Lead Partner Seminar Christopher Parker 12 th of June 2008 – Voss, Norway

1. European Union European Regional Development Fund Lead Partner Seminar Christopher Parker12th of June 2008 – Voss, Norway

2. Background • Builds on successes Interreg IIIB Northern Periphery Programme: • Total allocated funding to projects €30.2 million • 62 preparatory and 47 main projects • 400 project partners • 68% of all projects involved SMEs • Case study binder available • Shift to the new programme period: • Additions to the programme area • More funding available for projects: €45 million • Official name: Northern Periphery Programme 2007-2013 • Operational Programme approved in September 2007 • Status: • To date: 17 main projects and 11 preparatory project approved • 41.6% of programme budget committed

3. Available Funding • Types of funding: • European Regional Development Funds (ERDF) for Member States • ERDF equivalent for Non Member States • Public/Public-like match funding • Amounts available: • € 35.115 000ERDF • € 10.155 000 ERDF equivalent • € 33.565 000 match funding • Total programme budget (including match funding): €79 million

4. Programme Area Regions in 9 programme partner countries EU Member States: Finland Ireland Northern Ireland Scotland Sweden Non Member States: Faroe Islands Greenland Iceland Norway

5. Joint Transnational Strategy

6. NPP Concepts

7. Core concepts of transnational cooperation in NPP 2007-2013 • Added value • All projects must develop concrete, tangible results • By working together to produce a new product or service that has a transnational or transregional character • Transnational or transregional character: product or service can be used/implemented in many regions across the programme area • Methods: knowledge transfer, innovation, organisational learning • Transnationality • Each project must address at least 3 of the transnationality criteria: • Joint development  Joint staffing • Joint implementation  Joint financing • In addition: • Projects must involve a minimum of 3 partner countries; 1 EU Member State • Joint strategy for implementing and disseminating project results • Transnational impact

8. Triple Helix Partnerships • Definition: The three different spheres of business, higher education and public institutions working together on new tasks and in new fields. These three spheres together, and not only by themselves, make it possible to obtain an enhanced outcome from the cooperation and invested capital, in the form of innovative new products and solutions. • Encouraged when appropriate • Community aspect: emphasis on ensuring that the end beneficiaries are located within the communities of the Northern Periphery

9. Contact Details – Programme Secretariat • Northern Periphery Programme Secretariat Strandgade 91, 4. sal DK-1401 Copenhagen K, DENMARKFax: +45 3283 3775 • Niclas Forsling – Head of Secretariat • Tel. +45 3283 3786, mobile +45 2511 2344, niclas.forsling@northernperiphery.eu • Christopher Parker – Programme Manger for Project Development Support • Tel. +45 3283 3782, mobile +45 2511 2391, christopher.parker@northernperiphery.eu • Kirsti Mijnhijmer – Programme Manager for Information & Communication • Tel. +45 3283 3784, kirsti.mijnhijmer@northernperiphery.eu • Maxi Nachtigall – Project Officer • Tel. +45 3283 3785, maxi.nachtigall@northernperiphery.eu

10. Contact Details – Regional Contact Points Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland Ms Teresa Lennon SEUPB, EU House 6 Cromac Place Belfast BT7 2JB, Northern Ireland Tel.: + 44 28 9026 6723 E-mail: teresa.lennon@seupb.eu Website: www.seupb.eu Mr Michael O'Brien BMW Regional Assembly The Square Ballaghaderreen County Roscommon, Ireland Tel.:+353 949862970 Fax: +353 949862973 E-mail: mobrien@bmwassembly.ie Website: www.bmwassembly.ie

11. Contact Details – Regional Contact Points Norway Sweden Mr Bernt Vedin Region Västerbotten Norrlandsgatan 13, Box 443 S-901 09 Umeå Sweden Tel.: +46 90 16 37 17 Fax: + 46 90 16 37 19 E-mail: bernt.vedin@regionvasterbotten.se Website: www.regionvasterbotten.se Ms Greta Johansen Landsdelsutvalget Sjøgata 3 N- 8002 Bodø Norway Tel.:+47 75 50 34 20 Fax: +47 75 52 67 25 E-mail: johansen@lu.no Website: www.lu.no

12. Contact Details – Regional Contact Points Finland Iceland Mr Þórarinn V. Sólmundarson Institute of Regional Development in Iceland Ártorg 1 IS - 550 Sauðárkrókur Iceland Tel.: +354 4555400 Fax. +354 4554477 E-mail: thorarinn@byggdastofnun.is Website: www.byggdastofnun.is Ms Paula Mikkola Regional Council of Lapland P.O. Box 8056 FIN-96101 Rovaniemi Finland Tel.:+358 16 2114 324 Mobile: +358 40 7118 380 Fax: +358 16 318 705 E-mail: paula.mikkola@lapinliitto.fi Website: www.lapinliitto.fi

13. Contact Details – Regional Contact Points Faroe Islands Scotland Ms Claire Matheson Highlands & Islands Enterprise Cowan House Inverness Retail & Business Park Inverness IV2 7GF Tel: +44 1463 244252 Fax: +44 1463 244217 E-mail: claire.matheson@hient.co.uk Website: www.hient.co.uk Mr Jakup Sørensen NORA (Nordisk Atlantsamarbejde) Bryggjubakki 12 Box 259 FO-110 Tórshavn Tel: +298 30 69 94 Mob: +298 21 29 59 Fax. +298 35 31 01 E-mail: jakup@nora.fo Website: www.nora.fo

14. Contact Details – Regional Contact Points Greenland Mr Anders Ullrich la Cour Vahl Greenland Tourism and Business Council Hans Egedesvej 29 PO Box 1615 3900 Nuuk Tel: +299 34 28 31 Mob: +299 55 25 34 Fax: +299 32 28 77 E-mail: anders@greenland.com Website: www.greenland.com

15. For further information, please visit: www.northernperiphery.eu Thank you for listening!