The Transnational Co-operation Programme South East Europe is part of the new European Territorial Co-operation Objective for the programming period 2007 – 2013, aimed at fostering a balanced territorial development and territorial integration within the co-operation area.

In the new Structural Funds Period (2007-2013), the current CADSES transnational cooperation area will be divided into two spaces:

1.      The Central Europe Programme (CENTRAL), including 8 Member States: Ceck Republic, parts of Germany and Italy, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia; as well as 1 Partner Country: Ukraine. The designated Managing Authority and the Joint Technical Secretariat are located in Vienna.

2.      The South East European Space (SEES), including Albania, Austria,  Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Greece, Hungary, parts of Italy, Serbia, Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Moldova and parts of Ukraine. The designated Managing Authority and the Joint Technical Secretariat are located in Budapest.

The programme area includes 16 countries with a total population of 200 million and presents one of the most diverse and complex transnational cooperation areas in Europe. This is the only transnational Programme area with such a large number of non-EU countries participating (candidates, potential candidates and third countries).

The involvement of non-member states in transnational projects is a significant element of the programme. Funding for non-member state project partners shall come from other EU sources (e.g. Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance and the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument).

The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is the main funding source of the programme. It has a total available ERDF budget of Euro 206,7 million for the 2007 – 2013 period. These amount is supplemented by national public funds finally amounting to Euro 245,1 million. The financial resources are significantly higher than for the predecessor programme INTERREG IIIB CADSES 2000 – 2006.

The general aim of transnational co-operation is to Transnational co-operation concentrates on a limited number of priority areas in line with the Lisbon and Gothenburg processes:

1.      Innovation,

2.      Environment,

3.      Accessibility and

4.      Sustainable Urban Development.

In the specific, the programme aims to realise high quality, result orientated transnational projects of strategic character, relevant for the programme area. This requires high quality partnerships and a multilevel approach on the activities level.

Project partnerships have to contain partners from at least three participating states, of which at least one shall be a EU member state.

Eligible project partners are public authorities; public equivalent bodies and any legal body governed by public or private law not having an industrial or commercial character.

The generation and selection of transnational projects will be the responsibility of the Monitoring Committee assisted by the Joint Technical Secretariat. The network of “SEE” Contact Points, which represent the programme in partner states serve as national co-ordination points for the programme implementation.

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