211 project proposals were submitted by the official deadline for the second Interreg Europe call (12 noon, 13th May 2016). The total ERDF budget requested by the project proposals amounts to €290,648,159. The programme has around 200M€ available for this and a potential third call for proposals.
Proposals were submitted to all four priority objectives: 46 proposals for Research and Innovation, 52 for SME Competitiveness, 40 for Low-Carbon Economy and 73 for Environment and Resource Efficiency.
The projects bring together 1616 organisations, from all the EU member states and Norway. Most partners come from: Italy (226), Spain (208), Greece (122) and Romania (89).
The first step of evaluation (eligibility) will be carried out in the coming weeks, while the full evaluation should be completed by October 2016.
