How to Build a Successful European Seminar

Seminar
How to Build a Successful European
Partnership for Better Use of EU Funds?
European Territorial Cooperation: Instruments, development
opportunities for regions and countries.
Programming period 2007-2013 and post 2013 financial perspective.
Barcelona (ES), 10-12 December 2012
European Institute of Public Administration
Institut européen d’administration publique
Introduction
Target group
National, regional or local public administration, NGOs,
associations and other actors interested or involved in the
design, development and implementation of territorial
cooperation programmes and projects
Description
The three days practical seminar will give a complete
overview of all existing and accessible financial instruments
for countries, regions, provinces and municipalities in the
framework of territorial cooperation in the programming
period 2007 – 2013, but as well foreseen evolution of the
Territorial Cohesion from 2014 onwards.
Regions and cities are very important players in programming
and implementation of the EU Cohesion policy in terms of
promotion of regional and local growth, job’s creation and
maintenance related measures, but as well in the process
of creation and implementation of JOINT EU co-financed
projects in different areas of regional development. The EC
encourages regions and cities from different EU Member
States to work together and learn from each other through
joint programmes, projects and networks. This seminar will be
focused on the following areas:
Objective 3 of the Cohesion Policy in the programming
period 2007-13 - European Territorial Co-operation (former IC
INTERREG), covering three types of programmes co-financed
by ERDF:
• 52 cross-border co-operation programmes along internal
EU borders
• 13 transnational co-operation programmes covering
larger areas of co-operation such as the Baltic Sea, Alpine
and Mediterranean regions
• interregional co-operation programme (INTERREG IVC) and
3 networking programmes (Urbact II, Interact II and ESPON)
covering regions of all 27 Member States of the EU
European Grouping for Territorial Cooperation (EGTC), new
legal instrument introduced by Regulation 1082/2006,
designed to facilitate and promote cross-border, transnational
and interregional cooperation. It reflects the ongoing
development of governance and organizational solutions in
the area of territorial cooperation.
EGTC are established mainly to manage or implement
programmes and projects financed by structural funds,
develop other forms of territorial cooperation without
EU funding or to carry out actions relating to Community
policies other than structural policy in the area of territorial
cooperation.
The ‘European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument’
(ENPI) replaced as of January 2007 the existing geographical
and thematic programmes currently operating in the partner
countries. Since 2007, the ENPI provides grants for local
development projects that target sustainable development
and approximate EU policies and standards in countries that
are direct neighbours of the enlarged EU, involving both EU
Member States and partner countries.
The ENPI follows agreed key areas in the European
Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) Action Plans (specific action
plans for development), which are the cornerstones of the
ENP. Funds are allocated to individual country programmes
depending on their needs and their implementation of agreed
reforms.
Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) – instrument
of the EU pre-accession Policy providing the assistance to
candidate and potential candidate countries of the European
Union. The aim of the IPA is to prepare these countries for
full EU membership, including preparation for the efficient
programming and implementation of EU Policies and the
absorption of EU Funds. However, the most important
component in the context of the seminar is the Cross Border
cooperation component of IPA.
Learning methodology
Traditional training methods (lectures and presentations,
including concrete examples) will be combined with an
interactive approach through discussions, exchange of
experiences between participants, participants – experts
and round table. One of the most important elements of the
seminar is the presentation of best practices of JOINT EU cofinanced projects that were implemented in the previous
programming period as well as those currently being
implemented in the present financial perspective by different
member states (Spain, Poland, Nederland, France and other
countries) and practical workshop how to be efficient in joint
projects, managed by experts in the field.
Objectives
By the end of the seminar, participants will have gained a
thorough knowledge of all accessible financial and legal
instruments for territorial cooperation, rules which apply to
joint programmes and projects, how to use the best practices
and how to avoid mistakes.
The goal of the seminar is as well to build a real territorial cooperation network between participants and institutions for
future joint projects and the exchange of practical experiences.
Programme
Monday 10 December 2012
10.55 Coffee break
11.15
I. Territorial Cooperation and partnership:
objectives, instruments, legal solution, geographical
division and possible future developments.
08.45 Registration and distribution of seminar material
09.00 Opening of the seminar: introduction to the programme,
objectives and methodology
Iwona Karwot (PL), Lecturer and Project Leader, EIPA
Barcelona
09.15 ‘Tour de table’: participants’ presentation to endorse
networking
09.35
Introduction to the EU Territorial Cooperation Policy in
the programming period 2007-2013 and its development
in the next financial perspective 2014-2020: objectives,
instruments and challenges
Iwona Karwot
11.00 Coffee break
11.30
European Grouping for Territorial Cooperation (EGTC):
state of play and prospects in Europe
Case study: the EGTC’s in Spain
Gracia Vara Arribas (ES), Expert, EIPA Barcelona
13.00 Lunch
14.30
State of play of all ENPI CBC programmes and possible
changes after 2013
Bodil Persson (SE), Coordinator Cross Border Cooperation Unit
F3 - Regional programmes, Neighbourhood East, Devco,
European Commission
15.30 Debate
15.45 Europe 2020 and Territorial Cohesion
Alexander Heichlinger (AT), Expert and Manager of EPSA, EIPA
Barcelona
Success stories of Territorial Cooperation programmes
and projects in Spain
Belén Mendoza (ES), Director of the EU Programs Department
in the Santiago de Compostela Chamber of Commerce,
Industry and Navigation.
12.45 Debate
13.00 Lunch
III. Territorial Cooperation and key factors of high
absorption of EU Funds
14.15 Panel of experts – countries’ report:
Success factors of programming, management and
implementation of Territorial Cooperation programmes
for higher absorption of EU Funds
Implementation of 3rd objective of EU Cohesion Policy in
Poland - programmes and instruments
Iwona Brol (PL), Director of the Territorial Cooperation
Department in the Ministry of Regional Development
‘Sustainability, Transferability, Capitalisation. Case studies
from Italian territorial cooperation projects and
programmes’
Pietro Celotti (IT), Partner, Head of Culture and Tourism at t33
Implementation of Territorial Cooperation programmes
and projects: Baltic Sea Region (BSR) and North West
Europe (NWE) experience
Liga Baltina (LV), Regional Development and Territorial
Cooperation expert at the Centre for European and Transition
studies
17.45 Final panel of experts – key elements of successful
partnership building in Territorial Cooperation
18:00 End of the second day
17.15 Debate
Wednesday 12 December 2012
17.45 End of the first day
IV. Workshops
20.30 Welcome dinner
09.00
Key elements of different phases of joint – project:
practical approach
Xavier Tiana Casablancas (ES), Head of the European
Co-operation Office in the International Relations Directorate
of the Provincial Government of Barcelona.
Tuesday 11 December 2012
09.00 Introduction of the second day
Iwona Karwot
II. Territorial Cooperation and partnership: experiences
by regions and countries. Practical examples of best
practices
10.30 Workshop: How to build a successful partnership in
European Territorial Cooperation projects?
Xavier Tiana Casablancas and Iwona Karwot
11.00 Coffee break
09.10 How to build a successful partnership? The Maas-Rijn
EURO-region case
Tore Chr. Malterud (NO), Former Head of Unit for European
Public Administration in EIPA Maastricht
11.20 Workshop (continuation)
10.40 Debate
14.00 Closure and issuing of the EIPA certificates
13.15 Evaluation panel
Xavier Tiana Casablancas and Iwona Karwot
Experts
(in alphabetical order)
Liga Baltina (LV)
Regional development and territorial cooperation expert at the Centre
for European and Transition studies. She has over ten years of experience
working with EU and other financial instruments (ERDF, ESF, Norwegian
financial mechanism, Latvia-Swiss cooperation program, EU Territorial
cooperation programs), out of which, more than six years being Head
of International Projects and Communication department at the State
Regional Development Agency of Latvia. Working experience covers
also being member of national subcommittee for Territorial cooperation,
acting as ESPON contact point in Latvia and having a working experience
for Territorial cooperation programme in France. More than 5 years
being part of research and expert team at the Centre for European and
Transition studies and Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence. Current PhD.
cand. in Management Science at University of Latvia. Research focus
is on the implementation of the place-based approach in regional
development.
Iwona Brol (PL)
Director of the Territorial Cooperation Department in the Ministry of
Regional Development. Since the end of 2002, she has been involved in
programming and implementation of cross-border, transnational and
interregional cooperation programs under Interreg, Neighbourhood
Programs, European Territorial Cooperation and European
Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument Programs.During the period
2007-2013 the Territorial Cooperation Department manages three crossborder programs under the European Territorial Cooperation Objective
and two cross-border programs under the European Neighbourhood
and Partnership Instrument.
Pietro Celotti (IT)
Partner, Head of Culture and Tourism at t33. He has over 10 years
experience in the coordination of transnational projects for culture, rural
tourism, continuing education and corporate internationalization. On
behalf of the Italian Republic Embassy in Tunis he formulated a training
plan for the launch of eco-cultural tourist routes in different regions of
Tunisia. He currently coordinates technical assistance projects for local
bodies involved in managing EU co-funded programmes and projects
and is carrying out an assessment of cooperation programmes (Italy
- Tunisia ENPI; ALCOTRA France-Italy 2007-2013). Since 2010 he has
been teaching Europlanning techniques at the ‘Master of Relations with
Eastern Countries’ of the University of Macerata.
Alexander Heichlinger (AT)
Senior Faculty Member, Expert at EIPA Barcelona and Head/Manager
of the European Public Sector Award (EPSA). Over the last 16 years he
has been involved in and has led numerous assignments for regional
and local authorities in the enlarged Europe as well as for the European
institutions and other international organisations, e.g. Resource reference
in the 2012 edition of the United Nations Public Service Awards Day and
Forum; Membership of the Steering Committee of the Council of Europe’s
2012 Programme ‘Best Practices on Regeneration of the European coastal
towns’; Member of the EC DG Employment 2010 Steering Committee
in ‘Assessment of administration and institutional capacity building
interventions and future needs in the context of the European Social
Fund’; Jury member of the Living Labs Global Showcase Award 2010;
Partner in and member of the Scientific Committee of the ALSO Project
– Achievement of the Lisbon and Gothenburg Strategy Objectives by
INTERREG, EC INTERACT Secretariat (2005-2008); etc. Since 2009 he heads
the European Public Sector Award (EPSA) project management team at
EIPA. EPSA will celebrate in 2013 its fourth edition. He has published
9 books and has many other publications in his name (i.e. academic
articles, policy and discussion papers, expert reports, etc.).
Iwona Karwot (PL)
Lecturer and project leader at EIPA Barcelona. Doctor in EU Regional
Policy. Specialised in EU funds, with main focus on European Regional
Development Fund (ERDF) and pre-accession funds (former PHARE,
IPA). Working experience as EU expert, trainer, manager or adviser in
the framework of Institutional Building and Technical Assistance EU
projects in the field of regional development: Poland, Germany, Slovakia,
Romania, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, Albania, Turkey, Kosovo, etc.
Tore Chr. Malterud (NO)
Former Head of Unit for European Public Administration in EIPA Maastricht
(NL). He gained a cand.oecon degree from the University of Oslo and
studied labour legislation and constitutional questions. He followed the
training programme for Directors-General and the Defence College in
Norway. Before coming to EIPA in 2001, he worked for various employers
and business organisations, was councillor at the Norwegian Mission to
the EU, and held the position of Director-General within the Norwegian
Government. He is the author of the book “Hverdagens Europa” (1992),
and has also published a number of articles in professional publications.
Tore Malterud is responsible for a module in the Norwegian MPA and
Regional Development Managers program. Tore Malterud holds a PhD
from University of Aarhus in Denmark.
Belén Mendoza (ES)
Director of the EU Programs Department in the Santiago de Compostela
Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation. Former Secretary
General of CECICN (Conference of European Cross-border and
interregional city networks), where her job focused on cross-border and
interregional projects and consultancy work for International Relations
issues for the City Council of Santiago de Compostela. She was in charge
of the designing and monitoring of projects of the different European
Programmes: Interreg IVB, Interreg IVC, Framework Programme, Europe
for Citizens, Daphne, and Youth in Action. She has coordinated ATLANTE
project (Interreg IIIB), SUITE project (URBACT II) and SANTIAGO-UNE
project (Europe for Citizens). She also took part in the General Assemblies
or Executives Bureaus and was in charge of the communication with the
entities and institutions in which the City Council of Santiago is a member.
Bodil Persson (SE)
Deputy Head of Unit F3 Regional programmes East, EU Commission.
Responsible for the 13 operational ENPI Cross Border Cooperation
programmes both East and South. She has been involved in Cross Border
Cooperation with countries on the other side of the external border
since many years closely involved in setting up the Neighbourhood
programmes and the preparation and implementation of the ENPI CBC
programmes. She is directly responsible for the 2 sea basin programmes
‘Mediterranean programme’ and the ‘Black Sea programme’.
Xavier Tiana Casablancas (ES)
Expert in EU Structural Funds national and regional programmes
(programming, project preparation, project management, evaluation).
Experience in European Territorial Cooperation and other programmes:
project preparation and project management. Experience in lobbying EU
Policies related to urban and regional issues. Good knowledge of networks.
Involved in the management of transnational networks (Arco Latino,
Partenalia, etc.).
Gracia Vara Arribas (ES)
Expert at EIPA Barcelona. She specialises in European law, regional
participation in decision making, and the legal aspects of European
integration, with a particular focus on regional and local governance
(Multilevel Governance). In the area of territorial cooperation through
the legal tool EGTC she was a member of the Committee of the Regions
group of selected experts on the topic (CoR Ateliers 2008), conducted a
research on the EGTC´s in Spain (2008), and published several articles on
the issue, the last one under the title ‘European Grouping of Territorial
Cooperation (EGTC) -New spaces and contracts for European integration?’
(Eipascope number 2009/2, co-authored G. Vara & G. Spinaci).
General Information
Seminar venue
Hotel Catalonia Berna****
C/ Roger de Llúria, 60
ES - 08009 Barcelona
Tel. +34 93 272 00 50
www.hoteles-catalonia.com
Working language
The seminar will be conducted in English.
Registration
• Participation fee: €875 (includes: documentation, two lunches,
a welcome dinner, coffee breaks and a certificate of attendance).
Accommodation and travel costs are at the expense of the
participants or their administration.
• Deadline for registration: 26 November 2012
• The NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IS LIMITED. (we will not accept any
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