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Transnationality and locally
implemented pilot actions in the BSR
INTERREG III B NP
by Eeva Rantama
BSR INTERREG III B Joint Secretariat
3rd Quality Workshop
“Transnational value of local pilot actions”
Thursday, 10th of November 2005
Riga, Latvia
Belarus
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Germany
Latvia
Lithuania
Norway
Poland
Russia
Sweden
Transnationality in the BSR INTERREG III B NP
•The main idea of the BSR INTERREG III B NP is to support
transnational co-operation that aims at sustainable
development of the Baltic Sea Region
CIP
•The thematic focus of the programme on issues, which call
for transnational co-operation (through joint implementation
actions). Such as…
– Development concepts and concrete pilot actions for
strategic development zones (macro regions)
– Spatial development concepts for energy and
tourism sector
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- Strategic networking of major urban centres and
urban-rural partnerships
– Pan-Baltic inter-modal transport strategies and
better access to information society
– Baltic green networks and corridors/natural and
cultural landscapes as attractive environment for
business development
– Wise management of natural resources of BSR
– Integrated management for coastal zones and
islands
– Institutional building together with CEEC and NIS
countries
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•The set-up of each project (rationale, activities,
partnership, budget, management structure etc.) must
reflect a high level of transnationality
=> Joint solving of a common problem that
leads to common results while involving
actors from different countries
e. g. Cities and regions located on the BSR coastal
areas face declining environmental quality due to
economic activities, and are jointly exploring
potential solutions for the whole BSR or certain
parts of it
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Requirements on the projects
•All activities in the projects should be result or part of
transnational investigations or concepts and cannot be
chosen only from national or regional context
•The development of the project idea is driven by a
transnational consortium and
•The project activities are a result of co-operation
arrangements
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Requirements on the projects
•The results of the project have impact across borders
•The outputs of the project, even if anchored in one place,
are transferable to other partner’s regions
•Joint implementation will be preferred to networking and
exchange of experience
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Benefits
•Building on already existing experience (e. g. solving a
problem with the solution tested and verified somewhere
else)
•Creating tangible solutions to common problems
•Better understanding of neighbours leading to better
cohesion of the BSR in the different fields
•Creation a Baltic Sea wide region of co-operating nations
and their regions intertwined across borders
Steps to genuine transnational territorial
cooperation (NWE programme)
Transnational management
of a transnational issue
Resource pooling
Transfer of know-how
Exchange of experience
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Transnational investments
CIP: Small-scale infrastructure investments should
demonstrate the implementation of transnational
investigations and spatial development concepts
“Definition”
•A transnational investment is an investment made as a
result or within the framework of transnational
cooperation…
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Transnational investments
•…It either…
– has a territorial dimension
– establishes functional relations between
locations not necessary adjacent to each other
– or has a model character (verified through
demonstration, transferability)
•Trans-border dimension or impact
•Involves partners from at least two countries as well as
several levels of decision-making, planning, administration
or financing
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Transnational investments
Examples:
•Information and innovation centres of transnational
importance
•Large computerised systems and ICT networks
•Thematic tourist routes (e. g. sign posting)
•Pilot demonstration on improvement of damaged urban
land
•Pilot demonstration on park+ride facilities
Pilot actions of transnational value
• Have a model character
transnational relevance
of
solving
problems
with
• Are demonstration activities of innovations
• The method and/or the results are (at least partly)
transferable to other regions
Pilot actions of transnational value
•Should be carried out…
•within transnational working arrangements
•with a view to its innovative character (e. g. not an ordinary
infrastructure that commonly exists)
•benefiting other partners through cross-fertilisation or
transfer of knowledge at certain/all stages (joint design, joint
management/testing, demonstration of effects and shared use
of the final output)
Weaknesses in the current pilot actions
Some of the pilot actions are:
•A selection of local projects only linked with each other by
the need for EU funding, which could have been funded by
national, regional or local money without the need for
INTERREG support
•Activities or investments that have been planned before the
start of a transnational project in a national, regional or local
context
•Activities or investments only related to each other through a
vague thematic relationship.
Weaknesses in the current pilot actions
…Some of the pilot actions are:
•A series of individual pilots/investments for which there is
only an ex-post exchange of experience and no joint
implementation or cross-fertilisation.