Interreg IPA CBC Italy-Albania-Montenegro

Description

The Interreg IPA CBC Italy-Albania-Montenegro Programme, co-funded by the European Union through the Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPA II), has a total budget of 92.707.558,00 euro (including 15% national co-financing). The Programme is managed by Puglia Region, which participates together with another Italian Region, Molise; Albania and Montenegro participate with the entire territory. The objective is to promote economic growth and to intensify cooperation in the low Adriatic area, by implementing joint actions between national and regional institutional and non-profit actors and by fostering smart, inclusive and sustainable development.

The Programme supports project initiatives related to the following priority axes:

1. Strengthening the cross-border cooperation and competitiveness of SMEs
2. Smart management of natural and cultural heritage for the exploitation of cross border sustainable tourism and territorial attractiveness
3. Environment protection, risk management and low carbon strategy
4. Increasing cross border accessibility, promoting sustainable transport service and facilities and improving public infrastructures