The European Commission approved on 13 March a cross-border co-operation programme between Hungary and Croatia for 2007-2013. During the first three years of the programme, in 2007-2009, Community funding under the EU’s Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) totals to €19.3 million. It is supplemented by some €5 million of national funding from the two participating countries. More than half of the funding will be devoted to sustainable environment and tourism, and one fourth will be spent on the development of co-operative economy and cross-community human resources.