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Iruma Kravale
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development
Head of Development Instruments Department
28 November 2013, Riga
ETC programmes in Latvia 2014-2020
Estonia – Latvia CBC
Latvia – Lithuania CBC - Managing Authority to be in Latvia
Central Baltic CBC
Latvia – Russia ENI
Latvia – Lithuania – Belarus ENI
Baltic Sea Region transnational cooperation programme;
INTERREG EUROPE
URBACT III
ESPON
Programme 2007-2013
60 million EUR funding (ERDF)
More than 120 projects
More than 600 project partners
I Priority: Encouragement of Socio Economic Development and
Competitiveness of the Region
EUR: 23 558 759.00
II Priority: Attractive Living Environment and Development of
Sustainable Community
EUR: 36 523 707.00
Programme 2014-2020
Selected Thematic objectives:
TO6
TO8
TO9
TO11
Environment
Employment
Social inclusion
Institutional
capacity
Beneficiaries:
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Local or regional public authorities
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National institutions
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Public equivalent bodies
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Non-govermental organisations
Target groups:
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General public in participating countries
and regions (including local communities,
tourists, NGO’s, stakeholders, relevant
national authorities, other relevant
organisations).
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Thematic objective 6
Protecting the environment and promoting resource
efficiency
Selected investment priorities:
Type of support:
Protection, promotion and
Development and use of tools for sustainable
management of existing cultural and natural
heritage objects.
Protection and restoration of
Efficient environmental resource and risk
management.
development of cultural and
natural heritage.
biodiversity, soil protection and
promotion of ecosystem services
including NATURA 2000 and
green infrastructures.
Actions to improve the urban
Development of urban environment, focusing
on sites and territories with environmental
problems that delay economic development.
environment, including
regeneration of brown field sites
and reduction of air pollution.
Author: Bob Peterson
Author: Bob Peterson
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Thematic objective 8
Promoting employment and supporting labor mobility
Selected investment priorities:
Development of business
incubators and investment support
for self-employment,
microenterprises and business
creation.
Type of support:
Business support services.
Self-employment, microenterprises and
business creation.
Road infrastructure.
Integrating cross border labor
markets, including cross border
mobility, joint local employment
initiatives and joint training.
Author: Alex Proimos
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Thematic objective 9
Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty
Selected investment priorities:
Investing in health and social
infrastructure which contribute to
national, regional and local
development, reducing in social
inequalities in terms of health
status, and transition from
institutional to community-based
services.
Type of support:
Social and health services and infrastructure.
Infrastructure investments in childcare, elderly
care and long-term care.
Investments targeted to remove and prevent
accessibility barriers.
Support for physical and
economic regeneration of
deprived urban and rural
communities.
Author: Karen Beate Nøsterud
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Thematic objective 11
Enhancing institutional capacity and an efficient
public administration
Selected investment priority:
Promoting legal and administrative
cooperation and cooperation
between citizens and institutions.
Type of support:
Improve efficiency of public services.
Improve cooperation between citizens and
institutions.
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Provisions for simplification
Development of new IT system for managing Programme
interventions and in particular for the exchange of data.
Flat rate applied for staff and administration costs.
Development of pre-payment system.
Flexibility on project budget (a certain percentage that can
be reported in in different work packages/budget lines
without prior accept).
Simplification of project changes procedure.
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Reinforcing effectiveness and performance
Time frame for submission the final version of the OP to the European
Commission: April 2014.
What Latvia-Lithuania programme expects to achieve by 2020?
New and maintained jobs
Support to business development
Investments in physical, economic and social infrastructure
Investments in environment protection, energy efficiency
Investments in roads, routes
New and extended cooperation networks
New cooperation agreements
New joint cultural, natural, urban and rural actions
Trainings and events for inhabitants of Latvia and Lithuania
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Estonia – Latvia CBC programme 2014-2020
Selected TO:
TO 3: enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs
TO6: protecting the environment and promoting resource
efficiency
TO 7: promoting sustainable transport and removing
bottlenecks in key network infrastructures
TO8: Promoting employment and supporting labour
mobility
Possibility for implementation of pre-definied projects
of strategic relevance
Latvia – Russia ENI CBC programme 2014-2020
Agreement on the following TO:
Promotion of border management and border security;
Environmental protection, climate change adaption,
disaster prevention/management
Business and SME development
Possibility for implementation of pre-definied large
scale investments projects
Latvia – Lithuania – Belarus ENI CBC programme
2014-2020
Discussions on the following TO:
Business and SME development / Promotion of social inclusion and
fight against poverty
Support to local & regional good governance;
Environmental protection, climate change adaptation and disasters
prevention/management
Promotion of local culture and preservation of historical heritage
Agreed on:
Promotion of border management, and border security
Possibility for implementation of pre-definied large scale
investments projects
National Responsible Institution for ETC in Latvia:
The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development
Peldu str. 25, Riga, LV-1494, Latvia
Phone: +371 6702 6539
E-mail: [email protected]
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