News 2025

Monitoring Committee’s 3^rd meeting continued today, 10^th of April, 2025.

The representatives of the eight participating countries (Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Türkiye and Ukraine), the European Commission, Managing Authority, Joint Secretariat and TESIM project discussed the progress of Programme implementation, the perspective of achieving the targets set for Programme indicators and how to maximize the use of EU funds.

An important item on the agenda was the presentation of Programme operations of strategic importance (OSI), which are the projects to provide a significant contribution to the achievement of Programme objectives. So far, two OSIs have been identified for the Interreg NEXT Black Sea Basin Programme: project BSB 26 Cooperation for wildfires community resilience capacity building and early warning in the Black Sea Basin and project BSB 193 Establishing and Operating an Innovative Marine Technology Transfer Network for Enhancing the Transition to a Sustainable Blue Economy in the Black Sea Basin. 

During the MC meeting, the representative of project BSB 193, Prof. Georgios Sylaios presented the project and its main traits, describing how it will develop a cost-effective, technologically advanced network of marine monitoring platforms, that will connect the Black Sea Basin and the North Aegean Sea, collecting data on marine biodiversity and assessing the impact of human activities on benthic ecosystems.

During 9-10 April, 2025, in Thessaloniki, Greece, takes place the third meeting of the Interreg NEXT Black Sea Basin Programme Monitoring Committee.

Today, 9^th of April, the Monitoring Committee approved new projects to be funded under the Interreg NEXT Black Sea Basin Programme, after the assessment of the applications submitted within the second calls for project proposals and also taking into consideration the use of Programme available funds.

In total, 52 projects have been approved (28 regular and 24 small-scale), with a total value of EU Interreg funding of 46.6 million Euros.

Congratulations to all 224 partners from all participating countries for their efforts in developing good projects!

Information on the results of the assessment process will be communicated soon to all applicants.

Procurement Fiche has been updated, in order to clarify the provisions related to the audit trail in Jems and also to take into account the provisions of the new Financial Regulation, 2024/2509.

The updated document may be checked in the website sections dedicated to Fiches and to Programme documents (Implementation sub-section).  

We are excited to share the release of our new flipbook with you! Featuring the Interreg NEXT Black Sea Basin projects this digital publication provides a detailed overview of the projects funded under the programme, highlighting their objectives and impact across the Black Sea region.

For 35 years, Interreg has represented a cornerstone of European integration, promoting cross - border, transnational, interregional and outermost region cooperation to drive growth, innovation, and inclusion in all regions of Europe.

European unity is more important than ever before. The question of how to reinforce the European continent in the face of threats to its stability appears almost daily.

Fiche on Reporting has been updated, taking into account the lessons learnt of the first reports submitted by project Partners.

Beneficiaries of the 1st calls for proposals under the Interreg NEXT Black Sea Basin Programme are invited to participate to an online webinar organized on 25 March, 2025, aiming to serve as a platform for discussing key aspects of project implementation, including their evolution and challenges.

Annex 7 (GENERAL DECLARATION BY THE LEAD PARTNER / PARTNER) to the Guide for control has been revised.

REGIOSTARS is the yearly competition, organized by the European Commission since 2008, to award the best projects financed under the Cohesion Policy. Over the years it has become Europe’s label of excellence for EU-funded projects, which demonstrate the impact and inclusiveness of regional development.