Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC)

CBC, a key priority of the ENPI, seeks to reinforce cooperation between EU Member States and Partner Countries along the external EU borders.

Timeframe: 2007-2013

Budget: €1.1 billion

Objectives

CBC aims to promote economic and social development in border areas. It strives to address common challenges, ensure efficient and secure borders and promote people-to-people cooperation.
 
What does it do?
 
CBC provides for a fully balanced partnership: Partner Countries and EU Member States work together within a common management structure, applying a single set of implementing rules and sharing one single budget. Common needs are identified by local partners on both sides of the border for activities that are most relevant to their local situation. In total, 15 CBC programmes (9 land border, 3 sea crossing and 3 sea basin programmes) have been identified on both sides of the EU's external borders in the East and in the South.
 
   Programmes
 
   1. Land-Border Programmes
 
     - The Kolarctic-Russia Programme
       www.kolarcticenpi.info/
 
      (Budget: €28,241 million)
     Joint Managing Authority: Regional Council of Lapland, Finland
     Factsheet
 
 
   - The Karelia-Russia Programme
     www.kareliaenpi.eu/
 
     (Budget: €23,203 million)
     Joint Managing Authority: Council of Oulu Region, Finland
     Factsheet
 
   - The South-East Finland-Russia Programme
     www.southeastfinrusnpi.fi/
 
     (Budget: €36,185 million)
     Joint Managing Authority: Regional Council of South Karelia, Finland
     Factsheet
  
    
   - The Estonia-Latvia-Russia Programme
     www.estlatrus.eu/
 
     (Budget: €47,775 million)
     Joint Managing Authority: Ministry of Regional Development and Local Governments of Latvia
     Factsheet
 
   - The Latvia-Lithuania-Belarus Programme
     www.enpi-cbc.eu/
  
     (Budget: €41,737 million)
     Joint Managing Authority: The Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Lithuania, Regional Policy Department
     Factsheet
 
   - The Lithuania-Poland-Russia Programme
     http://lt-pl-ru.eu/  
 
     (Budget: €132,130 million)
    Joint Managing Authority: The Ministry of Regional Development of the Republic of Poland
    Factsheet
 
 
   - The Poland-Belarus-Ukraine Programme
     www.pl-by-ua.eu/en
   
     (Budget: €186,201 million)
     Joint Managing Authority: The Ministry of Regional Development of the Republic of Poland
     Factsheet
 
 
    - The Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine Programme
      www.huskroua-cbc.net/
 
     (Budget: €68,638 million)
     Joint Managing Authority: The National Development Agency in Hungary
     Factsheet
 
 
   - The Romania-Ukraine-Republic of Moldova Programme
     www.ro-ua-md.net/index.php
 
     (Budget: €126,718 million)
     Joint Managing Authority: The Ministry of Regional Development and Housing, Romania
     Factsheet
 
 
  2. Sea-Crossing Programmes
 
   - The Italy-Tunisia Programme
     http://www.italietunisie.eu/
 
 
     (Budget: €25,191 million)
    Joint Managing Authority:The Region of Sicily, Italy
    Factsheet
 
 
  3. Sea-Basin Programmes      
 
 - Black Sea Programme
   www.blacksea-cbc.net/
   
  (Budget: €17,306 million)
  Joint Managing Authority: The Ministry of Regional Development and Housing, Romania
  Factsheet
 
- The Mediterranean Sea Programme
   www.enpicbcmed.eu/
 
   (Budget: €173,607 million)
   Joint Managing Authority: Region of Sardinia, Italy
 
 - The Baltic Sea Region Programme
    www.eu.baltic.net/
 
   (Budget: €22,608 million - ENPI contribution to the integrated Baltic Sea programme)
   Joint Managing Authority: Investitionsbank Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
   Factsheet

Actions in brief

ENPI CBC Technical Assistance

The European Commission provides technical support to the CBC programmes mainly by financing two projects: Regional Capacity Building Initiative (RCBI) and INTERACT ENPI.

 

Regional Capacity Building Initiative (ended 30-06-12)
 

 

http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/neighbourhood/regional-cooperation/enpi-cross-border/programmes/index_en.htm

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