Interreg – European territorial cooperation – 2021-2027

In order to support the harmonious development of the Union’s territory at different levels, the ERDF supports cross-border cooperation, transnational cooperation, interregional cooperation and outermost regions’ cooperation under Interreg goal.

Objectives

• Enhance the institutional capacity of public authorities, in particular those mandated to manage a specific territory, and of stakeholders (all strands)
• Enhance efficient public administration by promoting legal and administrative cooperation and cooperation between citizens, civil society actors and institutions, in particular with a view to resolving legal and other obstacles in border regions (strands A, C, D and, where appropriate, strand B)
• Build up mutual trust, in particular by encouraging people-to-people actions (strands A, D and, where appropriate, strand B)
• Enhance institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders to implement macro-regional strategies and seabasin strategies, as well as other territorial strategies (all strands)
• Enhance sustainable democracy and support civil society actors and their role in reforming processes and democratic transitions (all strands with involvement of third countries, partner countries or OCTs)

Structure

• Interreg A – Cross-border cooperation between adjacent regions to promote integrated and harmonious regional development between neighbouring land and maritime border regions
• Interreg B – Transnational cooperation over larger transnational territories or around sea basins, involving national, regional and local programme partners in Member States, third countries and partner countries and OCTs, with a view to achieving a higher degree of territorial integration
• Interreg C – Interregional cooperation to reinforce the effectiveness of cohesion policy
• Interreg D – Outermost regions’ cooperation among themselves and with their neighbouring third or partner countries or OCTs, or regional integration and cooperation organisations, or several thereof, to facilitate their regional integration and harmonious development in their neighbourhood

Financed actions

• Internal and external cross-border cooperation
• Exchange of experiences, innovative approaches and capacity building, in relation to the identification, dissemination and transfer of good practices into regional development policies including Investment for jobs and growth goal programmes
• Exchange of experiences, innovative approaches and capacity building in relation to the identification, transfer and capitalisation of good practices on integrated and sustainable urban development, taking into account the linkages between urban and rural areas