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Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III B
www.spatial.baltic.net
Belarus
Denmark
INTERREG III B, PHARE CBC and TACIS
CBC Programme
-Combination of EU instruments for transnational cooperation in the BSR
CEEC\NIS participation in BSR INTERREG
III B Programme
Estonia
Finland
Germany
Latvia
Lithuania
Norway
Poland
Russia
Marta Plichta, BSR INTERREG III B Joint Secretariat
Sweden
INTERREG Initiative
• The EU INTERREG Initiative is playing an increasingly important role in
the attempts of the European Community to achieve economic and
social cohesion across the overall EU territory.
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European Council in Berlin 1999,
the Member States emphasised the particular contribution of the
INTERREG Initiative to better balanced living conditions of the
European territory by promoting:
- transnational
- cross-border
- interregional cooperation &
- sustainable development
BSR Interreg III B Programme
INTERREG in BSR
HOW to achive the objective ?
• INTERREG co-operation with third countries,
especially with the EU candidate countries Estonia,
Latvia, Lithuania and Poland and Russia, Belarus
should be further improved!
the Berlin European Council underlined the need to co-ordinate the
external policy instruments and the Structural Funds in order to
make external co-operation possible under INTERREG.
BSR Interreg III B Programme
INTERREG IIIB and PHARE
– programming 2000-2006
• During the period 2000-2006 financial assistance from
the European Communities to the candidate countries of
Central and Eastern Europe will be provided through
three instruments: Phare programme, ISPA and Sapard.
• Phare programme covers national programmes, cross
border and multi-country programmes and take account
of the fact that, since the other two instruments have
sectoral objectives, Phare should continue to provide
general assistance to the candidate countries to help
them prepare for accession.
BSR Interreg III B Programme
PROGRESS in co-ordinating
INTERREG III with other instruments!
• INTERREG III Guidelines covers the co-ordination
between the ERDF and the external financing
instruments.
• “the implementation of INTERREG III must ensure
coherence and synchronisation with the other
financial instruments concerned.”
• once a year, a report is provided on the progress
achieved as regards co-ordination between the ERDF
and the other financial instruments.
BSR Interreg III B Programme
PROGRESS in co-ordinating
INTERREG III with other instruments!
• For the Baltic Sea area, the PHARE 2000 Review
authorises the use of PHARE-CBC funds for the
participation of the Baltic States and Poland in
the Interreg IIIB Baltic Sea programme.
• “Bringing INTERREG and Tacis funding together”
it is a Commission practical guide, published in
April 2001, which sets out the history of the two
instruments, their current situation and then
describes the steps that the Commission is
taking to advance co-ordination
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PROGRESS in co-ordinating INTERREG IIIB
with other instruments!
• JPD- Joint Programming Document
PHARE CBC Programme 2001-2006
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland
• BJCC-Baltic Joint Coordination Committee
• Co-operation with European Commission EuropeAid and Tacis CBC offices
in Russia and Belarus
• National sub-committees, SC, MC
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European Union Funds available for
Baltic Sea Region co-operation
INTERREG
TACIS CBC
PHARE CBC
BSR Interreg III B Programme
BSR INTERREG III B Financing
Baltic Sea Region:
97.1 M€ ERDF in one
common pool plus
national co-financing
(public or public-like)
in addition:
Denmark, Finland
Germany, Sweden
(Together 85,4 M€)
ERDF
Norway (12 M€)
Phare/ Tacis
24 M€
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Others (national,
bilateral, Pan-Baltic,
private)
BSR INTERREG III B
minimum eligible partnership
3 -2- 1
three partners
two have to contribute financially
one must be a Member State
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Participation in BSR INTERREG IIIB projects
Financing instruments for
Non-EU project partners
• Project partners outside the EU area in general must not
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receive INTERREG funds with the exception that travel
and subsistence expenses of those partners can be
eligible when a meeting or seminar they attend takes
place in the European Union and is part of an approved
project.
Project partners from Norway are eligible to receive
Norwegian national and regional co-financing.
All other project partners have to find alternative
resources like funds from the PHARE and Tacis or other
programmes.
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Participation in BSR INTERREG IIIB projects
Financing instruments for
Accession countries –
PHARE CBC
• Project partners from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland may
apply for co-financing within the PHARE CBC programme.
• Budget line for 2001 (call will be open in autumn 2002)
funds available per country
€ 1 Million for Small Project Funds
20.000 – 50.000 € grant size (20% co-financing)
€ 2 Million for Grant Scheme
50.000 – 300.000€ grant size (20% co-financing)
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Participation in BSR INTERREG IIIB projects
Financing instruments for
Belarus and Russia –
TACIS CBC
• project partners may be eligible to apply for
financing from the Tacis programme.
• In particular the Tacis CBC Small Project Facility
and the Tacis CBC Micro Project Facility, which
are directed to regional and local authorities
seems appropriate to co-finance participation in
the INTERREG III B programme
BSR Interreg III B Programme
SUMMARY:
funding schemes available for partners from
candidate countries, Russia and Belarus wishing
to implement a joint BSR INTERREG III B project.
• PHARE CBC
• TACIS CBC
• Bilateral funds
• National funds
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BSR INTERREG III B
First call for applications – October 2001
- approved in December 2001
40
35
applications
submitted in
Oct.2001
30
25
applications for
assesment
20
15
10
applications
approved in
Dec. 2001
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IR3B BEL EST LT
LV RU
BSR Interreg III B Programme
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BSR INTERREG III B projects
Second call for applications - March 2002
- approved in May 2002
60
50
40
30
applications submitted
20
10
0
applications approved
IR3B BEL EST
LT
LV
partners
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PL
RU
WHAT to consider while developing joint
BSR INTERREG IIIB projects
with E-BSR partners on board:
• different decision making schedule for PHARE and Tacis
programmes
• projects duration while combining different
programmes
• including in the project budget possibility to cover
travel and accommodation for E-BSR partners in the
first and last part of the project (before and after
PHARE/TACIS project is completed)
• lead applicant for Tacis programme can be also EU
member state or one of the accession countries.
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• ensuring financial participation in case of lack of
finances from PHARE or Tacis (especially when E-BSR
partners have already active role within INTERREG
project)
• reasonable division of tasks according to funds
available
• using “Seed Money” for development of project idea
and partnership and better preparation for the main
project and application!
• ensuring that application submitted for complementary
project to Tacis or PHARE is handle according the
programme requirements.
• keep informing and consulting JS also regarding your
partners submitting application to different financial
instruments.
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MORE INFORMATION :
BSR INTERREG III B - CEEC\NIS info & news:
www.spatial.baltic.net
INTERREG-Tacis e-mail list with updates:
[email protected]
EU-COM site on INTERREG and Tacis projects:
www.inforegio.cec.eu.int
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Information and contact addresses are available at:
http://www.spatial.baltic.net
BSR Interreg III B Programme