Interreg IIIC

INTERREG IIIC is an EU-funded programme, one of the three strands of the European Community Initiative INTERREG III, that helps Europe’s regions form partnerships to work together on common projects in order to strengthen economic, social and environmental cohesion in the European Union (EU) by promoting cross-border (strand A), trans-national (strand B) and interregional (strand C) co-operation.  These partnerships enable the regions involved to develop new solutions to many of the challenges they face.  The programme is financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), as part of the Structural Funds, and co-financed by national project partners.

INTERREG IIIC promotes interregional co-operation between regional and other public authorities across the entire EU territory and neighbouring countries. It allows regions without joint borders to work together in common projects and develop networks of co-operation.

The co-operations under INTERREG IIIC give access to experience of others involved in regional development policy and create synergies between "best practice" projects and the Structural Fund’s mainstream programmes. This improves the effectiveness of regional development policies and instruments through large-scale information exchange and sharing of experience (networks) in a structured way.