The CADSES Programme in Figures Updated in December 2006
In this section you can find statistical programme overviews which are regularly updated.
During the 2000-2006 programming period an ERDF budget surpassing EUR 143 million and EUR 100 million of national co-financing were allocated to the 134 projects. After four calls more than 1,600 project partners are now involved in CADSES.
The fact that the number of partners in the present funding period (2000-2006) is almost eight times higher than in the first funding period of 1997-1999 gives proof that the aim to generate and foster transnational co-operation during the two CADSES funding periods was successful.
Project Proposals Submitted and Approved
In addition the application figures mirror the growing popularity of the Programme. On average 34 projects were approved for each call and the average rate of approval was 27.4%. However, the figures differed significantly between the calls.
As part of the first call 88 project proposals were handed in. In the fourth call the number reached 238. Whereas in the first call the quota of approval was 37.5%, in the fourth and final call project approval was 17%, although the total number of approved projects (41) was higher than in the previous three
calls.
Projects Approved by Priority
The greatest portion of projects is concentrated in the field of priority one, i.e. the “Promotion of Spatial Development”. More than 50 projects are brought together under this category (38%). The remaining
projects are distributed relatively equally over the other three priorities “Transport Systems”, “Natural and Cultural Heritage” and “Environmental Protection” (ranging from 19-24%).
Project Partners per Country
Project partners can be found in all 18 countries participating in the CADSES Programme. The figure below shows how widely the partners are spread across the whole CADSES area. Although most partners are based in the four states that were members of the EU when the Programme was launched in 2000 (Austria, Germany, Greece, Italy), the new EU Member States were encouraged to participate, in particular after the EU enlargement in 2004, when they could apply for ERDF funds.
Among the five new EU Member States, Hungary and Poland boast the highest numbers of participants. Although the majority of the partners in CADSES projects are from the enlarged EU, a growing number of project partners come from nine neighbourhood countries such as Bulgaria and Romania (both with 65) or Croatia (50 partners).
Lead Partners per Country
To a great degree the leadership of the transnational co-operation projects was assumed by Italian Lead Partners (54 of 134 projects), followed by Austria (23). In 21 projects there were Lead Partners from Germany, likewise 21 from Greece.
In the 3rd and 4th call projects from Lead Partners coming from new EU Member States were even approved for the first time in the INtErrEG III B cADSES Programme: four projects with Polish and Czech Lead Partners, three projects under Slovenian leadership and two projects with Hungarian and Slovakian Lead Partners started working in 2005 and 2006.
