WG Structural Funds

EARTO WG Structural Funds is composed of more than 20 active experts. The WG is looking at how RTOs can be involved in and benefit from projects under the European Structural and Investment Funds, but also the role of RTOs in Smart Specialisation Strategies as well as the synergies between the Cohesion Policy and the EU R&I Framework Programmes.

 

Key Topics for 2021

 

  • Synergies with Horizon Europe incl. Interregional Innovation Investments (I3) & transfer of Cohesion resources to other EU Programmes

 

Cooperation with EU Institutions & Stakeholders

  • European Commission (DG R&I, DG REGIO, DG JRC, DG CONNECT)
  • European Parliament (REGI)
  • Committee of the Regions
  • Vanguard Initiative
  • ERRIN, Vanguard Initiative

Latest Papers Published

30 / 09 / 2020

Joint contribution to the public consultation on Interregional Innovation Investments (I3)

EARTO, AER, eurada, European Network of Living Labs, EuroTech Universities, CPMR and Vanguard Initiative support the I3 and welcome the agreement from the Council to create this new tool under the ERDF, while regretting the downsizing of its budget to €500m.

08 / 07 / 2020

EARTO Joint Contribution to the EC consultation reviewing the GBER

EARTO and Vanguard Initiative published their Joint Contribution to the second European Commission (EC)’s Consultation on targeted review of the General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER) and addressed some considerations about assessing this new specific approach as state aid.

26 / 05 / 2020

Joint Statement on EU Interregional Innovation Investments: towards EU economic recovery

AER, CPMR, EARTO, ENoLL, ERRIN, European Clusters Alliance, EuroTech Universities, UAS4Europe and Vanguard Initiative, jointly support the Statement on EU Interregional Innovation Investments towards the EU Economic Recovery.

25 / 09 / 2019

EARTO Joint Contribution to the EC Consultation Reviewing the GBER

EARTO and Vanguard Initiative welcome the EC’s proposal to review the EU state aide rules to facilitate the combination of shared management funds and centrally managed funds.

03 / 06 / 2019

Joint Statement on Interregional Innovation Investments for European Value Chains

AER, CPMR, ERRIN, ENoLL, EuroTech Universities Alliance and Vanguard Initiative, as well as the co-leading Regions from 17 Smart Specialisation Partnerships, jointly support the Statement on Interregional Innovation Investments for European value chains.

03 / 06 / 2019

EARTO & Vanguard Statement on Synergies Post-2020

EARTO and the Vanguard Initiative very much welcome the new INTERREG component 5 and the new possibility of transferring resources between EU programmes: both could be key drivers to achieve synergies of funds.