Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme in a nutshell

Cooperating beyond borders in CENTRAL EUROPE to make our cities and regions better places to live and work.

  • 146 million citizen

  • 9 programme countries

  • 4 thematic priorities

  • 10 specific objectives

Co- financing rates are up to:

80% for partners from Austria, Germany and Italy
85% for partners from Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia

Who can participate?

• Public authorities and related entities
• Regional development and innovation agencies
• Enterprises (including SMEs)
• Chambers of commerce and other associations
• NGOs
• Financing institutions
• Technology transfer institutions, universities and
research institutes
• Energy suppliers and management institutions
• Environmental facilities
• Education and training organisations
• Transport operators and infrastructure providers
… and others
The minimum requirement for a project partnership is the participation of 3 financing partners from at least 3 countries.

Thematic priorities:

Priority 1
Cooperating on innovation to make CENTRAL EUROPE more competitive
Priority 2
Cooperating on low carbon strategies in CENTRAL EUROPE
Priority 3
Cooperating on natural and cultural resources for sustainable growth in CENTRAL EUROPE
Priority 4
Cooperating on transport to better connect CENTRAL EUROPE

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Programme documents:

Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Cooperation Programme (approved version with annexes, December 2014; zip 7.6 MB)

Summary of Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Cooperation Programme (December 2014; pdf 1.4MB)

Main inputs collected through partner dialogues (October 2013, pdf 4.6 MB)

Results of the regional analysis (September 2012, pdf 9.4 MB)

Thematic studies analysing results of CENTRAL EUROPE projects 2007-2013

Exante evaluation report (November 2014, pdf 1.53 MB)

Environmental report (February 2014, pdf 2.50 MB)

Legal documents:

REGULATION (EU) No 1299/2013 on the European territorial cooperation goal

REGULATION (EU) No 1301/2013 on the European Regional Development Fund

REGULATION (EU) No 1303/2013 on common and general provisions of EU Cohesion Policy 2014-2020