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Interreg is one of the programmes funded under the EU’s structural funding scheme from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), with a funding rate of 80 per cent. The aim is to reduce social, economic and territorial disparities between regions through cross-border cooperation and to improve the quality of life in the shared border region.
Funding is provided for projects in the following four priority areas:
- Priority 1: Innovation and competitiveness
- Priority 2: Climate Change and Sustainability
- Priority 3: Education, lifelong learning, culture and tourism
- Priority 4: Cooperation and confidence-building
Improving the involvement of SMEs in research and innovation
Support is provided, for example, for improving the involvement of SMEs in research and innovation through cross-border cooperation between SMEs and universities, research institutions and technology and innovation centres; the provision of facilities for joint development and testing; cross-border collaborations between SMEs on innovative, climate-friendly technologies, services and/or products, and the translation of scientific findings into products and processes. A further priority lies in establishing and expanding networking activities and services for SMEs through the development of joint solutions to strengthen SMEs’ capacity for innovation (both sector-neutral and sector-specific), innovative formats for advising, supporting and facilitating collaboration amongst SMEs, business cooperation and cross-border initiatives, competence and sector networks, clusters, partnerships, and virtual information and knowledge platforms. Under Specific Objective 1.3, ‘Innovation and Competitiveness’, for example, around 9.5 million euros in funding is currently still available for drawdown (as at 10 December 24).
Cooperation between universities and vocational academies
Under the ‘Cooperation between universities and vocational academies’ focus area in Priority 3, project proposals may be submitted for cooperation between universities and other tertiary education institutions, the establishment and expansion of academic/scientific cooperation networks, the development of tertiary education programmes, the development of joint (virtual) teaching and learning materials, the improvement of language skills, as well as for collaborative degree programmes and student exchanges.
Further information is available on the funding programme’s website at the following link: https://www.sn-cz2027.eu/de, as well as from the EU officer, Dr Katrin Fritzsche.
Source: Interreg Programme