Interreg North West Europe is a European Territorial
Cooperation programme with the ambition to make the North-
West Europe area a
key economic player and an attractive place to work and live, with high levels
of innovation, sustainability and cohesion.
Like the other fourteen European transnational cooperation programmes,
the Programme encourages public, private, scientific and civil society
organisations to cooperate in order to improve the economic, environmental,
social and territorial development of Europe's regions.
Eligible countries: Ireland, United Kingdom,
Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and parts of France, Germany and the
Netherlands.
Although Malta is not one of the countries forming part of
this Programme, Maltese entities may still participate in project as long as
The
operation is for the benefit of the programme area;
The total
amount allocated under the cooperation programme to operations located outside
the Union part of the programme area does not exceed 20% of the support from
the ERDF at programme level;
The
obligations of the managing and audit authorities in relation to management,
control and audit concerning the operation are fulfilled by the cooperation
programme authorities, or they enter into agreements with authorities in the
Member State or third country or territory in which the operation is
implemented.”
Budget: Total
Budget to Finance Projects - €370 million European Regional Development Fund
(ERDF)
Co-Funding
Rate – 60% (Projects
need to provide the remaining 40%)
Sectors:Business & SME Development
Climate
change
Cultural
Heritage
Public
Sector
Research
& Innovation
Technological
Development
Potential Beneficiaries: Any organisation (public or private)