Interreg Europe is dedicated to reinforcing ‘the effectiveness of cohesion policy’.

It pursues the overall objective to improve the implementation of regional development policies, including Investment for jobs and growth goal programmes, by promoting the exchange of experiences, innovative approaches, and capacity building in relation to the identification, dissemination, and transfer of good practices among regional policy actors.

Interreg Europe is therefore dedicated to cooperation among regional policy organisations from across Europe.

By supporting learning and increasing the capacities of these organisations, the programme will strive to improve the design and delivery of regional development policies.

For more information, watch the video (1:09 - 2:50).

Interreg Europe scope includes the fields defined by the policy and specific objectives presented in Article 5 of the common provisions regulation (EU) 2021/1060 and Article 3 of the ERDF regulation (EU) 2021/1058.

We cover six topics:

• Smarter Europe
• Greener Europe
• A more connected Europe
• A more social Europe
• Europe closer to citizens
• Better European governance

The programme specific objectives are also described in the programme manual and in the video below  (0:23 - 0:43 & 9:40 - 11:32).

Interreg Europe scope includes the fields defined by the policy and specific objectives presented in Article 5 of the common provisions regulation (EU) 2021/1060 and Article 3 of the ERDF regulation (EU) 2021/1058. The programme specific objectives are also described in the programme manual.

Your project should target only one policy objective among the programme scope, based on the policy instruments that are adressed by the partners.

The Interreg Europe programme has a budget of 394.5 million EUR for the 2021-2027 period.

There is not budget allocation per priority. However, 80% of the programme budget is devoted to the topics covered under

• Policy Objective 1 'A smarter Europe';
• Policy Objective 2 'A greener Europe'
• and certain topics covered under Policy Objective 4 'A more social Europe'.

The remaining 20% are available for the topics covered under the three remaining policy objectives.

Interreg Europe recommends that a project’s total ERDF budget ranges from 1 MEUR up to 2 MEUR.

The average ERDF budget of projects approved under the 1st call is 1.4 MEUR. In any case, the total budget of a project depends on different parameters and in particular on the number of partners involved as well as on the number and nature of the activities envisaged.

There are many features that make Interreg Europe different from other Interreg programmes.

The two most important are the following:

1. Its geographical coverage: Interreg Europe is covering the all the European Union plus other Partner States while the geographical score of other Interreg programmes is restricted to cross border or transnational areas.
2. Its overall objective: Interreg Europe aims at improving regional development policies through exchange of experience. It is therefore different in its core target groups (i.e., local and regional public authorities) and in the nature of the activities supported (mainly dedicated to capacity building).