The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) hosted the 2026 annual meeting of the European Cross-Border Platform (ECBP), which brought together more than 160 participants and a wide range of representatives from EU institutions and stakeholders from across the European Union and beyond. As a flagship event of the ECBP, organised jointly with the CESCI, […]
More than 320 M € for cross-border cooperation between Spain and Portugal
The Commission has approved the largest cross-border cooperation program of the European Union for the period 2021-2027, called “Interreg” program “POCTE” for cooperation between the cross-border regions of Spain and Portugal. This program will receive an EU contribution of more than 320 million euros for the period 2021-2027. ELISA Ferreira, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, […]
The EU Interreg programme celebrates 30 years of bringing citizens closer together
The year 2020 marks 30 years since the start of Interreg, the EU’s emblematic programme that aims at encouraging territorial cooperation between border regions. Launched in 1990, the European Territorial Cooperation (ETC), better known as Interreg, is an emblematic Cohesion Policy programme that provides a framework for the implementation of joint actions and policy exchanges […]