1st IPP Dissemination Conference Magdeburg 2nd December 2010

The Europe 2020 strategy as an oportunity for Interregional Cooperation.

José L. Muñoz-Bonet Head of European Territorial Innovation

Fundación Comunidad Valenciana-Región Europea

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Outline of the presentation: 1. Who we are? 2. Interregional Cooperation. A successful example. 3. Conclusion.

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1. Who we are?

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The Region of Valencia

23.255 Km2 5.1 Mill population, more than 10% foreign residents GDP per Capita 21.336 € More than 50% of territory are forested areas, and 95% are green areas
In the last 10 years Protected Areas has been increase by 300% with 22 Natural Parks & 3 protected natural Marines
39 Sites of Community Importance (LICs)





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The Region of Valencia



Three Provinces: Valencia, Castellón, Alicante



Valencia is the 3rd Capital of Spain & an international destination for Tourism, Business, Arts and Sciences, with more than 13 Mill tourist by year



Dynamic economy, export oriented & open to the world. High level Research & Technological Development (16 Technological Institutes, 7 Universities with 146.000 Students, Students, 6 Scientific & Technological Parks, and several international research centers) centers)



The traditional agriculture is turning into modern, intensive, irrigated & high quality agricultural production making efficient use of water and land (Oranges, lemons, vegetables, wine, olive oil, …)



Main Industrial sectors: Cars mfg & metal,



Big International Events in the region: America’ America’s Cup, F1 Grand Prix of Europe, Volvo Ocean Race,

Energy, Ceramic, Wood & Furniture, Textiles & Clothing, Toys,

AgroFood & drinks Agro-FCVRE Fundación Comunidad Valenciana – Región Europea Tennis, ..

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FCVRE: Who we are? New Instrument for the Valencian Region Public-Private Partnership (PPP)  Private Sector

 Public Sector

Financial institutions, Chambers of Commerce, Universities, Business Federations…

Regional and local governments Public institutions

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European projects involving FCVRE 2004-2010

Number of projects approved: 85 + 6 Region of Valencia budget for projects approved: 67,5 M. Total Budget for projects approved: 165 M. Projects under assessment: 70 Active projects: 36

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2. Interregional Cooperation. A successful example

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A successful example RFO Perspective 2007-2013 Joint Strategy on regional competitiveness and sustainability

Budget : about 3.000.000 euros

• Calendar:

LEAD PARTNER

July 2005 – July 2008

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Joint Strategy on regional competitiveness and sustainability,

Perspective 2007-2013 Objectives - To enhance competitiveness within the involved regions through common projects in the areas of : ►Automotive supply industry. ► Human resources on tourism ► Region marketing to attract external investments

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Joint Strategy on regional competitiveness and sustainability,

Perspective 2007-2013 Objectives - To promote sustainable development within involved regions through common projects in the areas of : ► Renewable Energies ► Waste Management

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Joint Strategy on regional competitiveness and sustainability,

Perspective 2007-2013 Strategies - Involvement of all the social partners

INSTITUTIONAL

BUSINESS

TECHNICAL

CIVIL

LABOUR

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Key factors • Creation of a dynamic and useful regional & interregional network between all the partners, in order to collaborate together in European Projects. • To setup a methodology based on the identification of the common issues between the regional actors, and making good proposals on a “win-win” bases. • To promote Public Private Partnership. • The participation in European projects is the way of increasing the collaboration and exchanging of best practices among the regions.

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Joint Strategy on regional competitiveness and sustainability,

Perspective 2007-2013 The RFO internal Methodology – Examples

• Europe INNOVA, Valencia, November, from 26th to 28th, 2006 –

Europe INNOVA Conference 2006’s exhibition on innovation best practices, (Valencia- Spain).

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Europe INNOVA is the major event in the European calendar of innovation. Organized by the European Commission under the 6th Framework Programmed and the Valencia Regional Government.

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More than 700 experts from 23 Member states (policy makers, innovation intermediaries and enterprises with an insight into sector innovation analysis and networking in Europe).

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The RFO Perspective 2007-2013 showed its interregional cooperation strategy in terms of innovation.

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Joint Strategy on regional competitiveness and sustainability,

Perspective 2007-2013 The RFO internal Methodology – Examples 2nd Dissemination Conference, Valencia, 23th February 2007 - Composition More than 200 participants from the 4 regions - Regional ministries, state delegations, universities, research centers, technological and innovation institutes, entrepreneurs and investments associations - Objectives and results

- Focus on future challenges about structural funds in Europe 2007-2013 - RFO Perspective strengths competitiveness and sustainable development capacity in the European Union - Approval of 18 subprojects of the RFO Perspective 2007-2013 FCVRE Fundación Comunidad Valenciana – Región Europea Fundación Comunidad Valenciana – Región Europea

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Joint Strategy on regional competitiveness and sustainability,

Perspective 2007-2013 RESULTS

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 18 Strategic Projects Approved on

competitiveness and sustainable development

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 47 high level entities and institutions from Spain, Germany, France and Hungary working together

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Leaders of the projects : Participants :

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Joint Strategy on regional competitiveness and sustainability,

Perspective 2007-2013 RESULTS  Development of clusters at EU Level.



Interregional Media Clustering support to Automotive Cluster Industry with NEAC and CuminClust Projects

Promotion of interregional cooperation networks on:







Cooperative Tourism, Health Tourism, Active and Rural Tourism. Professional standards and qualifications on Education and Training in tourism Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Biomass utilization. Renewable energy and derelict lands. Landfill management

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Joint Strategy on regional competitiveness and sustainability,

Perspective 2007-2013 RESULTS  Development of new technological process and new economic agents.


Continues fibres with thermoplastics. For more competitiveness and environmental friendly materials for automotive industry.




Optics and Automotive industry




Recycling of Electric and Electronic Hazardous waste for new materials for ceramic and construction industry




Hydrogen Cells and solar energy for transport systems in protected areas.

 Development

of new economic agents in the Regions.

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Joint Strategy on regional competitiveness and sustainability,

Perspective 2007-2013 RESULTS  Regional Agreements & Involvement of main institutions and entities from the participating regions in European projects.  Creation

of two platforms to develop new proposals for European projects:



IPP - Interregional Partnership Platform ICOPS – International Cooperation Platform for Sustainability

 Generation of new project proposals, with a budged of more than 30 million Euros, to several European programs: INTERREG IV, FP 7, LIFE+, IEE- Intelligent Energy in Europe, … FCVRE Fundación Comunidad Valenciana – Región Europea Fundación Comunidad Valenciana – Región Europea

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Joint Strategy on regional competitiveness and sustainability,

Perspective 2007-2013 RESULTS 

Lobby in EU policies

 Creation of an effective methodology for the period 2007-2013 and a model for European Territorial Cooperation  Communication and dissemination in more than 40 international events and 12 countries, as best practice of European Territorial Cooperation.

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Cooperation results.

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Cooperation results.

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LET’S WORK TOGETHER! FCVRE Fundación Comunidad Valenciana – Región Europea Fundación Comunidad Valenciana – Región Europea

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CONCLUSIONS • EU initiatives and the Interregional cooperation must be seen as a tool for innovation and business development in cooperation with public and private entities from different countries.. • The cooperation on EU programs & projects always has a payback. The important is not the amount of money you get, but what you do with this opportunity and how you use it. • Successful EU initiatives & interregional Projects require a good proposal that give solutions to a real problems, based on specific results, with compromised partners, and project management skills. FCVRE Fundación Comunidad Valenciana – Región Europea Fundación Comunidad Valenciana – Región Europea

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Thank you very much for your attention Vielen dank für Ihre Aufmerksamkeit

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