Zagreb, 13 October 2006

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Cross-border Cooperation

• Zagreb, 13 October 2006
• Oskar Benedikt
• Counsellor
• European Commission Delegation
• to the Republic of Croatia

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Content

• Introduction
• Current Programmes
• Future Programmes

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Cross-border Cooperation

• Integral part of the Regional Policy
• INTERREG Community Initiative
• -adopted in 1990,
• -intended to prepare border areas for a
• Community without internal frontiers
• CBC between MS and CC, PCC and NC financed by
  CARDS, TACIS, MEDA, PHARE

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INTERREG III

• Community initiative between 2000-2006
• strengthen economic and social cohesion
  throughout the EU
• balanced development of the continent through
  cross-border, transnational and interregional
  cooperation
• Special emphasis on integrating remote regions
  and those which share external borders with the
  candidate countries
• Financed under the European Regional Development
  Fund (ERDF)

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Interreg 2000-2006

• Budget of 4,875 billion Euro
• Strand A cross-border cooperation (67)
  Cross-border cooperation between adjacent
  regions aims to develop cross-border social and
  economic centres through common development
  strategies.
• Strand B transnational cooperation (27)
  Transnational cooperation involving national,
  regional and local authorities aims to promote
  better integration within the Union through the
  formation of large groups of European regions.
• Strand C interregional cooperation
  (6)Interregional cooperation aims to improve
  the effectiveness of regional development
  policies and instruments through large-scale
  information exchange and sharing of experience
  (networks).

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INTERREG III A
ELIGIBLE REGIONS
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INTERREG III A

• Priority actions
• urban, rural (incl. coastal) development
• entrepreneurship, SMEs, local development
• labour market integration social inclusion
• RTDI, culture, info/communications networks,
• environment and energy (esp.. renewable)
• transport infrastructure
• institutional capacity building

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INTERREG III B

• The EU and neighbouring regions are eligible for
  transnational cooperation support
• regional groups have been set up on the basis of
  framework of spatial planning under article 10 of
  the former ERDF regulation for 1994-1999 (14
  areas identified)
• Alpine Space, Archimed, Atlantic Area,
  Baltic Sea Region, CADSES (Central, Adriatic,
  Danubian and South-East Europe), Northern
  Periphery, North Sea Region, South West Europe,
  North West Europe, Western Mediterranean,
  Açores-Madeira-Canarias, Réunion, Carribean
  Space, Most remote regions

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INTERREG III B

• The thematic priorities
• Spatial development strategies
• Cities and Rural/Urban co-operation
• Transport and communications systems
• Management of natural resources (e.g. water)
• Management of cultural heritage
• Small-scale infrastructure
• Maritime and insular co-operation
• Linkages of outermost regions

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INTERREG III C
Programme areasSouth ZoneNorth-West ZoneEast
ZoneNorth-East Zone
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Current CBC programmes in Croatia

• INTERREG III A Neighbourhood Programme
  Slovenia-Hungary-Croatia
• INTERREG III A Adriatic New Neighbourhood
  Programme
• INTERREG III B CADSES Neighbourhood Programme

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INTERREG III A NP Slovenia-Hungary-Croatia

• ELIGIBLE AREA

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INTERREG III A NP Slovenia-Hungary-Croatia

• 1st Call for Proposals (2 M from CARDS)
• -launched 17 December 2004
• -closed 01 March 2005
• -15 projects/contracts ongoing
• 2nd Call for Proposals (3M PHARE 2005, 3M PHARE
  2006)
• -launched 18 November 2005
• -closed 01 February 2006
• -25 (25) projects selected for financing,
  July 2006

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INTERREG III A NP Slovenia-Hungary-Croatia
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INTERREG III A NNP Adriatico
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INTERREG III A NNP Adriatico

• 1st Call for Proposals
• -launched 28 October 2005
• -closed 07 March 2006
• -expected decision of Joint Selection
  Committee, November 2006 (60-75 contracts
  expected)
• Financial allocation
• - CARDS 2004 Regional 1,9 M
• - PHARE Croatia 2005 3 M
• - PHARE Croatia 2006 3 M

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INTERREG III A NNP Adriatico

• PRIORITIES
• Axis 1 Protection and enhancement of the
  environment, culture and infrastructures of the
  cross-border territory
• Axis 2 Economic integration of the cross-border
  productive systems
• Axis 3 Actions to strengthen cooperation

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INTERREG III B NP CADSES
ELIGIBLE AREA
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INTERREG III B NP CADSES

• 4th Call for Proposals
• -launched 26 September 2005
• -closed 07 November 2005
• -selected 9 projects for financing
• Financial allocation
• - CARDS 2004 Regional 1,6 M

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INTERREG III B NP CADSES - priorities
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CBC programmes to be launched

• CBC GRANT SCHEME CARDS 2004
• Croatia with Serbia, Montenegro,
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• to be launched in November 2006
• Financial allocation 1 M
• Opened till February 2007

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CBC Grant Scheme S, M, BHWho can apply?

• In order to be eligible for a grant, applicants
  must be non profit making legal persons
• and belong to one of the following types of
  organisations
• Associations (Udruge) non-governmental
  organisations, trade unions, employers
  associations, professional associations etc.
• Institutions (Ustanove) public sector operators,
  educational and research institutions...
• Foundations (Zaklade)
• Chambers of Commerce, Chambers of Crafts and
  Trade, Croatian employment service
• Regional and local self-government office
  (Counties and municipalities/towns)
• Regional development agencies, Business
  incubators, Entrepreneurship centres, Research
  and development Institutes and other business
  support institutions
• Agricultural associations and cooperatives
  (Poljoprivredne udruge i zadruge)
• Private research and educational institutions are
  eligible to apply if they
• will not derive profit from the project

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CBC Grant Scheme S, M, BH

• Size of grants
• - minimum amount EUR 75,000.00
• - maximum amount EUR 150,000.00
• Co-financing up to 90 of the total eligible
  costs of the action
• Priorities
• Economic and social cohesion
• Environment and culture

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Future CBC programmes

• Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
  2007 2013
• Budget around 147 mio p.a.
• 1. Assistance in transition and IB
• 2. CBC and regional cooperation
• 3. Regional development
• 4. Human resource development
• 5. Rural development

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Future CBC programmes

• The Multi-annual Indicative Planning Document
  (MIPD) is the key strategic planning document for
  pre-accession assistance to Croatia under the IPA
• Major areas of intervention
• - CBC with EU Member States
• - CBC with potential candidate countries
• - Participation in ERDF trans-national and
• interregional
  programmes

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Future CBC programmes

• Financial indications
• - CBC with EU Member States 60-80
• - CBC with Potential Candidate Countries 20-40
• - Participation in ERDF trans-national and
  interregional
• programmes 5-15
• Budgets (circa)
• 2007 9,7 mio 2008 14,7 mio 2009 15,9
  mio 201016,2 mio

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• Thank you
• for your attention

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