27/11/2026

Strategic projects for capitalisation are to take up existing Interreg transnational and cross-border outputs and results, to meet existing and new needs and strengthen their territorial and policy impact in wider areas, also beyond border regions. They must go beyond a mere pooling or duplication of what already exists. Instead, they should further develop, improve, or adapt existing outputs and results by drawing on the experience of more projects. As a minimum requirement, projects must explicitly take up existing outputs and results from: At least two Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE projects funded under the first and second calls of the 2021–2027 programme, and at least two Interreg cross-border cooperation projects (funded in the 2021-2027 period or, if relevant, in the 2014-2020 period), addressing internal central European borders.

Interreg Central Europe 2021-2027 The Interreg Central Europe programme area stretches across nine EU Member States: Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, and selected regions in Germany and Italy. Germany participates with Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen and the Braunschweig region within Niedersachsen. Italy participates with Piemonte, Valle d'Aosta, Liguria, Lombardia, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Emilia-Romagna and the autonomous provinces of Bolzano/Bozen and Trento. The Programme includes 4 priorities: Priority 1) Cooperating for a smarter central Europe. Priority 2) Cooperating for a greener central Europe. Priority 3) Cooperating for a better connected central Europe. Priority 4) Improving governance for cooperation in central Europe.

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