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SLOVENE EXPERIENCES New Territorial Cooperation 2007-2013: new scenarios and opportunities International Conference Venice, Italy 16.06.2006 Bojan Suvorov, Secretary REPUBLIC of SLOVENIA Inhabitants RS, June 2006 Area (km2) Municipalities GDP/c in €2000 for 2004 2.002.718 20.273 193 11.810 STRUCTURE 1.INTERREG III – OVERVIEW 2.NFP 2007-2013 • PRE-ACCESSION PERIOD 1994-1999: More than 100 projects of cross border cooperation with Hungary, Austria and Italy in the fields of transport, crossborder posts, environment, tourism, agriculture, financial entrepreneurship, culture and Two instruments – INTERREG HRD (35 M€ PHARE funds) & PHARE CBC – programmed and Process of building implemented separately partnership, learning about The centralised system of implementation was project development and converted into a European regional policy decentralised system ACCESSION PERIOD 2000-03 More than 100 projects of CB cooperation with Italy, Austria and Hungary Preparation for EU structural policy (larger projects, grant schemes) Reinforced CBC – joint programming, joint implementation structures but due to different instruments hard to support joint projects TRANSITION PERIOD 2004-2006 2 revised CBC programmes: SI-AT, SI-IT New structures (one MA and PA per programme), processes, EU structural funds rules Despite of joint instrument – INTERREG IIIA implementation still according different national rules INTERREG 2004-2006 1 new programme: SI-HU-HR Neighbourhood Programme = ERDF + CARDS Joint implementation structure with shared responsibilities: for the INTERNAL component (SI & HU) one MA and one PA for the EXTERNAL component (HR) one Programme Co-ordination Unit and one Contracting Authority MAJORITY OF SLOVENIA ELIGIBLE for CBC STRUCTURE 1.INTERREG III – OVERVIEW 2.NFP 2007-2013 NPF 1 GENERAL: • Slovenia welcomes the recognition of importance of territorial cooperation in NFP • Slovenia is in favour of CBC strand (80%) • Managing and implementation structures established through the years of cooperation should be upgraded and used for the future EGTC NPF 2 • Welcomed as an option • To be explored and agreed in 2007-2013 • In NFP existing experiences, knowledge, structures should be used, upgraded, EGCC would be parallel structure to the existing ones • Value added in case of solving specific joint problems of towns, natural areas, SME’s (EGTC as secretariats for joint protected areas, for small projects, joint management of towns –Gorica/Nova Gorica…)… NPF 3 • Slovene Development Strategy (adopted by Government – 23.06.2005) • Spatial Development Strategy • National Development Plan 20072013 (action plan adopted by Government – 23.06.2005) – Regional Development Plans – Sectoral Programmes GOVERNMENT DECISIONS Decision of the Government of 23 June 2005: • GOLS continues its role as Managing and National Authority for new Objective 3 programmes • Slovenia to cooperate in 13 programmes 1. Three bilateral CBC programmes on internal EU borders (SLO/A, SLO/I, SLO/H) 2. Two CBC IPA programmes - SLO/CRO, Adriatic Initiative 3. Four interregional programmes 4. Four transnational programmes (CADSES (1,2), Alpine Space, Mediterranean) IntIVC AUSTRIA HUNGARY Obj.3 Obj.3 URBACT Obj.3 Alpine Space SLOVENIA CROATIA IPA CADSES I ITALY IPA ESPON CADSES II ADRIATIC InterAct II Mediterranean Head of Programmes - Coordinator System Audit Financial Control Monitoring and Evaluation Finance, Legal support Internal Audit SYSTEM Certification body EXPERTS WORKING GROUP OBJECTIVE 3 HEAD of OPs SLO-A SLO - I SLO - CRO SLO - HUN Adriatic STRATEGIC CBC CADSES 1 CADSES 2 Alpine Space TRANSNATIONAL IVC Interact ESPON INTERREGIONAL GOSLRP LINE MINISTRIES REGIONAL ACTORS URBACT