This covers the same ground as the RTP. The measures relating directly to the RTP are mainly concentrated in:
Sub-programme 2: Reinforcing company competitiveness,
measure 1: reinforcing company competitiveness through technical support for SMEs, new methods of financing and private production investment,
measure 2: modernisation and integration of company infrastructure, particularly through the expansion of industrial zones, the foundation of the Food and Beverages Institute and the Textile Centre, and the completion of the Pieria Productivity Centre.
measure 3: linking research and production through the creation of a Regional Council on research and the promotion of applied research
measure 4: development of inter-Balkan collaboration through the creation of an information network and stock exchange.
This parallels the RTP, entirely and directly, being both clearly oriented towards the industrial sector and innovatory in virtually all its measures and projects. Its principal measures are:
Sub-programme 1:Infrastructures,
measure 1: creation of a product quality system, with eight actions focusing on technical, organisational, institutional etc. application details,
measure 2: industrial infrastructures in industrial zones, industrial parks, technology parks and selected Regions,
measure 3: private and mixed industrial infrastructures in Northern Greece, providing modern services and establishing an Inter-Balkan Economic Collaboration Observatory,
measure 4: renewal of those industrial areas in decline, by means of special incentives to companies (to the extent that some of these areas are located in Northern Greece),
measure 5: encouraging exports through integrated programmes in support of products, promotion by product and country, advertisement and communication, and support for collaborative endeavours.
Sub-programme 2:Promotion of private investment (through development incentives schemes)
measure 1: support for large scale private investments (over 5 billion GDR)
measure 2:support for private investment under Law 1892/90.
Sub-programme 3: Company modernisation
measure 1: support for selected enterprises with a view to improving their international competitiveness through development incentives schemes,
measure 2: modernisation of technology through actions aimed at quality, innovation and flexibility, ecological production methods, and technology transfer,
measure 3: improving health and safety in the workplace through the creation of a Centre for Health and Safety at Work, development of technologies for the prevention of large scale accidents, and promotion of changes in production processes.
Sub-programme 4:Small and medium-sized companies
measure 1:financial institutions and support instruments for SMEs, through the creation of joint securities companies, venture capital, credit co-operatives, interest subsidisation, factoring and leasing,
measure 2: improving the competitiveness SMEs through technical assistance to collective bodies, up-grading of sectorial institutes, creation of a SMEs register/network, promotion of collaboration and sub-contracting, support for the creation of new SMEs as well as for the purchase of services (including consultancy services), and development of handicrafts.
OP on Research and Technology
This programme is also entirely and directly related to the aims and objectives of the RTP, with, on the one hand, a high degree of innovation in its measures and, on the other, direct or indirect links with industry. All its measures are directly relative and are divided among the following sub-programmes:
Sub-programme 1:Support for Science and Technology activities in areas of significant economic interest,
Sub-programme 2:Industrial research, technology transfer, innovation,
Sub-programme 3:Reinforcement and up-grading of the research fabric of the country, and especially the measure 2 for the research axis of northern Greece
Sub-programme 4: Human Resources.
OP of the Community Initiative for SMEs
This programme is directly and integrally linked with the RTP, given that it deals exclusively with the reinforcement and modernisation of SMEs in the processing and services sectors (new organisation and production methods, transfer of know-how, new financing mechanisms, etc.), while at the same time being innovative in character. All the measures and actions included in this OP are considered equally important within the objectives of the RTP. It contains the following sub-programmes:
Sub-programme 1:Modernisation of administration and production,
Sub-programme 2:Development of the trade and product distribution sectors,
Sub-programme 3:Development of services provided to SMEs,
Sub-programme 4:Vocational training.
OP of the Community Initiative RETEX
This programme is aimed exclusively at the crisis in the textile and clothing sectors, and all its various measures are innovative in character. Its most important sub-programmes and measures are:
Sub-programme 1:Modernisation of textile and clothing companies in Northern Greece (all measures)
Sub-programme 4:General support framework, and in particular
measure 1: establishment and operation of Industrial Economic Observatories,
measure 2: improving company access to entrepreneurial capital.
OP of the Community Initiative INTERREG/REGEN
This programme is related to the aims and objectives of the RTP only with respect to the measures which are aimed at industry, contain a certain explicit or potential degree of innovation and are oriented towards Northern Greece. Its most important sub-programmes and measures are:
Sub-programme 1:Basic Infrastructures
measure 6: communications addressed to new advanced technology telecommunications services,
Sub-programme 4:Reinforcing the Economic Base
measure 2: support for integrated business projects
measure 3: cross-border collaboration between SMEs
measure 4: new financial instruments
measure 7: collaboration in research and technology
OP of the Community Initiative ADAPT
This programme is directly related to the aims and objectives of the RTP, in that it focuses not only on the adaptation of human resources through the up-grading of professional qualifications, but also on industry, and especially SMEs, through interventions aimed at the structure of labour (internal-external flexibility) as well as at modernising and increasing the competitiveness of the labour force. Among the measures/projects/actions included in this Programme, the most significant with respect to their pertinence to industry and their innovative character are:
Sub-programme 1:
measure 1: Training and consultancy, and especially action 1: Training programmes relating to in-house training and executive training, and action 2: Consultancy and orientation services addressed to companies (new methods of providing services, link-ups with networks, transfers of know-how, etc.).
measure 3: Adaptation of structures and support systems for industrial turn-around, and especially action 2: Improving company structure with respect to promotion of collaboration particular between companies, universities and research centres.
OP on Energy
This programme is related to the aims and objectives of the RTP through the measures in its sub-programmes:
Sub-programme 2:Energy saving
Sub-programme 3:Renewable energy sources
measure 2: financial incentives for investments by energy-hungry consumers
measure 3: technical support, especially SMEs
OP on the Environment
This programme includes measures substantially innovative in dimension, but only indirectly connected with the industrial sector. This means that the programme's relation to the RTP is, both quantitatively and qualitatively, only modest, and is restricted to the following measures:
Sub-programme 1:Environmental Infrastructure
measure 3: eco-audit and eco-labelling
Sub-programme 2:Managing the Human Environment
measure 1: managing water quality and liquid effluents (managing industrial effluents)
measure 4: managing environmental hazards (interventions relating to hazardous industrial units)
OP on Education and initial vocational training
This programme is oriented towards the basic education and vocational training programme provided by the Ministry of Education. Only the sub-programme on post-secondary education contains measures relating to the scope of the RTP. The most important of these are:
Sub-programme 3:Post-secondary education
measure 4: linking education and production (creation of services linking education and production, on-site industrial experience as part of students' training, etc.).
9.2. Conclusion
This list of sub-programmes and measures shows that there is substantial potential for linkage with the RTP and for integrating the actions it proposes into established Operational Programmes for purposes of financing. Further analysis of the OPs will have to include implementation and absorption details.
It should also be noted that many of the projects and actions included in the above measures have not yet progressed to the implementation stage, and in this sense the list remains "open" to new projects and actions associated with the RTP.
Table 9.1: Subprogrammes and measures of Operational Programmes of the 2nd CSF and Community Initiatives related to the RTP of C. Macedonia
| 1. Regional Operational Programme of C. Macedonia | 858,91 | 100,0 | |
| SUBPROG.1 | 71,48 | 2,0 | 8,3 |
| 2. OP on Industry | 2808,89 | 100,0 | |
| SUBPROG.1: | 416,35 | 11,4 | 14,8 |
| SUBPROG.2: | 1250,00 | ||
| Measure 1: | 632,00 | 17,4 | 22,5 |
| Measure 2: | 70,00 | 1,9 | 2,5 |
| SUBPROG.3: | 865,00 | 23,7 | 30,8 |
| SUBPROG.4: | 141,20 | 3,9 | 5,0 |
| 3. OP on Research and Technology | 579,07 | 100,0 | |
| SUBPROG.1: | 150,44 | 4,1 | 26,0 |
| SUBPROG.2: | 265,25 | 7,3 | 45,8 |
| SUBPROG.3: | 101,95 | ||
| Measure 1: | 48,76 | 1,3 | 8,4 |
| Measure 2: | 35,46 | 1,0 | 6,1 |
| SUBPROG.4: | 47,25 | ||
| Measure 1: | 3,33 | 0,1 | >0,6 |
| Measure 3: | 12,33 | 0,3 | 2,1 |
| 4. OP of Community Initiative for SMEs | 155,57 | 100,0 | |
| SUBPROG.1: | 54,10 | 1,5 | 34,8 |
| SUBPROG.2: | 53,33 | 1,5 | 34,3 |
| SUBPROG.3: | 25,00 | 0,7 | 16,1 |
| SUBPROG.4: | 16,83 | 0,5 | 10,8 |
| 5. OP of Community Initiative RETEX | 141,10 | 100,0 | |
| SUBPROG.1: | 40,40 | 1,1 | 28,6 |
| SUBPROG.4: | 5,41 | ||
| Measure 1: | 2,36 | 0,1 | 1,7 |
| Measure 2: | 2,00 | 0,1 | 1,4 |
| 6. OP of Community Initiative INTERREG II | 492,22 | 100,0 | |
| SUBPROG.1: | 194,87 | ||
| Measure 6: | 16,50 | 0,5 | 3,4 |
| SUBPROG.4: | 113,40 | ||
| Measure 2: | 35,00 | 1,0 | 7,1 |
| Measure 3: | 6,40 | 0,2 | 1,3 |
| Measure 4: | 10,00 | 0,3 | 2,0 |
| Measure 7: | 3,00 | 0,1 | 0,6 |
| 7. OP of Community Initiative ADAPT | |||
| 8. OP on Energy | 946,31 | 100,0 | |
| SUBPROG.2: | 375,40 | 10,3 | 39,7 |
| SUBPROG.3: | 190,90 | ||
| Measure 2: | 165,00 | 4,5 | 17,4 |
| Measure 3: | 14,20 | 0,4 | 1,5 |
| 9. OP on Environment | 512,00 | 100,0 | |
| SUBPROG.1: | 47,00 | ||
| Measure 3: | 10,00 | 0,3 | 2,0 |
| Measure 4: | 9,00 | 0,2 | 1,8 |
| SUBPROG.2: | 138,20 | ||
| Measure 3: | 34,50 | 0,9 | 6,7 |
| Measure 4: | 6,00 | 0,2 | 1,2 |
| Measure 4: | 5,00 | 0,1 | 1,0 |
| 10. OP on education and initial training | 1847,60 | 100,0 | |
| SUBPROG.3: | 598,04 | ||
| Measure 4: | 46,60 | 1,3 | 2,5 |
| Total of measures and subprograms related to the RTP | 3642,22 | 100,0 | |
| Total of 10 OP | 8341,66 | ||
| Total of CSF and Community Initiatives | 30515,06 |
