Neighbourhood programme Kolarctic

Interreg IIIA Northsubprogram Kolarctic

Neighbourhood programKolarctic

www.interreg.no общая информация с норвежской стороны

www.interregnord.com общий сайт для Интеррег IIIA Север

www.kolarctic.no программа Соседство Коларктик в Норвегии

regional development in practice, for "western" side of the border

extended foreign policy perspective; new criteria ENPI-financing for Russian project partners

Kolarctic in the last stage of Interreg IIIA North 2005-07

• : in short –to reduce the problems for modern economic activity, created by the state borders

• should support the the internal integration in the Union, and the cooperation with neighbouring states

• INTERREG is not a foreign development instrument, but regional development in practice

• based on the projects, i.e it is the projects which promote this integration

EUEU––initiative initiative INTERREGINTERREG

programme categories

A cross-border in principle; one border, one programme

B trans-national between states in a big region

C inter-regional thematic cooperation between different regions in Europe

The neighbouring countries Sweden and Finland invited Norway to take part in the programmes

The Norwegian definition: The country participates in practical terms on equal bases as INTERREG-financer (however the INTERREG-means on Norwegian side does not come from the EU-commission, but from Norwegian state budget)

Why Norwegian participation in INTERREG-programmes?

: Political; to show participation abilities in EUropean integrational policy ..

and further

INTERREG in general: it is activities on the Norwegian side

THE EFFECTS:

1 the direct effect of projects (economic, cultural..)

2 modernizing regional policy (cooperation forms, partnerships ..)

through PROJECTS (through PROGRAMME)

DIRECT

(participants)

economic; employment, infrastructure/culture growth

the Partnership model+neighbourstate/-cultureknowledge

INDIRECT

(society)

generally adjusted

market efforts

common competence development, cooperation skills, reforms

or

Kolarctic region:Nenets aut. okrugArchangel oblastMurman oblastLappi länNorrbotten länFinnmark fylkeTroms fylkeNordland fylke

Västerbotten länOulo länKarelia republicSt. Peterburg cityLeningrad oblast

Management and cooperation between official and private interests at the regional level; in the projects as well as in the programme

Norway > fylke: Nordland, Troms, Finnmark

EU: > län: Norrbotten, Lappland

Russia: > oblast: Murman, Archangel> autonomous okrug: Nenets> republic of Karelia (enterprise projects)> city Saint-Peterburg (enterprise projects)

Main secretariat >Rovaniemi (subdepartments in Norway and Russia)

PARTNERSHIP model - a European tool for development; and a challenge for Russia and Norway?

project principles:

Spesification of interests i.e budget for respective effects on both sides.

Regional/public cofinancing at least 50% of total public financing Norwegian side must be other than INTERREG, and confirmed.

Rules of budgeting and accounting EU-eligible costs in Norwegian budget do not cover travel-, salary- and training costs for Russian personel. Project budgets separated from organization's.

: economic division, but content cooperation

-and the partnership principle of cooperation …

Norwegian co-appliant

APPLICATION: forming Norwegian co-appliant budget

Norwegian part of secretariat main secretariat (Rovaniemi)

EU main appliant

APPLICATION: forming EU main appliant budget

proposalS.K.: yes

S.K.: writtenprocedure

controlling systemEU-sideNorwegian side

desicion/financing

S.K.: no

idea of cooperationwith Russian part.

A detail ; how to apply:

Innovative projects-some examples:

Atomic sector activity

RUSCA projects

military and civil ship-demolition

rescue cooperation ("Barents rescue")

Northern dimension of tourism

Norwegian electron production in Murmansk "Raduga"

Innovative projects –some examples:

CULTURE:

• Sport cooperation Finnmark/Murmansk

• Pomor museum in Vardø

• eLibrary

• "PUK 2005"

• Young writers in Barents region

• Library cooperation (NoRu)

• Migration

• Orthodox paths

• Church cooperation

• …

typeInterreg IIIA Northsubprogram Kolarctic

typeNeighbourhood programKolarctic

The regional development perspective, and the foreign development perspective

regional development in practice, for EU/Norwegianside of the border

extended foreign policy perspective; new criteria, as typical Norwegian attitudes for 'development of others'

As in the present structures under Interreg IIIA North, as well as in the ENPI-instrument for the period 2007-13; 2 different mail directions:

together in the Kolarctic Neighbourhood criterias of mutual effects

: A challenge for the ability to let regions learn and developevs. "policy towards northern regions" and "viking" foreign policy inheritance of 1100 years

www.interreg.no общая информация с норвежской стороны

www.interregnord.com общий сайт для Интеррег IIIA Север

www.kolarctic.no программа Соседство Коларктик в Норвегии

Kolarctic ENPI CBC2007-2013-both EU regional policy and foreign policy in one-

that was all – Это всё

1 "Equal" participation

2 One application for all sides (can also be one budget)

3 ENPI-money only to projects with EU-part*

*3: Will include that Russian parts cannot get ENPI-money if the North-Calotte part is Norway(under negotiation)

> Norwegian parts can anyway use other means tocover Russian budget and effects there

> 1st application round –probably spring 2008