TAKING

COOPERATION

FORWARD

Who
WE ARE

We are an EU cohesion policy programme that encourages cooperation beyond borders. With a budget of 246m EUR we support public and private organisations to work together across central Europe. Jointly they improve cities and regions in Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.
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25.04.2019

Call Support

New tool to find potential research partners

The European Commission has provided information on research projects that are or were funded in topics that are open in the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE capitalisation and coordination call. The list is non-exhaustive and represents no pre-selection or prioritisation. 

Find the partner tool here

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10.05.2019

applicant events

matchmaking with research partners 

On 7 May, European Commision organised info day to support lead applicants in their matchmaking with partners from H2020/FP7. The event was an important milestone in taking cooperation forward beyond Interreg community.

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How
to get funded

Our current call opened on 4 March and will close on 5 July 2019. This call for transnational project proposals aims to capitalise on outputs and results of already funded projects. 
Moreover, it encourages closer coordination with partners from other directly-managed EU funding instruments such as Horizon 2020 or LIFE. 
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Innovation

Innovation

We make CENTRAL EUROPE more innovative and competitive by addressing key socio-economic challenges and needs related to to smart growth. We aim at more effective investment in research, innovation and education.

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low-carbon

Low-carbon

We reduce the carbon footprint in CENTRAL EUROPE by increasing the use of renewable energies and improving energy efficiency while exploiting the economic growth potential of the low-carbon sector.


Discover low-carbon projects

Nature & culture

Environment and culture

We value the environment and culture in CENTRAL EUROPE by protecting and sustainably using natural and cultural heritage and resources that are subject to increasing environmental and economic pressures as well as usage conflicts. 

Discover nature &  culture projects

transport

Transport

We better connect CENTRAL EUROPE by reducing gaps between peripheral, less accessible regions and well-connected centres. We also improve connections of regions and cities to the European transport networks.

Discover transport projects

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RESULTS

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Events

10th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region

12-13 June 2019

2019 Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region is hosted by Pomorskie Region. Around 800 participants representing public and private institutions, academia, NGOs will gather to discuss topics very much related to the future of the Baltic Sea Region, as: demographic change, circular and sharing economy.

The Forum will explore the link between the EU Baltic Sea Strategy and growing challenges such as depopulation, ageing, migrations, new production and consumption models, but also new social, cultural, mobility and labour market patterns, which influence our everyday behaviours and attitudes.

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EU Sustainable Energy Week

17-21 June 2019

Shape Europe´s energy future and join the European Sustainable Energy Week #EUSEW2019! 

#cooperationiscentral to increase the use of renewable energies and improving energy efficiency in central Europe. Our #Interreg projects contribute to enhancing the knowledge and skills taking energy-efficient management forward. They develop and implement low-carbon strategies and actions targeted at challenges central Europe is facing in energy production and consumption.

Our low carbon cooperation actions will be showcased in the EUSEW Policy Conference in Brussels, taking place between 18-20 June 2019. Visit us and our projects at the #MadeWithInterreg stand there. Together, we can spread awareness of how to use energy more sustainably in the future!

In addition, our programme and projects will actively contribute to joint sessions on 19 June,  14.00 - 15.30:  

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Project Implementation Training

19 June 2019

The project implementation training is targeted at project management teams: lead partners, project and finance managers of the approved third call Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE projects. 

It will provide them with technical support and advice on how to better implement their projects just starting in spring 2019. They will learn more about how to prepare the audit trails, progress reports and receive other useful tips for running their transnational cooperation projects. 

Agenda


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European Week of Regions and Cities

7-10 October 2019

The European Week of Regions and Cities (#EURegionsWeek) is an annual Brussels-based event in which officials from regional and urban administrations, as well as experts and academics, exchange good practices and know-how in the field of regional and urban development.

#EURegionsWeek


#cooperationiscentral for European regions and cities

We believe that #cooperationiscentral to make regions and cities more attractive and we will be part of the #EURegionsWeek! Our Idea Lab workshops will be discussing cooperation achievements and challenging the debate on the  future Interreg cooperation in our programme area as well as on the broader European scale.

This year, the European regions, cities and their stakeholders are asking themselves about what kind of cooperation and in which areas is needed. We, at CENTRAL EUROPE have asked experts to analyse territorial challenges, needs and potentials of transnational cooperation in this functional area. In our Idea lab session, practitioners and policy makers will share their views and ideas on future orientation of the programme.

Stay tuned for the agenda and more details at the EURegionsWeek website.