Interreg Alpenrhein-Bodensee-Hochrhein (DE / AT / CH / FL)

Description

Interreg is a regional programme of the European Union to promote cross-border cooperation, in which non-EU countries can also participate. The funding is provided by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), one of the EU’s structural funds. It finances the “European Territorial Cooperation” (ETC) objective. Its task is to eliminate inequalities between the different regions and to strengthen economic, social and territorial cohesion in the European Union. The funds provided by the EU are supplemented by state funds from Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein in the Interreg programme Alpenrhein-Bodensee-Hochrhein.

The great advantage of this cross-border programme is that the funding priorities are adapted to the needs and potential of the participating regions.

Funding priorities

The new Interreg programme focuses on four funding priorities:

• Digitization and innovation
• Environmental, nature and climate protection
• health, education, culture and tourism
• collaboration and civic engagement

Within this framework, new impulses can be set and cross-border projects in the areas of business, tourism, infrastructure, education, research, labour market and employment, location attractiveness, spatial planning, environmental protection and nature conservation, culture as well as health and social affairs on the EU side with up to 70 percent and on the Swiss side up to 50 percent of their costs.