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Three certified trainings at the Interact Academy are open for registration

Programme communication capacity Interact Academy

Registration is open for three 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 Project Asses ...

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

EU Regions week | Strong Interreg, strong regions, strong Europe

Localism (PO5 CLLD etc) Post 2027 (Interreg VII) Smarter Europe (PO1) Greener Europe (PO2) More social Europe (PO4)

Planning to attend the European Week of Regions and Cities 2026 in Brussels? Interact will be part of the agenda with two opportunities to connect, exchange and discover more about Interreg! 12 October 2026Join the “Strong Interreg, Strong Regions, Strong Europe” session jointly organised by ESPON, URBACT, and Interreg Europe.The session will showcase the results and opportunities offered by the programmes, from territorial evidence and capacity building to urban innovation and cooperat ...

21 September 26 2 min read

EU Public Procurement: a new framework for simpler and smarter procedures

Public procurement

The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a new Regulation aimed at modernising and simplifying the EU public procurement framework. The initiative is designed to support effective public investment in services and infrastructure while contributing to the achievement of the European Union's policy objectives.The proposed revision introduces a single, harmonised set of procurement rules applicable across all Member States, with the objective of streamlining procedures and reducing ad ...

10 September 26 4-min read

Upcoming EU Public procurement reform

Public procurement

Towards a simpler and more harmonised frameworkThe European Commission is preparing a major reform of the EU public procurement framework, with the proposed Public Procurement Act aiming to simplify and harmonise procurement rules across the Member States. The proposal would bring the rules currently contained in three separate EU Directives, covering public procurement, utilities and concessions, into a single, directly applicable EU Regulation.  From national transposition to a common ...

28 August 26 4 mins read

Share your input: EU survey on Cohesion Policy and the circular economy

Smarter Europe (PO1) Greener Europe (PO2)

Complete the survey. It closes 30 September.The European Parliament's Committee on Regional Development (REGI) is running a study on Cohesion Policy and the circular economy, and Interact was invited to contribute. The findings will feed into the post-2027 funding framework, so we need input from Interreg programmes and projects. Please forward this to projects and partners in your programme.The survey asks:what your programme or project is doing on the circular economywhat territorial coope ...

28 August 26 3 min read

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