The Interreg North-West Europe Programme will fund cooperative projects delivering lasting results and focusing on the following priorities and specific objectives:
Innovation
- To enhance innovation performance of enterprises throughout North-West Europe regions
Low carbon
- To facilitate the implementation of low-carbon, energy and climate protection strategies in order to reduce GHG-emissions in North-West Europe
- To facilitate the uptake of low carbon technologies, products, processes and services in sectors with high energy saving potential in order to reduce GHG-emissions in North-West Europe
- To facilitate the implementation of transnational low-carbon solutions in transport systems in order to reduce GHG-emissions in North-West Europe
Resource and material efficiency
- To optimise (re)use of material and natural resources in North-West Europe
The programme is open to any public or private entity based in the following eligible areas: UK, Ireland, Belgium, Luxembourg, France (partly), Germany (partly), the Netherlands (partly) and Switzerland.
Applications
The application process involves two stages – submission of concept notes and then full applications.
The deadlines for concept notes in 2015 are:
- 1st call – 18th May 2015
- 2nd call – 30th November 2015
Projects must involve at least three partners from at least three different countries and at least two of the partners must come from the programme area. The Lead Partners must be from the programme area and be not-for-profit.
Read the full call documentation here
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To find out more about the programme, email Paula MacLachlan [email protected] or call +44 (0)1275 876734 or +44 (0)7825 523335.
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