The cross-border project SpeEd-2-Labour Market has been selected as one of the six finalists of the European cooperation project competition – Interreg Slam 2024-2025. SpeEd-2-Labour Market (2SOFT1.1/35) was implemented in the cross-border area of Romania (Suceava) – Ukraine (Chernivtsi) to improve special education and facilitate the transition of children with special educational needs into the labour market.

On Tuesday, July 16, 2024, the second call for regular projects launched within the Interreg NEXT Romania-Ukraine programme was closed. 39 projects were submitted electronically, in the Jems system, amounting 48 million Euro.

Considering the second call for proposals for regular projects launched by Interreg NEXT Romania-Ukraine will be closed on July 16th, we provide a support document to help applicants double check their application before submitting it. 

On 4-6 July 2024, representatives of the Joint Secretariat of the Interreg NEXT Romania-Ukraine Programme participated in the Moldova 2024 Regional Economic Forum, which took place in Vatra Dornei (Romania).

The Managing Authority published Corrigendum no.1 to the Guidelines for applicants for the second call for proposals for regular projects.

The Joint Secretariat of the INTERREG NEXT ROMANIA – UKRAINE PROGRAMME, hosted by Regional Office for Cross – Border Cooperation Suceava and the Managing Authority within the Ministry of Development, Public Works and Administration will organise two online training sessions on the 6th (for Romanian applicants)  and 7th (for Ukrainian applicants) of June 2024.

The Joint Secretariat of INTERREG NEXT ROMANIA – UKRAINE PROGRAMME, hosted by Regional Office for Cross – Border Cooperation Suceava and the Managing Authority within the Ministry of Development, Public Works and Administration will organise an online information session on the 13th of May 2024.

The Managing Authority for Interreg NEXT Romania-Ukraine Programme launches the second call for proposals for regular projects. The budget allocated to the call amounts 4.47 million Euro and the deadline for submission of application is July 16, 2024.

The first calls for project proposals launched within the Interreg NEXT Romania-Ukraine Programme closed on January 31, 2024. 120 projects were submitted, targeting the fields of education, health, as well as investment in climate change prevention, biodiversity and border management. The non-refundable value of the submitted projects is 87 million Euro.

Launched in August 2023, the call for proposals for regular projects (projects that include an investment component of at least 500,000 euro) has an allocation of 12.6 million Euro and will finance investments in health and education. Within this call, 49 projects were submitted, with a non-refundable value of 60 million Euro.

The call for proposals for small scale projects was launched in September 2023, with a budget of 14.5 million Euro to finance activities designed to prevent and fight climate change, protect biodiversity, health, education and border management. All 71 submitted projects total 27 million Euro, non-refundable funds.

The projects were submitted by public authorities active in the fields stated above, NGOs or professional associations. Each project must have at least one partner from each participating state, with the participation of a maximum of 4 partners per project being allowed.

In the following period, the projects will be subject to the evaluation and selection procedure, and those that best meet the requirements of the Applicant's Guidelines and that consistently contribute to the development of the communities in the border area, will be contracted.

The European Commision approved, in December 2023, the amended Interreg NEXT Romania-Ukraine Programme.