Eurochambres ACADEMY

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Eurochambres ACADEMY 27 June 2002, Westerham
European Commission Funded Projects
Marco Lopriore, Director, Unioncamere Brussels
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Foreword

• Presentation of EU programmes (in broad lines)
  serves as a tool for the philosophy of the module
• Methodology of the course is proposal oriented
  discussion of some tips and tricks in
  presenting projects to the EU

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Content

• Trends in EU funds
• EU Structural funds
• EU Enterprise programmes
• EU External actions
• EU R D for enterprise

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Evolution of EU budget
Million Euro
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Growth in lobbies
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BUDGET 2000
Do not forget the bigger picture !

• (Million ) sum
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• B1 Agriculture 41.493 44.5
• B2 Structural funds 32.811 35.2
• B3 Education, Culture, Media 841 0.9
• B4 Energy 211 0.2
• B5 Consumers 1.210 1.3
• B6 RD 3.630 3.9
• B7 External Actions 8.127 8.7
• B8 PESC 47 0.1
• B0 Competition 203 0.2
• DA Administration 4.703 5.0
• Total 93. 280 100

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Impact and problems

• giving flesh to European construction and
  adding to mere legal construction with direct and
  indirect management of funds
• EU funds versus national funds (content,
  procedures, time, guidance)
• reaching out to civil society bypassing Member
  States on less politically sensitive topics (SME,
  information society, etc)
• increasing demands not only from MS/big lobbies
  but civil society leading to disperions of
  resources in small projects.
• lack of personnel, externalisation (TAO, EUROPE
  AID), weak legal basis, diversion from strategy
  to management

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1999, and after ?
Million Euro
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Structural funds
Do not forget the bigger picture !

• Objective reinforce cohesion inside Europe and
  close development gap between its rich and poor
  regions
• Resources 213 000 Meuro for 2000-2006 (18 000
  for Cohesion) and between 1994-1999 nearly 21
  000 Meuro 18 went to SME
• Instruments
• regions lagging development (Ob.1) 69
• industrial and rural decline (Ob. 2) 11.5
• human resources (Ob.3) 12.3
• Decentralised management National and Regional
  authorities

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Who benefits from Structural funds ?
Do not forget the bigger picture !

•  Greek projects Consortium Companies
  subcontracting
• Airport Athens-Spata Athens Intern. Airport Co.
  (Gr-G) ABB Airport System (Swit-G.),
• Hochtief AG (G) Airsys Navigation System
  (G-F),
• Milgo Solutions (US)
• Bridge Rio-Antirrio Gefyra (F-Gr) Vinci
  (F) Kinopraxia Gefyra (F-Gr.)
• Dumez GTM (F)
• Metro Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Metro SA
  (F-Can.-Gr.) Bombardier Transportation (Can),
• Bouygues (F), Bombardier (Can), Loughborough
  (UK),
• VIA-GTI (F), Systra (F) Alcatel (Can)
• Metro Athens Attiko Metro (Gr.) Olympic Metro JV
  (G.-F.-Gr.)
• Egnatia Route Egnatia Odos SA (Gr.) Brown
  Roots (UK), Sogerleg(F)/Omec(US)/Lahmeyer
  (G), DeLeuwe Cather (US), Dorsch
• Consult (G)/ Scetaroute(F)/ Ado (Gr.)

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CCI PROJECTS

• Italy - Lete/Sepri
• - Excelsior
• Spain 19 MEURO for internationalisation
• UK Liverpool Investment Fund

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LETE SEPRI Project

• Objective provide Business  Check up  in
  Objective 1 regions to look at their development
  strategies, efficiency, innovative quality of
  management. Referenced Directory - in Internet
  (www. repertorio.camcom.it) for the
  transparency, visibility and competitiveness of
  the services on the market (700 consultants)
• Target 4 Obj. 1 regions in 93-96 extende to
  all Objective 1 Regions 97-99 under SEPRI
• Achievements
• 230 business drew feasibility plan, turn over
  37 productivity 23, employment 11

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LETE SEPRI Project

• Resources 2 successive Global Subventions from
  European Regional Development from 1990-1994 and
  1994-1999
• Budget 18 Meuro
• - 62 from ERDF (11 Meuro)
• - 17 from CCI (3 Meuro)
• - 21 from participating companies (4 Meuro)
• Web site www.unioncamere.it/Attività1/Sepri.htm

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EXCELSIOR Project Analysis of labour demand
Objective -reliable knowledge of the labour
demand in order to guide the local, regional and
national training policies Needs -respond to
the progressive acceleration of echnological
innovation and transformation of the
markets -decrease the gap between labour supply
and demand Ways -information every two years
on quantitative and qualitative aspects of the
labour demand -data on the economic activities
of the private sector (25 Sectors except for
agriculture and free-lance professions) -regional
- and provincial-level data
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EXCELSIOR Project Analysis of labour demand

• 100.000 companies interviewed
• Year
• started in 1993 on 3 provinces, extended to
  Italy in 1997
• Financing
• - from ESF
• Partners
• - Ministry of Labour
• - EU
• Spin-offs
• - European Employment Week (DG V)
• - Study for Lisbon Council on new economy
• Web site ww.unioncamere.it/excelsior/volume.htm

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Innovative actions
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• Legal basis article 21 of new Regulations ERDF
• Objective explore new approaches to economic and
  social development and encourage cooperation of
  local/regional actors
• Resources 0.4 of annual EDRF funding (450
  Meuro), EU contribution from 300.000 to 3 Meuro
• Geographical coverage all EU regions
• Sectors of interventions technological
  innovation, information society, sustainable
  development
• Centralised management in Brussels by DG XVI and
  TAO, submission every year before May by Regions
• 2001 Results 103 out of 156 accepted
  applications
• Web site http//europa.eu.int/comm/regional-polic
  y/projects/stories/index-en.cfm

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Community Initiatives
Do not forget the bigger picture !

• Objective support for structural measures which
  have a specific impact at European level
• Resources 10 900 million Euro for 2000-2006
  (from 9 of SF to 5 )
• Geographical coverage all EU countries
• Number down from 13 for 1994-1999 to 4 now
• INTERREG III for interregional cooperation and
  balanced development (SME, tourism, islands, etc)
  
• LEADER for rural development
• EQUAL for fighting inequalities in labour market
• URBAN II for urban development
• Decentralised management National Authorities
  and ministries presenting Programmes of Community
  Initiatives

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Multi-annual corporate and entrepreneurial
initiative programme, particularly concerning
SMEs (MAP 2001 2005)
450 million budget for 5 years
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Multi-annual programme Activities in 2001
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Multi-annual programme
Do not forget the bigger picture !

• Projects
• Quality projects of Eurochambres in partnership
  with Unioncamere, Consejo, DIHT, ACFCI
• Extension of European Business Register to
  candidate countries
• Unioncamere Study on services to SME (concerted
  action)
• CCI involvement in EIC

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EIB and Financial instruments
Do not forget the bigger picture !

• New features
• Guarantee funds Sme (168 Meuro)
• European technology facility (125 Meuro)
• European Technology Start up Fund (168 Meuro)
• Joint European venture (84 Meuro)
• Seed capital (50 Meuro)
• Measures guarantees for SME 2001-2005
• Management European Innovation Fund in
  Luxembourg and network of financial intermediaries

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PHARE
Do not forget the bigger picture !

• Decentralised implementation system since 1994 a
  process of decentralisation started passing
  competences on projects (launch, start-up and
  management) to national PHARE structures.
• Projects Services, Supplies and Works
• Instruments
• know-how transfer (policy advice, training,
  consultancy)
• support to investments (studies, guarantees,
  loans)
• investments in infrastructures (cofinancing,
  development of transeuropean networks,
  environment protection)
• Success stories EIC Estonia, Eurochambres, etc

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PHARE
Do not forget the bigger picture !

• ISPA with 6 000 Meuro supporting transport and
  environment while
• SAPARD deals with agriculture and modernisation
• SME Financial Facility in PHARE with 135 Meuro
  http//europe.eu.int/comm/enlargement/pas/phare/pd
  f/sme_facility.pdf

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TACIS
Do not forget the bigger picture !
Start in 1991 planned up to 31.12.1999 and is
continued Acronym Technical Assistance for the
Community of Independent States Geographical
coverage NIS Mongolia 13 countries
Objectives create favourable environment for
private investments, develop intrastates economic
and trade relations, favour social dialogue
within NIS Resources 3290 Meuro for 1991-1999 to
be continued after.
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TACIS
Do not forget the bigger picture !
Sectors restructuring of public companies and
development of private sector (SME), development
of efficient food chain, infrastructure
(transport, energy, telecoms), nuclear safety and
environment, reform of public administration,
education, social services Implementation
system no decentralisation. Management of calls
remains in Brussels Projects Services, Supplies
and Works Instruments same as PHARE but accent
on NGO and twinnings Success story CCI Madrid
(OJ S 91/30) New features evaluation of JVP for
NIS/Russia has not reached objectives and has had
no impact on economic transition
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EIC in Balkans
Do not forget the bigger picture !

• EIC in KOSOVO
• European Agency for Reconstruction (SCR tender)
• Contract to 4 EIC (Veneto, EIC Friuli VG, Berlin,
  Antwerpen) and SEQUA (Training foundation German
  CCI)
• Host is CCI Pristina
• 2 years
• 700 Meuro
• Started end July 2001
• Relay Center Zrenjianin (Vojvodina)
• EIC Veneto and EIC Friuli VG
• Host is industrial association of Zrenjianin

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MEDA

• 5350 MEURO for 2000-2006
• annual financing plans to MED committee 3year
  indicative programmes long term Strategy papers
• programming by DG RELEX, implementation by
  EuropeAid, evaluation by DG RELEX

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MEDA

• MEDA BILATERAL (90)- 12 MED - Examples of
  projects in Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco
• MEDA REGIONAL (10)- Industry - Information
  Society - Economic networks/associations

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MED BILATERAL EGYPT

• Industrial Modernisation Programme
• EU contribution 250 MEUR
• Partners GWZ (DE)
• Activities Quality issues are investigated by
  consultants, Assistance in achieving ISO may be
  provided if the company so requires during the
  implementation stage (100 man-day
  limitation)Several management training workshops
  are also addressed towards quality and production
  managers which cover the issues of quality
  management systems, implementation of TQM, total
  quality customer service, and quality assurance

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MED BILATERAL MOROCCO

• Support to the programme for the reform of
  professional
• Education
• EU contribution 3.5 MEURO
• Partners IFOA, GIFOP (F), ICON INSTITUT (G),
  Stratégie Conseil (M)
• Activities Assistance in the reform of the
  vocational education and training system in
  Morocco. Advisory services to beneficiaries on
  training needs analysis and training programmes
  design, as well as design of training proposals
  and terms of reference Provision of seminars to
  beneficiaries on planning, selection, management
  and evaluation of the administrative and
  technical aspects of proposed training
  programmes.
• Target Group Ministry of Vocational Education
  and Training, Businesses, Professional
  Associations, Training institutions

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MED REGIONAL INDUSTRY

• Regional programme for investment promotion (IPI,
  4 MEURO)
• Regional programme for innovation, technology,
  and quality at the service of SME (15 MEURO)
• EUROMED Market instruments and mechanisms (9.9
  MEURO)
• UNIMED Business Network (Unice, 2.5 MEURO)
• Reinforcing industrial zone (Eurada, 0.5 MEURO)

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MED REGIONAL INDUSTRY

• Quality, Certification, and standards as
• competitiveness factors of EUMED SME
• Objective Seminar to promote awareness, exchange
  of experiences, development of further projects
• Venue Vieste, 29-30 April 1999
• Budget 50 000 EURO
• Partners Unioncamere, European Commission DG
  Enterprise, CEN, CCI Foggia, Med partners

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Research and Development
Do not forget the bigger picture !

• Period 6 Framework programme (2002-2006)
• Geographical coverage all EU countries but also
  non-EU !
• Resources 17 500 Meuro for 2002-2006 (4 of EU
  budget but 60 of internal actions, 4 of all EU
  RD expenditure)
• Approach not a synthesis of national/sectorial
  interests but a tool for maintaining European
  investments in RD and real growth of Europe
  (European Research Area)
• Criteria for selecting proposal contribution to
  economic development and ST excellence, social
  objective (employment, health, environment) and
  European value added (critical mass, EU specific
  problems, standards)

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Research and Development
Do not forget the bigger picture !

• Information society among 7 Thematic priorities
  (3600 Meuro)
• Interactive and intelligent systems
• Ecommerce
• Information management
• New features Regional and sectoral pilot
  projects CPA 11, CRAFT possibility
• Projects networks of excellence, integrated
  projects, joint programmes
• New features CCI are now much more present and
  mentioned
• Success stories DEMARCHE, EBR, E-CHAMBER on IST,
  LOGICIP on Ten Telecom

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Contact
Marco Lopriore Unioncamere Brussels
Headquarters
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Email marco.lopriore_at_unioncamere.be