A Community Initiative on

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A Community Initiative on Transnational
co-operation on spatial planning and regional
development Mattias ALISCH Joint Secretariat
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• PRO-ACTIVITY ELEMENTS
• Rising awareness and giving information of
  programme and projects
• Encouraging, advising and assisting projects,
  which help to fulfil the programme objectives
• Assisting projects in finding innovative
  approaches, appropriate partners and establishing
  transnational networks
•  JS Activities
• Collect and publish project ideas (homepage and
  project catalogues)
• Transnational partner search- and information
  forums (PSF) (Gdansk 16-17 Juni)
• Meeting potential applicants
• Monthly Newsletter
• Encourage contacts with national sub-committee
  secretariats and projects
• Seed money implementation

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• PRO-ACTIVITY BY SEED MONEY
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• 500,000 30,000 80, 000 ( for non EU States
  - Not available anymore)
• Complement element to normal project generation
• Enable submission of well prepared and first rate
  quality applications
• To lower the threshold for entering IR III B
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• Especially promotion e.g. to projects with
• project idea in line with BSR INTERREG III B CIP
  objectives, priorities and measures
• at least two partners from two different
  countries already on board ( bigger partnership
  from a additional countries envisaged) 
• innovative approaches/networks/synergy
• complex project themes
• overcome geographical disparities
• new transnational composition of projects
• involvement of special competence to support
  implementation of programme strategic objectives

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• SEED MONEY
• Fund used for start-up and development
• Procedure Dialogue process approach between
  partners and programme
• and JS
• Aims of activities
• extra emphasis on specific thematic areas or
  topics
• development of a theme
• create geographical focus
• extension, specification of a partnership
  (east-west/north-south/horizontally/
• vertically/transnationally)
• strive for synergy with other projects (within
  and between BSR prog area)
• stimulate participation of new actors (private
  partners, NGOs etc.)
• facilitate the normal application preparation
  (co-ordination with
• PHARE/Tacis/IBPP other funding means

Pro-activity (3)
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• MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES SEED MONEY
• (start-up and development tool)
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• SC - eligibility and selection criteria
• SC - assigns the Joint Secretariat (JS) to
  approve seed money projects
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• Procedure within the JS
• Application submitted (Karlskrona)
• Formal eligibility check
• Assessment of project content
• JS Approval projects within approx 6 weeks after
  deadline for submission
• Implementation approx. 4 months (between 31 Oct-
  29 Feb 2004)
• Reports after finalising at latest 1 November
  2003
• Checkout Payment
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Pro-activity (4)
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• APPLICATION FORM (simple and flexible)
• Main Application Project Idea
• - project description (Problem/Objectives/Results
  /Envisaged
• partnership)
• - promising idea
• Priority/measure indication
• - only measure 2.1/2.2/3.0
• Seed money project activities
• - relation to selection criteria
• - planned activities and expected results
• - follow up (submitting main application)
• Partnership
• Budget
• - max. 50 of tot budget 10 000
• - no investments

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• SEED MONEY - think about!
• Contact point and submission JS Karlskrona
• We encourage a direct dialogue between JS and
  Projects
• Fourth Application Round (Open 24 June Deadline
  8 Sept Approval 31 October)
• Use only Application and Letter of Intent
  from the homepage
• Read carefully supporting documents Seed Money
  Project Manual Guide

Pro-activity (6)
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SEED MONEY PROJECTS
Innovative - complex - new -
partnerships - synergy
Seed Money 3 Application Round Simple and
flexible
Approval 31 Oct
Application Deadline 8 Sept
Application Forms Available 24 Jun
SC Approval of Seed Money Procedure and Appl
Form
  MAIN APPLICATION ROUND Jan/Feb 2004
Assessment of projects
Running seed-money projects start-up within 3
months approx duration 4 months
Collecting seed-money applications (2 page)
Project Reporting to JS SC Payment
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