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Setting regions in motion
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The Baltic Sea Region. Did you know that…
• programme’s area covers approx. 2.4 million km² - almost half of the EU
• population of 110 million amounts to 23% of EU
• average population density is about 46 inhabitants/km (EU 112)
• aggregated GDP is about 16% of the EU
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We did it together
11 states,
represented in the Joint Programming Committee,
prepared and endorsed
the Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013
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Identity of the new programme
• a mainstream Structural Funds programme for the Baltic Sea Region (Objective 3 programme on Territorial Cooperation)
• built on two preceding Community Initiative programmes (Baltic Sea INTERREG IIC & III B NP)
• addresses issues that call for intervention at transnational level
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Context of the new programme
• considerable differences between the West and East
• common development challenges, e.g.:
concentration of knowledge-intensive activities in and around capitals and metropolitan regions,
growth in road transport,
safety at sea,
pollution of Baltic Sea waters,
energy efficiency.
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Strategic objective and priorities
1. Fostering innovations
2. External and internal accessibility
3. Baltic Sea as a common resource
4. Attractive and competitive cities and regions
To strengthen the developmenttowards a sustainable, competitive
and territorially integrated Baltic SeaRegion by connecting potentials
over the borders
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Eligible area of the programme
• EU Member States: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden and northern parts of Germany
• Norway
• north-west regions of Russia
• Belarus
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Who can apply?
• Public authorities from national, regional and local levels
• Public equivalent bodies (e.g. research and training institutions, business development institutions and other non-profit organisations)
Private (commercial) organisations as additional partners with own financing
Within limits, programme funds can be applied for by partners from outside the eligible area.
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How much money is available?
• Slightly more than in the present programme
- 208 MEUR from European Regional Development Fund
- 22.6 MEUR from European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (new)
- 6 MEUR from Norwegian national funding
Total = 236,6 MEUR
Plus own co-funding from project partners
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What do we expect from future projects?
• principle of transnationality respected
• integrated territorial approach to distinguish from sector initiatives
• preparation of investments of transnational relevance
• emphasis on pre-investment character and pilot investments
• development of transferable results better visible than in the present programme
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Programme launch calendar
• March-April 2007 – national approval procedures
• May 2007 – submission to the European Commission
• 10-11 May 2007, Hamburg – Programme Conference
• autumn 2007 – approval by the European Commission
• late 2007/early 2008 – first call for project proposals
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Part-financed by the European Union
Setting regions in motion
by Giedrė Švedienė, UndersecretaryJoint Programming Committee/Ministry of the Interior, Lithuania