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Interregional Network Summit. House of the Regions. Brussels, 11th October 2006 N orth East South W est Juan D Olabarri Networks and Co-operation Manager SPRI / Basque Country Realising Best Practices in Europe The role and working methods of regional networks in the European Union The experience of EURBEST project

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Page 1: Interregional Network Summit. House of the Regions. Brussels, 11th October 2006 Juan D Olabarri Networks and Co-operation Manager SPRI / Basque Country

Interregional Network Summit. House of the Regions. Brussels, 11th October 2006

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Realising Best Practices in EuropeThe role and working methods of regional networks in the European Union

The experience of EURBEST project

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The EURBEST project in brief

¿What were the aims?

We hope that Eurbest will serve as an operative tool that will allow us to design and implement better action programmes in our regions.

It should also be a source of knowledge and exchange of experiences that will allow us to learn from each other and to adapt these lessons to the reality of our regions.

Eurbest will encourage networking amongst the development agencies with common interests.

as expressed during Kick Off Meeting (Brussels 9 October 2003)

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The EURBEST project in brief

European Regions Benchmarking Economic Strategy & Transfer

Partners : 22 public authority partners from 10 countries

EU support : INTERREG IIIC. 1st call on April 2003. EUR 1,100,000 granted from the ERDF

Timetable: 3 years

Description of Operation: Components to be carried out were1) Management and Coordination 2) Quantitative Analysis 3) Qualitative Analysis 4) Exchange and Transfer and 5) Knowledge Dissemination.

Website : www.eurbest.com

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Working methods of the partners

1. Quantitative AnalysisCollection and comparison of socio-economic indicators of the participant regionsIdentification of best performers and documentation of practices and policies

2. Qualitative Analysis (Study Tours )Workshops focused on policy areas of interestGroup Visit to partner hosting WS (small network)Documentation of practices and policies presented in WS

3. Presentations in Common MeetingsPresentation of Best Practices and Experiences from 1 & 2Networking and transfer workshop

4. Knowledge Transfer VisitsBilateral meetings/visit to exemplar region in deep-study of selected practiceFollow up, impact assesment

5. Website data collection & repositoryOnline data collection and basic processAccess to the Knowledge Base of Best Practices and experiences

6. Community of Practice

**** the challenge of sustainability ****

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Working Methods

Identification of Successful Practices.• Multicriteria selection (Interest of the practice, Agency compatibility, Transfer vehicle)• Subjective vs Objective• The Best or de Good one.

Matching the Regional expertise. SPRI acted as a broker involving other regional bodies or actors in activities of the project when necessary:

• Due to the diversity of competences among the RDAs involved• Interest in areas not directly covered by our organisation

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Motivate participation

The experience of SPRI

What we were searching for?The aim of getting something real out of the project. Changes, actions, new things done, but not only “papers”

Regional Strategy under revision / update process. Renewed programs and measures design

What do we found?“GENERATION TURNOVER” by ASTER catch up our attention . “We realized that we put a lot of attention on new businesses creation from zero, but a few in transfer businesses and generation renewal”.

A double way track. 2 transfer visits received interested in Clusters, Innovation and Venture Capital

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Motivate participation

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Future Prospect & Sustainability

Community of Practice

Support Tools via web

Support of EURADA

Open Initiatives

Services & activities

Focused Benchmarking

Workshops

Forum & Meetings on line

A big challenge to do it without european funding

and out of the project scopeTime to verify feasibility

may be a EURBEST plus project coming soon !!

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What to do and what not to do in European networking.

Necessary means for interregional networkingSuccess factors for interregional co-operation

Some Lessons learnt

The key role of European Commission with Initiatives like INTERREG

CEO involvement is a key facilitator

Involvement of different Departments and regional actors may be

necessary

Take care of the contact people profile

Be aware of potential language and cultural barriers

A few but clearly defined and focused outputs

Be prepared to deal with a % of uncertainty

Management and financing of common expenses procedures

Leadership model and sharing responsibility

Social capital building facilitates exchanges

Size of the network and the depth of relationships

Learning is possible from the best and from others

If you find a “How To” manual follow it

Anyway it is very much Learning by Doing