Interreg Central Europe, peripheral and lagging areas: open call

The programme Interreg Central Europe has announced a call for proposals of international projects “pioneer solutions for peripheral and lagging areas, making them more attractive to live and work in”. Deadline is 10. 12. 2024.

Potential applicants should note that the preparation and implementation of Interreg projects can be administratively very demanding.

If you plan to participate in a project proposal, please, contact well in advance, 1 month before the deadline at the latest, the Project Management Department (Martina Holíková, martina.holikova@natur.cuni.cz), so that all the administrative requirements of the application can be prepared in time.

If you consider coordinating a project, please contact us IMMEDIATELY, ca. 2 months before the deadline at the very latest.

• Call webpage – key information, timeline, rules of participation, important links etc.
• Call documentation to download. (Rules of the call are in the document Terms of Reference, “a. ToR Call 3.pdf”, in the “Third call: Application package with tools” folder.
• Webinar on call launch (15. 10. 2024): recording – slides.
• Small-scale projects – detailed information about the type of projects to be supported.
• Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Applicant Community – platform to search for potential project partners, publish or view project ideas, follow information events etc.
• About Interreg Central Europe for Czech applicants (in Czech).
• About the Interreg programmes in general.

The programme Interreg Central Europe funds transnational cooperation among public institutions, private businesses and civil society organisations in the programme area. It supports regional development focusing on joint challenges like climate change and digital transition.

In this call, projects must target one of the following specific objectives:

• SO 1.2: Strengthening skills for smart specialisation, industrial transition and entrepreneurship
• SO 2.5: Greening urban mobility
• SO 3.1: Improving transport connections of rural and peripheral regions
• SO 4.1: Strengthening governance for integrated territorial development

Projects must target areas with one or more of the following characteristics:

• Low economic potential
• Poor access to services of general interest, often affected by demographic change
• Lack of relational proximity, decline in significance, influence or connectivity

(There is no specific list or map of eligible regions to be targeted – the applicants themselves must demonstrate in the proposal that the regions they target fit one or more of the characteristics above.)

In this call, involvement of research organisations should be limited, reflecting their roles of knowledge providers or support to local or regional actors. Project partnerships should consist mostly of local and regional authorities (or related institutions), associations, civil society, non-governmental organisations. Stakeholders at the local or community level should be engaged to ensure relevance and impact of the project.

At least 3 partners from at least 3 countries must participate in a project, at least 2 partners must be located in the programme area. Project duration is 12–24 months. Maximal project budget is EUR 800 000, funding rate is up to 80 % (Czech universities can get additional 10 % from a national call).

News published by Ludmila Součková on 15. 10. 2024.
Updated 17. 10. 2024 (links to recording and slides from 15. 10. 2024 webinar).

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