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Jems Earns European Recognition with Good Practice Certificate

Jems, the Joint Electronic Monitoring System developed by Interact, has been awarded a Good Practice Certificate at the European Public Sector Award 2025-26.

Tell Us What You Need for 2027

Interact is designing its next work plan and your input will shape the support and services available to your programme, and Interreg, from 2027 onwards.

Plan Your Interreg Cooperation Day 2026 Event Now

Interact has prepared a full set of tools to support your participation: the 2026 Guide and Factsheet, campaign visuals and thematic banners, a customisable promotional video, a joint Facebook boosting initiative that reached 10 million people in 2025, and visibility through the Interreg.eu portal. All materials are available now.

Interact Academy Training | Three trainings available this autumn

Three certified trainings are planned this autumn, and five certified courses are always available at the Interact Academy!

Events

TN Comms meeting: Joint activities - June 2026

30 June 26 | Online

Programme communication capacity Transnational programmes

30-01 July 26 | Porto, Portugal

Capitalisation

Europe closer to citizens under PO5: Taking stock and looking ahead

02-03 July 26 | Vienna, Austria

Localism (PO5 CLLD etc) Post 2027 (Interreg VII)

09-10 September 26 | Bucharest, Romania

Roles and responsibilities

From Click to Call: AI in Action for Interreg

30-01 October 26 | Prague, Czechia

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

01-02 October 26 | Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy

MedLab

Library

InterFIN 2026

Tags: Post 2027 (Interreg VII), Decommitment, SCOs, Management verifications, State aid

Date Published: 25 June 26

Interreg and the Right to Stay Evidence in a more Social Europe

Tags: More social Europe (PO4)

Date Published: 10 June 26

Guide | Interreg Cooperation Day 2026

Tags: Interreg Day

Date Published: 04 May 26

Interreg Cooperation Day kick-off webinar 2026

Tags: Interreg Day

Date Published: 14 May 26

Factsheet Interreg Cooperation Day 2026

Tags: Interreg Day

Date Published: 04 May 26

Interreg Day - Making your event memorable

Tags: Interreg Day

Date Published: 16 June 26

Communication for capitalisation: Making Interreg results matter

Tags: Programme communication capacity, Capitalisation

Date Published: 12 June 26

Made to measure: the first Interreg examples

Tags: Performance-based approaches

Date Published: 11 June 26

Audit Authorities and GoA Network 2026

Tags:

Date Published: 11 June 26

Recording | Strengthening institutional and administrative capacity through ISO1

Tags: Better cooperation governance (ISO1), Video

Date Published: 11 June 26

Stories of Cooperation 2026 | Interreg projects reforming the territory

Tags: Programme communication capacity, Interreg.eu, Interregional cooperation, Transnational programmes, Interreg promotion, Project communication capacity, Reforms in Interreg

Date Published: 27 June 26

Réunion Réseau RUP Juin 2026

Tags: Outermost regions (OMR)

Date Published: 24 June 26

Latest News

Harmonisation and simplification HIT Jems

Jems, the Joint Electronic Monitoring System developed by Interact, has been awarded a Good Practice Certificate at the European Public Sector Award 2025-26.The award is organised by the European Institute of Public Administration (EPSA) and is now in its 10th edition. Jems was recognised i ...

09 June 26 3 min read

Interact brings EU neighbours together: knowledge across borders in Belgrade

General

Building the spaces where cooperation programmes learn from each other On 19 and 20 May 2026, Interact brought together programme authorities and national stakeholders from EU and candidate countries in Belgrade for two days of exchange on the strategic value of cross-border cooperation.&nb ...

26 May 26 3 min read

Better cooperation governance (ISO1)

The Interreg Governance Facility project (InterregGov) has launched, and it has already opened its first call for programmes working with ISO1 (A better cooperation governance) with a particular focus on cross-border obstacles and people-to-people cooperation.Twelve programmes will receive tailo ...

20 May 26 2 mins read

Post 2027 (Interreg VII) Interact programme

Interact is designing its next work plan and your input will directly shape the support and services available to your programme from 2027 onwards.We want to hear from you. Interact has launched its Needs Assessment survey to gather feedback on what you need most, where we can best support ...

15 May 26 3 min read

Interregional cooperation Cooperation actions

What started in 2012 as a single shared day has grown into something far bigger than anyone imagined: more than 1,570 events organised, over 300,000 participants engaged, and a social media reach of 57 million. In 2025, programmes from all four Interreg strands took part and events were held acr ...

15 May 26 3 min read

Right to Stay | Your programme can contribute to the strategy

General

On 6 May 2026, Executive Vice-President Raffaele Fitto officially launched the Right to Stay - Your Region, Your Future strategy at a high-level event in the European Parliament. This flagship policy framework aims to ensure that all Europeans can remain and build their future where they call ho ...

14 May 26 3 mins read

Post 2027 (Interreg VII) Jems Interact programme

The Interact Programming Committee met in Bratislava for its second meeting on the future Interact V programme, for the 2028-2034 period. One key discussion was on the future of Jems, with the Programming Committee giving a first go-ahead on the preparation to renew the software for the nex ...

30 April 26 3 mins read

Interact convenes the Interreg community at the highest level

Interreg.eu Post 2027 (Interreg VII) Future regulatory discussions

On 7 May 2026, Interact brought together senior representatives from 86 Interreg programmes, the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Committee of the Regions, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU at the Interreg Leaders Forum ...

13 May 26 3 mins read

Changes with Keep.eu | Automatic publication on Interreg.eu

Interreg.eu keep.eu Calls for proposals

From today, call for projects information entered in keep.eu - the central database of Interreg programmes - is published directly on Interreg.eu, the public website for Interreg information, as provided, without editorial adjustments on the Interreg.eu site.What does this mean for Interre ...

12 May 26 1 minute read

Interreg Slam

Apply now | The Interreg Slam is back and bigger than ever, now is the time to share your story - and be heard across EuropeThe Interreg Slam 2026-2027 is a Europe-wide storytelling championship celebrating the human side of Interreg cooperation. It is open to all Interreg programmes and their f ...

20 April 26 3 min read

The position of Interreg programmes in 2026 GBER consultation

State aid

Interact contributes to the DG Competition’s public consultation on the draft General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER). Drawing on extensive input from Interreg programmes, our contribution highlights key issues affecting European Territorial Cooperation, with a focus on simplification, legal c ...

14 May 26 3 mins read

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