Deadline: 22 November 2018

Applications are open for Interreg North-West Europe (NWE) that is a European Territorial Cooperation Programme funded by the European Commission with the ambition to make the North-West Europe area a key economic player and an attractive place to work and live, with high levels of innovation, sustainability and cohesion.

It invests EUR 370 million of European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in activities based on the cooperation of organisations from eight countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Like the other fourteen European transnational cooperation programmes, they encourage public, private, scientific and civil society organisations to cooperate in order to improve the economic, environmental, social and territorial development of Europe’s regions.

Objectives

• To enhance innovation performance of enterprises throughout NWE regions (Innovation)
• To facilitate the implementation of low-carbon, energy and climate protection strategies to reduce GHG emissions in NWE (Low carbon)
• To facilitate the uptake of low carbon technologies, products, processes and services in sectors with high energy saving potential, to reduce GHG emissions in NWE (Low carbon)
• To facilitate the implementation of transnational low-carbon solutions in transport systems to reduce GHG-emissions in NWE (Low carbon)
• To optimise (re)use of material and natural resources in NWE (Resource and materials efficiency)

Themes

• Innovation: The goal is to enhance the innovation performance of enterprises (especially SMEs) in North-West Europe. Therefore, they fund projects that help enterprises exploit new research so they can develop new technologies, products, and processes.
• Low carbon: Supporting the shift towards a low carbon economy in all sectors and promoting sustainable transport
• Resource & materials efficiency: New ways to produce more value with fewer materials

Eligibility Criteria

Any organisation, public or private, can participate.

How to Apply

Applicants can apply online via given website.

For more information, please visit Interreg North-West Europe.