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THE FUTURE OF THE REGIONAL POLICY
A STRATEGIC APPROACH FROM
THE REGION OF VALENCIA
Juan Manuel Revuelta
General Director
DELEGATION OF THE REGION OF VALENCIA
IN BRUSSELS
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FUNDACIÓN
COMUNIDAD VALENCIANA – REGIÓN EUROPEA
Comunidad Valenciana, East of Spain
Population figures: Region: 4.2 milion
Capital city, Valencia: 750,000
2.5 milion metropolitan population
Mediterranean
Sea
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STRUCTURAL FUNDS
IMPLEMENTATION IN 2000- 2006
• Multi-fund programme: ERDF, ESF, EAGGF-G
• Regional authority: Ministry of Economy and Finances
• 2000 2006 total expenditure: 4.174,91 M€
• Most relevant aims:
Encouraging environmentally sustainable economic growth.
Reduction of the imbalance in terms of average per capita
within the EU.
Job creation
• Info: [email protected] DG Economy, Regional Government
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STRUCTURAL FUNDS
IMPLEMENTATION IN 2000-2006
• 4 Priority strategical targets:
•Improving ground conditions for raising regional
competitiveness.
•Improving competitiveness and developing production to
ensure job creation.
•Strategy for employability and equal opportunities.
•Encouraging social and territorial cohesion.
• Main expected impacts:
•2000-6 average economic growth:
•2000-6 job creation average:
•R+D+I spending by 2003 reaching:
3-4 %
2’5-4 %
1%
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Valencia and the future of the
cohesion policy: 2007-13
• Enlargement of the EU: from 15 to 25 to members.
• Contribution of Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund to the
GDP increasing to 84%.
• Cease of Objective 1 because of their own economic
development.
• May 2004: Declaration of the natural effect regions adopted by
Border, Midland and Western (Ireland), Burgenland (Austria),
Castilla y León (Spain), Central Hungary, Notio Aigaio and
Sterea Ellada (Greece), Merseyside and South Yorkshire (United
Kingdom) and the region of Valencia.
• Position of the “natural effect” regions before the EU´s
proposals: inclusion within the Convergence priority. Treatment
as “phasing out” regions. Gradual transition in abolition of
regional state aids.
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1999 PILOT PROJECT OF A NEW
STRATEGY IN VALENCIA
• The Region of Valencia is beneficiary of Structural Funds and
performance reserve: a case of best practice.
• www.valenciainnova.info, example of innovation projects and
services in favour of citizens, according to the EU strategical
priorities.
• Adapting the Administration human ressources to a new era of
projects and co-operation after the structural funds:
• Innovation,
• sustainable development,
• renewable energies
• A new platform of networking: In 2003 the Regional
government of Valencia adapts its role in a EU enlarged to the
new period and new times, opening its office in Brussels to the
civil society: Foundation of the Region of Valencia-Region of
Europe.
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2003 CREATION OF THE
FOUNDATION
• The Fundación Comunidad Valenciana – Región Europea (FCVRE), created on November 2003, is a non-for-profit entity, based
at the Valencia Regional Office in Brussels.
• Objective: to link public administrations and business
associations and civil society -as well as research institutes- to
the European Union, favouring their participation in European
projects.
• FCV-RE aims to boost projects and contribute to their success
through an efficient inter-regional cooperation.
• Since its creation, the Foundation has already applied for 40
EU projects, with a volume of 11 M€. such as INTERREG, LIFE
and LEONARDO co- financed projects.
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BRIDGING EUROPE WITH THE VALENCIAN REGION
• Commitment with cooperation: between industrial clusters,
chambers
of
commerce,
financial
institutions,
local
development agencies, education and training institutions,
research and development institutions and other relevant social
players.
• Our technical staff: includes a projects and partners research
department, and press department for the dissemination of
projects results between the experts, officers and decision
takers of European institutions and regions.
• 40% LIFE Environment funds at national level: 1/3 of all the
LIFE funding allocated to Spain comes to the Valencian Region
with its pilot projects to improve the quality of our environment.
• Second Spanish region in terms of LEONARDO cofinanced
projects.
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WEBSITE
• The website provides free access to news on EU research
policies and advice on managing 6th Framework Programme
projects, as well as interesting new calls for proposals and
tenders.
• An improved e-mail alert service is included in order to deliver
relevant new research partner profiles, news on programmes
and upcoming events, along with useful links for key players.
• Registered users can customize search profiles, getting
instantly e-mailed every new record added to the database.
• The website offers dissemination and communication of
results, as well as best-practice experience database.
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PERFECT PARTNER FOR EUROPEAN PROJECTS
• Dissemination of results: the Foundation is eager to become
an enthusiastic partner in European projects through its:
• www.e-seveso.net service to deploy a digital service trough
Europe for monitoring the industrial management Security by
means of the ITC, that increases the collective protection of
people.
• www.webpol.info technological platform as support for the
training of the European local police forces.
• ECO-RICE: creation of a transectoral center for waste reuse
and recycling of rice straw and other organic waste.
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FOUNDATION BOARD:
Valencian Regional Government
Chambers of Commerce, Business Associations, Intercitrus
Federation of Municipalities and Main Electrical Utility
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We are looking forward to exchanging
best practices with you and co-operating
trough partnerships in EU funds.
Contact us
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