INTERREG IV A Greater Region programme

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INTERREG IV A Greater Region programme

Europe is encouraging territorial cooperation

European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), INTERREG IV A Greater Region enables cross-border projects to be carried out. Discover in this section, partnerships associating Lorraine actors from higher education, from research and/or innovation…

 

 

Reinforce the cross-border partnerships within the Grande Région: such is the ambition of the INTERREG IV A programme. It comes under the European Union objective of "Territorial cooperation", one of the three objectives framing the intervention of 2007-2013 structural funds. To this end, it benefits from a total aid of 106 million euros of European regional development funds (ERDF).

 

INTERREG IV A covers three main axis: economy (46% of the ERDF allocation), area – in terms of living conditions – (27%), and man (27%). Since the programme launch, 89 projects have been accepted. More than two thirds involve Lorraine actors, alongside structures from other Greater Region territories (Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and Wallonia). They are about various fields : culture, social, tourism, environment… but also aeronautical, biotechnologies, health, green energies, university training, etc. A number of these collaborations thus implicate higher education, research and innovation. Here is a selection of them.
 

1st Axis - THE ECONOMY : increase and promote the competitiveness of the interregional economy, support innovation and encourage the development of employment

Measure 1.1 – Support innovation

  • TRANSTIR II
  • TIGRE - Transfer of technologies and innovation in the Greater Region
  • CORENA - Formation of a regional network of research and development on the theme of "naturel regional products - new active substances for medecine and agriculture"
  • ALLEGRO – adaptive technology for language learning in the Greater Region
  • SAARLORBIOTEC – Green and white biotechnlology network: creation of a tool for the lasting protection of compounds for pharmaceutical and cosmetic use
  • TRANSCOMAS - Transregional network in testing and measurement for aeronautical and space industries

Measure 1.2 – Support collective action for the development of the economic fabric

2nd Axis – THE AREA : Improve the quality of life, reinforce the attractiveness of the territories and the protection of the environment

Measure 2.1 – Support Spatial Planning policies

Measure 2.3 – Valorisation and integrated protection of the environment

  • OPTIBIOGAZ - Towards an optimised and integrated management of the production of farm biogas
  • ENERBIOM - Sustainable agricultural production of biomass-energy in areas of heavy environmental constraints: which alternative for which sectors ?

3rd Axis – THE PEOPLE : Develop the acquisition and transition of knowledge, promote cultural resources and consolidate social cohesion

Measure 3.1 – Cooperation in the fields of education and training

  • FCU – Network for Greater Region continued university training
  • INTERDOC - Office for cross-border support for research and doctoral students in the domain of natural sciences

Measure 3.2 – Reinforce cooperation in higher education

  • UGR – University of the Greater Region
  • IOT@ - Cross-border optical infrastructure (Phase 1)

Measure 3.3 – Support cooperation in the health domain

  • NESCAV – Nutrition, environment and cardio-vascular health
  • EDUDORA 2 - Therapeutic and preventative education against the risks of diabetes and obesity in adults and adolescents

 

INTERREG IV A Grande Région : www.interreg-4agr.eu
 

    Greater Region : a privileged area of cooperation and innovation
UGR, inter-regional prize for research, TIGRE... Via all these projects, the Greater Region is developing cross-border integration that must further boost its competitiveness in Europe.