Interreg

This record describes Norwegian participation in Interreg, the EU's territorial-cooperation programme, as published on the official Norwegian Interreg portal interreg.no. The portal states: "EU-programmet Interreg styrker samarbeid over landegrensene" ("The EU programme Interreg strengthens cooperation across national borders"). It supports regional-development projects that promote knowledge exchange and sustainable economic growth. The portal states that Norway has taken part since 1996 and, for the 2021-2027 period, participates in a set of Interreg programmes (the site refers to participation across multiple programmes; an earlier period was 2014-2020).

Who can apply. The "Søk støtte" page states: "Både offentlig virksomhet og organisasjoner, som for eksempel kommuner og fylkeskommuner, universitet og høgskoler, forskningsinstitusjoner, nærings- og arbeidslivsorganisasjoner, bransjeorganisasjoner og statlige myndigheter kan søke." ("Both public bodies and organisations — for example municipalities and county authorities, universities and colleges, research institutions, business and working-life organisations, trade associations and state authorities — can apply.") It adds: "Også private bedrifter kan delta som fullverdige og støtteberettigede prosjektpartnere i flere av programmene." ("Private companies too can take part as full and support-eligible project partners in several of the programmes.")

Co-financing. The page states: "Din organisasjon eller bedrift må sammen med samarbeidspartnerne finansiere minst 50 prosent av prosjektets omkostninger." ("Your organisation or company, together with its partners, must finance at least 50 percent of the project's costs.")

How to apply. The portal does not run a single application form. It states: "På de ulike programmenes nettsider finner du detaljerte oversikter over hvordan du søker prosjektstøtte gjennom Interreg." ("On the individual programmes' websites you will find detailed overviews of how to apply for project support through Interreg.") Each programme has national contact points, programme secretariats and project advisers offering guidance and project-development support. Deadlines and detailed terms are published per call: "Ytterligere presiseringer finnes under den enkelte utlysing." ("Further details are given under each individual call.") Calls are listed under the portal's "Utlysninger" section (https://interreg.no/kalender/kategori/utlysninger/). Because the portal does not print a single rolling or fixed deadline for the scheme as a whole, the application mode is recorded as unknown.

Contact. The portal lists telephone +47 95 22 04 82 and e-mail liv@linkon.no.

The portal does not print a per-scheme funding amount, funding rate or currency on these pages (a historical figure of "mer enn 700 millioner kroner" distributed to Norwegian participants over 2014-2020 is stated as past disbursement, not a current scheme budget); these fields are therefore left null.