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Interact brings Central and South-East Europe together in Igalo to look ahead to post-2027

One territory, many programmes: making cooperation between them workFrom 6 to 8 October 2026, Interact brought together programme authorities and joint secretariats from Central and South-East Europe in Igalo in Montenegro, for the 19th Regional Network Meeting, joined by the European Commission.Around the Bay of Kotor alone, 11 cooperation programmes have funded 20 projects. The same picture repeats across the region. Cross-border, Interreg IPA, transnational and Interreg NEXT programmes wo ...

27 October 26 3 mins read

Interreg in Montenegro: European cooperation already at work in a candidate country

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Around the Bay of Kotor, 20 projects show what cooperation leaves behindParticipants of the 19th Regional Network Meeting of Interreg programmes in Central and South-East Europe visited 20 Interreg projects around the Bay of Kotor in Montenegro, funded by 11 cooperation programmes.Montenegro applied for EU membership in 2008 and has been negotiating since 2012. All 33 negotiating chapters are open, 18 had been provisionally closed by July 2026, and the country already uses the euro. Through ...

27 October 26 3 mins read

Interreg Cooperation Day: the evaluation survey is now open

Interreg.eu Cooperation actions

The evaluation survey for the Interreg Cooperation Day campaign is now open. It takes only a few minutes to complete.Who should fill it inThe survey is for everyone who took part in the campaign this year. If you organised one or more events as part of the campaign, please fill in the survey once for each event you organised.DeadlineThe deadline for filling out the survey is 9 November 2026.Fill in the surveyInterreg Cooperation Day 2026 · Evaluation form

13 October 26 2 min read

Call for tenders: a study on how Interreg helps regions prepare for emerging challenges

Jobs and tenders

Together with ESPON, we are looking for a team to carry out INTER-STAGE (Interreg Strengthening Territorial AGility for Emerging challenges). The maximum budget is EUR 350,000.What the study is aboutINTER-STAGE examines how Interreg helps regions prepare for future challenges and opportunities. It looks at Interreg cooperation not only as a funding instrument, but as a space where regions build partnerships and test new ideas, and where they engage early with emerging topics.What the team wi ...

12 October 26 2 min read

Two certified trainings at the Interact Academy are open for registration

Programme communication capacity Interact Academy

Registration is open for two certified trainings at the Interact Academy, each running for less than a month. The first registration deadline is 12 October.Plain Language for Interreg - An IntroductionFor Interreg staff who want to write in a plainer, more reader-friendly style. Participants practise the guidelines and receive feedback from the trainer on their individual task.Registration deadline: 12 October 202619 October to 13 November 202610 hours, beginner levelInterreg Evaluation: Pra ...

02 October 26 3 mins read

Two new certified courses available at the Interact Academy

Soft skills Interact Academy

Two certified courses on the Interact Academy are available all year: Facilitation for Interreg and Interreg Programme Introduction. Both are at beginner level and in English.Facilitation for Interreg (3 hours)The course shows how to design and deliver meetings that work in the Interreg context, from a team meeting to a Monitoring Committee. It addresses common problems such as meetings that could have been an email or that go off topic. Open to anyone in the Interreg community.Interreg Prog ...

02 October 26 3 min read

Interact is joined by Albania, Montenegro and Serbia

Interact programme

Albania, Montenegro and Serbia have joined the Interact V Programming Committee, as official members. This means the representatives of these countries will join the representatives of the EU27, Norway and Switzerland in designing the future Interact V Programme.  The members immediately joined and contributed to the discussions of the Programming Committee that agreed their participation. This included initial exchanges on the future governance, services, content and organisation ...

30 September 26 2 mins read

Save the date for Interreg Knowledge Fair 2027

Interreg Knowledge Fair

The next Interreg Knowledge Fair will take place on 11 and 12 May 2027, in Alicante, Spain.Interact is delighted to have already secured a venue, and is working on the content outline of the Fair. The provisional focus in 2027 will be on a practical exchange, to help prorgammes make the most effective start to Post 2027. On this basis, we foresee exchanges on the things that impact programme performance, and potential simplifications. Furthermore, the Fair will explore cross-border ...

29 September 26 2 mins read

Understand your keep.eu search results better

keep.eu

We've all been there. We search for information, find what we're looking for, and then wonder how much of the bigger picture we are actually seeing, and what it all means.Keep.eu now helps answer those questions. When you search for projects and documents, you can see an estimate of how much of the available information your results cover, together with summaries of what you searched for and what you found. This is useful because some programmes have more of their projects and partners in ke ...

24 September 26 2 minutes read

Interreg Starter Package - Support for new staff in your programme

Interact Academy

When new staff join an Interreg programme, they need time to become familiar with the Interreg environment, its terminology and its tools. To speed up this transition, Interact has prepared a Starter Package. A curated selection of courses and resources that programmes can share with new colleagues to help them quickly find the most relevant learning opportunities and start building their knowledge of Interreg.What's in the package?The Starter Package guides new staff towards certified ...

24 September 26 1 minute read

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