ESF ACROSS BORDERS: ENGAGING THE REGIONS Action Plan to support to transnational and interregional c

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ESF ACROSS BORDERS ENGAGING THE REGIONS
Action Plan to support to transnational and
interregional cooperation 2007-2013 at EU level

• Gerhard Bräunling
• March 28 2008

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Why support transnational cooperation? -
improve governance and impact of policies and
programmes by learning from others - contribute
to developing a European labour market

• Member States at national, regional
• and local level

Commission via EQUAL
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The basis Operational Programmes

• Total budget of dedicated priorities 1,43
  billion
• Estimated total budget for transnational and
  interregional cooperation 3 billion
• Popular themes for transnational cooperation
• disadvantaged, discrimination, diversity
• gender and work/life balance
• LLL in firms, entrepreneurship and innovation
• promoting partnerships
• Improving human capital Reforms in education and
  training systems

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A broad range of approaches

• Collaborative activity

Mobility of people
Benchlearning

• Policy themes and issues
• Capacity building and governance
• Skills development

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Action plan to support transnational cooperation

• Establishment of a common information platform to
  identify and share the themes and funding
  provisions for transnational cooperation
• The creation and application of a user-friendly
  IT toolkit facilitate searches for partners,
  events, activities and results
• Establishment of a network of contact points to
  share experience, practice and tools
• Thematic networks, exchange events and policy
  fora of groups of Member States and regions
• Validating and disseminating good practices and
  results

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Role of contact points

• experienced and trained on the job, good language
  skills, good knowledge in employment and social
  exclusion policies
• provide services for contact persons from other
  countries (information and liaison point
  organise study visits, etc.)
• Support ESF management teams at all levels, in
  particular Intermediate Bodies
• Advise and support applicants and beneficiaries
  (by organising information events, support in
  partner search etc.)

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Action plan to support transnational cooperation

• Establishment of a common information platform to
  identify and share the themes and funding
  provisions for transnational cooperation
• The creation and application of a user-friendly
  IT toolkit facilitate searches for partners,
  events, activities and results
• Establishment of a network of contact points to
  share experience, practice and tools
• Thematic networks, exchange events and policy
  fora of groups of Member States and regions
• Validating and disseminating good practices and
  results

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Information and partner search toolkit

• Applicants, beneficiaries and the wider public
  need tools to search information and partners
• Information throughout the lifecycle of an
  activity
• Contact points will play an important role in
  testing and promoting the toolkit
• The Italian Government has started to develop the
  toolkit, in close collaboration with the contact
  points

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Action plan to support transnational cooperation

• Establishment of a common information platform to
  identify and share themes and funding provisions
  for transnational cooperation
• The creation and application of a user-friendly
  IT toolkit facilitate searches for partners,
  events, activities and results
• Establishment of a network of contact points to
  share experience, practice and tools
• Thematic networks, exchange events and policy
  fora of groups of Member States and regions
• Validating and disseminating good practices and
  results

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A web based communication platform

• Contact points and other relevant stakeholders
  can use the platform to exchange information,
  concerns, practices and implementation provisions
• It is robust, flexible and easy to use
• www. transnationality.eu

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Action plan to support transnational cooperation

• Establishment of a common information platform to
  identify and share the themes and funding
  provisions for transnational cooperation
• The creation and application of a user-friendly
  IT toolkit facilitate searches for partners,
  events, activities and results
• Establishment of a network of contact points to
  share experience, practice and tools
• Thematic networks, exchange events and policy
  fora of groups of Member States and regions
• Validating and disseminating good practices and
  results

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EU wide exchangeand learning platforms

• Objectives benchlearning, validation of good
  practice from OPs, and its capitalisation through
  action plans under the OPs
• Call for proposals by European Commission
• Key ESF themes and good governance issues
• Lead partners ESF managing authorities
• Max duration 36 months
• Max ESF contribution 500.000

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Action plan to support transnational cooperation

• Establishment of a common information platform to
  identify and share the themes and funding
  provisions for transnational cooperation
• The creation and application of a user-friendly
  IT toolkit facilitate searches for partners,
  events, activities and results
• Establishment of a network of contact points to
  share experience, practice and tools
• Thematic networks, exchange events and policy
  fora of groups of Member States and regions
• Validating and disseminating good practices and
  results

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Conclusions

• Consensus that contact points (CP) are crucial to
  make transnational exchange and cooperation work
• CPs have met personally and are now starting to
  exchange plans and provisions, common issues,
  concerns and practices on the website
• Regions and member states have started to commit
  themselves to formal cooperation to maximise
  synergies, complementarities and benefits
  common exchange, validation and mainstreaming
  efforts
• Thematic networks
• Networks to support mobility at all levels
• EU wide learning platforms will support rapid
  learning and integrate good practice into OPs