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Invitation to the Congress on Smart Cooperation
The Conference of European Cross-border and interregional City Networks CECICN is organising the 1st Congress on Smart Cooperation. Event will be held in A Coruna (Spain) on June 25 -26 June 2012.
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RegioStars 2013: call for applications
The RegioStars awards application process for the year 2013 is now open. The objective of the awards is to identify good practices in regional development and to highlight original and innovative projects which could be attractive and inspiring to other regions.
Funding
Programme Funding
The INTERREG IVC Programme is financed through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) (The ERDF is intended to help reduce imbalances between regions of the Community. The Fund was set up in 1975 and grants financial assistance for development projects ...) . It hasa total available ERDF budget of € 321 million for the 2007-2013 period. A budget share of 55% is allocated to projects in the first Programme priority ‘Innovation and the knowledge economy’ and 39% to the second priority ‘Environment and risk prevention’. 6% of the funding will be used for Technical Assistance.
The total ERDF budget available for commitments to operations during the period 2007-2013 amounts to 302 million EUR, which can be used by EU partners and will be matched with national co-financing (Amount of money not covered by the ERDF. It can be local, regional or national. In any case, it must be a public funding. In each partner state different rules ...) . In addition, 2.7 million EUR is available for the participation of Norwegian partners. Swiss partners also have an opportunity to apply for national funds.
After four calls for proposals, all funds for INTERREG IVC project funding have now been allocated. Around EUR 2 million was allocated to Norwegian partners after four calls for proposals. There will therefore be no further calls for projects in this programming period (2007-2013).
Co-financing rates
Under the INTERREG IVC Programme, the eligible project activities are co-financed by the ERDF at a rate of either 75% or 85% depending on the Member State.
| 75 % (ERDF) | For partners from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and UK |
| 85 % (ERDF) | For partners from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia |
| 50 % (Norwegian national funding) |
For partners from Norway |
Partners from Norway and Switzerland are not eligible to receive ERDF but can receive co-financing from their respective national funds. Swiss partners should refer to the Cantons in order to know more about the availability of these funds.
For information about possible national co-financing for partners from EU Member States, please visit the country specific information or consult the relevant National Contact Points.
Please note that INTERREG IVC does not provide pre-financing. Eligible costs (costs that are in line with the programme requirements and can be approved for co-financing from the ERDF) will be later reimbursed.
