The Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme 2014-2020 provides new funding opportunities for transnational cooperation projects around the Baltic Sea. It has a total budget of EUR 278.8 million from the European Regional Development Fund, European Neighbourhood Instrument, and Norway. Projects can receive up to 75% co-financing and typically range from EUR 300,000 to 5 million. The program seeks to make the region more innovative, accessible, and sustainable through four thematic priorities: innovation, natural resources, transport, and support for the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region. The first call for project proposals was launched in December 2014.
2. Content
2
1. Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme 2014-2020
– main facts
2. Thematic priorities
3. Main features of a typical project
4. Timeline for the new Programme
5. Support to applicants
3. 1. Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme
2014-2020 – main facts
3
Strengthens the integrated territorial development and cooperation
for a more innovative, better accessible and sustainable Baltic Sea
Region…
… through transnational cooperation projects in the area.
4. Programme area
4
11 states around the Baltic Sea
• Denmark
• Estonia
• Finland
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Poland
• Sweden
• Germany (northern part)
• Norway
• Belarus (under negotiation)
• North-Western Russian Federation
(under negotiation)
5. Budget
5
co-financing to projects:
• from total budget of
⁻ EUR 264 million for EU partners
⁻ EUR 6 million for Norwegian
partners
⁻ EUR 8 million for Russian and
Belarusian partners
• funding rates:
⁻ 75% for DE, DK, SE, FI
⁻ 85% for EE, LT, LV, PL (RU, BY)
⁻ 50% for NO
11. 11
Priority 1: Capacity for innovation
- Networking regions with a view to better utilising
existing or planning new research and innovation
infrastructures.
- Forming alliances between different research and
innovation milieus with leading competences for a
unique, smart combination of capabilities
- Piloting of actions aiming at matching cultural and
creative industries with traditional industries in order
to increase the value of traditional industry.
Innovation
Research &
innovation
infrastructures
Smart
specialisation
Non-
technological
innovation
18. 18
Priority 2: Natural resources
For example:
- Testing innovative measures for recycling and
recoving nutrients
- Developing storage and distribution technologies
for renewables
- Improving urban and rural energy strategies
- Piloting business opportunities in blue growth
sectors
Natural
resources
Clear waters
Renewable
energy
Energy
efficiency
Blue growth
26. 26
Priority 3: Sustainable transport
- Harmonising technical, safety, legal, organisational
and other aspects of various transport modes and
transport networks
- Developing and implementing new transport service
models to ensure accessibility
- Piloting solutions for maritime risk prevention and
response measures e.g. implementing joint exercises
- Piloting support structures e.g. for use of LNG,
biofuels or other alternative fuels for ships
- Auditing of urban transport systems to evaluate the
performance of passenger and freight transport, and
to identify the main bottlenecks
Transport
Interoperability
Accessibility
Maritime
Safety
Shipping
Urban mobility
31. 31
Priority 4: Support to EUSBSR
Seed Money funding
Applications supported by PACs/HALs of
the EUSBSR are eligible
EU strategy
support
Seed money
Support of
PACs & HALs
Targeted
support &
EUSBSR forums
33. 3. Main features of a typical project
33
• Budget: 300 TEUR to 5 MEUR (ø 2.6 MEUR)
• Partners: 3 to 35
• Duration: up to 36 months
• Relevance: joint solutions for common challenges relevant for the
whole/major part of the BSR
• Outcomes: action and development plans, cooperation models,
feasibility studies, pilot investments, recommendations for policy
makers and practitioners etc.
• Expected results: increased institutional capacity
• Project partnerships: a mixture of public authorities, research
organisations, specialised agencies, NGOs, and enterprises (new!)
34. 4. Timeline for the new Programme start
35
• December 2014: launch of the first call for applications
• End of 2015: start of the first projects
• Autumn 2015: launch of the second call for applications (preliminary)
More information at www.interreg-baltic.eu
35. Support to applicants
36
• Website: http://www.interreg-baltic.eu/how-to-apply.html
• Event calendar: http://www.interreg-baltic.eu/events.html
• Consultations: Project idea form (ideas@eu.baltic.net)
• LinkedIn partner search group:
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=6754612
36. Interreg Baltic Sea Region 2014 to 2020
European Regional Development Fund:
EUR 263.8 million
European Neighbourhood Instrument :
EUR 8.8 million
Norwegian national funding:
EUR 6.0 million
37. more innovative
better accessible
more sustainable
Managing Authority/ Joint Secretariat
Phone +49/381 45 484 5281
e-mail: info@interreg-baltic.eu
www.interreg-baltic.eu
December 2014
The co-financing for partners from Russia will become available only after the Financing Agreement (FA) between the European Commission and the government of the Russian Federation. The implementation provisions will be laid down in this agreement as well.
The co-fin rates will be confirmed in the FA too.
For the first call for applications, future applicants are invited to include cooperation partners from Russia, yet only as associated organisations.
Participation of partners from Russia in the first call will have to be financed from other than the Programme funds.
Prority 1: New topic when current period started. Clearer focus on areas in which the BSR is specialising. It is more market-oriented and user-driven. It recognises importance of non-technological innovations (also these having social and cultural dimension). It builds more carefully on existing assets like available research and innovation infrastructures.
Full example action: Forming alliances between different research and innovation milieus with leading competences, in such a way that a unique, smart combination of capabilities occurs with good potential to find new solutions to great societal challenges and market needs
Priority 2 contains the elements of the current priority 3 (Baltic Sea as a common resource) however includes also the energy issues.
Combining the economical efficiency and sustainable use of natural resources
Priority 3: more focused objectives; maritime safety and envirnomentally friendly shipping included
Priority 4: Support to EUSBSR implementation. Seed Money most interesting, in particular if you plan apply funds from somewhere else than in the BSR Programme.
Please note that infrastructure investments as well as cross-border investments cannot be financed but cooperation activities.