The Interreg Europe programme has an ERDF budget of EUR 379 million for the 2021-2027 period.

There is not budget allocation per priority. However, 80% of the programme's ERDF budget is devoted to the topics covered under Policy Objective 1 'A smarter Europe'; Policy Objective 2 'A greener Europe' and certain topics covered under Policy Objective 4 'A more social Europe'. The remaining 20% are available for the topics covered under the three remaining Policy Objectives.

Interreg Europe recommends that a project’s total ERDF budget ranges from 1 MEUR up to 2 MEUR. The average ERDF budget of projects approved under the 1st call is 1.4 MEUR. In any case, the total budget of a project depends on different parameters and in particular on the number of partners involved as well as on the number and nature of the activities envisaged.

There are many features that make Interreg Europe different from other Interreg programmes. The two most important are the following: - Its geographical coverage: Interreg Europe is covering the all the European Union plus other Partner States while the geographical score of other Interreg programmes is restricted to cross border or transnational areas. - Its overall objective: Interreg Europe aims at improving regional development policies through exchange of experience. It is therefore different in its core target groups (i.e., local and regional public authorities) and in the nature of the activities supported (mainly dedicated to capacity building).

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.

80% of the programme budget is dedicated to the policy objectives 1. Smarter Europe, 2. Greener Europe and 4. More social Europe. 20% of the programme budget is dedicated to the policy objectives 3. More connected Europe, 4. More social Europe and 5. Europe closer to Citizens. Please refer to our programme manual in section 2.5.2 to see a detailed definition of those Policy Objectives.