An EU-supported restoration effort in southwest France is helping revive the Marais d’Orx wetland, supporting biodiversity recovery and the return of birds of prey such as the osprey.
An EU-supported industrial transformation in northern Sweden is paving the way for fossil fuel-free steel production, marking a major step in the decarbonisation of heavy industry.
An EU-supported project in Transylvania is exploring new ways to redistribute tourism and reduce pressure on Europe’s most visited destinations.
The world’s largest recycling plant for car tyres was officially inaugurated today in Farmsum (province of Groningen, Netherlands) in the presence of the King of the Netherlands, Willem-Alexander. The company Circtec has developed a method to chemically disassemble car tyres into their various raw materials so that they can be reused to produce new car tyres and renewable biofuel.
An EU-supported energy project in Hamburg is demonstrating how industrial waste heat can be reused to provide low-carbon district heating for urban neighbourhoods.
An EU-supported interregional project is testing oat varieties across northern Europe to assess how cereal cultivation can adapt to changing climate conditions in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions.
In the middle of the coldest winter in years, Zirņi municipality in western Latvia opened doors of 32 newly renovated apartments to its socially vulnerable population. The abandoned soviet hostel building has won a second life thanks to a EUR 1.6million investment from ERDF and is an important contribution to the social cohesion of the village.
An EU-supported social inclusion project in northern Romania is using chess to improve educational outcomes and reduce early school leaving among Roma children.
In Buncrana, an EU-supported technology hub is showing how digital innovation can create skilled jobs and opportunities close to home.
Reopened in 2022, Porto’s historic Bolhão market shows how EU-supported renovation can preserve cultural identity while improving daily life for traders and visitors.
An EU-supported innovation developed in the Valencia region is testing permeable ceramic paving to improve drainage and reduce flooding during heavy rainfall.
Co-funded with EU support, the Luxembourg Science Center uses hands-on experiments and workshops to make science accessible, engaging and fun.
An EU-supported project is promoting edible seaweed as a low-impact protein alternative, combining research, entrepreneurship and education.
An EU-supported pilot in the Midlands shows how wet-peat farming can reduce emissions while supporting farmers through new income models.
Today marked the official inauguration of a new transport system, called “Metrobus”, between Coimbra and Serpins (Lousã) whose completion has been supported by €167.8 million from the EU’s Cohesion Fund over two programming periods. The system mainly consists of electric buses but also new transport infrastructure to better connect the Portuguese towns of Lousã and Coimbra, as well as the municipalities of Serpins and Miranda do Corvo.
Interreg Euro-Mediterranean projects RENEWPORT and INFIRE help translating EU Cohesion Policy climate ambitions into concrete actions: from decarbonising Mediterranean ports by estimating solar potential to helping cities navigate complex financing systems for securing financing for a greener schoolyard.
If the next big flood hits, Kristiansand will be ready. Through the Interreg co-financed ClimaResponse project, the city is using digital tools and leveraging transnational knowledge-sharing to strengthen its preparedness and protect its citizens.
Seagrass meadows, vital for marine biodiversity and climate action, are vanishing fast. The EfxINNOs project, classified as an Operation of Strategic Importance under Interreg Black Sea Basin Programme, is mapping and monitoring them across borders.
Located in Guadeloupe, the new warehouse is capable of storing up to 4,000 household kits, houses a crisis coordination centre and modular training spaces - advancing climate resilience and faster emergency response through Interreg-funded cooperation.
At the “Lunch of Senses” in Vidzeme, guests experienced everyday situations the way a person with a disability might. The event showed how small barriers affect daily life and highlighted the wider meaning and importance of accessibility for inclusion and cooperation.
If you want to know what long-term peace looks like in Northern Ireland, don’t start with famous political agreements. Focus instead on a weekday morning at the Shankill Shared Women’s Centre in Belfast, where two grandmothers – a Catholic and a Protestant – head into classes together.
Seven years of cooperation between people, communities, and organisations across thousands of kilometres have made a difference in the Northern Periphery and Arctic regions. Discover how the projects improved the lives of people in remote areas in the Arctic and near-Arctic!
On 27 Sept 2025, the Interreg Cooperation Day was held along the Mura River under the theme "Building Bridges". Over 230 participants from Slovenia and Austria gathered at bridge and ferry sites to celebrate a highly symbolic opening.
On 5 November, Skeleton Technologies officially inaugurated its new “SuperBattery” factory in Varkaus, North Savo, Finland. The opening ceremony was attended by Matias Marttinen, Finnish Minister of Employment, and Andres Sutt, Estonian Minister of Energy and Environment, underscoring the cross-border significance of the investment.
The Danish-German People-to-People Project Fund supports cross-border initiatives that foster intercultural understanding and citizen engagement. With €3.75 million in funding, it enables meaningful cooperation across the border until 2029.
The “Innovative Implementation of the Partnership Principle in EU cohesion Policy” project is a cooperation between the European Commission Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO), the OECD Innovative Citizen Participation Team, and programme authorities, beneficiaries and civil society organisations. The project aims at experimenting and institutionalising innovative participatory processes to involve citizens in the cycle of EU Cohesion Policy.
The 2025 projects under the TSI Flagship Addressing Demographic Change Through Reforms have been selected. The projects have the common objective to address demographic change through reforms in skills, labour markets, and social systems.
Interreg-supported Tele Alpine Project aims to improve survival rates of heart attack patients along the German-Austrian border and to inspire similar initiatives across the EU
With the support of €10 million in ERDF funding, ONERA, the Occitanie Region, and the European Commission have officially launched PyCoFiRe – a world-first fire testing platform dedicated to studying the behaviour of composite materials used in modern aerospace under full-scale fire conditions.
Following the devastating cyclone Chido of December 2024 in Mayotte, the Commission has today granted to France an advance payment of close to €24 million from the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to ease the burden of the recovery and reconstruction efforts.
When geopolitical tensions intensify, the Interreg Lithuania-Poland programme strengthens support to people, builds resilience, and proves that cooperation is Europe's strongest currency. In a region united by a shared history and modern security challenges, Poland and Lithuania are taking decisive steps to strengthen not just their borders, but their communities.
In a time when the health of our aquatic ecosystems is under increasing pressure, the European Union continues to prove that cooperation, innovation, and shared knowledge are the keys to sustainable progress. The wrap up conference, featuring the results of the Interreg BLUE GROWTH COLLABs took place in Edirne, Türkiye on 16 May 2025.
The strategic project EMERGENCY, co-financed by Interreg Poland-Ukraine programme 2021-2027 was launched on 15 May 2025 in Ostrołęka (Poland). This is a major infrastructure project of key importance for the border regions, which is in line with Poland’s and Ukraine’s health policy objectives.
According to the newest Eurobarometer survey culture provides European citizens with a sense of community and integration. An example of EU funded initiative is the operation of strategic importance under the Interreg Romania–Hungary Programme 2021-2027 which will to restore two emblematic sites on either side of the border: Huniade Castle in Timișoara (Romania) and Navay Mansion in Óföldeák (Hungary).
The Cohesion Policy POWERTY project, launched under the Interreg Europe programme, is tackling energy poverty in Torreblanca, one of Seville’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods. The project not only supports school operations but also reduces energy costs for nearby households.
Do you have an idea that could shape the future of the Alpine Region and need support to bring it to life? Apply now for a chance to travel to Innsbruck and win up to 5000€ to help implement your project!
The North West Greenway Network, a cross-border initiative supported by the European Union’s Interreg Programme, has successfully delivered 46.5km of new greenway infrastructure, enhancing connectivity and sustainability across the border region of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
The Tisa River Basin, spanning Hungary and Serbia, is experiencing heightened hydrological risks due to climate change-induced shifts in precipitation and evapotranspiration patterns. Interreg ADAPTisa by fosters data-driven collaboration between water and disaster management stakeholders in the cross-border region to addresses these challenges.
14.8 M€ from the funds of the INTERREG POCTEFA program to finance key cross-border cooperation projects in the areas of employment, mobility, and multilingualism to strengthen development and cohesion in the territories of the Western Functional Area (AFOMEF) of POCTEFA program.
The Danube Region is home of an extremely rich biodiversity. Preserving the balance between wildlife and human activity represents one of the greatest challenges.The Interreg Danube HARMON project supports a unified approach to balancing biodiversity conservation with infrastructural development in the Danube region.
Cohesion policy funds support countless initiatives to enhance regional resilience. One notable is the PIROI (Indian Ocean Regional Intervention Platform) Centre which was supported by EUR 2,1 million under the Interreg Indian Ocean 2014-2020 cooperation programme.
AI4Flood pro uses artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to enhance flood risk prediction and management, a crucial tool to prevent disasters like the recent severe floods in the Pyrenees and more broadly and dramatically in Valencia.
Today, the European Commission kicks off the 2025 edition of the REGIOSTARS competition which will award the best Cohesion Policy supported projects in the EU.
The European Union’s Public Sector Loan Facility (PSLF), part of the Just Transition Mechanism (JTM), supports the modernisation of railway infrastructure in the Ústí nad Labem region in Czechia with a grant of €1.62 million. The PSLF grant complements a European Investment Bank (EIB) loan scheme worth €1.93 billion which covers 36 actions aiming to upgrade railway infrastructure in Czechia. The Ústí nad Labem project, funded under PSLF, covers 3 out of those 36 actions. The project beneficiary is the Czech national railway infrastructure manager Správa železnic, státní organizace.
Today, the European Commission has paid more than €404 million from the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to Slovenia and Greece to help them recover, repair, and rebuild after the devastating climate disasters that hit these countries in 2023.
The aid package, approved by the European Parliament and the Council, is composed as follows: - €112.07 million for Germany following the damages caused by the floods to the states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg at the end of May 2024; - €3.96 million for Italy to support recovery efforts after the floods that hit the Valle d’Aosta region in June 2024.
The Marseille Tramway Extension project (ETNS1) has received financial support from the European Union, including a €15 million grant and a €100 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB), making up a total of €115 million. The project is part of a broader investment effort by Métropole d’Aix-Marseille-Provence, launched in 2021, with an overall budget of €320 million aimed at enhancing the region's public transport system.
Statement by President von der Leyen at the joint press conference with Polish Prime Minister Tusk, Slovak Prime Minister Fico, Czech Prime Minister Fiala, and Austrian Chancellor Nehammer
The European Commission has selected 6 projects for co-funding in Czechia aimed at promoting sustainable social infrastructure, improving the energy efficiency of public buildings and modernising transport infrastructure.
Today, the European Commission approved an advancement payment of EUR 11.6 million from the EU Solidarity Fund to support the French region Hauts-de-France in addressing the severe damages caused by heavy rainfall and rivers overflows in November 2023. The flooding resulted in numerous mudslides, road closures, significant economic losses and forced thousands of residents to leave their homes.
The European Commission is co-financing 3 projects aimed at promoting sustainable urban infrastructure and improving the energy efficiency of public buildings to the tune of EUR 7.3 million under the Public Sector Loan Facility (PSLF) of the Just Transition Mechanism (JTM). The three projects were submitted under the 5th cut-off date of PSLF, which is a blending facility that combines loans from the European Investment Bank (EIB) with grants from the European Commission to support a fair and just transition towards climate neutrality across the European Union.
The Grant Agreement for the Sustainable and Affordable Housing for the New Green Industry and Society (SHERIS) project, which will support the construction of 7 housing complexes in Northern Sweden, has just been signed. SHERIS is financed by the European Union under the Public Sector Loan Facility, which is part of the Just Transition Mechanism (JTM), with a grant of EUR 11 million. The grant complements a loan of EUR 71 million (SEK 800 million) awarded by the European Investment Bank (EIB), bringing the total budget for the project to EUR 142 million (SEK 1.6 billion).
Tomorrow, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms Elisa Ferreira will begin a two-day visit to Türkiye to see first-hand how EU Solidarity Fund (EUSF) support has helped the country recover after the devastating earthquakes that hit the region of Gaziantep in February 2023.
The Sustainable Mobility Infrastructures for Low Emissions and qualitative Service (SMILES) project has officially started, with the objective of supporting improvements in the transport infrastructure of the French city of Nantes. SMILES is financed by the European Union under the Public Sector Loan Facility, which is part of the Just Transition Mechanism (JTM), with a grant of EUR 30 million. The grant complements a loan of EUR 200 million awarded by the European Investment Bank (EIB), bringing the total budget for the project to EUR 400 million.
Today the European Commission has approved an advancement payment of EUR 25 million from the EU Solidarity Fund to support Greece in addressing the extensive damages caused by the cyclone “Daniel” from 4 to 11 September 2023.
Today, the Commission has approved €20.9 million from the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to support the Marche region in Italy in addressing the extensive damages caused by the rainfall and floods in September 2022.
The Commission has approved €33.9 million from the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to support Romania in addressing the extensive damages caused by droughts and wildfires in 2022.
The Commission has approved an advance payment of €100 million to Slovenia under the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF), to ease the financial burden of reconstruction efforts after the damage caused by the devastating floods that took place in the country in August 2023.
In July 2023 Italy submitted an application for a contribution from the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to finance emergency and recovery operations following the floods in the Emilia-Romagna Region in Italy in May earlier this year.
Brussels, 7 November 2023 - Commissioner Elisa Ferreira, responsible for Regional and Urban Policy, Paloma Aba Garrote, Director of CINEA (the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency) and George Kasapidis, Regional Governor of the Greek region of Western Macedonia are pleased to announce that the Socioeconomic Transition of Western Macedonia project has officially entered into force on the 27th of October with the signing of a Grant Agreement by all parties.