INTERREG North-West Europe 2014- 2020 Maren Hunds 09/10/2014

09/10/2014
INTERREG North-West Europe
2014- 2020
Maren Hunds
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Calendar
Public
consultation
Mid 2014
Programme
presented to
European
Commission
Autumn
2014
European
Commission
approves
Programme
End 2014
Programme
opens first
call
First
semester
2015
What we know about
INTERREG NWE
2014-2020
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The NWE Area
2014-2020
INTERREG NWE
2014-2020 themes
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Innovation
Specific Objective
Enhanced innovation performance through
international cooperation
in North-West Europe.
Innovation
Possible types of Actions
• Building innovation capacity of regions and
territories
• Improving the competitiveness of enterprises
• Delivering societal benefits through innovation
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EU Member States’ innovation performance
Source: Innovation Union Scoreboard 2014
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Regional innovation
performance groups
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Source: Regional Innovation Scoreboard 2014
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Low Carbon
Specific objectives:
To reduce GHG emissions in NWE through
international cooperation on:
1. the implementation of low carbon, energy
or climate protection strategies
2. the uptake of low carbon technologies,
products, processes and services
3. transnational low carbon solutions in
transport systems
Low Carbon
Possible types of Actions
implementing…
• emerging or existing low carbon, energy or climate
protection strategies (in cities and regions)
•
combined mitigation and adaptation solutions (in
cities and regions)
•
low-carbon technologies
•
transnational solutions for low carbon transport
systems
•
solutions for optimised traffic management
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Resource and materials efficiency
Specific objective
To optimise (re)use of material and natural
resources in NWE through international
cooperation
Resource and materials efficiency
Possible types of Actions
Implementing new technologies, services,
products and processes to improve resource
efficiency, e.g.
• new production measures to deliver the
concept of “circular economy”;
• solutions to mitigate the impact of resource
intensive industrial sectors (e.g. water and
land-intensive sectors);
• new approaches to increase usefulness of
waste, e.g. energy from waste, waste as
material etc.
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What changes?
Projects: new framework
60%
ERDF
max
Project
transnation
transnational
awork
work
=
impact
= impact
Programme
Objectives
60%
ERDF
max
Project
transnational
work
= impact
result orientation and evaluation
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Projects: new framework
Simplification
•Paper-less process = e-Cohesion
•Guidelines shorter, to the point & jargon-free
Projects: new framework
Harmonisation with other INTERREG
Programmes
• Same templates
• Same logo
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Projects: new framework
2-step application process for projects
• First step: “strategic fit” with the programme
objectives and wider context (= why, what, and for
whom?)
•Second step: operational details, complete action
plan, budget and partnership (= how and who?)
and more support for applicants!
Projects: Who can join?
•Governmental organisations
•Public environmental organisations
•Education and knowledge institutions
•Business support organisations
•Enterprises
•Civil society (e.g. NGOs and non-profit
organisations)
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Stay informed:
www.nweurope.eu
Twitter: @INTERREG_NWE
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