Technical meeting with the Regional representative offices in Brussels Brussels, 17 March 2009

1. Technical meeting with the Regional representative offices in Brussels • Brussels, 17 March 2009 • The INTERACT II Programme – Knowledge Management and Capitalisation • 17 March 2009 | Brussels

2. INTERACT II Programme • Objectives • Act as a Platform for exchange of information, experience, good practices • Contribute, by its services, to: • Increased efficiency and effectiveness of • programmes • Quality and know-how in Territorial Cooperation • Create a community of actors throughout Europe, facing similar daily issues, questions and challenges

3. INTERACT II Programme 4 Regional Networks Delivery structure • INTERACT Secretariat • INTERACTPoint Turku • INTERACT Point Valencia • INTERACT Point Viborg • INTERACT Point Vienna Managing Authority: Bratislava Self Governing Region

4. INTERACT II Programme • Themes • Good Governance Practices • Capitalisation of former INTERREG experiences • Strategic Programme Planning • Programme Management • Financial Management • Project Management • Project Support • Audit and Control • Monitoring and Evaluation • Communication Networks • EU-wide: Network of National Contact Persons • Regional: Regional Networks of Programmes within the area of each INTERACT Point • Specialised: Networks of specialists, e.g. Finance Managers Network, Communication Managers Network etc

5. INTERACT II Programme Rationale for Knowledge Management & Capitalisation • Frequently Asked Questions! • Do we focus on the real needs in our regions or areas? • Do we have strong evidence to support the rationale for programme & project development? • Can we identify transferable results? • Do we know other regions which face similar challenges? • On a larger scale, can we make a compelling case for cooperation?

6. INTERACT II Programme KnowledgeandExpertise in EuropeanProgrammes CHALLENGE Demonstrating the benefits of European Territorial Cooperation Identify policy gaps and synergies, providing better guidance for decision-making

7. INTERACT II Programme KEEP METHODS KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT CAPITALISATION The thematic interaction among projects dealing with common issues will raise awareness of what is going on in different cooperation areas Mechanism for capturing and comparing projects’ information on EU level Documenting, processing and transferring of information into a common knowledge base The exchange of this knowledge will ensure that every new project can build strongly on the lessons of past programmes To provide statistical evidence about the results of cooperation that is not available from individual programmes Throughsystematicanalysisofknowledgeitwillbepossibletosetup a benchmarkingtooland learning base of the resultsachieved

8. INTERACT II Programme KEEP in ACTION

9. INTERACT II Programme KEEP in ACTION 23/24 March Bratislava Prototype of the KEEP tool on: • All the INTERREG III A,B,C programmes • All the INTERREG III projects' data and information • Sample of the European Territorial Cooperation projects • Session on KEEP and : • -Programme monitoring and evaluation • Programme communication • Project legacy • - European Territorial Cooperation and regional policies

10. INTERACT II Programme KEEP users and added value

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