Interreg Central Europe, peripheral and lagging areas: planned call

The programme Interreg Central Europe is preparing a call for proposals of international projects “pioneer solutions for peripheral and lagging areas, making them more attractive to live and work in”. Call launch is planned on 15. 10. 2024, deadline on 10. 12. 2024.

On 1. 10. 2024, the Czech Ministry for Regional Development organise
                          a webinar in Czech on this call. Invitation.
On 15. 10. 2024, a webinar for applicants will be held by the programme. Invitation.

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 preparing a proposal as a coordinator, please, contact us IMMEDIATELY.

• Call webpage – key information, timeline, thematic focus, rules of participation etc.
• 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.)

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 21. 6. 2024.
Updated 10. 9. 2024 (a note on the demanding nature of Interregs).
Updated 19. 9. 2024 (links to info events on 1 and 15 Oct 2024).

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