We’re navigating through a storm.
Economic pressure. Climate urgency. Political uncertainty.
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In our latest #SmarterEurope interview, Nicola Cerantola explains why circular economy is an opportunity but only if we rethink the system.
https://bit.ly/40f9Gv7
💜 Today we celebrate women across Europe.
Through projects like WIN, WeSTEMEU, GLOW-CE and DIGIWAVE, #Interreg cooperation helps tackle gender gaps, boost women’s employment and open opportunities in green, digital and STEM sectors 🚀
🇪🇺 European citizens must have both the freedom to move and the freedom to stay.”
At the European Employment and Social Rights Forum 2026, @EnricoLetta highlighted the Union of Skills.
Interreg improves access to jobs and skills across Europe 🌍
https://bit.ly/4rgQR5R
🌍✊On World Day of Social Justice, we highlights #TASK4ISI – empowering disadvantaged entrepreneurs and strengthening inclusive ecosystems across Europe 🤝✨
A more social Europe starts with local action! 💼
#WorldDayOfSocialJustice #InterregIsSocial #AMoreSocialEurope
🌍Do you know Interreg Euro-MED’s “missions”?
From green living areas to sustainable tourism and innovation, the programme connects climate and environmental priorities through integrated missions — turning cooperation into a real engine of change 🤝🌱
#AbetterInterregGovernance #Interreg
🚨📞 On European 112 Day, we highlight how cooperation strengthens emergency response.
Through ALERT-PYR – @InterregPOCTEFA, authorities across the Pyrenees work together to improve civil protection, coordination and crisis management — helping keep people safe across borders 🤝🏔️
🌍✈️ EU Tourism Day celebrated ‘Destination Europe’ as a safe and outstanding destination.
Help us understand how tourism is addressed within Interreg by taking part in the survey Mapping Tourism in Interreg Programmes.
👉 https://bit.ly/45zfXoG
🔐🇪🇺 On European Data Protection Day, we highlight how cooperation strengthens data governance.
Through DSBPGovernance – @InterregEurope, regions work together to improve data sharing and protection policies, building safer and more transparent public services across Europe 🤝📊
🎓 On #InternationalEducationDay, we highlight how education empowers young people across the Mediterranean. Through EUSEEDS @Interregnextmed, partners are strengthening the link between higher education and labour market needs 💼, boosting skills, employability and inclusive growth.
Across Europe, regions are turning the plastic problem into a circular-economy revolution — and Interreg is at the heart of it.
Here are two great examples: JOINABLE (Interreg IPA Adrion), helping SMEs rethink plastic use, and COP (Interreg South Baltic), capturing and reusing ocean-bound plastics♻️🌊
Interreg PO1 shows how innovation takes shape across territories.
From SMART COMMUNITY, T4-RESILIENCE and DOSCCAR2 to BLUE GATES, AURORASPACE, BIOFARMS CLUSTER, MEDARTSAL and CIBERIA — regions are developing smarter, more connected solutions together.
#Interreg #Innovation #SmarterEurope
A stronger voice for Interreg in Europe’s circular transition ♻️🌍
Interact joins the ECESP Coordination Group 2025–2028, representing Interreg in EU-level circular economy work.
37 programmes, 200+ initiatives and 1,200+ organisations advancing greener solutions.
https://bit.ly/circular-transition
GRAAL is a new Interreg Atlantic Area project bringing together 11 partners from Ireland, France, Portugal and Spain to boost the programme’s impact on environmental protection, climate preparedness and sustainable development.
Strategies, roadmaps and joint action plans are now underway 🌊🌍
Across Europe and beyond, cooperation turns ideas into real impact 🌍 Different places, different challenges - one message: regions achieve more together 🤝
Discover all these #Interreg projects: https://bit.ly/Interreg-real-stories
#CohesionPolicy #GreenerEuropewithInterreg #CircularEconomy
Consorzio Mestieri Puglia will join MedLab Thematic Week to discuss skills development in the Mediterranean. Through PR.O.GR.E.S.S., partners from Italy and Greece are improving access to skills and jobs for people with disabilities.
More info 👇
https://bit.ly/pr-o-gr-e-s-s-promoting-opportunities
Did you know? 37 Interreg programmes, 200+ projects and 1,200+ organisations are making the circular economy a reality across Europe. ♻️🌍
FOODIS, Open Circular, BAUHALPS, TEX-DAN and Ce4Re show how cooperation reduces waste and drives circular solutions.
More info 👇
https://bit.ly/circular-transition
Across the Interreg SUDOE area, the textile sector is shifting towards circular fashion.
FashionForward works with businesses, municipalities and schools to redesign the lifecycle of clothing — from linear processes to eco-design, reuse and education ♻️✨
#Interreg #Innovation #SmarterEurope
Europe is changing fast — and so are the skills people need.
A new Interact article shows how 1,120+ Interreg projects are boosting training, inclusion and innovation across the continent.
Skills are the new currency of resilience.
More info 👇
https://bit.ly/building-skills-for-the-future
Europe’s green transition is a puzzle that only works when technology and policy click together.
Here are two great examples: APHE (Interreg France–Italy), creating fold-away solar canopies, and AccelerateGDT (Interreg Europe), helping regions upgrade green and digital policies⚡🏛️
Three Interreg Aurora ISO1 projects are enhancing cooperation in the North: ReCap ASáp (Sámi civil society), NOWA (Nordic waste governance) and New North (transport & supply security). Stronger governance for a stronger region 🌍
#AbetterInterregGovernance #Interreg
Sun&Blue 2025 strengthened Europe’s cooperation on sustainable tourism and the blue economy 🌊✨
Interreg MED, Interreg NEXT MED and Community4Tourism joined EU institutions to discuss indicators, digital tools and governance for greener coastal destinations 🤝🌱
More info 👇
https://bit.ly/4pOEQnY
From Mediterranean flash floods to Indian Ocean cyclones, climate risks hit territories differently.
Through LOCALL4FLOOD and PIROI Centre, #Interreg helps regions prepare, coordinate and build stronger resilience together 🌍
#CohesionPolicy #GreenerEuropewithInterreg
💙 On the European Day of Persons with Disabilities, we celebrate inclusion and accessibility across Europe.
#Interreg projects like DANOVA NEXT turns cooperation into tangible improvements for people with disabilities—proving that when everyone can participate, communities grow stronger ♿🌍
PO1 spans R&I, digitalisation, SMEs and Smart Specialisation.
We’ll explore each topic through our Smarter Europe network.
Next session on 15 December focuses on SME support.
Details: https://www.interact.eu/about-interact/our-service/events/interreg-a-smarter-europe-network-meeting
Did you know water is one of Europe’s most unevenly distributed resources?
Interreg is helping regions adapt:
• IRRIGAVIT improves drought-resilient irrigation in vineyards (Interreg Italy–Slovenia)
• DESAL+ modernises renewable-powered desalination in Madeira, Azores & Canary Islands (Interreg MAC)
If you’ve ever tried to fit an entire EU policy into a single LinkedIn image, you know it ends up looking like a medieval scroll. 📜
So this time it’s a modern infographic on Smarter Europe in Interreg. Enjoy! 🤓
Download it here! 👉 https://bit.ly/SmarterInterreg
A safer climate in the Romania–Serbia border area. The #SAFE project strengthens cross-border cooperation to improve border management, modernise infrastructure, and enhance security along nearly 550km of shared frontier — protecting the entire EU Schengen Area.
💙 Health knows no borders!
The Interreg Amazonia project “Oyapock Coopération Santé” is a finalist in the #RegioStars2025 Awards!
By improving access to sexual & reproductive health in the Franco-Brazilian border region, OCS proves that cooperation saves lives 🌍🩺
More info 👉 https://bit.ly/3M6s8lE
Across Central Europe, cooperation is shaping how regions govern, plan and include citizens in decision-making. 🤝
Projects like GEtCoheSive, CE-Spaces4All and BorderLabs CE show how collaboration builds trust, inclusion and transparency across borders. 💙
#AbetterInterregGovernance #Interreg
🆕 New cross-border agreement: SEM (Spain) and SAMU (France) can now deploy ambulances across the Pyrenees, sending help where response time is shortest. Faster, coordinated emergency care — cooperation that saves lives.
#InteractIsSocial #AMoreSocialEurope #Interreg
