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• INTERREG III B, PHARE CBC and TACIS CBC Programme
• Combination of EU instruments for transnational
  co-operation in the BSR
• CEEC\NIS participation in BSR INTERREG III B
  Programme

Marta Plichta, BSR INTERREG III B Joint
Secretariat
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INTERREG Initiative

• The EU INTERREG Initiative is playing an
  increasingly important role in the attempts of
  the European Community to achieve economic and
  social cohesion across the overall EU territory.
• European Council in Berlin 1999,
• the Member States emphasised the particular
  contribution of the INTERREG Initiative to better
  balanced living conditions of the European
  territory by promoting
• - transnational
• - cross-border
• - interregional cooperation
• - sustainable development

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INTERREG in BSR HOW to achive the objective ?

• INTERREG co-operation with third countries,
  especially with the EU candidate countries
  Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland and Russia,
  Belarus should be further improved!
• the Berlin European Council underlined the need
  to co-ordinate the
• external policy instruments and the Structural
  Funds in order to
• make external co-operation possible under
  INTERREG.

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INTERREG IIIB and PHARE programming 2000-2006

• During the period 2000-2006 financial assistance
  from the European Communities to the candidate
  countries of Central and Eastern Europe will be
  provided through three instruments Phare
  programme, ISPA and Sapard.
• Phare programme covers national programmes, cross
  border and multi-country programmes and take
  account of the fact that, since the other two
  instruments have sectoral objectives, Phare
  should continue to provide general assistance to
  the candidate countries to help them prepare for
  accession.

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PROGRESS in co-ordinating INTERREG III with
other instruments!

• INTERREG III Guidelines covers the co-ordination
  between the ERDF and the external financing
  instruments.
• the implementation of INTERREG III must ensure
  coherence and synchronisation with the other
  financial instruments concerned.
• once a year, a report is provided on the progress
  achieved as regards co-ordination between the
  ERDF and the other financial instruments.

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PROGRESS in co-ordinating INTERREG III with
other instruments!

• For the Baltic Sea area, the PHARE 2000 Review
  authorises the use of PHARE-CBC funds for the
  participation of the Baltic States and Poland in
  the Interreg IIIB Baltic Sea programme.
• Bringing INTERREG and Tacis funding together
• it is a Commission practical guide, published in
  April 2001, which sets out the history of the two
  instruments, their current situation and then
  describes the steps that the Commission is taking
  to advance co-ordination

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PROGRESS in co-ordinating INTERREG IIIB with
other instruments!

• JPD- Joint Programming Document
• PHARE CBC Programme 2001-2006
• Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland
• BJCC-Baltic Joint Coordination Committee
• Co-operation with European Commission - EuropeAid
  and Tacis CBC offices
• in Russia and Belarus
• National sub-committees, SC, MC

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European Union Funds available for Baltic Sea
Region co-operation

INTERREG
TACIS CBC
PHARE CBC
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BSR INTERREG III B Financing
Baltic Sea Region 97.1 M ERDF in one common
pool plus national co-financing (public or
public-like)
Denmark, Finland Germany, Sweden (Together 85,4
M) Norway (12 M) Phare/ Tacis Others
(national, bilateral, Pan-Baltic, private)
ERDF
in addition
24 M
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BSR INTERREG III B minimum eligible partnership
3 -2- 1

• three partners
• two have to contribute financially
• one must be a Member State

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Participation in BSR INTERREG IIIB projects
Non-EU project partners
Financing instruments for

• Project partners outside the EU area in general
  must not receive INTERREG funds with the
  exception that travel and subsistence expenses of
  those partners can be eligible when a meeting or
  seminar they attend takes place in the European
  Union and is part of an approved project.
• Project partners from Norway are eligible to
  receive Norwegian national and regional
  co-financing.
• All other project partners have to find
  alternative resources like funds from the PHARE
  and Tacis or other programmes.

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Participation in BSR INTERREG IIIB projects
Accession countries PHARE CBC
Financing instruments for

• Project partners from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
  and Poland may apply for co-financing within the
  PHARE CBC programme.
• Budget line for 2001 (call will be open in autumn
  2002)
• funds available per country
• 1 Million for Small Project Funds
• 20.000 50.000 grant size (20 co-financing)
• 2 Million for Grant Scheme
• 50.000 300.000 grant size (20 co-financing)

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Participation in BSR INTERREG IIIB projects
Belarus and Russia TACIS CBC
Financing instruments for

• project partners may be eligible to apply for
  financing from the Tacis programme.
• In particular the Tacis CBC Small Project
  Facility and the Tacis CBC Micro Project
  Facility, which are directed to regional and
  local authorities seems appropriate to co-finance
  participation in the INTERREG III B programme

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SUMMARY

• funding schemes available for partners from
• candidate countries, Russia and Belarus wishing
• to implement a joint BSR INTERREG III B project.
• PHARE CBC
• TACIS CBC
• Bilateral funds
• National funds

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BSR INTERREG III B First call for applications
October 2001 - approved in December 2001
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BSR INTERREG III B projects Second call for
applications - March 2002- approved in May 2002
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WHAT to consider while developing joint BSR
INTERREG IIIB projectswith E-BSR partners on
board

• different decision making schedule for PHARE and
  Tacis programmes
• projects duration while combining different
  programmes
• including in the project budget possibility to
  cover travel and accommodation for E-BSR partners
  in the first and last part of the project (before
  and after PHARE/TACIS project is completed)
• lead applicant for Tacis programme can be also EU
  member state or one of the accession countries.

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• ensuring financial participation in case of lack
  of finances from PHARE or Tacis (especially when
  E-BSR partners have already active role within
  INTERREG project)
• reasonable division of tasks according to funds
  available
• using Seed Money for development of project
  idea and partnership and better preparation for
  the main project and application!
• ensuring that application submitted for
  complementary project to Tacis or PHARE is handle
  according the programme requirements.
• keep informing and consulting JS also regarding
  your partners submitting application to different
  financial instruments.

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MORE INFORMATION
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