State of play of the approval procedure

At the beginning of March 2022, the Managing Authority submitted the first complete version of the Operational Programme Document to the European Commission. After an extensive question-and-answer procedure, the final version of the programme document was submitted at the beginning of October. On 14 November 2022, the European Commission approved the Interreg Meuse-Rhine (NL-BE-DE) cross-border cooperation programme for the programming period 2021-27.

As you can see in the flowchart, our programme has successfully completed seven of the eight essential steps for the start of the next programming period. The last step, the first call for projects, is now coming up, as you can read below.

First Call for Projects

The first call is open for project proposals from 28 February until 14 April 2023. In the first step, interested parties can submit their project outlines (step 1) contributing to the following grand societal challenges:

industrial transition;
green transformation;
healthier citizens;
tourism in a high-quality region;
live and work without borders

The project outlines can be sent in as of 28 February 2023, 12:00 hours. The submission deadline is 14 April 2023, 12:00 hours. All project applications must be submitted via the electronic management system JEMS. The programme recommends contacting the relevant Regional Antennas in order to prepare your application. Once the programme receives the project outlines, they will be reviewed and evaluated.

Further information

Information on the cooperation programme and the first call will be available soon. Please also contact the Regional Antenna in your region, as they can provide you with guidance in the project development phase:

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