measure
• Project clearly contributes to at least 1 of the
  objectives for that Measure

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Core Selection Criteria

• Transnationality
• Territorial Planning
• European Territorial Development
• Complementarity/transferability/leverage effect
• Overall quality
• Contribution to the Strategy at Measure Level
  project meets objectives, delivers outputs,
  achieves results envisaged, contributes to the
  impacts of the relevant Measure to a high degree

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Core Documents

• NWE Programme (CIP)
• Programme Complement
• NWMA Spatial Vision
• Guidelines for Project Promoters
• Application Form Manual
• Application Form
• Relevant EU Regulations (see CIP)
• Website www.nweurope.org