The Interreg Program for European Territorial Cooperation (2021-2027) aims to promote cooperation between the Member States and their regions within the Union and between the Member States, their regions and third countries, partner countries, other territories or countries and territories overseas (OCT), or regional integration and cooperation organizations.
CALLS FOR PROPOSALS
Each specific chapter of Interreg publishes the corresponding calls on their respective web pages:
Interreg Europe. Territorial Cooperation Program. First call for proposals. Thematic priorities: a smarter, greener, more social Europe, more connected between citizens and regions. Deadline: May 31, 2022 | W3 Interreg Europe, 7.4.2022
Interreg Sudoe Program 2021-2027. First call for projects. Thematic priorities: Preserve natural capital and strengthen adaptation to climate change; Promote social cohesion and territorial and demographic balance through innovation and transformation of the productive sectors; and Promote social cohesion and territorial and demographic balance through social innovation, the enhancement of heritage and services. Deadline: 31.03.2023 | W3 Interreg Sudoe, 24.1.2023
LEGAL BASIS
Regulation 2021/1059 of 24 June 2021 on specific provisions for the European territorial cooperation goal (Interreg) supported by the European Regional Development Fund and external financing instruments| OJ L 231/94, 30.6.2021
General information
Interreg promotes European territorial cooperation between Member States and their regions within the Union and between Member States, their regions and third countries, partner countries, other territories or overseas countries and territories (OCTs), or regional integration and cooperation.
Its objective is to jointly address common challenges and find shared solutions in fields such as health, the environment, research, education, transport, sustainable energy, etc. and its total resources amount to 8,050 million euros.
Structure
Cross-border cooperation, with 60 programs and a budget of 5,812 million euros.
Transnational cooperation, made up of 15 programs (including Interreg Sudoe and Interreg MED) and 1,466 million euros at your disposal.
Interregional cooperation, with 4 programs (such as Interreg Europe) and endowed with 490 million euros.
Cooperation in outermost regions, which has 281.21 million euros.
Interreg chapters
Interreg POCTEP https://poctep.eu/
The POCTEP 2021-2027 program has been prepared by the governments of Spain and Portugal in order to address key challenges in the border area between the two countries.
For its drafting, the previous diagnosis of the current situation of the cooperation area, the strategic references that affect it, the principles of association and multilevel governance and the results of the strategic environmental assessment have been taken into account. The program was approved by the European Commission on August 22, 2022 and has already published a summary of the program and the corresponding calls.
Interreg Europe https://www.interregeurope.eu/ It is the program that helps regional and local governments to develop and offer better policies in areas ranging from research and innovation to environmental protection and decarbonisation, as well as the competitiveness of companies and SMEs. It is part of the interregional cooperation chapter.
Interreg Sudoe https://www.interreg-sudoe.eu/
It is the transnational cooperation program of southwestern Europe, with the participation, for Spain, of all its communities and its autonomous cities (except the Canary Islands). The program tries to act on the problems common to these regions, such as low investment in research and development, low competitiveness of small and medium-sized companies, and exposure to climate change and environmental risks.
The calls for this program are announced on the program's institutional portal and are managed on its own portal. The calls are usually opened on some of the priority axes –and not the five axes at the same time–, so it is important to know the calendar.
Interreg Med https://interreg-med.eu/
It is the main program to promote sustainable growth in the Mediterranean area. The number of partner countries is fourteen (9 members of the EU, the United Kingdom and 4 candidates for accession to the Union) and the number of regions, 66. The calls for this program will be announced on the program's institutional portal and are managed on your Synergie CTE portal.
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