News
[ Programme ]
Lead Partner Seminar - event report
The fourth call Lead Partner Seminar took place in Copenhagen, Denmark on 23 January 2012. The staff of the Joint Technical Secretariat and the four Information Points welcomed 173 participants, including representatives of all 82 fourth call projects approved under conditions in December 2011. The event report and presentations are now available online.
[ Project ]
12 January 2012 - CLUSTERIX Project Coordination Support
The INTERREG IVC project CLUSTERIX is seeking to contract an external project coordinator for their project, beginning as soon as possible and until 31 December 2014. Deadline for submitting offers is 31 January 2012.
Funding
Programme Funding
The INTERREG IVC Programme is financed through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) (The ERDF is intended to help reduce imbalances between regions of the Community. The Fund was set up in 1975 and grants financial assistance for development projects ...) . It hasa total available ERDF budget of € 321 million for the 2007-2013 period. A budget share of 55% is allocated to projects in the first Programme priority ‘Innovation and the knowledge economy’ and 39% to the second priority ‘Environment and risk prevention’. 6% of the funding will be used for Technical Assistance.
The total ERDF budget available for commitments to operations during the period 2007-2013 amounts to 302 million EUR, which can be used by EU partners and will be matched with national co-financing (Amount of money not covered by the ERDF. It can be local, regional or national. In any case, it must be a public funding. In each partner state different rules ...) . In addition, 2.7 million EUR is available for the participation of Norwegian partners. Swiss partners also have an opportunity to apply for national funds.
After two calls for proposals, a total ERDF funding of 194.3 million EUR has been allocated to the 115 approved projects. In addition, 1 million EUR from the Norwegian national funding has already been committed.
Co-financing rates
Under the INTERREG IVC Programme, the eligible project activities are co-financed by the ERDF at a rate of either 75% or 85% depending on the Member State.
| 75 % (ERDF) | For partners from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and UK |
| 85 % (ERDF) | For partners from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia |
| 50 % (Norwegian national funding) |
For partners from Norway |
Partners from Norway and Switzerland are not eligible to receive ERDF but can receive co-financing from their respective national funds. Swiss partners should refer to the Cantons in order to know more about the availability of these funds.
For information about possible national co-financing for partners from EU Member States, please visit the country specific information or consult the relevant National Contact Points.
Please note that INTERREG IVC does not provide pre-financing. Eligible costs (costs that are in line with the programme requirements and can be approved for co-financing from the ERDF) will be later reimbursed.
