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LOGO
PROJECT
Sustainable Food for Urban Communities
Thematic Network – Amersfoort Transnational Meeting
Stephanie Mantell, Brussels Environment (IBGE)
25 April 2013
Photo credit:
Dieter Telemans
Agenda for 25 April 2013
1. Contractual documents
2. Managing Authorities Webinar debriefing
3. Upcoming meetings
4. Semestriel reporting
5. Communication & your local activities
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1. Contractual documents
Joint
convention
2/2013
Application 13/12/2012 &
commitment lettres
Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities - Launch Teleconference
5 February 2013 I Page 3
2. Webinar with Managing Authorities
Thematic Network Sustainable Food for Urban Communities – Kick-off
29 May 2012 I Page 4
Brussels Capital Region, BELGIUM
Name: Quentin Richard
Organisation: Cellule de Coordination et de Gestion du
FEDER 2007-2013, Ministry of the Government of the
Brussels Capital Region (MRBC-MBHG), BELGIUM
ERDF: Operational Programme 'Brussels Capital Region'
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West Netherlands
Name: Adri Hartkoorn
Position: Secretary Kansen voor West
Organisation: Managing Authority (municipality of
Rotterdam),
Operational Programme 'West Netherlands'
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Sicily, ITALY
Name: Maria Basile
Position: Manager Unit Urban Policy
Organisation: Department of Planning-Sicily Region, ITALY
ERDF: Operational Programme 'Sicily'
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ROMANIA
Name: Liana Bojneagu
Position: Public Manager
Organisation: General Directorate Managing Authority
for SOP Environment, ROMANIA
Romanian Operational Programme 'Environment'
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Rhone-Alpes, FRANCE
Name: Sophie Boussac-Loarec
Organisation: MA OP ERDF Rhône-Alpes
(for current OP only)
Operational Programme 'Rhône-Alpes'
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Attica, GREECE
Name: Alexandra MAVROGONATOU (excused)
Position: Executive of UNIT A’
Organisation: INTERMEDIATE MANAGING AUTHORITY
of OP “Attica 2007-2013”
ERDF: Operational Programme 'Attica'
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South West England, UK
Name: Matthieu Havard & Lynn Dockerty (excused)
Position: Programme Delivery Team: South West
Organisation: Department for Communities and Local
Government (DCLG), South West England, UK
ERDF: Operational Programme 'South West England'
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West Sweden
Name: Thanos Pinakas (excused)
Position: Program manager
Organisation: Tillväxtverket (Swedish Agency for
Economic and Regional Growth)
ERDF: Operational Programme 'West Sweden'
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3. CURRENT Operational Programme & Food
Have you funded projects related to (sustainable)
food production, distribution or consumption?
› Directly: West Netherlands
› Indirectly: West Sweden, Brussels Capital
Region, Rhône-Alpes
› No: Sicily, Attica, Romania Environment,
possibly West England
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Direct ERDF funding
Growing tomatoes on waste water.
Pilot Sustainable water cycle.
Developing new technology to re-use waste water.
ERDF – Innovation. ERDF 315,292 euro
Direct ERDF funding
Taskforce Green Port Westland to
make greenhouse cultivation more
sustainable.
ERDF – Innovation. ERDF 776,968 euro
Indirect ERDF funding
BRUSOC project finances SMEs
projects including food services
ERDF
Indirect ERDF funding
Brussels Sustainable Economy (BSE)
supports entrepreneurship by study & coaching
6 sectors including sustainable food sector (production)
ERDF – 1 Million
Indirect ERDF funding
Construction of indoor food market
combined with 3.000 m² rooftop farm
ERDF – 6 Million euro
Indirect ERDF funding
Small scale food production in Angered,
suburb of Gothenburg as part of large
urban development project
ERDF – 5 Million euro (priority 1. “Entrepreneurship, innovative
business and sustainable urban development”)
NO
food
related
projects
to
our
knowledge
West England:
Romania:
No specific funding, but food
businesses may have been
supported as part of supporting
enterprise.
SOP Environment funded:
• Development of integrated waste
management systems
• Rehabilitation of historically
contaminated sites
No
(sustainable)
food projects
Sicily:
Attica:
No such projects funded in the
current programming period.
No, that kind of projects were
not related to the thematic
fields / goals of our OP.
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3. CURRENT Operational Programme & Food
There is no (more) funding available that could be
used to finance parts of a Local Action Plan on
Sustainable Food.
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3. Next Programming period & Food
Are you consulting local stakeholders active or
knowledgeable in the area of (sustainable) food
production, distribution or consumption?
Who should be consulted and how?
› Other bodies are working on this: West
Sweden, West England, Rhône-Alpes
› Consultation is starting: Attica, West
Netherlands, Sicily, Brussels Capital
Region,
› Not a priority: Romania Environment
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Other bodies are working on this:
› West Sweden
In Sweden, it is not the managing authority, Tillväxtverket, that
has the main responsibility for drafting the Programmes. It is
the regional actors, and for West Sweden it is the Region of
Västra Götaland, Region Halland as well as the city of
Gothenburg.
› West England
the proposed mechanism for delivering EU Common Strategic
Framework Funds in England is through an EU Growth
Programme with a single governance structure . The funds
available will be nationally allocated to Local Enterprise
Partnership (LEP) areas and the LEPs have been tasked to
develop EU Strategic Investment plans for 2014-2020. LEPs
will get in touch with the most appropriate local stakeholders,
i.e. those which are most susceptible to support the delivery
of their
plans in the future.
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Consultation is starting
› Attica:

Consulting local stakeholders will be a basic part of the
drafting preparations of the new OP (through regular
meetings...).

In that framework the Greek partner of the network could
prepare and develop a specific plan on how actions
connected to sustainable food production could “match” to
the goals of the next programming period for Attica Region,
which are going to be focused mainly on research &
innovation projects.
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Consultation is starting
› West Netherlands:

Yes, there is consultation.

The focus will be on the so-called top sectors in the Netherlands.

One of the top-sectors is Agr-Food, another is Horticulture.

Cross cutting theme for the top-sectors is Sustainability. So, there will
be space for sustainable interventions.

Stakeholders include Universities and the entrepreneurial
organisations of the sector.
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Consultation is starting
› Sicily:

Participatory drafting of the 2014/2020 ERDF OP is about to
start and the mapping of stakeholders to be involved in the
process is ongoing.

The opportunity to consult stakeholders active in these
specific issues has to be addressed soon along with the
identification of the most representative one(s) with whom to
share aspect related to this issue to be included in the OP.
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Not a priority for our OP
› Romania Environment:

Since the SOP Environment does not include a Priority Axis
related to food production, distribution and consumption, the
drafting process of the operational programme doesn’t
include consultations with local stakeholders active in food
domain.

A relevant Authority able to offer more information regarding
food production, distribution and consumption should be the
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
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3. Next Programming period & Food
Is a specific budget line foreseen under which
sustainable food actions would be eligible?
If yes, which and under what conditions?
› Not foreseen: Romania Environment
› To early to say: Attica, West Netherlands,
Sicily, West Sweden
› A clear link could be made: Brussels Capital
Region
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A clear link to the food sector could be made
› Brussels Capital Region:
The buget line categories of OPs are not well-defined enough today
to express it definitely but a link can clearly be made with several of
the Thematic Objectives of the (future) Regulation
 Enhancing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized
enterprises (TO3), with a specific attention to this sector
 Protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency
(TO 6, with “protecting biodiversity, soil protection and promoting
ecosystem services”)
 Promoting employment and supporting labour mobility (TO8, with
“development of business incubators and investment support for
self- employment and business creation”)
 Investing in education, skills and lifelong learning by developing
education and training infrastructure (TO10, with specific training
programmes dedicated to this job opportunity sector).
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3. Upcoming meetings
› 3 transnational workshops of 2,5 days
 23-25 April 2013 Amersfoort
(Tuesday-Thursday)
 28-30 May 2013 Goteborg
(Tuesday-Thursday)
 10-12 September
(Tuesday-Thursday)
Workshop “Delivering»
Workshop “Enjoying”
2013 Oslo Workshop “Growing”
 Remember:
PPs need to plan LSG meetings before & in between
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Meetings
Sustainable Food Network Meetings
(mandatory)
Transnational
Local
 8 ULSG meetings
6 Workshops
2 Conferences
6
teleconf
Bilateral
field trips
(optional)
2014?
1 Dissemination event
(mandatory)
URBACT programme meetings
Mandatory
1 or 2 National
Capacity building
seminars
(2d – 3p)
International
Summer
University
Dublin 28-30/8
& conf in 2014
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Optional & limited
Elected officials
pilot scheme
In Brussels
(3x, 2,5d, for 30p)
URBACT National Training on
Participative Action Planning
 What?
Training seminars organised for Local Support
Group members, in national languages, to strengthen
their capacities in participative action planning.
1
or 2 per country (or group of countries)
≥
3 participants from LSG
 http://urbact.eu/en/news-and-events/urbact-
events/national-training-on-participative-actionplanning/
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URBACT National Training on
Participative Action Planning

Romania:
21-22 May in Bucharest

Italy:
23-24 May in Rome & autumn?

Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland:
29-30 May in Malmö & autumn?

Netherlands:
5-6 June & autumn?

UK & Ireland:
6-7 June in London & autumn?

Greece:
6-7 June in Athens

France & Belgium:11-12 June in Paris & November in Paris

Spain:
2x ?
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URBACT Summer University
Dublin 28-30 August 2013 (tbc)
Specifically
designed for people participating in the URBACT
Local Support Groups (ULSG), the first URBACT Summer
University which is a unique learning opportunity for urban
practitioners from all over Europe.
With
a good 'mix of fun and hard work' the University allows
participants to learn new theories, methods and tools for
coproducing integrated local urban policy with key stakeholders
http://urbact.eu/en/news-and-events/view-one/urbact-events/?entryId=4903
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3. Semestriel reporting
› Will you be in charge of activity reporting?
› Will you be in charge of financial reporting?
› Did you receive access codes to Presage?
 I will arrange a webinar for financial officers in the
coming weeks
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First reporting period (1/2/2013-30/6/2013)
› Report activities in Excel form by 5/8 (or 15/7)
› Report costs online in Presage system:
1. Partner
enters costs by 5/8 (or 15/7)
2. Lead Partner oks costs as related to activities
3. Partner submits costs to First Level Controler
4. FLC oks costs and sends signed originals to LP
by 5/9
5. Lead Partner compiles reports &
issues payment claim by 30/09
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How to report costs: Presage
All partners to enter costs
https://urbact.presage-cte.org/
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How? Presage guidance
http://urbact.eu/en/documents-and-resources/documents/
Dropbox Folder « URBACT
Programme Manuals »
Dropbox Folder « Phase 2
Reporting »
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How to report costs: Presage
Be precise in comment box: describe the why and the how of the
expenditure (what? where? when? for whom?)
Staff: actual hours, actual costs, use timesheet
(all in WP1 project management)
External expertise: invoices + supporting documents
(all in WP1 project management)
Travel: report costs as paid by municipality with supporting
documents (in WP2 transnational or WP3 local)
Meeting organisation: invoices + supporting docs (in WP2
transnational or WP3 local)
 Communication (printing, designing…) (in WP4)
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How to report costs: Presage
Expenditure amount: Insert the amount in
€.
VAT
If
is recoverable, ensure that the amount is
indicated without VAT
different currency
If payment in a
, please
convert the expenditure into EUR using the monthly
official EC accounting exchange rate in the month
during which the expenditure has been paid (i.e. date
when amount is debited from the partner institution’s bank
account).
http://ec.europa.eu/budget/inforeuro/index.cfm
Indicate monthly exchange rate used in comment box
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Presage
Comments
Travel Daniela Catanoso to
Transnational Meeting in
Brussels (2012.05.28-30):
Ticket trnsport by fly Alitalia
Catania Bouxelles and
return € 342,42 Bus
(2012.05.28 Bruxelles ) €
6,00 Hotel (HUSA
PRESIDENT PARK) facture
n. 329374 date 2012_05-30
check in (2012.05.28) check
out 2012.05.30) € 240,00
Restaurant (date
2012.05.28)…
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5. Communication & your local activities
› Did you receive the 1st issue of the electronic newsletter
› How often did you local support group meet?
› How did you communicate locally with your group and
beyond?
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Questions & Feedback
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[email protected]
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