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1
The Transnational Dimension Learning Adapting
Practice
  • Ann Reynard
  • EU Projects Consultancy

2
Agenda
  • What role does Transnational activity have in the
    new programmes?
  • The learning from the Transnational Partnership
    how this might be used to influence policy
  • Questions to the panel of Building
    Entrepreneurship Transnational Partners

3
Building EntrepreneurshipTransnational Partners
  • Anna Csongor Hungary Autonómia Foundation
  • Montse Basora Spain Barcelona Activa
  • Dorthe Degn Denmark EVU

4
Introduction
  • Reasons for presentation
  • Research nightmare
  • DfES Equal Dept. for Education Skills
  • GLA / Brussels Office Greater London Authority
  • GOL Govt. Office for London
  • LDA London Development Agency
  • LVSTC London Voluntary Sector Training
    Consortium
  • What transnational meant in the past

5
What is on Brussels websites
  • Recognition of the value of transnationality and
    transnational partnerships
  • Recognition of the value of entrepreneurship,
    micro-enterprise and social economy
  • Recognition of the economic and social value of
    minority ethnic entrepreneurs

6
DG Employment Social Affairs
  • Multi level and inclusive approaches based on
    partnerships are needed
  • ESF promotes partnerships by funding activities
    that
  • Promote the networking of stakeholders
  • Encourage the inclusion of social partners and
    NGOs

7
Recognition of the value of Equal
  • Future cooperation to be supported, based on
  • Equal lessons
  • Co-operation between projects in different Member
    States
  • Co-operation between national networks
  • Co-operation between organisations or area-based
    partnerships
  • Partnerships between national organisations, such
    as ESF managing authorities

8
Promoting international activities of SMEs
  • Most Member States have put a range of programmes
    and support structures in place to help smaller
    firms tackle export markets
  • A group of experts from all Member States is due
    to produce a catalogue of good practices in early
    2008

9
Ethnic minority entrepreneurs
  • An important pool of potential entrepreneurs
  • Policies must take full account of this potential
  • Some of the specific barriers recognised
  • The Commission is working with Member States to
    overcome the difficulties
  • Data for the EU as a whole is not available

10
Raising awarenessof BME entrepreneurs problems
  • Circumstance rather than discrimination
  • Many common problems - each Member State can
    learn from the others
  • The Commission plans to publish a study of good
    practice in support measures and ethnic business
    organisations
  • A follow-up conference is planned for Spring 2008

11
Craft and micro-enterprises
  • An important segment of the European economy
  • The Commission recognises that specific efforts
    to help are essential for European growth
  • Micro-enterprises are very often the source of
    innovation
  • 16-17 April 2007 - the Fourth European Conference
    on Craft and Small Enterprises
  • Successful ways of overcoming many problems have
    been proven elsewhere in Europe

12
Europes social economy
  • Ensures effective competition
  • Provides a wide range of products and services
    across Europe, and generates millions of jobs
  • 10 million jobs, but membership of social economy
    enterprises is as high as 150 million
  • Forms of enterprise and the fields in which they
    are active vary across Europe
  • It is vital that regulation takes full account of
    the specific characteristics

13
DfES Equal Office
  • Re. England
  • Guide on co-operation and innovation due by end
    of 2007
  • Best chance of funding for transnational
    cooperation work is the ESF Innovation Measure
    next year
  • Lifelong learning programme currently strong
    links with combating exclusion. Leonardo call
    in Oct. 2007

14
GLA / Brussels Office
  • Equal is not managed by this office

15
GOL
  • Transnational work is priority for EU funding
    2007 2013
  • Interreg ERDF long running
  • Regional competitiveness unemployment
  • Open to LAs individual organisations
  • In London, Interreg B C concerned with
    transnational cooperation
  • Rules for engagement are different London falls
    into NW EU area
  • First course of proposals 15 Oct deadline. Apply
    now for eligibility
  • There will be more calls
  • Susanna Standell Interreg GOL

16
LDA
  • LDA has a small amount of money for London
  • They are working with GOL GLA
  • Project monitoring ERDF / ESF
  • Framework 7 VCS Voluntary Community Sector
    Local Authorities LAs could contribute more
    to university research
  • Train interested VCS to undertake research?

17
LVSTC 1
  • Very hard to work out whats happening but we are
    aware of the issues
  • A national programme Equal is going down to a
    regional base
  • New possibilities now with regional programmes
    working with transitional not just national
    programmes
  • Conscious with continuation of Equal-style
    initiatives that it has to be as effective when
    managed by the regions
  • There have been delays in the guidance coming out

18
LVSTC 2
  • Transnational activity will be closely linked to
    innovation - but bureaucratisation stifles
    innovation
  • ERDF/ESF- there will be elements of transnational
    across all
  • We are told that Equal will be mainstreamed.
    Very difficult to see evidence of mainstreaming
  • Ray Phillips working with European Anti-Poverty
    Network EAPN
  • Funding expecting a new programme to be
    announced before Christmas

19
LVSTC 3
  • Two months of further preparation
  • LVSTC are trying to find out how this will be
    expressed across CFOs Co-financing
    Organisations
  • Support from LDA Mayors office
  • LVSTC are having an event in Autumn to build
    Equal into new programmes
  • LVSTC monthly focus groups needs someone to say
    what about the transnational element? Stewart
    Goldring, Deputy Director/ESF Delivery Unit
    Co-ordinator - stewartg_at_lvstc.org.uk

20
The learning from the Transnational Partnership
how this might be used to influence policy
  • The Transnational Partners Publications
  • Spain Study on Micro enterprise Financing and
    Development Good Practice in Europe
  • UK Understanding European Policy and
    Identifying Good Practice at the Intersection of
    Social Inclusion and Enterprise Development
  • Denmark Moving out of the Shadow Economy
  • Hungary Building the Social Economy

21
Topics the Transnational Partnership learnt about
  • Micro finance
  • Social enterprise
  • BME business support methods
  • Tools for working with entrepreneurs
  • Tools for entrepreneurs
  • Shadow economy
  • Ways of introducing a social economy to
    regenerate a region
  • Funding issues
  • Comparative studies - similarities and
    differences between countries

22
Influencing Policy 1
  • Presentations at EU level UK were invited to
    present at the Equal event in Hanover 2007
  • The Danish partner worked closely with a BME
    entrepreneur who is an active city counsellor in
    Copenhagen
  • The UK partner had meetings with DG Enterprise
    and DG Research to disseminate findings
  • The Danish partner invited the Director of DG
    Enterprise to make the opening presentation at
    their conference

23
Influencing Policy 2
  • The Spanish partner is located within the local
    authority in Barcelona and is already engaged in
    mainstreaming some of their Equal findings
  • On the 2nd day of the Hungarian 2007 conference
    regional and national funders and policy makers
    were invited to make presentations and answer
    questions
  • The Hungarian project is working across an entire
    region with prominent Romany civic leaders
  • The UK partner works with the local authority who
    is the lead partner of their DP project

24
Influencing Policy 3
  • The Spanish partner invited speakers from
    Catalonia, Spain, UK, Germany, Sweden and France
    to their conference
  • The Transnational Partnership created the
    Building Entrepreneurship website to assist
    lobbying and dissemination
  • UK November 2005 workshop Representatives from
    UK Equal were invited to make a presentation on
    Engaging policy makers
  • UK and Denmark are developing links with key DG
    personnel and MEPs in Brussels

25
Opportunities for Transnational Cooperation
  • Research institutes / institutions
  • ESF Innovation Measure/s
  • Progress parts of
  • New ECs Lifelong Learning Programme
  • Leonardo UK
  • Interreg B C
  • ERDF
  • LDA
  • Mayor of London GOL/GLA
  • The strategic opportunities are NOW

26
Your panel
  • Anna Hungary
  • Montse Spain
  • Dorthe Denmark
  • To answer your questions on the role of
    transnational activity and adapting practice

27
Useful websites
  • Equal at DfES now Dept for Children, Schools
    Families www.dfes.gov.uk
  • DTI now Dept. for Business, Enterprise
    Regulatory Reform www.dti.gov.uk
  • Equal at Ecotec www.equal.ecotec.co.uk
  • GLA www.london.gov.uk
  • GOL www.gos.gov.uk/gol
  • LDA www.lda.gov.uk
  • LVSTC www.lvstc.org.uk
  • Leonardo da Vinci www.leonardo.gov.uk
  • ESF UK www.esf.gov.uk
  • ERDF www.erdf.communities.gov.uk
  • EU http//europa.eu
  • DG Enterprise http//europa.eu/enterprise
  • DG Employment http//europa.eu/employment
  • Interreg www.interregiii.org.uk
  • European Anti-Poverty Network EAPN
    www.eapn.org

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The Transnational Dimension Learning Adapting
Practice
  • Ann Reynard
  • EU Projects Consultancy
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