09/10/2014 INTERREG North-West Europe 2014- 2020 Maren Hunds 1 09/10/2014 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 2 09/10/2014 The NWE Area 2014-2020 INTERREG NWE 2014-2020 themes 3 09/10/2014 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 4 09/10/2014 EU Member States’ innovation performance Source: Innovation Union Scoreboard 2014 9 Regional innovation performance groups 10 Source: Regional Innovation Scoreboard 2014 5 09/10/2014 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 6 09/10/2014 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. 7 09/10/2014 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 8 09/10/2014 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 9 09/10/2014 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) 10 09/10/2014 Stay informed: www.nweurope.eu Twitter: @INTERREG_NWE 11