Interreg Europe is the European interregional territorial cooperation programme involving 29 countries: the 27 EU member states plus Norway and Switzerland.

The Europe 2021-2027 programme aims to contribute to the improvement of regional policies and regional development programs, particularly investment programs for growth and employment and territorial cooperation, by promoting the exchange of experiences, innovative approaches, and capacity building through the identification, dissemination, and transfer of good practices in regional development policies.

The program is structured around a single cross-cutting priority, the specific objective "better governance of cooperation," which allows supporting actions aimed at strengthening the institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders involved in the implementation of territorial strategies. This implies that beneficiaries can cooperate on all relevant topics in line with their regional needs, as long as they fall within the scope of the European cohesion policy, meaning the political and specific objectives:

a smarter Europe a greener Europe a more connected Europe a more social Europe a Europe closer to citizens

The managing authority is the French region Hauts-de-France. At the Italian level, the co-chair of the national committee is the Umbria Region, while the vice-chair is the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region.

Italian National Contact Point: Umbria Region

INTERREG Europe

ESPON 2023 is an interregional programme of territorial cooperation that represents an excellent funding and research opportunity for universities and research institutes.

ESPON 2030 finances territorial studies selected based on the expressed needs of various European public authorities to meet the specific needs of certain places. The program is structured into Thematic Action Plans (TAPs).

Below are the links for more information regarding the calls, budget, and requirements to participate in the 6 territorial research projects:

TAP Climate neutral territories

CoBren - Territorial cooperation for blue renewable energy

TANDEM- Territorial Analysis of Decentralised Energy Markets

TAP Places Resilient to Crises

TERRES - Territorialising Resilience: Transforming Europe for an Age of Crisis

TAP Perspectives for All People and Places

OVERLAP - Overlapping crises (re)shaping the future of regional labour markets

HouseForAll- Access to affordable and quality housing for all people

BaroWealth - A Barometer on average income for European regions 

TAP Governance of new geographies

No-Stageo - Territorial governance of non-standard geographie