Benchmark Study 1

IPP 1st BENCHMARK REPORT
o Level of Public & Private Partnership:
See below
o Legal Structure:
EU Service-Agency is a project of the development bank of Saxony-Anhalt.The project is being
part-financed by the European Union, namely by the European Funds for Regional Development.
o Level of Internationalization:
Degree of international networking activities as part of the overall activities:
creation of interregional network for partnersearch, organization of joint activities and exchange
of experience regarding the mobilisation of local and regional actors towards EU-projects
Member of ERRIN
within project EU Service-Agency we cooperate with IPP – Partnerregions
group of international partners varies depending on the EU programme (network is continuously
growing)
o Relations with other internationalization support organizations in the region:
close cooperation with EEN, Go Europe and EU – funding experts of universities
also with ministries dealing with EU-Programms in their area of action
o Interests in further EU co-operation and programmes:
Manifold interest
main programmes right now: Interreg B and C (A not possible in Saxony – Anhalt), IEE, Lifelong
Learning (especially Leonardo, Grundtvig),
o Results & Experiences
Main Results: Organisation of numbers of workshops and conferences/seminars as well as arrangement
of projects (11 in 2010)
Main difficulties & bottlenecks: to attract local municipalities to EU Programmes, burocratic hurdles,
little knowledge about EU Programmes and the added value of the participation in EU – projects
etc in administration of local municipalities, short period of action when project leader is searching
for partner, actors in Saxony – Anhalt are not trained yet to react on short notice.
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