31 May – 12:00 noon (GMT) 2016: Deadline for submission of EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
Projects should be developed according to the type of actions the Programme wants to support and will have to be focused on delivering transnational, tangible and sustainable results and territorial and economic impact across the Atlantic Area.
With a total budget of €185M, the Programme funds transnational cooperation projects among Atlantic regions of 5 European countries, in the fields of Innovation & competitiveness; resource efficiency; territorial risks management; biodiversity and natural & cultural assets.
The Programme focuses on four main priorities axes and specific objectives related:
1. Stimulating innovation and competitiveness, addressing the challenge of accelerating intelligent growth
1.1 Enhancing innovation capacity through cooperation to foster competitiveness
1.2 Strengthening the transfer of innovation results to facilitate the emergence of new products, services and processes
2. Fostering resource efficiency, promoting renewable energies and energy efficiency
2.1 Fostering renewable energies and energy efficiency
2.2 Fostering green growth, eco-innovation and environmental efficiency
3. Strengthening the territory's resilience to risks of natural, climate and human origin, to support a better protection and management of the territory
3.1 Strengthening risk management systems
4. Enhancing biodiversity and the natural and cultural assets will serve the identified need of protecting the environment and promoting the cultural and natural identity
4.1 Improving the protection of biodiversity and ecosystems’ services
4.2 Enhancing natural and cultural assets to stimulate economic development
The main reference document of the programme is the INTERREG Atlantic Area Cooperation Programme (CP).
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