Visibility rules Interreg Baltic Sea Region Communication Seminar Lübeck 7-8 March 2018 Anna Gałyga, Managing Authority/ Joint Secretariat
Content 1. When to think of visibility rules? 2. Which visibility rules? 3. How to apply visibility rules? 4. Why to apply visibility rules? 5. Where to find information on visibility rules 2
1. When to think of visibility rules? To all information & communication activities that receive support from Interreg Baltic Sea Programme and EU funds. 3
2. Which visibility rules to apply? Programme Manual: chapter F.1.10. Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013: chapter 2.2 of Annex XII Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 821/2014: Art (3), (4), (5) 4
2. Which visibility rules to apply? EU emblem incl. text! Reference to the fund Programme logo 5
3. How to apply visibility rules? Prominence Size Colour Websites Project s note Other challenges PantherMedia / Wavebreakmedia ltd 6
Challenge 1: prominence The Union emblem shall always be clearly visible and placed in a prominent position. Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 821/2014, Art. 4 7
Challenge 2: the EU emblem size [ ] the Union emblem shall have at least the same size, measured in height or width, as the biggest of the other logos. Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 821/2014, Art. 4-5 8
Challenge 2: the EU emblem size [ ] the Union emblem shall have at least the same size, measured in height or width, as the biggest of the other logos. Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 821/2014, Art. 4-5 TIP: Check the size of logos of financially contributing institutions or organisations 9
Challenge 2: the EU emblem size 10
Challenge 2: the EU emblem size TIP: the EU emblem doesn t have to be the biggest at all times 11
Challenge 3: colour The Union emblem shall be displayed in colour on websites. In all other media, colour shall be used whenever possible and a monochrome version may only be used in justified cases. Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 821/2014, Art. 4 TIP: justified cases may be e.g. technical inability to print in colour; higher production costs 12
Challenge 3: colour 13
Challenge 3: colour If there is no alternative to a coloured background, put a white border around the rectangle, the width of the border being 1/25 th of the height of the rectangle. Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 821/2014, Art. 4 14
Challenge 4: websites TIP: Website as the project s output must be kept online 5 years after the project s end The Union emblem shall be displayed in colour on websites. The Union emblem and the reference to the Union shall be visible, when landing on the website, inside the viewing area of a digital device, without requiring a user to scroll down the page. The reference to the Fund shall be made visible on the same page Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 821/2014 15
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Challenge 5: The project s note The websites of the project and project partners should include a short description of the project. All printed and digital publications should also include a short description of the project. Programme Manual, F.1.10.1 18
Other challenges Specific visibility rules exists for: TIP: templates for posters available at interreg-baltic.eu/visibility_downloads TIP: For small promotional objects the obligation to make reference to the Fund does not apply. Promotional items Posters at the partner s premises Equipment labels Billboards for investments Programme Manual, F.1.10.1 Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 821/2014 PantherMedia / Eugeniu frimu 19
4. Why to apply visibility rules? Misuse (of the EU Emblem, the reference and the Programme logo) may result in ineligibility of items produced for the project, i.e. the costs may not be refunded. Programme Manual, Chapter F.1.10. 20 PantherMedia / AllaSerebrina
5. Where to find information on visibility rules? Programme Manual European Commission s reference documents Interreg Baltic Sea Region s website Guidance on visibility rules with examples Project Design Guide 21
Visibility rules Interreg Baltic Sea Region believes in an integrated and prosperous Europe for all Anna Gałyga Communication Officer Managing Authority/ Joint Secretariat Phone +49/381 45 484 5288 e-mail: anna.galyga@interreg-baltic.eu www.interreg-baltic.eu