Les régions, actrices du changement économique

Echange de bonnes pratiques entre les regions d'Europe

Fast Track Networks

• are key delivery mechanisms for the "Regions for Economic Change" (RfEC) initiative introducing new ways to dynamise regional and urban networks in EU Regional Policy, test innovative ideas and enable a rapid transfer into the Convergence, Regional Competitiveness and Employment, and European Territorial cooperation programmes;
• are capitalisation projects with a focus on mainstreaming, i.e. actual translation of good practice into regional policies and programmes;
• focus on one or several of the 30 priority themes identified in the Staff Working paper that accompanied the Communication on Regions for Economic Change (COM/2006/675);
• actively involve Managing Authorities (MAs) of relevant ERDF, ESF and Cohesion Fund Programme(s);
• deliver dedicated Action Plans with the aim to impact on the strategic content of programmes and to leverage concrete follow-up investments;
• are assisted by the European Commission services by, among others, providing information on relevant EU policy priorities and issues and examples of additional good practice for policy learning, and monitoring the quality of the peer-review process, content of good practice transfer and the involvement and commitment of the MAs.

In the current programming period the Commission has granted the ‘Fast track’ label to 21 interregional network projects, funded by the INTERREG IVC and URBACT programmes. Please note that the existing Fast Track Networks do not cover all of the 30 themes, suggested above as the award of the Fast Track label was based on competitive calls and a competitive selection procedure, following a set of assessment questions to evaluate their quality and commitment to policy transfer.

INTERREG IVC Fast Track Networks

Distribution of the network's partners at regional level

	C2CN – Cradle to Cradle Network	1.10 Moving to a recycling society
	SCINNOPOLI– Scaning Innovation Policy Impact	2.1 Improving the capacity of regions for research and innovation
	ERIK ACTION – Upgrading the innovation capacity of existing firms	2.2 Bringing innovative ideas to the market more quickly
	MKW– Making Knowledge Work
	RAPIDE – Regional action plans for innovation development and enterprise
	IMMODI – Implementing Mod	2.5 Bringing e-government to regions and businesses
	PIKE– Promoting innovation and the knowledge economy
	B3 REGIONS– Regions for better broadband connection	2.6 Better ICT connections between regions
	ESF6 CIA– Capitalising innovative approaches towards demographic change	3.3 Meeting the demographic challenge
	PIMMS Capital
	CO2FREE

URBACT II Fast Track Networks

Distribution of the network's partners at regional level

	BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES– Urban health network for building  healthy communities	1.6 Healthy Communities
	CASH– Cities' Action for Sustainable Housing	1.8 Developing sustainable and energy efficient housing stock
	InteGROW– Social inclusion of young at risk of exclusion	3.5 Integrating Marginalised Youth
	M.I.L.E. – Managing migration and integration at local level	3.6 Managing Migration, facilitating social integration
	OPEN CITIES – Openness and the competitive advantage of diversity
	ROMA-NET– Integration of Roma population
	URBAMECO – The urban, social economic and cultural regeneration of public housing estates in urban areas	4.3 Achieving sustainable urban development
	UNIC – Urban network for innovation in ceramics
	HERO– Heritage as opportunity: Sustainable management strategies for vital historic urban landscapes
	RegGOV – Regional  governance of sustainable integrated development of deprived urban areas	5. Other

INTERREG IIIC pilot Fast Track network

CLOE - Clusters Linked Over Europe

2.2 Bringing innovative ideas to the market more quickly