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The Territorial Co-operation Programme (Interreg)

Territorial Co-operation is the new Objective 3 of the European Social Funds, also often referred to as Interreg.

Whilst Interreg used to be part of the Community Initiative Programmes, due to its success and popularity it has been upgraded for the 2007-13 period to an objective in its own right "Objective 3" entitled "Territorial Co-operation" and benefits from a larger slice of the structural funds budget to reflect this development and increased importance.

Territorial Co-operation gives regions across Europe the opportunity to work together to achieve their aims, encouraging the sharing of best practice, knowledge, and solutions to address common challenges. It features a number of programmes relevant to the East of England including:

Cross border programmes
The coastal parts of the East of England are eligible to participate in two new cross border co-operation programmes with parts of France, Holland and Belgium. The areas eligible in the East of England are those covered by Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex County Councils as well as Southend on Sea and Thurrock unitary authorities. Cambridgeshire also benefits from adjacent area status.

Transnational programmes
The East of England is eligible for two transnational programmes - North Sea (http://www.interregnorthsea.org/) and North West Europe (http://www.nweurope.org/)

Interregional programme
The programme covers the whole of the EU (http://www.interregivc.net/)

Territorial Co-operation Conference

Tattersalls, Newmarket, 12 March 2008

The Territorial Co-operation conference was hosted by EEDA and our regional partners to provide information on the new Territorial Co-operation programmes (formerly Interreg) for which the East of England is eligible. In the programming period 2007-13 the budget for the Territorial Co-operation programme is approximately €7.6 billon or approximately £6 billon (March 2008 figures).

The event provided an opportunity for partners to discuss in themed workshop groups, ideas for future project activity and provided an opportunity to network with potential partners in the following areas (please click the link to see feedback from the workshops).

The event was chaired by Bryony Rudkin, an EEDA board member and co-chair of the region's European and International Affairs Panel.

The morning session consisted of a number of presentations (click the links to see the presentations) including:

David Morrall, director of EEDA's international team, who set the scene for partners, followed by Michelle Armstrong, senior policy officer for the East of England Regional Assembly (EERA), who described in detail the programmes for which the region is eligible. Sarah Murray, the team leader at the East of England European partnership Brussels office, informed partners of the support that the Brussels office can provide and the final presenter was John Saltford from Communities and Local Government (CLG) who described the role of the central government department in the European co-operation programmes.

In the afternoon, partners participated in the three themed workshops (as above) which were facilitated by Peter Cook, director of inward investment and innovation, at Essex Development and Regeneration Agency (ExDRA), Ian Dunnett of Green Suffolk and Dan Gascoyne, head of partnership delivery and quality of life at Essex County Council.

This event is the first in a series of information and advice events for potential applicant organisations in the East of England.  

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