The Interreg North Sea Programme 2021–2027 (''Interreg VIB'') supports cooperation projects connecting regions in seven countries around the North Sea.
The programme is part of
Interreg
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, one of the
European Union
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’s main funding instruments supporting its
Cohesion Policy
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Cooperation area
The programme covers all of
Denmark
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and the
Netherlands
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, the southern part of
Norway
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, the
Flemish Region
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of Belgium, northwestern regions of Germany, southwestern parts of
Sweden
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and northwestern regions of France.
The Joint Secretariat managing the programme on a daily basis is located in Viborg, Denmark.
Goals of the programme
The programme’
four funding prioritiesreflect key challenges facing the North Sea Region. Interreg North Sea funding aims to contribute towards:
# Building smart and robust economies.
# Fast-tracking green transitions.
# Fostering
climate resilience
Climate resilience is a concept to describe how well people or ecosystems are prepared to bounce back from certain climate hazard events. The formal definition of the term is the "capacity of social, economic and ecosystems to cope with a hazardou ...
, a clean environment, and a rich biodiversity.
# Improving cooperation governance.
Previous programme periods
Interreg North Sea Region Programme 2014-2020 (Interreg VB) The North Sea Region Programme 2014–2020
supported 73 cooperation projects in four priorities:
# Thinking growth
# Eco-innovation
# Sustainable NSR
# Green transport and mobility.
Interreg North Sea Region Programme 2007-2013 (Interreg IVB) The North Sea Region Programme 2007–2013
supported 78 cooperation projects in the following priorities:
# Building on our capacity for innovation
# Promoting the sustainable management of our environment
# Improving the accessibility of places in the North Sea Region
# Promoting sustainable and competitive communities.
Interreg North Sea Programme 2000–2006 (Interreg IIIB) The North Sea Programme 2000-2006
supported 70 transnational co-operation projects.[North Sea Programme 2000-2006](_blank)
KEEP.EU
Interreg North Sea Programme 1997-1999 (Interreg IIC) The North Sea Programme 1997-1999
was the precursor of the transnational North Sea Programme that has been part of the Interreg B (transnational) strand from the year 2000 onwards.
See also
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European Commission
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(EC)
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European Regional Development Fund
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(ERDF)
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European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...
(EU)
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Interreg
Interreg is a series of programmes to stimulate cooperation between regions in and out of the European Union (EU), funded by the European Regional Development Fund. The first Interreg started in 1989. Interreg IV covered the period 2007–2013. I ...
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North Sea
The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. A sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Se ...
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North Sea Commission (NSC)
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North Sea Region
The North Sea Region (NSR) of Europe refers to European countries and regions that have access to the North Sea. Cultural and economic co-operation has a strong tradition in the area, dating back to the Vikings[Transnationality Transnationality is the principle of acting at a Geography, geographical scale larger than that of states, so as to take into account the interests of a Supranational union, supranational entity.
Transnational policies or programmes are not simply ...]
References
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External links
North Sea Programme 2021-2027 websiteNorth Sea Region Programme 2014–2020 websiteNorth Sea Region Programme 2007–2013 WebsiteNorth Sea Programme 2000–2006 Website
Euroregions
European Commission
North Sea
Transnationalism