Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE 2021–2027

The Interreg Central Europe programme supports cooperation between regions in Central Europe. It focuses on transnational cooperation for a smarter, greener, better connected and better governed Central Europe.

Approximately 225 million EUR of ERDF funding will be available in the funding period 2021–2027.

Funding objective

INTERREG Central Europe aims to reduce social, economic and spatial disparities within the regions of Central Europe. The transnational cooperation measures are intended to support the development and implementation of strategies, action plans, instruments, training and pilot measures.

Strand 1. Cooperating for a smarter central Europe

SO1.1 Strengthening innovation capacities in central Europe
SO 1.2 Strengthening skills for smart specialisation, industrial transition and entrepreneurship in central Europe

Strand 2. Cooperating for a greener central Europe

SO2.1 Supporting the energy transition to a climate-neutral central Europe
SO2.2 Increasing the resilience to climate change risks in central Europe
SO2.3 Taking circular economy forward in central Europe
SO2.4 Safeguarding the environment in central Europe
SO2.5 Greening urban mobility in central Europe

Strand 3. Cooperating for a better connected Europe

SO3.1 Improving transport connections of rural and peripheral regions in central Europe

Strand 4. Improving governance for cooperation in central Europe

SO4.1 Strengthening governance for integrated territorial development in central Europe

Projects must have a transnational approach and improve regional development in a measurable and sustainable way. In this context, the measures should take into account the integrated environmental sustainability principle and also the horizontal principles of equality and non-discrimination.

The approved version of Central Europe Programe is available here.

Terms of funding

Cooperation:

at least three funding partners
from three different countries, of which at least two partners must be based in the Programme area
six to twelve project partners from six to ten countries.

The programme works on the basis of project pre-financing.

Responsibility:

One partner must act as a so-called “Lead Partner” and therefore takes responsibility for the realisation of the project.

Programme area:

The programme area includes Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia as well as parts of Germany (Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and the Braunschweig/Lower Saxony region) and Italy (Emilia-Romagna, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Liguria, Lombardia, Piemonte, Provincia Autonoma Bolzano, Provincia Autonoma Trento, Valle d'Aosta, Veneto).