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  1. Governance, partnership: Projects aimed at increasing the application of multilevel and transnational or cross-border governance, designing and testing appropriate governance structures and mechanisms. Also cooperation between public institutions on any theme.

    Innovation capacity and awareness-raising: Actions that increase a person’s or organisation’s capacity for innovation (not innovation as such), and that establish the capacity to diffuse and apply innovation; projects that stimulate innovation in different areas and innovation capacities; strengthening and empowering of innovation networks.

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    Activities focussing on agricultural products, organic farming, horticulture, as well as forest management and wood products; furthermore the development of the food sector, food chains, organic food production, and seafood products and any topics related to animals and fishing.

    Agriculture and fisheries and forestry: Projects focussing on agricultural products (i.e. fruits, meat, olives, etc.), organic farming, horticulture, as well as forest management and wood products. Also the development of the agro-food sector, food chains, organic food production, and seafood products. Any topics related to animals (i.e. health, management) and fishing (i.e. sustainable fishery, aquaculture).

    Soil and air quality: Projects that deal with any topic against soil and air pollution, except water pollution, for example, reduction of soil and air contamination, pollution-management systems, but also prevention and eradication of soil erosion, new ways of improving air quality (also indoors) and soil/air knowledge in general.

    Climate change and biodiversity projects assisting mitigation and adaption to climate change and environmental impacts of climate change. Development of low carbon technologies and strategies, reduction of CO2 emissions from all sectors. Promotion of biodiversity, new instruments to enhance biodiversity and natural protection.

    Soil and air quality projects that deal with any topic against soil and air pollution, except water pollution, for example, reduction of soil and air contamination, pollution-management systems, but also prevention and eradication of soil erosion, new ways of improving air quality (also indoors) and soil/air knowledge in general.

    Water management projects about management and distribution of drinking water, integrated sustainable water management, monitoring systems for water supply and improving drinking water quality; also water treatment (wastewater), in particular, innovative technologies to improve wastewater, treatments in the purification of industrial and domestic wastewater and water reuse policies. Waterways, lakes and rivers: This deals with any topics on waterways, lakes and rivers, from improving water quality, protecting and developing of ecosystems or sustainable wetland management.

    Activities that protect, promote and enhance cultural and natural heritage, increase the attractiveness through preservation and valorisation of common cultural and natural heritage in a sustainable manner, and improve and develop cultural and natural heritage objects, services and products. Cultural heritage management, art and culture, (maritime) heritage routes, access to cultural and natural heritage. Also all topics on cultural services such as festivals, concerts, art workshops.

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    Tourism projects dealing with the promotion of natural assets, and the protection and development of natural heritage, as well as increasing the touristic attractiveness through the better use of natural, cultural and historical heritage. Also projects about improved tourist services/products, development of ecotourism models, tourism development strategies.

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    Education and training projects on expanding educational opportunities, reducing barriers in the field of education, improving higher education and lifelong learning, training and labour mobility, educational networks, higher vocational education, common learning programmes.

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    Social projects concerning people with disabilities and excluded groups; enhancement of the capacity of children, young people, women and elderly; creation of infrastructure to improve access for disabled people, integration of socially vulnerable people; innovate in the care of victims of gender violence, social inclusion of women, etc.

    This deals with the development of health and social services and improved accessibility and efficiency for different groups (elderly, children, etc.). It is also about new healthcare models and medical diagnosis and treatments (dementia, cancer, diabetes, etc.), hospitals, care management, and rare diseases, as well as improving wellbeing and promoting sports.

    Projects about (organised) crime, efficient and secure borders, such as enhancing the effectiveness of the police in the prevention of drug crimes, the development of safety services, or tackling security and organised crime issues.

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    • Multimodal transport and logistics and freight transport focusing on using different means of transport, developing multimodal connections, optimising intermodal transport chains; offering multimodal logistics solutions and providing access to clean, efficient and multimodal transport corridors and hubs; establishing cooperation among logistic centres and developing multimodal mobility strategies.

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    • regional planning and development, such as the implementation of regional development policies/instruments and programmes, sustainable land use management plans, integrated regional action plans, spatial planning, and marine protected area management.
    • rural and peripheral development, referring to remote, sparsely populated areas, rural community development, and rural economics, in particular access to remote areas and policies for rural areas.
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Interreg Croatia-Bosnia and Herzegovina-Montenegro

Parent programEuropean Regional Development Fund
Link to the programinterreg-hr-ba-me.eu

Content of program

short description

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.

program objectives

The following priorities and specific objectives have been developed within the programme:

  • P1: Smart investments in research, innovation and competitive entrepreneurship
    • SO 1.1: Developing and enhancing research and innovation capacities and the uptake of advanced technologies
    • SO 1.2: Enhancing sustainable growth and competitiveness of SMEs and job creation in SMEs, including by productive investments
  • P2: Green investments in environmental protection and efficient risk management
    • SO 2.1: Promoting energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions
    • SO 2.2: Promoting climate change adaptation and disaster risk prevention, resilience, taking into account eco-system based approaches
    • SO 2.3: Promoting the transition to a circular and resource efficient economy
  • P3: Accessible and resilient health services
    • SO 3.1: Ensuring equal access to health care and fostering resilience of health systems, including primary care, and promoting the transition from institutional to family- and community-based care
  • P4: Sustainable and inclusive tourism and culture
    • SO 4.1: Enhancing the role of culture and sustainable tourism in economic development, social inclusion and social innovation

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Expected results

The programme proposes the following (non exhaustive) types of measures:

P1: Smart investments in research, innovation and competitive entrepreneurship

  • SO 1.1: Developing and enhancing research and innovation capacities and the uptake of advanced technologies
    • The programme will be focused on supporting actions that accelerate innovation and technology transfer, primarily (but not exclusively) in the areas of blue and green economy, circular economy, agriculture, food production, fisheries and aquaculture, climate change, renewable resources, smart manufacturing, biodiversity, skills development for smart specialization etc.
  • SO 1.2: Enhancing sustainable growth and competitiveness of SMEs and job creation in SMEs, including by productive investments
    • Supporting local SMEs to face challenges related to their size, limited resources (such as skills and finance) or industry and market conditions
    • Improving the capacity of micro and small entrepreneurs such as family farms regarding marketing, branding, e-business, competitiveness including education and training in entrepreneurship skills
    • Developing and supporting existing business clusters and/or networks of SMEs in applying ICT, innovation and new technologies to develop and promote common products for local cross-border and international market
    • Implementing joint pilot actions to introduce product and/or process innovations
    • Supporting actions related to development of innovative products and services (e.g., patents, industrial design, trademark and innovation etc.)
    • Promoting and introducing (international) certifications and standards of existing and new products and services
    • Cross-border development, adaptation and exchange of best practices in digitisation and application of new technologies, processes, products or services to be directly used by the enterprises

P2: Green investments in environmental protection and efficient risk management

  • SO 2.1: Promoting energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions
    • The actions will be focused on public infrastructure, creation of knowledge-base and human resources required for energy transition, as well as on national, regional and local agencies that promote energy efficiency and support and encourage end users to use energy from renewable sources and rationalise the energy consumption. Considering increasing energy demands and increasingly limited resources, the development of energy saving and energy efficiency enhancement methods will be a priority in the future development of the area. The programme will not support production of biomass deriving from deforestation or forest degradation or waste incineration or any activity leading to significant increase in incineration.
  • SO 2.2: Promoting climate change adaptation and disaster risk prevention, resilience, taking into account eco-system based approaches
    • Development and introduction of joint climate change adaptation, cross-border disaster prevention strategies and first response plans, as well as solutions and systems for monitoring, prevention and management of potential risks, including education of public and regulation of behaviour
    • Encouraging intersectoral/interstate cooperation in risk prevention and rapid response management through development and implementation of joint protocols, procedures, approaches and measures, small-scale infrastructure preferring nature-based solutions, response vehicles, equipment, shelters, etc.
    • Strengthening of institutional and expert capacities and raising awareness to address environmental issues, climate change and disaster risks reduction
    • Establishment of joint emergency centres, including small-scale infrastructure preferring nature-based solutions
    • Development of cross-border risk assessment and disaster risk strategies for cross-border hazards such as forest fires, landslides, floods and relative sea-level change, invasive alien species directly threatening biodiversity and ecosystems
    • Exchanging knowledge and good practices on eco-system based climate change adaptation measures and implementing pilot actions for protection and restoration towards resilient eco-systems, e.g. rivers, wetlands and sea, forests, cross-border connectivity of habitats, agro-forestry, biodiversity, landscapes, climate proofing, modelling and forecasting
    • Testing integrated climate-adaptation solutions in pilot actions, which combine technological, ecological, social, cultural, governance and financial aspects taking into account good practices available at local, regional, national or European level
    • Increasing climate resilience of critical infrastructures and cultural/natural heritage sites through improved risk preparedness and risk management plans
    • Integrating climate change aspects into water management strategies and their implementation on local, regional and interregional level
    • Sharing knowledge and developing solutions for climate proofing the agricultural and forestry sectors to increase their resilience towards e.g. droughts, outbreaks of pests, invasion of alien species, including vulnerability assessment of the sectors
    • Developing solutions for strengthening eco-system services for human health and wellbeing to support social resilience and counteracting socioeconomic impacts of climate change, e.g. by implementation of green infrastructure, green building principles and sustainable rainwater management, especially in urban areas.
  • SO 2.3: Promoting the transition to a circular and resource efficient economy
    • Developing and implementing approaches and solutions for limiting landfilling of all types of waste and retaining their value (as future resources) in the economic cycle
    • Increasing awareness of policy makers and stakeholders about environmental and economic opportunities of a circular economy and improving their capacity for the practical implementation of circular economy approaches in different sectors (such as electronics, construction and buildings, textiles, plastics, packaging, food, agriculture, forestry and wood industry)
    • Developing and implementing joint pilot and demonstration actions that closely involve citizens (e.g., good practices in separate waste collection and waste re-use, pilot testing of repair, reuse and refurbish approaches etc.) in order to foster behavioural changes, higher acceptance of more sustainable products and resource-efficient consumption and production patterns
    • Improving waste management policies and competences of the public sector, including the prevention, processing and recycling of communal waste, (e.g., recovery of organic waste, including nutrients from municipal wastewater) industrial biowaste, and construction waste
    • Developing and testing solutions that support the recovery and reuse of raw material
    • Fostering and testing digital solutions for the circular economy including applications and services (such as product passports, resource mapping, tracing systems and consumer information).

P3: Accessible and resilient health services

  • SO 3.1: Ensuring equal access to health care and fostering resilience of health systems, including primary care, and promoting the transition from institutional to family- and community-based care
    • Development and implementation of ICT solutions and (pilot) actions to support digitalization in health care
    • Improving access to health care services for vulnerable and marginalised groups, such as elderly, children (e.g., children deprived of parental care) and persons with disabilities through investments in equipment, transport means, etc
    • Improving the accessibility and effectiveness of cross-border public health care services by investing in telemedicine, diagnostics, mobile clinics/infirmaries and mobile assets, including small scale infrastructure preferring nature-based solutions
    • Transfer of knowledge through exchange of experience, awareness raising, lifelong learning, education and training programmes, and capacity building through online and in-situ trainings to improve skills in the field of health care and enhance the delivery of primary care and family-based and community-based care services
    • Developing and implementing joint activities/solutions to promote healthy lifestyles and active and healthy aging, disease prevention

P4: Sustainable and inclusive tourism and culture

  • SO 4.1: Enhancing the role of culture and sustainable tourism in economic development, social inclusion and social innovation
    • The programme aims to support the specific, innovative, sustainable, green, digital and smart forms of tourism and culture (including new and existing sustainable tourism/cultural sites) that develops the advantage for the local communities and economies, with strict observance of potential impacts on the environment.

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Regions / countries for fundingBosnia and Herzegovina (Bosna i Hercegovina / Босна и Херцеговина), Croatia (Hrvatska), Montenegro (Црна Гора)
eligible entities
Partners
Research Institution incl. University,  International organization,  Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) / Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO),  Education and training institution,  Public Body (national, regional and local; incl. EGTCs),  Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME)
Mandatory partnershipYes
Project Partnership

Projects shall involve at least two partners from participating countries out of which one must be from an EU member state.

In order to be eligible, projects must contribute to at least three out of the following four cooperation criteria. 

  • Joint development (compulsory) 
  • Joint implementation (compulsory) 
  • Joint financing 
  • Joint staffing
other eligibility criteria

The Croatian part of the programme area includes the following counties: Zagreb County, Sisak-Moslavina County, Karlovac County, Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Lika-Senj County, Požega-Slavonia County, Brod-Posavina County, Zadar County, Šibenik-Knin County, Vukovar-Srijem County, Split-Dalmatia County and Dubrovnik-Neretva County.

The programme area within Bosnia and Herzegovina includes Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the following municipalities: Bijeljina, Teočak, Ugljevik, Lopare, Tuzla, Lukavac, Čelić, Srebrenik, Petrovo, Gračanica, Doboj Istok, Gradačac, Pelagićevo, Donji Žabar, Orašje, Domaljevac-Šamac, Šamac, Modriča, Vukosavlje, Odžak, Brod, Srebrenica, Bratunac, Milići, Han-Pijesak, Vlasenica, Kladanj, Šekovići, Kalesija, Osmaci, Zvornik, Banovići, Živinice, Sapna, Prnjavor, Srbac, Laktaši, Čelinac, Kotor Varoš, Kneževo, Dobretići, Šipovo, Jajce, Jezero, Mrkonjić Grad, Banja Luka, Gradiška, Kozarska Dubica, Prijedor, Oštra Luka, Sanski Most, Ključ, Ribnik, Glamoč, Bosansko Grahovo, Drvar, Istočni Drvar, Petrovac, Bosanski Petrovac, Bosanska Krupa, Krupa na Uni, Novi Grad, Kostajnica, Bužim, Velika Kladuša, Cazin, Bihać, Doboj, Derventa, Prozor/Rama, Konjic, Nevesinje, Gacko, Bileća, Trebinje, Ravno, Ljubinje, Berkovići, Mostar, Jablanica, Kupres, Kupres (RS), Tomislavgrad, Posušje, Široki Brijeg, Čitluk, Stolac, Neum, Čapljina, Ljubuški, Grude, Livno, Istočni Mostar, Doboj Jug, Kakanj, Maglaj, Tešanj, Usora, Zavidovići, Zenica, Žepče, Bugojno, Busovača, Donji Vakuf, Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje, Novi Travnik, Travnik, Vitez and Teslić.

The Montenegrian part of the programme area includes the municipalities as follows: Herceg Novi, Kotor, Tivat, Budva, Bar, Ulcinj, Cetinje, Nikšić, Podgorica, Tuzi and Danilovgrad.

Additional information

Topics Administration & Governance, Institutional Capacity & Cooperation,  Agriculture & Forestry, Fishery, Food, Soil quality,  Air Quality, Biodiversity & Environment, Climate & Climate Change, Water quality & management,  Arts & Culture, Cultural Heritage, Tourism,  Circular Economy, Natural Resources,  Competitiveness of Enterprises, Employment/Labour Market, SME & entrepreneurship,  Digitalisation, Digital Society, ICT,  Disaster Prevention, Resilience, Risk Management,  Education & Training, Children & Youth, Media,  Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy ,  Equal Rights, Human Rights, People with Disabilities, Social Inclusion,  Health, Social Services, Sports,  Mobility & Transport,  Rural & Urban Development/Planning
Relevance for EU Macro-RegionEUSAIR - EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region, EUSDR - EU Strategy for the Danube Region
UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs)
Program documents Interreg Croatia-Bosnia and Herzegovina-Montenegro 2021-2027 programme (394kB)
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