European Territorial Cooperation: How to Build a Successful European

Practical Seminar
European Territorial Cooperation:
How to Build a Successful European
Partnership for Better Use of EU Funds?
Closure of programmes and preparation
for the next programming period 2014-2020
Barcelona (ES), 27-29 November 2013
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 cofinanced 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.
Territorial Cooperation will be in the next programming
period 2014 – 2020 one of the two goals of the Cohesion
Policy, with the separate regulation, bigger budget and
higher importance.
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 co-financed 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
Wednesday 27 November 2013
Success stories of territorial cooperation
programmes and projects in Spain
Belén Mendoza (ES), Responsible of EU programs,
EU Programs Department in the Santiago de
Compostela Chamber of Commerce
I. Territorial cooperation and partnership: objectives,
instruments, legal solution, geographical division and
future developments 2014-2020.
09.10
08.45Registration and distribution of seminar material
10.40 Q&A session
09.00
Opening of the seminar: Introduction to the
programme, objectives and methodology
Iwona Karwot (PL), Senior 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
13.00Lunch
14.30 State of play of all ENPI CBC programmes and
foreseen changes for the programming period
2014-2020
Bodil Persson (SE), Deputy Head of Unit - Coordinator
Cross Border Cooperation Unit F3 - Regional
programmes, Neighbourhood East, Devco, European
Commission
10.50 Coffee break
11.15
Ex-ante evaluation of Territorial Cooperation
Programmes - methodological approach
Pietro Celotti (IT), Partner, Head of Culture and
Tourism at t33
12.45 Q&A session
13.00Lunch
14.15 Baltic Sea Region and North West Europe case studies
- experiences from programme and project
management
Liga Baltina (LV), Senior EU policy researcher and
consultant at Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini
III. Territorial Cooperation goal in the next programming
period 2014 - 2020
15.30
16.45
Europe 2020 and territorial cohesion
Alexander Heichlinger (AT), Expert and Manager of
EPSA, EIPA Barcelona
The future of the territorial cooperation, state of
negotiations and the CoR point of view
Bert Kuby (DE), Head of Unit, EU Committee of Regions
18:15 End of the second day
15.30 Debate
Friday 29 November 2013
II. Territorial Co-operation and partnership: experiences by
regions and countries, practical examples of best practices,
closure of programmes and preparation for 2014-2020
IV. Workshops
15.45
Implementation of the 3rd objective of the EU
Cohesion Policy in Poland and the preparation for
the next programming period 2014-2020
Marta Pietrzyk (PL), Head of the Systems and Control
Management
Unit,
Territorial
Cooperation
Department, Ministry of Regional Development
09.00
Key elements of different phases of Joint – project:
practical approach
Xavier Tiana Casablancas (ES), Expert in EU Structural
Funds national and regional programmes
10.30 Workshop: How to build a successful partnership in
European Territorial Cooperation projects?
Xavier Tiana Casablancas, Iwona Karwot
17.15 Debate
11.00 Coffee break
17.45 End of the first day
11.20 Workshop: continuation
20.30 Welcome dinner
13.15 Evaluation panel
Xavier Tiana Casablancas, Iwona Karwot
Thursday 28 November 2013
14.00 Closure and issuing of the EIPA Certificates
09.00 Introduction of the second day
Iwona Karwot
Experts
In alphabetical order:
Liga Baltina (LV)
Senior EU policy researcher and consultant at Fondazione
Giacomo Brodolini. She has experience serving as the 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 a member of the 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.
Pietro Celotti (IT)
P Partner, Head of Culture and Tourism at t33. He has over 10
years experience in the coordination of transnational projects
for culture, rural tourism, lifelong learning and corporate
internationalization. In the area of European Territorial
Cooperation, Pietro is involved in the interim evaluation of
the ALCOTRA France-Italy 2007-2013 programme and in the
assessment of the Italy-Tunisia ENPI standard projects. He has
also contributed to the stakeholder dialogue of the Alpine
Space programme. He is currently coordinating the ex-ante
evaluation of the ERDF Regional Operative Programme of
the Province of Bozen (Italy). 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. Since
2010 Pietro has been teaching “Project Cycle Management
for International Development Cooperation” to international
students at 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)
Senior 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.
Bert Kuby (DE)
Head of Unit at the EU Committee of Regions, in charge of the
Subsidiarity Monitoring Network, Europe 2020 Monitoring
Platform and the platform on European Groupings for Territorial
Cooperation. Bert oversees the monitoring (and research) of
the role of local and regional authorities in the Europe 2020
strategy and the contribution of the CoR to the mid-term
review of the strategy from the perspective of regions. The unit
implements the EU Treaty obligation of the CoR as guardian of
the subsidiarity and proportionality principles. This includes
involvement in impact assessments (IA), lately also territorial IA.
Bert has been substantially involved in regional policy issues.
He has been in charge for 10 years at the European Commission
for the negotiations on the Regional Policy chapter in accession
negotiations. For 6 years, he has been providing policy advice,
technical assistance and training on regional policy and EU
cohesion policy, including cross-border and interregional
cooperation.
Belén Mendoza (ES)
Responsible of EU programs, 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
Experts
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”.
Marta Pietrzyk (PL)
Head of the Systems and Control Management Unit, Territorial
Cooperation Department, Ministry of Regional Development.
Responsible for horizontal issues within 7 ETC (earlier also
2 ENPI) programmes, including: supervision of the national
financial control and eligibility system, system of detecting
irregularities, official interpretations of European and polish
regulations, especially concerning public procurement,
system’s and projects’ on the spot control, cooperation
with external and internal auditors during annual audits of
management and control systems, elaboration and verification
of procedures, manuals (regarding Managing Authority, Joint
Technical Secretariat and First Level Controllers, eligibility
guidelines), monitoring of implementation of the programmes,
cooperation with controllers and partners of the programmes,
preparation of the new operational programmes for 2014-2020
(institutional system, control and eligibility system). In 2012
she participated in the twinning project in Croatia. The aim
of the project was to prepare Croatia for implementation ETC
programmes after joining the EU.
Xavier Tiana Casablancas (ES) tbc
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, coauthored G. Vara & G. Spinaci).
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Senior Lecturer
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E-mail: i.karwot@eipa.eu