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09/09/2026

🙌Stronger Together! ✨

🗓 See you in Cavtat 🇭🇷 on Wednesday, 16 September at 10:30 a.m. for this year’s Interreg Cooperation Day!

✅As the Managing Authority for the Interreg IPA Croatia-Bosnia and Herzegovina-Montenegro Programme, the Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds will showcase six projects connecting our three countries and contributing to the protection of the sea🌊, drinking water and coastline💧, as well as more responsible environmental management♻️.

See more info at the link below 👇

As the Managing Authority for the Interreg VI-A IPA Croatia – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Montenegro Programme, the Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds will showcase six projects connecting our three countries and contributing to the protection of the sea, drinking water and coastline, as...

09/09/2026

💡 Good business ideas aren't only born in big cities.

Across Europe, talented entrepreneurs in smaller and remote regions often work far from the networks, partners and markets that help businesses grow. Interreg helps change that: connecting businesses across borders, opening doors to new partners, shared innovation and wider markets.

Because a company's postcode shouldn't decide how far it can go.

🌍 Discover how Interreg is shaping the future of cooperation https://interreg.eu/whats-next-for-interreg-the-commission-s-perspective

02/09/2026

🌍 European regions become stronger when they tackle challenges together. Here’s how we can improve the Interreg cooperation.

Analyses by ESPON map how cooperation works across the continent, from all 48 cross-border areas to the 13 transnational cooperation areas, covering everything from labour markets and transport links to shared rivers. The result: a solid evidence base to help shape cooperation after 2027.

Read the full story and explore the evidence: https://interreg.eu/news-stories/mapping-tomorrows-interreg-evidence-for-stronger-cooperation-after-2027/

02/09/2026

📬 The August BFPN Newsletter is out.

This edition covers new EU rules on driving licences, cross-border maritime cooperation in the North Sea, fresh findings on cycling data, and a conversation with Jean-Louis Valls on removing obstacles to emergency healthcare across borders.

🔗 Read the full newsletter on Futurium and stay connected with
https://futurium.ec.europa.eu/en/border-focal-point-network/news/august-bfpn-newsletter-out

26/08/2026

🌍 Over 60% of Europe's river basins cross national borders. Environmental action needs to cross them too.

Rivers connect our regions: the same waters that bring life can also carry floods, droughts and pollution from one country to the next.

Interreg supports regions to manage shared rivers together, from joint flood prevention to restoring water quality along entire basins.

As pressure on Europe's waters grows, deepening this cooperation is key to protecting the rivers that connect us all.

Explore how Interreg is driving climate resilience: https://interreg.eu/whats-next-for-interreg-the-commission-s-perspective

21/08/2026

🚗 The European Commission has published its implementation strategy for new EU driving licence rules, covering cross-border enforcement, digital transformation and driving qualifications.

Find out what's changing for on Futurium: https://futurium.ec.europa.eu/en/border-focal-point-network/news/commission-implementation-strategy-sets-out-cross-border-enforcement-and-digital-transformation-eu

21/08/2026

⏳ Final days to apply! The Border Focal Point Network's Cross-Border Ambassadors call closes on 31 August, and this is your last chance to join.

If you're 18 to 30 years old and live in the EU or an EFTA country, this is a real opportunity to make your voice heard at EU level.

During a six-month mandate, Ambassadors will:
🎥 create content published on BFPN and European Commission channels
🤝 take part in monthly exchanges with DG REGIO
📝 lead a personal activity such as a podcast, short video, youth event, or policy brief

All Ambassadors receive a Certificate of Completion signed by DG REGIO, and outstanding contributions may be featured in Commission communications.

👉 Apply now before the window closes: https://futurium.ec.europa.eu/en/border-focal-point-network/news/call-applications-cross-border-ambassadors-2026-2027-mandate-0

19/08/2026

🏠 An old social home became energy-neutral in just two without the residents having to move out.

The Interreg-supported project INDU-ZERO made it possible.

Partners from six countries around the North Sea designed a factory blueprint that produces complete renovation packages: insulation, solar panels, heat pumps and ventilation, ready to install in days, at half the usual cost.

With 22 million homes in the region in need of meeting EU climate targets, solutions like this show how regional cooperation turns big challenges into practical results.

🌍 Explore how Interreg is supporting climate neutrality: https://interreg.eu/whats-next-for-interreg-the-commission-s-perspective

13/08/2026

⚡ The EU has launched T-MED, a €25 billion initiative to connect Mediterranean energy markets by 2035.

Presented during European Sustainable Energy Week, T-MED targets 15 GW of new renewable capacity and over 100,000 clean energy jobs through investment in renewables, hydrogen, clean tech manufacturing and modern electricity networks.

At its core, it is about cross-border cooperation: regulatory alignment, shared infrastructure and bringing together governments, financial institutions and local stakeholders. A large-scale example of the energy integration that work supports every day.

📎 Read more on BFPN: https://futurium.ec.europa.eu/en/border-focal-point-network/news/t-med-initiative-aims-strengthen-cross-border-energy-cooperation-across-mediterranean

13/08/2026

🤝 60 residents. Two countries. One shared vision for their region's future.

The GO! 2025 Cross-Border Citizens' Assembly has launched in the Gorizia–Nova Gorica–Šempeter-Vrtojba area, part of GO! 2025, the first cross-border European Capital of Culture.
Coordinated by the International Sociological Institute of Gorizia (ISIG), the assembly brings together residents from both sides of the Italian-Slovenian border to discuss culture, economy, tourism and cross-border cooperation, with recommendations set to shape local governance beyond the Capital of Culture year.

A compelling model for : one deliberative space treating a cross-border area as a single community.

📎 Read more on Futurium: https://futurium.ec.europa.eu/en/border-focal-point-network/news/cross-border-citizens-assembly-launched-go-2025-european-capital-culture-area