Next call for proposals for the Federal funding programme “Transnational Cooperation”

The key objectives of the Federal funding programme include

• to strengthen the competence of local and regional stakeholders on the European level,
• to involve new stakeholders in transnational cooperation,
• to build up long-term cooperation relations and public-private partnerships,
• to prepare and plan investments, 
• to foster qualification and certification in order to strengthen the competitiveness of cities and regions,
• to implement the Territorial Agenda of the European Union 2020 and to help achieve the Europe 2020 strategy objectives locally.

 Furthermore, the programme supports

• political cooperation in the field of spatial development, among other things in existing and emerging European macro regions,
• the preparation and establishment of permanent transnational and/or cross-border cooperation structures (e.g. EGTC, associations).

 The current call for proposals supports seed money and co-financing projects.

Applications for the following transnational calls are possible until 18 March 2016:

The next deadline for proposals is the 14 October 2016.

Applicants can find more information here.

atene KOM has in the past been involved in several projects in the INTERREG North Sea Region, such as DANS ON, which aims at implementing the Digital Agenda in the North Sea region on the regional level.