Interreg IVB has been launched !

 
 
The new Interreg IVB programme has been officially launched on the 5th and 6th of March in Lille. More than 600 persons participated to this event and we were glad to meet there some representatives from members of our network.
 
 
It was the occasion to celebrate the success of the Interreg IIIB programme, with a compendium of successful projects. The Newtasc and the Encourage projects are among them.
>>> Download the IIIB Project Compendium 2007
 
The final draft operational programme for interreg IVB is available and is waiting for the approval of the European Commission. The first call should be published next summer.
>>> Download the IVB operational programme
 
 
As highlighted by the Interreg IVB Joint Technical Secretariat (JTS), it is already time to prepare new projects.

• An internet tool has been implemented by the JTS on their website to give the opportunity to register new projects ideas (even in an early stage of development) in order to help build partnerships. The list of registered project is regularly updated.
  

>>> Interreg IVB Project Ideas website

• The ENTP wishes to develop  (at least)  3 new projects: A project on business districts improvement, a project on urban regeneration and a project on immigration.

>>> The business districts improvement project idea
>>> MIGR>Action
>>> Urban regeneration in New Towns
 

• The Interreg IVB launch conference was the occasion to network and see which ideas are being developed for the next funding period. Here a short selection of projects ideas collected; if you are interested in one or another project, fell free to contact directly the official contact of the project.

>>> Greenways to investment: delivering more competitive city-regions through green infrastructure
>>> Smart Economic Growth
>>> Green Gauge: A stepped approach  to environmental management
>>> Cultural And Creative Industry Networks
>>> Cities in Balance: promoting senior economy in Europe
>>> Riverscape: towards a NWEuropean ICT community for riverine management tasks
>>> Achieving Sustainable Partnerships with Informal Recreation Enterprises
>>> Reduce, Waste Strategy in transnational Reduction
>>> Small Waters in urban Regions
>>> Solving Urban Pollution Effectively and Responsibly: Sustainable Drainage Systems