Interreg Europe scope includes the fields defined by the policy and specific objectives presented in Article 5 of the common provisions regulation (EU) 2021/1060 and Article 3 of the ERDF regulation (EU) 2021/1058. The programme specific objectives are also described in the programme manual, in section 2.5.2.

Your project should target only one policy objective among the programme scope, based on the policy instruments that are adressed by the partners.

Interreg Europe scope includes the fields defined by the policy and specific objectives presented in Article 5 of the common provisions regulation (EU) 2021/1060 and Article 3 of the ERDF regulation (EU) 2021/1058. The programme specific objectives are also described in the programme manual, in section 2.5.2.

The EAFRD programmes can be addressed in our projects as policy instruments as long as this is coherent with their issue addressed and the corresponding objective that fall within the scope of the cohesion policy. However, please note that these rural development programmes will not be considered as an Investment for Jobs and Growth goal programme. Therefore, you will need to make sure that at least one of the policy instruments addressed in the project is an Investment for jobs and growth goal programme.

The notion of ‘Investment for jobs and growth goal’ comes from the EC regulation (further information on the Investment for jobs and growth goal can be found in the Cohesion Policy legislation 2021 – 2027 (e.g., Article 5(2)(a) of the Common Provision Regulation (EU) 2021/1060) and this is related to the Operational Programmes adopted by the European Commission at the beginning of a programming period, financed through ERDF and ESF+ (but also through the Cohesion Fund and the Just Transition Fund - JTF) and prepared by each Country and/or region.

At least one policy instrument addressed in the application must be an Investment for jobs and growth goal programme.