Since 2007, 122 projects have been approved within the four calls for proposals published by the SEE Programme. These projects cover a wide range of topics and allow cooperating to institutions coming from many different countries among those 16 EU members and not members belonging to the Programme area.
The experience gained by the projects during their implementation activities should help us to prepare in better conditions the future of transnational cooperation and the programmes in the Southeast of
Taking into account these developments and in order to get more focused debates and concrete conclusions, specific themes have been selected to be addressed in a series of seminars which started last 30th October in Timisoara (RO) with the seminar 'SMART SEE: Thinking of the future based on the experience gained'. INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE SEE are the third and fourth thematic events organised by the SEE Programme with the aim of helping to prepare in better conditions the future of transnational cooperation and the two new programmes.
The Split Seminars will gather experts and policy makers related to the theme and partners of SEE projects belonging to the following thematic poles as identified within the SEE Capitalisation Strategy, under the guidance of the pole leaders:
Seminar INCLUSIVE SEE: Capitalising experiences for inclusive growth and job creation in the Southeast Europe area 2014+ (Split, 17 September):
Pole 11: Employment and Demographic Change
Pole 12: Urban Development
Pole 13: Cultural Resources
Seminar ACCESSIBLE SEE: Coordinating the results of SEE projects for improved accessibility across the region (Split, 18 September):
Pole 7: Multimodal Accessibility to Primary Networks
Pole 8: Regional Mobility
Pole 9: Greener Transport Systems
Pole 10: Access to Quality ICT
The seminars, apart from being an opportunity for the Thematic Poles to fine-tune their synergies/capitalisation process, is a unique moment for project partners to influence the future of Territorial Cooperation in the area. It aims at achieving some concrete conclusions from the different workshops which could be a valid input for the preparation of the new transnational cooperation programmes in the area, Danube and South East Gateway, considering the future topics to be covered, the legacies of the current programming period to be maintained and the needed changes to be implemented.
A final document with the seminar outcomes will be prepared and presented to the two new programmes Task Forces to be taken into consideration in the debates about the future programming period.
These seminars' outcomes and the presentations made will be published in the SEE website after the events.
More information: Eloy Gomez Giron / Agnes SzucsSEE JTS Communication Managergomez@southeast-europe.netTel: +36 1 224 3154