Interreg Amazonia

Description

The transnational programme, dedicated to establishing and/or strengthening cooperation with Guyana, Amazonas and Pará, will prioritize research and networking activities.

Examples of actions by axis for the transnational aspect:

Transport development

• Studies on the development potential of fluvial transport of passengers and goods between the territories of the cooperation area
• Studies on regional cabotage (of goods and passengers)
• Exchanges of experiences and training on port trades
• Studies on the development of transit zones in airports
• Studies on the consolidation of existing airlines
• Studies on the feasibility and conditions for the creation of airlines between the territories of the cooperation zone (in particular with Guyana)
• Meetings, forums, transnational symposiums on the coordination of transport supply

Biodiversity and cultures

• Harmonization of environmental rules
• R & D projects for the valorization of natural resources
• Projects to reduce GHG emissions
• Research projects in the humanities and social sciences
• Mutualization of university training modules
• Publication of collective works in the different languages ​​of the Program
• Networking Resource Centers on Common Cultural Heritage.

Health and social

• Exchange of good practices and development of distance medicine Forums, symposiums or public research seminars aimed at disseminating and promoting knowledge on common health and social issues
• Development of tools for networking, data sharing and exchanges between transnational actors involved

Competitiveness

• Studies and diagnoses on the conditions and possibilities of trade and establishment of companies
• Support for company, EPCI or interprofessional participation at international fairs
• Support for networking of innovation and entrepreneurship actors
• Collaborative projects involving research, training and business actors