Good news for our current and future project partners \u2013 Interreg IPA CBC Programme Croatia \u2013 Bosnia and Herzegovina \u2013 Montenegro will continue in the financial period 2021-2027. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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After more than 2 years of programming, on 3 November 2022, the European Commission approved the Interreg VI-A IPA programme Croatia \u2013 Bosnia and Herzegovina \u2013 Montenegro (version 1.1), to be implemented in the financial period 2021 \u2013 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the upcoming years, the Programme will support cooperation projects with over EUR 117.600.000,00, which are available from the European Regional Development Fund and the IPA III Fund, with the main goal of making the programme area smarter, greener, and more inclusive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Key figures of the new Interreg Programme are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Please find the Interreg Programme and Commission Implementing Decision on the approval of the Interreg Programme below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Interreg VI-A IPA Programme Croatia \u2013 Bosnia and Herzegovina \u2013 Montenegro version 1.1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Commission Implementing Decision C (2022) 8028<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Following the official approval of the Interreg VI-A IPA Programme Croatia-Bosnia and Herzegovina-Montenegro (version 2.0) on 28 June 2022 by the Programming Task Force (PTF), the Programme will be officially submitted to the European Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Interreg VI-A IPA Programme Croatia-Bosnia and Herzegovina-Montenegro will support cross-border cooperation between the participating countries in the upcoming programming period 2021-2027. Expected Programme results will contribute to reaching the goals set by the European Green Deal and underlined by the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Programme is directly linked to the European Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR<\/a>) and the European Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n In May 2018, the European Commission presented proposal regulations laying down future legal framework of the Cohesion Policy in the financial perspective 2021-2027. Proposed legislative package includes regulations relevant for European Territorial Cooperation programmes (\u201cInterreg\u201d) in next financial perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the beginning of December 2020, trialogue negotiations between European Commission, Council of the European Union and European Parliament was concluded as they reached political agreement on regulations for the Cohesion Policy in financial perspective 2021-2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cohesion Policy legislative package for financial perspective 2021-2027 entered into force on 1 July 2021. Regulations are applicable from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The legislative package includes the following regulations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Regulation relevant for Interreg programmes are ERDF, CPR and Interreg Regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please find the new legislative package here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2021-2027 Interreg IPA programmes can choose between five policy objectives (POs):<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, two Interreg-specific objectives are supported in the financial period 2021-2027:<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information on the financial perspective 2021-2027 please visit the official website of the European Commission.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Programming Task Force is set up to\ndiscuss the future or the Interreg IPA CBC Programme Croatia-Bosnia and\nHerzegovina-Montenegro in the 2021-2027 period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Each country has appointed representatives\nto participate in the programming process. Representatives of the Managing\nAuthority and Joint Secretariat, as well as representatives of the European\nCommission, have observer\/advisory roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Programming Task Force will manage\ntasks concerning preparing public consultations, development of territorial and\nsocioeconomic analyses of the Programme area, discussing policy objectives,\nstimulating cross-border dialogues with stakeholders and all other tasks related\nto the preparation of the Programme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Programming overview:<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1st Programming Task Force meeting, Zagreb, 16 December 2019<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Public consultations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n As one of the starting points for the preparation of the new Interreg IPA Cross-border Cooperation Programme Croatia- Bosnia and Herzegovina – Montenegro 2021-2027, the Managing Authority coordinates the preparation of the territorial and socio-economic analysis of the programme area. The analysis will ensure better understanding of the needs and challenges to be financed by the new Programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this process, external experts selected to prepare the territorial and socio-economic analysis prepared a short questionnaire. In addition to being distributed widely among relevant stakeholders in the programme area, the Managing Authority and National Authorities kindly ask all stakeholders interested in helping us to design new Interreg Programme to take 10 minutes of their time and to fill in the questionnaire at the following link:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Territorial and socio-economic analysis questionnaire<\/a> (the link to questionnaire will be available until 31 December 2020.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Final document<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Based on the analysis of information provided within the questionnaire, focus groups and interviews with stakeholders, as well as desk analysis of relevant data, territorial and socio-economic analysis of the programme area was finalised and approved by Programming Task Force on 30 March 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The analysis detected challenges, strengths and potentials of the programme area thus providing guidance and recommendations with prioritisation of policy objectives to be funded in the programming period 2021-2027. The analysis highlighted the following policy objectives and related specific objectives as the most relevant for the programme area:<\/p>\n\n\n\n PO 1 SMARTER EUROPE<\/p>\n\n\n\n PO 2 GREENER EUROPE<\/p>\n\n\n\n PO 4 SOCIAL EUROPE<\/p>\n\n\n\n ISO 1 BETTER COOPERATION GOVERNANCE<\/p>\n\n\n\n Territorial and socio-economic analysis of the programme area is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to receive feedback from interested stakeholders, discuss the relevance of the highlighted policy objectives and to further narrow down the focus of the Programme, public consultations (interviews, questionnaire, focus groups and workshops) with relevant stakeholders will be organised in May and June 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Based on Territorial and socio-economic analysis of the programme area, the external provider selected for drafting of the new Interreg Programme designed a questionnaire to make further narrowing down of thematic concentration and to get the best possible insight into the needs and potentials of the Programme area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The questionnaire can be accessed through this LINK<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You are free to forward the survey to other stakeholders that you think would be important in programming the coming period. For additional questions or clarifications, you can contact us on: ma@interreg-hr-ba-me.eu<\/a> or pametna.uprava@apsolon.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The questionnaire is available by 31 May 2021.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Based on the outcomes of public consultations, Programming Task Force will decide which policy objectives and related specific objectives will be supported by the Programme in the period 2021-2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Based on the conclusions of the Territorial and socioeconomic analysis of the Programme area and the outcomes of public consultations, Programming Task Force decided that the following POs and related SOs will be supported in the new Interreg Programme:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Policy Objective 1 (SMARTER EUROPE): <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Policy Objective 2 (GREENER EUROPE):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Policy Objective 4 (SOCIAL EUROPE):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Good news for our current and future project partners \u2013 Interreg IPA CBC Programme Croatia \u2013 Bosnia and Herzegovina \u2013 Montenegro will continue in the financial period 2021-2027. 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\n\n\n\nProgramming Task Force approved the Interreg VI-A IPA Programme Croatia-Bosnia and Herzegovina-Montenegro <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nCohesion Policy legislative package<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nProgramming Task Force<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
2nd Programming Task Force meeting, virtual, 27 November 2020<\/a>
3rd Programming Task Force meeting, virtual, 30 March 2021<\/a>
4th Programming Task Force meeting, virtual, 7 June 2021
5th Programming Task Force meeting, virtual, 16 June 2021
6th Programming Task Force meeting, virtual, 19 July 2021<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\nTerritorial and socio-economic analysis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nPublic consultations for the preparation of the Interreg Programme 2021-2027<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nSelection of policy objectives and specific objectives for the Interreg Programme 2021-2027<\/h2>\n\n\n\n