INTERREG IVC Lead Applicant seminar 1 EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND INTERREG IVC Introduction to programme & application process Teresa Marcinów,

INTERREG IVC Lead Applicant seminar1

EUROPEANREGIONALDEVELOPMENTFUND

INTERREG IVC

Introduction to programme & application process

Teresa Marcinów, Info Point East

Lead Applicant Seminar, 10 December 2007, Katowice

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OverviewOverview

1. Programme Structure

2. Development

3. Application

4. Assessment

5. Decision

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1. Programme Structure1. Programme Structure

INTERREG IIIC versus INTERREG IVC

321 MEUR ERDF

Cofinancing up to 75%/85%

One programme:

1 Managing Authority (Région Nord-Pas de Calais), 1 Audit Authority, 1 Certifying Authority

1 JTS in Lille and 4 Information Points in Rostock, Katowice (with support from Vienna), Valencia and Lille

Focus on Lisbon and Gothenburg Agendas

2 Types of Interventions

315 MEUR ERDF

Cofinancing up to 50% (up to 75% for Objective 1 Regions)

Four programmes: 4 Managing, 4 Audit and 4 Paying Authorities

4 JTS

All themes of regional and local public activities

3 Types of Operations

INTERREG IVCINTERREG IIIC

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INTERREG IVC – Management structures

1. Programme structure

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Information points• Rostock (IBSH), Germany:

Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Norway;

• Katowice (MRD), Poland, with support from the City of Vienna: Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania;

• Valencia (GV), Spain: Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain

• Lille (RNPC), France: Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Switzerland

1. Programme structure

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2. Development2. Development

Tools provided by the JTS and the Information Points (IPs)

• Website www.interreg4c.net

• Events

• Consultations

• Application Pack

• Project idea database

• Brochures, leaflets and articles in relevant media

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3. Application3. Application

Application Pack

• Programme Manual

• Application Form

• Activities Timeplan

• Co-financing Statement

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3. Application3. Application

Programme Manual

• Programme information

• Project development

• Application & selection

• Project implementation

• Project closure

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3. Application3. Application

Application Form

• General instruction

• Checklist

• Project summary

• Detailed project description

• Components

• Budget

• Partnership

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3. Application3. Application

Activities Timeplan

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3. Application3. Application

Co-financing Statement

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3. Application3. Application

Time table:

• 21 September 2007: Opening of first call

• 15 January 2008: Deadline for submission of

applications first call

• June 2008 (provisional) Opening of second call

• October 2008 (provisional) Deadline for submission of

applications second call

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4. Assessment4. Assessment

Assessment of applications

• Eligibility Check

• Quality Check

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4. Assessment4. Assessment

Eligibility Check (by JTS)

• Application Form submitted in due time

• Application is complete

• Application is fully and properly filled

• All Co-financing Statements are correctly filled and printed

• Partnership from a min of three countries, from which at least two partners must be from EU Member States and financed by the INTERREG IVC programme

• Mini-programmes: max of eight partners

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4. Assessment4. Assessment

Quality Check (by JTS and external experts)

1) Relevance of the proposal

2) Coherence of the proposal

3) Quality of results

4) Quality of management

5) Quality of partnership

6) Budget and finance

• Content related

• Implementation related

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4. Assessment4. Assessment

Scoring system

• Not eligible (Information to MC and Lead Applicant)

• Eligible

0 Knock out (objective of the project can not be fulfilled)

1 Very poor2 Poor3 Adequate4 Good5 Excellent

• Eligibility Check

• Quality Check

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4. Assessment4. Assessment

Time table (provisional):

• By end Feb 2008: Eligibility Check

• By end May 2008: Quality Check

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5. Decision5. Decision

MC decision based on recommendation of JTS

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5. Decision5. Decision

MC decision

• Two-thirds majority of Member States present needed

• Majority must include votes of countries having a Partner on its territory.

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5. Decision5. Decision

MC decision

• Approval without condition

• Approval with conditions

• Rejection

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5. Decision5. Decision

Time table (provisional):

• By end June 2008 Decision MC