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Laboratory Group on EU Strategy for Baltic Sea Region

EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region BSS Laboratory group findings & suggestions Ms. Riitta Ahdan IP Turku 8 July 2009 | Brussels. Laboratory Group on EU Strategy for Baltic Sea Region. Outline for the presentation. The task & the preamble Working means The foreseen structure

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Laboratory Group on EU Strategy for Baltic Sea Region

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  1. EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea RegionBSS Laboratory group findings & suggestions Ms. Riitta Ahdan IP Turku8 July 2009 | Brussels

  2. Laboratory Group on EU Strategy for Baltic Sea Region Outline for the presentation • The task & the preamble • Working means • The foreseen structure • The 4 key questions • Facilitation and needs • Suggestions for programmes • Working with International Funding • Institutions

  3. Laboratory Group on EU Strategy for Baltic Sea Region Preamble • support the overall coordination • aim of the strategy • define the implications on • programmes already adopted • to seek operative solutions • to identified points • to identify consequences • on programme management

  4. Laboratory Group on EU Strategy for Baltic Sea Region Working means • • Group represents operational programmes in the region • • Continuous briefing on the development by DG Regio • • 4 meetings from 5 February to 11 June 2009 • • Written responses to 4 key questions • • Workshops to analyse and suggest an approach • 13 members representing: • ETC programmes (CBC and Transnationals) • Convergence and Competitiveness Objective programmes • ENPI programme representation • EU/DG Regio • Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth • International Funding Institutions

  5. Laboratory Group on EU Strategy for Baltic Sea Region The foreseen structure for future work with the Strategy EUROPEAN COUNCIL EUROPEAN COMMISSION TASK FORCE (4) Core within DG REGIO HIGH LEVEL WORKING GROUP (10-15) National coordinators Finan-cial Expert Group “IFIs” Technical secretariat outside the commission (existing organisation ???) Organisingstakeholder Conferences Liaison with the ground 15 Priority Areas Coordinators 70 Flagship Projects / Leaders Programmes => Annual report on implementation / Reporting to DG REGIO

  6. Laboratory Group on EU Strategy for Baltic Sea Region Responses to 4 key questions • How does the Baltic Sea Strategy affect respective programmes? • How could programme work be organised to facilitate implementation of the strategy? • What necessary steps need to be taken concerning application procedures etc? • How could cooperation with other financial instruments be organised in order to implement actions mentioned in the strategy?

  7. Laboratory Group on EU Strategy for Baltic Sea Region To identify Flagship projects and to find partnership to stimulate project developments and support

  8. Laboratory Group on EU Strategy for Baltic Sea Region To identify projects to fit into Flagship projects and to stimulate project development and support

  9. Laboratory Group on EU Strategy for Baltic Sea Region Coordination and training needs for programmes • Joint workshops and trainings for beneficiaries in the region • Coordination of assessors to reach a joint understanding & Training of assessors to apply jointly agreed criteria • Joint calls vs. targeted calls • Joint evaluation and monitoring at Flagship level (quality, political, strategic)

  10. Laboratory Group on EU Strategy for Baltic Sea Region Each programme to identify parts of the strategy they would like to be part of Address the leader country of Priority Area or the Flagship (leader / labelling role) Asking DG REGIO for Advice and completing the financial plan (via geodesk or taskforce) Developing a joint partner search tool for the Baltic Sea Region Working together with the Financial Expert Group

  11. Laboratory Group on EU Strategy for Baltic Sea Region How to work with International Financial Institutions • Arrange information activities to explain how IFI:s can be involved and what the basic requirements are in order for projects to be “bankable” • Ask projects to prepare “roadmaps for financing” already in the application & implementation phase • Initialise a sector related “pilot workshop“ in e.g. transport including IFI:s to identify bankable projects • JTS will analyse potential for bankable projects • IFIs follows projects during implementation (Expert Group) • Disseminate “success stories”

  12. Laboratory Group on EU Strategy for Baltic Sea Region How to work with International Financing Institutions • Information activities to explain how IFIs can be involved and what are the basic requirements for projects to be “bankable” • Ask projects to prepare “roadmaps for financing” already in the application & implementation planning phase • Initialise a sector related “pilot workshop“ in e.g. transport sector including IFI:s to identify bankable projects • JTS will analyse potential for bankable projects • IFIs follow projects during implementation (Experts) • Disseminate “success stories”

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