Marta Plichta, 

Councilor of CEEC/NIS Joint Secretariat BSR Interreg IIIB, 

Baltic University

Russian Participation in the BSR INTERREG III B Projects

1. Progress in synchronization of the EU financial instruments:

  • European Commission guide “Bringing INTERREG and Tacis together”

  • European Commission annual report on progress achieved as regards coordination between the ERDF and the other financial instruments.

  • Cooperation with EuropaAid regarding complementary projects and application submitted to different EU programmes (Phare CBC, Tacis CBC, Interreg)

  • Baltic Joint Coordination Committee

 2. Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III B Programme:

  • 11 countries around the Baltic Sea is taking part in the programme

  • Monitoring and Steering Committees consist with national delegates (appointed by each of the 11 countries)

  • National Sub-committees acting as an advisory body for SC as well as link between local and regional authorities taking part in IR3B projects.

  • Support for RNSC 

Conditions for joint INTERREG IIIB projects:

  1. Minimum eligible PARTNERSHIP:

-        3 partners form BSR countries

-        2 should contribute financially

-        1 must be a member state

  1. Project partners with Russian partners may be eligible to apply for Tacis CBC (small project facility and Micro project Facility, which are directed to regional and local authorities.

More information can be available at St. Petersburg Liaison Office
Delegation of the European Commission in the Russian Federation
Malaya Konyshennaya, 1/3 - A
office B 13-a
191186 St. Petersburg
Tel. +7 (812) 103 54 60
Fax. +7 (812) 103 54 64
E-mail: Anastasia.MOSKVINA@cec.eu.int
Web site: www.eur.ru

 

  1. Travel and accommodation can be covered form BSR IR3B project budget for partners form non-EU territory.

  2. “Seed money” – grant available for development of project ideas, partnership and preparation for the main application (all partners can take part but the lead applicant have to be from a member state)

  3. Project ideas (PIF) are updated regularly and available on web page (www.spatial.baltic.net)

    -     Published also in a printed form for Partner Search Forums, where project partners have chance to meet and develop further contacts.

  1. Russian participation in the BSR INTERREG IIIB projects:

DECEMBER 2001

Out of 40 projects submitted to JS, 13 indicated Russian partners.

- Steering Committee approved 6 projects and 3 of them indicted Russian participation in the project.

MAY 2002

Out of 58 applications submitted to JS, 53 indicted E-BSR partners in the projects:

 

In 58 submitted

Belarus

Estonia

Latvia

Lithuania

Poland

Russia

Number  of projects

3

33

27

 

25

30

28

Number of partners in total

6

70

45

41

62

53

 

 

 

 

■  Project submitted

■  Project approved

Out of 21 projects approved by the Steering Committee on 28-29 May 2002 11 projects indicated Russian partners:

 

 

Noof pr.

  Project Title

  Lead Applicant / Sender

Number of CEEC/NIS partners indicated in the IR3B applications*

BEL

EE

LV

LT

PL

RU

 

02

Connect Baltic Sea Region (CBSR)

Oslo Teknopol IKS

P.O.Box 527 Sentrum

N-0105 Oslo/Norway

0

2

2

1

0

0

 

04

Rural Development Connection

Ministery of Nutrition, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries M-V

Paulshöher Weg 2

19061 Schwerin/Germany

0

0

0

0

3

0

 

05

 

PIPE

Østfold County Council

Postbox 220

N-1702 Sarpsborg/Norway

0

1

1

1

0

1

06

SEAREG

Geological Survey of Finland+

P.O.Box 96

FIN-02151 Espoo/Finland

0

2

0

0

2

0

11

STRING II – second call

Storstrøm County

Parkvej 37

4800 Nykøbing F / Denmark

0

0

0

0

0

0

16

 

COMPASS

Lübeck Business Development Corp., Falkenstrasse 11

23564 Lübeck/Germany

0

0

0

0

0

0

30

 

BothnianArc-ACTion

Regional Council of Northern Ostrobothnia, Kauppurienkatu 8A

FIN-90100 Oulu / Finland

0

0

0

0

0

1

33

 

Baltic Sea Virtual Campus/BSVC

University of Applied Studies Lübeck, Stephensonstr. 3

23562 Lübeck / Germany

0

0

1

1

2

1

35

 

VIKINGS !

Region Scania

Box 267

S-261 23 Landskrona / Sweden

0

1

1

0

1

2

36

EuRoB – European Route of Brick Gotic

German Association for Housing, Urban & Spatial Planning

Georgenstr. 21

10117 Berlin / Germany

0

2

1

1

4

0

40

BALTCOAST

Ministry for Labour & Housing M-V

Schlossstraße 6-8

19053 Schwerin / Germany

0

1

1

0

2

0

41

Bioenergy Technology Transfer Network / BTN

Jyväskylä Polytechnic, Institute of Natural Recources

Uuraistentie 240B

FIN-43130 Tarvaala / FINLAND

0

1

0

0

0

0

43

 

SEBTrans-Link

Municipality of Växjö

Box 1222

S-35112 Växjö / Sweden

0

0

0

2

1

1

44

 

Decision Support

Technikzentrum Lübeck Fördergesellschaft mbH

Seelandstr.

23569 Lübeck / Germany

0

2

2

2

1

0

47

Via Baltica Nordica

Development Zone

Regional Council of Häme

Niittykaty 5

FIN-13100 Hämeenlinna/Finland

0

7

1

1

2

1

48

 

EcoForumBaltica

Stockholm County Administration

Box 22067

S-10422 Stockholm/Sweden

0

4

3

3

2

1

49

 

 MECIBS

Danish Forest and Landscape Research Institute, Horshølm Kongevej 11

DK-2970 Horshølm/Denmark

4

3

4

3

2

6

50

Baltic Palette II

 

The Uusimaa Regional Council

Aleksanterinkatu 48A

FIN-00100 Helsinki/Finland

0

5

1

0

0

2

51

First Class Industrial Park Network

City of Söderhamn

Oxtorgsgatan 19

S-826 80 Söderhamn / Sweden

0

1

1

0

0

0

57

 

SEAGULL

Regional Council of Kalmar City

Box 762

S-391 27 Kalmar / Sweden

0

0

1

1

3

1

58

 

RANE

County Administrative Board of Västra Götaland

S-403 40 Göteborg / Sweden

0

0

0

0

0

2

 

  TOTAL: 21 projects

Number of projects

with E-BSR

participants in total:

 

1

 

13

 

13

 

10

 

12

 

11

  1. Number of projects submitted to TACIS CBC in March 2002

 

TACIS CBC

SPF Programme

March 2002

Total number of projects complimentary to INTERREG

Complementary to IIIB

  Complementary to IIIA

Complementary to IIA

Projects submitted

46

 

 

 

- recommended

17

6

9

2

 

  1. Project Ideas- projects in a “pipe-line”:

 - 140 project ideas submitted in total

- 20 project ideas were submitted by Russian partners

(project ideas are possible to download from www.spatial.baltic.net)