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Ирина Карелина генеральный директор МЦСЭИ

"Леонтьевский центр“

«Международное научно-техническое сотрудничество:

Возможности для промышленных предприятий Санкт-Петербурга»

25 октября 2013, Санкт-Петербург

ПРОГРАММА СОТРУДНИЧЕСТВА

РЕГИОНА БАЛТИЙСКОГО МОРЯ

Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013:

transnational cooperation of regions

Joint Technical Secretariat

XII All-Russian Forum “Strategic Planning in the Regions and Cities of Russia”

St. Petersburg, 21-22 October 2013

• EU Member States: Denmark, Estonia,

Finland, Latvia, Lithuania,Poland,

Sweden and northern parts of Germany

• Norway

• Belarus

• North-west regions of Russia

Cooperation area of 11 countries

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To make the Baltic Sea region

an attractive place to invest,

work and live in

1. Fostering innovations

2. External and internal

accessibility

3. Baltic Sea as a

common resource

4. Attractive and competitive cities

and regions

28 projects

23 projects 18 projects

21 projects

Transnational cooperation projects

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2. Participation of Russian organisations in the projects

• Russian organisations join projects as associated organisations.

• No programme funding is available for organisations from Russia.

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Participation of Russian organisations in the first call for proposal

• The first call was launched under the suspension clause for ENPI funding (available ENPI funding amounted to 20.8 million EUR).

• 171 Russian organisations applied for 31.12 million EUR.

• 19 projects with 35 Russian organisations were approved and 5.5 million EUR was committed to Russian partners.

• As the Financing Agreement was not signed, the Russian partners dropped out from the projects and did not receive the Programme co-financing.

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Participation of Russian organisations in the first call for proposal

• The first call was launched under the suspension clause for ENPI funding (available ENPI funding amounted to 20.8 million EUR).

• 171 Russian organisations applied for 31.12 million EUR.

• 19 projects with 35 Russian organisations were approved and 5.5 million EUR was committed to Russian partners.

• As the Financing Agreement was not signed, the Russian partners dropped out from the projects and did not receive the Programme co-financing.

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How Russian organisations finance their participation

Russian organisations financed their participation from other sources:

• Own budget

• External sources (e.g. national ministries from the EU MS or international organisations)

• Cooperation with other projects (e.g. funded by Swedish Institute, Nordic Council of Ministers or ENPI CBC Programmes)

• Limited use of Programme resources of ERDF co-financing

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Project themes where Russian organisations participate

Russian organisations participate in projects which cover all four topics addressed in the Programme:

• Support to cooperation of SMEs, chambers of commerce, business incubators

• Improving transport flows of goods and passengers, clean shipping

• Increasing efficiency of water management (river basin management, water management in agriculture), preparedness to counteract oil pollution in the sea, maritime spatial planning

• Improving energy efficiency of residential buildings, increasing use of bioenergy from woods resources, strengthening trade union cooperation

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Participation of Russian organisations in the projects: all calls for proposals

*ES=Extension Stage

24 22

19

15

3 5

2

19 17

12 9

3 1 0 0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Call 1 Call 2 Call 3 Call 4

+ ES1

Call 5 ES2 ES3

No. of projects

…of it with RU

90 projects in total 61 projects with RU

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Number of Russian associated organisations in projects

Russia –

associated

organisations

mainly from

St. Petersburg,

Leningrad and

Kaliningrad

regions

Other

countries –

only project

partners,

associated

organisations

are not

counted

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Benefits of transnational cooperation in the Baltic Sea region for Russian

organisations

• Working on common solutions for shared challenges

• Realising similar regional development priorities

• Contributing to implementation of strategies agreed on the EU-Russia level

• Using potentials of partnerships already established in the region

• Facilitating knowledge and expertise boosting

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Challenges of transnational cooperation in the Baltic Sea region for Russian

organisations

• RU participation is less intensive in new projects and partnerships

• Low impact on the issue of tackling the East-West divide

• Difficult to align other alternative funding instruments to ensure participation of Russian organisations in joint projects

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3. Project examples – Russian participation

• Baltic COMPASS: elaborated agri-environmental solutions for competitive and environmentally friendly agriculture (e.g. how to recycle stable manure), Leningrad region

• COHIBA: identified and quantified priority hazardous substances, worked on data gaps, St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region

• BSR Innoship: developed ship emission inventory methodology (to monitor SO2, NOx and particulates emissions from ships), St. Petersburg

• BRISK: coordinated response to oil spill pollution among the countries around the Baltic Sea and prepared investment plans, St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad region

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3. Project examples – Russian participation

• Longlife: developed a master plan for energy efficient residential buildings, Gatchina, Leningrad region

• Best Agers: contributed to developing recommendations for the senior policy: how to increase work participation in the age range 55-64 years and higher, St. Petersburg

• AGORA 2.0: contributed to promoting natural and cultural heritage for tourism purposes, Kaliningrad region

• ONE BSR: contributes to developing a single brand for the Baltic Sea region to strengthen its competitiveness, St. Petersburg

Set-up of Programming

Joint

Programming

Committee

Programming

Task Force

Reference Group

BY

National reference groups

DE DK EE FI LT LV NO PL SE RU

As main decision making body during the

programming a Joint Programming Committee

(JPC) has been set-up comprising members and

observers from 11 countries (8 EU Member States:

DE, DK, EE, FI, LT, LV, PL, SE, plus the 3 Non-

Member States BY, NO, and RU).

Tasks

The JPC takes decisions on…

…mandates, tasks and composition of bodies involved in programming;

…work plans for the programming phase;

…structure (table of content), draft texts and versions of the programme

document;

…final programme document and submission to the Commission;

…negotiation positions/mandates with the Commission.

Joint Programming Committee (JPC)

Composition

Three representatives nominated by each national delegation;

Current programme’s JTS/MA staff responsible for producing draft texts;

Participation of advisors, experts, observers (e.g. Commission).

Working method

Rotating national chairmanship based on MC chairmanship of the Baltic

Sea Region Programme 2007-2013 (2012: Latvia, 2013: Estonia, 2014:

Poland);

Joint Programming Committee (JPC)

Programming Task Force

Mandate + Task To discuss particular topics and draft texts for the programme document.

Consolidated drafts will be proposed to the JPC for approval.

Composition + Working method Comparably to the current’s programme ‘Task Force Programme Strategy’

the composition of the Programming Task Force would be flexible.

Depending on the focus of the meeting, national delegations send 1-2

representatives to the meetings to allow for a thorough working-style

discussion.

Staff from the current programme’s JTS/MA and - upon need - external

experts will act as writers and will produce the proposals and draft texts for

the discussion at the meetings of the Programming Task Force.

Programming Task Force

During its 4th meeting, the Task Force of the Baltic Sea Region Programme

2014-2020 made a good step forward towards the future programme. 37

representatives from the programme countries met on 10-11 October 2013

in Berlin to discuss the first draft of the Operational Programme.

Reference Group

Mandate To make sure that the programme will be based on a wide public

consultation process involving relevant stakeholders from the region.

Tasks Defines needs and expectations towards the new programme from the

programme’s target group at the beginning of the programming process.

Provides comments and suggestions to draft version(s) of the programme.

Reference Group

Composition

National Contact Points, Priority Area Coordinators and

Horizontal Action Leaders of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea

Region

Organisations with transnational and pan-Baltic relevance

having thematic links to the topics covered in the programme

Composition to be proposed by MA/JTS and national JPC

delegations.

National reference groups

It is recommended to JPC members to set up national

reference groups and to arrange national seminars and

conferences in their countries to inform and involve relevant

national and regional actors in the programming process.

Composition, tasks and working methods will have to be

defined at national level according to national structures and

practices.

Thematic objectives

The representatives agreed to provide support to the

implementation of the EU Strategy of the Baltic Sea

Region (EUSBSR) and strategies of neighbouring

countries. The programme countries together with the

Joint Technical Secretariat will continue working on a

number of issues. One on-going task is to identify

common objectives of the Russian Strategy for the

North-West district and the EUSBSR in order to

incorporate those into the Operational Programme.

Круглый стол

«Регион Балтийского моря: стратегические возможности для Северо-Западного федерального округа»

Сессия 1

А8 «Стратегии для региона Балтийского моря: от синхронизации до совместных действий»

• Головной организатор – Аппарат полномочного представителя Президента Российской Федерации в Северо-Западном федеральном округе

• Соорганизаторы – Министерство регионального развития Российской Федерации, Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации, АНО «Стратегическое партнерство «Северо-Запад»

• При поддержке: Комитета по внешним связям Санкт-Петербурга

www.forumstrategov.ru

• After Programming TF meeting: -> Amending existing OP chapters based on discussions -> Adding missing chapters and compiling one OP document

• By end October: -> Written commenting on existing OP chapters

• Mid November: -> Draft OP submitted to JPC

• •November - December: -> Consultations on SEA scoping with environmental authorities

• 3-4 December: Approval of draft OP for public consultation

Next steps in Programme

schedule (1/2)

• Contribution of the Russian delegation to the description of the management, financial and control system by 01 November 2013

• Preparation of the Financing Agreement (drafting by the European Commission, DG Regio)

• Financial allocations by the European Commission and by the Russian Federation

Follow-up: Russian participation

QUESTIONS TO DISCUSS:

• Allocation of Russian national and EU funding for Russian organisations

• Responsibility and liability for Programme funds spent by Russian partners, consequences for the recovery

• Management of Russian funding

• Eligibility rules with national specifics

Russian participation

Круглый стол

«Регион Балтийского моря: стратегические возможности для Северо-Западного федерального округа»

Сессия 2

А6 «Программы приграничного и многостороннего сотрудничества в регионе Балтийского моря»

• Головной организатор – Министерство регионального развития Российской Федерации

• Соорганизаторы – Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации, Аппарат полномочного представителя Президента Российской Федерации в Северо-Западном федеральном округе, АНО «Стратегическое партнерство «Северо-Запад»

• При поддержке: Комитета по внешним связям Санкт-Петербурга

• Модератор – С.М Зимин, помощник полномочного представителя Президента Российской Федерации в Северо-Западном федеральном округе www.forumstrategov.ru