Events

  • Project Development Project for North West Europe and Northern Periphery Programme, Derry City Council 04 July 2011

The Special EU Programmes Body, together with the BMW Regional Assembly hosted a  project development workshop for the Northern Periphery and North West Europe Programmes on 04 July 2011 in Derry City Council. 

SEUPB acts as the Regional Contact Point for Northern Ireland for the Northern Periphery Programme and the BMW Regional Assembly acts as the Regional Contact Point for this programme in Ireland. The RCPs were joined by Ian Hill, the UK Contact Point for the North West Europe programme.  

Chaired by Teresa Lennon of the Special EU Programmes Body, the main focus of the workshop was to provide organisations in Northern Ireland and Ireland with an overview of the North West Europe Programme and Northern Periphery Programme  and to provide information on how to further develop their applications and how to find partners, with a particular focus on next and final calls to both these programmes.

 
The workshop was attended by 20 people from a range of public sector organizations, mainly from the North West of the region.  Participants had the opportunity to discuss their ideas with the contact points and it is hoped that participants will be able to submit proposals during the next calls which will be taken in September/October 2011 and in Spring 2012.  

Click on the link below to download the workshop presentations:

INTERREG IVB IVC Overview

NWE Programme Overview

NPP Programme Overview

From Idea to Successful Project

  • INTERREG IVC Programme Information Seminar, Newry 04 March 2011

The Special EU Programmes Body, together with the BMW Regional Assembly, hosted an Information Seminar  on 04 March 2011 in Newry.  The event was held as part of the support offered by both organisations for applicants to the current call to the INTERREG IVC programme.  

INTERREG IVC is an interregional programme, specifically for local and regional authorities, which aims to improve the effectiveness of regional policies and instruments, by the exchange of experiences and the transfer of good practices between participating partners responsible for the development of local and regional policies.  The third call for INTERREG IVC is currently open and will close on 1 April 2011. 

The areas of support are innovation and the knowledge economy, environment and risk prevention. Typical tools for exchange of experience are networking activities such as thematic workshops, seminars, conferences, surveys, and study visits. Project partners cooperate to identify and transfer good practices. Possible project outcomes include for example case study collections, policy recommendations, strategic guidelines or action plans. INTERREG IVC also allows light implementation or piloting, but only if these complement the exchange of experience activities.

The information seminar provided over 30 local and regional authorities in Northern Ireland and Ireland with an overview of the programme, presented by Michael O'Brien, National Contact Point for Ireland.   A range of opportunities to join established partnerships were presented by Teresa Lennon, SEUPB. Mr Akos Szabo from the INTERREG IVC Info Point West provided an overview of the requirements of the current call and Sabine Kalke from Belfast City Council and Colm McColgan from ERNACT in Donegal outlined their experiences of being involved in the INTERREG IVC programme. 

Click on the link below to download the workshop presentations:

Overview of the INTERREG IVC programme

INTERREG IVC Overview of the current Call

Active Project Ideas and Partner Searches for Fourth Call

INTERREG IVC Project B-TEAM

INTERREG IVC Project PIKE

  •  Atlantic Area Programme Information Seminar, Dublin 25 January 2011

The BMW Regional Assembly has announced details of the upcoming Third Call for Proposals under the Interreg Atlantic Area Programme.

Details of the call were set out at an Information Seminar for applicants held at the offices of the European Commission in Dublin on 25 January 2011. The event was attended by over sixty organisations across the island of Ireland which included Transport Providers, Higher Education Institutes, Local Authorities and the private sector. Those present were informed of a total funding package available of €23m under the next call for transnational project development in the areas of maritime safety, marine renewable energies, co-operation between public transport providers together with transport services provided through ports and by shipping companies. The call is set to open on February 14th with a closing date for applications of April 30th 2011.

Those attending were given details of the call timetable and the application process and tips on how to make a successful application. Information was also given by the Brussels based Irish Regions Office on various other funding opportunities outside the mainline structural funds which could provide additional funding opportunities to Irish Organisations to access EU funds. Opportunities for partnerships within the island of Ireland to co-operate with other European regions were also outlined in detail. The Assembly is confident that we will continue our successful participation in this programme which has generated €13m in approved expenditure to date across 35 projects covering 52 Irish partners.

The event was highly interactive with lively discussion from participants in a constructive Questions and Answers session.

  • North West Europe Workshop on Innovation, Belfast 09 November 2010

The Special EU Programmes Body, together with the Department of Finance and Personnel and Ian Hill, the UK Contact Point for the North West Europe programme hosted a successful workshop on Innovation on 09th November 2010 in Belfast.

Chaired by Teresa Lennon of the Special EU Programmes Body, the main focus of the workshop was to provide organisations in Northern Ireland with an overview of the North West Europe programme, with a particular focus on encouraging projects that will promote innovation and boost the competitiveness of the North West Europe region. In order to ensure that potential project applicants to the programme are working in line with Northern Ireland policy on innovation, Ciaran McGarrity from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment provided a comprehensive overview of the current policy context in relation to innovation.

Approximately €50 million remains in the programme for innovation and projects are required that can focus on one of the following themes:

  1. Greater entrepreneurship and Innovation in products, processes and services
  2. Strengthening existing SME clusters
  3. Improving the institutional framework for innovation

The workshop was attended by over 50 people from a range of public and private sector organisations that are keen to develop and participate in innovation projects. Participants had the opportunity to discuss their ideas with the UK and Ireland Contact Points for the North West Europe programme and its hoped that many will be able to submit proposals during next call in Spring 2011. In addition, participants were reminded that the North West Europe Annual Conference, will be held in Manchester on t and 7th December 2010 and with a particular focus on innovation it will also be an excellent opportunity for applicants to further develop their project ideas and to seek partners.

 

Click on the link below to download the workshop presentations:

Intro to Interreg & NWE programme presentation

From idea to succesful project presentation

Problems & avoiding them presentation

Innovation Policy presentation

Role of SEUPB presentation

 

  • Atlantic Area Project Development Workshop, Belfast 29 July 2010 

The Special EU Programmes Body, together with the UK contact point Heather Silcox and Ireland contact point Michael O'Brien hosted a successful project development workshop on 29th July 2010.

Chaired by Robin Ramsey of the Department of Finance and Personnel, the main focus of the workshop was to provide an overview of funding opportunities within the Atlantic Area Programme.

Organisations with potential ideas attended and discussed ideas and applications in preparation for forthcoming Atlantic Area calls.

The workshop was attended by almost 40 people from Northern Ireland and Ireland.

Click on the link below to download the workshop presentation.

Project Development Workshop Final Presentation

  • NPP Partenariat "Phoenix 2010"

The Phoenix 2010 Partenariat was held from 20 - 22 April 2010 in Portrush, Northern Ireland. In the absence of the Secretariat and representatives from other eligible regions (due to flight restrictions), the Department of Finance and Personnel, Northern Ireland, together with the Regional Contact Points from Northern Ireland and Ireland hosted the event. Attendees included a range of partner organisations from Northern Ireland and Ireland. Following some excellent presentations and discussions on the challenges and opportunities for linking the traditional and creative industries, participants developed a number of project ideas including: increasing the capacity of business parks and innovation centres, mapping the creative assets of regions and piloting a creative platform for the sustainable growth of regional creative industries. Participants also expressed interest in linking with the existing PEMP and CINERGY projects. The Programme Secretariat will be hosting a follow up event on 16 - 17 June 2010 in Copenhagen. This will be a project development clinic to further develop the project ideas identified at Phoenix 2010. Further details will follow. For more details and to download the report of the Partenariat please go to:

 Partenariat Phoenix 2010 report

To download presentations please go to (presentations can be found under "Documents"):

Partenariat Phoenix 2010 Presentations

 

  • Interreg Atlantic Area Financial Management Seminar 18 January 2010 Dublin

Atlantic Area Training Seminar Monday 18th January Dublin

Atlantic Area Programme 2007-2013 - An Irish Perspective

Northern Ireland Participation in the Atlantic Area Programme

First Level Control Certification & Declaration Procedure for AA Programme

First Level Control Atlantic Area- The System in Northern Ireland

The Web Site Collaborative & Communication Platform

Execution Report and Payment

 

  • Transnational Conference - "Making European Co - operation a Reality in Northern Ireland: INTERREG IVB and IVC Programmes 2007-13" 19 November 2009 Hotel Ramada

European programmes bring economic benefits to Northern Ireland 

Presentation: Making European Co-operation a Reality

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