Central Europe
Territorial co-operation
Programme description
Main objectives
Transnational cooperation in central Europe is the catalyst for implementing smart solutions answering to regional challenges in the fields of innovation, low-carbon economy, environment, culture and transport. It builds regional capacities following an integrated bottom-up approach involving and coordinating relevant actors from all governance levels.
Funding priorities
The Programme will focus on four main priorities:
- Cooperating on innovation to make Central Europe more competitive
- Cooperating on low-carbon strategies in Central Europe
- Cooperating on natural and cultural resources for sustainable growth in Central Europe
- Cooperating on transport to better connect Central Europe
Expected impacts
- To improve sustainable linkages among actors of the innovation systems for strengthening regional innovation capacity and to improve skills and entrepreneurial competences for advancing economic and social innovation
- To develop and implement solutions for increasing energy efficiency and renewable energy usage in public infrastructures; to improve territorially based low-carbon energy planning strategies and policies supporting climate change mitigation ; to improve capacities for mobility planning in functional urban areas to lower CO2 emissions
- To improve integrated environmental management capacities for the protection and sustainable use of natural heritage and resources;
- To improve capacities for the sustainable use of cultural heritage and resources;
- To improve planning and coordination of regional passenger transport systems for better connections to national and European transport networks; to improve coordination among freight transport stakeholders for increasing multimodal environmentally-friendly freight solutions
Regions
- Austria
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
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Germany
- BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG
- Stuttgart
- Karlsruhe
- Freiburg
- Tübingen
- BAYERN
- Oberbayern
- Niederbayern
- Oberpfalz
- Oberfranken
- Mittelfranken
- Unterfranken
- Schwaben
- BERLIN
- BRANDENBURG
- MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN
- SACHSEN
- Dresden
- Chemnitz
- Leipzig
- SACHSEN-ANHALT
- THÜRINGEN
- Hungary
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Italy
- NORD OVEST
- Piemonte
- Valle D'Aosta
- Liguria
- Lombardia
- Nord-Est
- Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano
- Provincia Autonoma di Trento
- Veneto
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia
- Emilia-Romagna
- Poland
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
Funds
- Regional Development Fund (ERDF): 246,581,112.00 €
Thematic priorities
- TA - Technical Assistance
- TO1 - Research and innovation
- TO4 - Low-carbon economy
- TO6 - Environment and resource efficiency
- TO7 - Transport and energy networks
Financial information
Total OP budget: 298,987,026.00 €
Total EU contribution: 246,581,112.00 €