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Interreg IV B North Sea Project Vital Rural Area. An overview www.vitalruralarea.eu. Project organisation. 13 partner regions from 6 North Sea countries (N, NL, B, DK, D, UK) Lead partner: NOFA (NL) Scientific team and scientific group University of South Denmark (DK)
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Interreg IV B North Sea Project Vital Rural Area An overview www.vitalruralarea.eu
Project organisation 13 partner regions from 6 North Sea countries (N, NL, B, DK, D, UK) Lead partner: NOFA (NL) Scientific team and scientific group University of South Denmark (DK) Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (NL) University of East Anglia, Norwich (UK) Project management Peter Laan / Wietse Hermanns
Project finances Budget (2009-2014) • Total funding € 7,7 Mio • ERDF funding € 3,85 Mio • Cofinancing partners € 3,85 Mio
Scope of the project and content basis • To find strategies to fortify rural areas by: • Enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs • by empowerment of SMEs towards new economical prospects and innovations • 2) Improving the overall perception of the region • by branding towards a professional exposure of regions • 3) Delivering more and better services • by optimizing services, towards more and better accessible services and amenities
Outcome of the project 43 ‘best practice’ project cases Fitting into one of the 7 Vital themes
Tuning project information towards sustainability Pilot projects are described in a uniform project format with emphasis on project analysis A key question list is added to each of the projects focusing on the applicability and integrative value of the project results for the region as a whole This includes a check on sustainability by applying the Triple P-approach (People, Planet, Profit)
The Rural Power Pack • Based on the project results and scientific knowledge the Rural Power Pack was developed: • A general working method/standard for tackling rural problems commonly encountered in rural areas • Tested transnationally on its transferability to other regions • Offering tools and instruments to be used in other regions
Process approach • The Cooperative Agreement Approach (CAA) • tested and implemented in most of the projects executed • used as common standard for Public Private Partnership • Consisting of two main characteristics: • The gathering together of all potential partners in the region (local, regional, public, private, different sectors, knowledge institutes) • 2) Facilitating a process based on respecting responsibilities and knowledge that brings together energy, creativity and budgets (EU, public, private)
Dissemination of projectresults • Dissemination of results (2013-2014) over a web-based structure by: • appealing presentation of results (uniform project format, “story telling” form) • connecting to networks and projects throughout EU 27 • aiming for interactive growth of knowledge by sharing project results and experiences • adding results from other projects and programmes
How to test the applicability of project results elsewhere? The Vital Rural Area ‘team’