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THE PROGRAMME

INTERREG III is made up of 3 strands and has a total budget of 4,875 billion euro (1999 prices).

  • Strand A : cross-border cooperation
    Cross-border cooperation between adjacent regions aims to develop cross-border social and economic centres through common development strategies.
  • Strand B : transnational cooperation
    Transnational cooperation involving national, regional and local authorities aims to promote better integration within the Union through the formation of large groups of European regions.
  • Strand C : interregional cooperation
    Interregional cooperation aims to improve the effectiveness of regional development policies and instruments through large-scale information exchange and sharing of experience (networks).

What is the INTERREG IIIC programme?

The INTERREG IIIC programme is one of the three strands of the European Community Initiative INTERREG III.

INTERREG III is designed to strengthen economic and social cohesion in the European Union (EU) by promoting cross-border (strand A), trans-national (strand B) and interregional (strand C) co-operation.

With INTERREG IIIC, interregional co-operation between regional and other public authorities across the entire EU territory and neighbouring countries will be promoted. It allows regions without joint borders to work together in common projects and develop networks of co-operation.

The co-operations under INTERREG IIIC shall give access to experience of other actors involved in regional development policy and create synergies between "best practice" projects and the Structural Fund’s mainstream programmes.
The overall aim is to improve the effectiveness of regional development policies and instruments through large-scale information exchange and sharing of experience (networks) in a structured way.

The INTERREG IIIC programme will be financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), as part of the Structural Funds, and co-financed by national project partners. The application period is 2002-2006. All activities have to be finalised by end of 2008.