The Future of Interreg – Consultation of Stakeholders and Citizens

Interreg VI-A IPA Programme Croatia-Bosnia and Herzegovina-Montenegro 2021 – 2027 is a cross-border cooperation programme in the framework of the European Territorial Cooperation and part of European cohesion policy. Geographically, the Programme includes 12 counties in Croatia, Brčko District and 109 municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as 12 municipalities in Montenegro, represents a total of 87,453.95 km² of territory and over 5.1 mil. inhabitants.
The Programme is designed as an instrument that will foster cooperation between Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, tackle joint challenges and indicate the possibility and need for even better cooperation in certain areas in the future. The Programme mission, besides strengthening the social, economic, and territorial development of the cross-border area, is to encourage and support cross-border cooperation to make the area more resilient to common challenges. These challenges include, among others, economic transition processes, climate change, and the long-term socioeconomic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Strategic Programme objective is to foster smart, green and inclusive development of Croatia – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Montenegro cross-border region.
While the first projects of the 2021-2027 perspective financed under our Programme are starting with their implementation, the Commission is already preparing the future of Cohesion Policy (“post 2027”), concerning Interreg programmes.
Since the stakeholders and citizens are those who are most concerned by the policy and know best the needs of territorial cooperation which affect their daily life, Interreg programmes are invited by DG REGIO (European Commission Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy) to consult their stakeholders, beneficiaries, and citizens on the future of Interreg.

We encourage you to seize this unique opportunity and contribute to shaping the future of cross-border cooperation in the next financial perspective 2028-2034. Let us know which topics you deem important for cross-border cooperation, what you think works well in cross-border cooperation, and what could be improved!

Where and when can I participate?
Stakeholders survey: promoted during our public events, conferences, trainings and seminars, as well as to our database of beneficiaries.
Citizens survey: promoted on our website and social media channels.

The survey is open until 31 October 2024.
The survey results will be summarized in a report and submitted to the European Commission (DG Regio) by the end of 2024. From early 2025, the report with the survey results will be made available on the Programme website. We appreciate you taking the time to participate. The survey will take 10-15 minutes to complete.

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