TIA CBC - Territorial Impact Assessment for Cross-Border Cooperation
Theme: Cross-border cooperation, territorial impact assessment, indicators
Scope
To date, there is no elaborated territorial impact assessment methodology/model that has proven to be well-suited for assessing the ex-post impacts of CBC programmes. The service provider will develop a step-by-step methodology, describing how to determine the ex-post impact of cross-border cooperation (CBC) programmes on the territorial development of the border regions. A test of the methodology will also be performed in five stakeholder territories by providing evidence on how the elaborated methodology works in practice. It is foreseen that mostly 2007 – 2013 programming period data will be used. This targeted analysis will primarily focus on the following five INTERREG A programmes:
- Germany – the Netherlands
- Sweden - Norway
- Romania - Bulgaria
- United Kingdom - Ireland (Ireland-Northern Ireland-Scotland)
- Spain-Portugal (POCTEP)
The objective of this activity is to develop and test a methodology specifically tailored to assess ex-post territorial impacts of CBC programmes. The methodology will allow policy makers and practitioners to obtain evidence on the territorial impact of CBC programmes and help on developing better-informed cross-border policies. The activity will also improve understanding of the data needs to carry out ex-post territorial impact assessment of CBC programmes.
Stakeholders’ knowledge needs
- What is the best way to measure territorial impact of CBC programmes? What kind of indicators and methodologies or tools are needed to do that?
- What data is needed on cross-border regions to be able to carry out territorial impact assessment of CBC programmes? What data should be collected at EU, national, regional or programme level in the future?
- What is needed to be able to make comparisons on territorial impact of CBC programmes across CBC programmes (benchmarking)?
- How to communicate and use the results of TIA to improve the design of CBC programmes and policies on CB regions in general?
Main outcomes
- An overview of existing ex-post and ex-ante territorial impact assessment methodologies and the way these methodologies can be applied to evaluate ex-post impact of the CBC programmes on territorial development of border regions.
- A step-by-step methodology describing how to determine the ex-post impact of any CBC programme on territorial development of border regions. Where needed a description how to adjust the methodology given the particular territorial structure of the CBC programmes.
- Evidence (collected data, maps and a set of indicators) on the ex-post territorial impact of the 5 CBC programmes.
- Proposal on how (and to whom) to communicate and utilize the results of TIA for better design of CBC programmes.
Stakeholders
- Joint Secretariat of the INTERREG A programme Germany – the Netherlands (c/o Euregio Rhine-Waal) (lead stakeholder)
- Ministry for Economic Affairs, Energy and Industry of the State of North Rhine- Westphalia (Managing Authority)
- Province Gelderland of the Netherlands
- Joint Secretariat of the INTERREG A programme Sweden – Norway (c/o Hedmark County Council)
- Ministry of Regional Development, Public Administration and European Funds of Romania (Managing Authority)
- Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works of Bulgaria (National Authority)
- Galicia-North Portugal European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation
- Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) (Managing Authority and Joint Secretariat)
Observers
- The Transfrontier Operational Mission (MOT)
- The Association of European Border Regions (AEBR)
- European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy
- European Committee of the Regions
Contractors
- ÖIR, Austrian Institute for Regional Studies and Spatial Planning: AT (lead contractor)
- blue! Advancing european projects, DE
- M&E Factory, BG
- Maastricht University, NL
- Nordregio, SE
- Red2Red Consultores, ES
- University College Dublin, IE
- University of Liverpool, UK
Budget: € 283.429
Lifetime: May 2018 – May 2019
Deliveries
- Inception delivery, 23 July 2018
- Interim delivery, 24 September 2018
- Draft Final delivery, 25 February 2019
- Final delivery, 23 May 2019
Contact :
Zintis Hermansons (Project Expert) zintis.hermansons@espon.eu , Akos Szabo (Financial Expert) akos.szabo@espon.eu
