All along 2020, the Interreg community celebrates 30 years of Interreg and cooperation in all its shapes. As the second pillar of the Cohesion policy, Interreg is at the heart of the European spirit because it encourages regions and countries to tackle challenges they can solve only by working together.
Although the period between April and June was considerable marked by pandemia Covid-19, the programme proceeded in step with the planned schedule. The crisis sought for proactive measures and solutions to overcome any delay that may affect the projects and programme implementation.
Every single action matters in the fight against the impact of COVID-19, and Interreg is an active player in the game.
The current unprecedented crisis has put to the test all aspects of our life, including cross-border cooperation which is facing its most challenging times in decades.
In order to support Programme beneficiaries to respond to the evolving situation regarding COVID-19, the Managing Authority issued recommendations on measures that may be taken by the beneficiaries to reduce the effects of the crisis on the projects implementation.
Youth4Regions is the European Commission programme helping journalism students and young journalists to discover what the EU is doing in their region.
We remind all programme beneficiaries that electronic signatures can and should be used for all project documents and requests, particularly during the current period.
To make the knowledge, experiences, and results generated by projects more accessible and to promote the project’s achievements and demonstrate the added-value of cross border cooperation, the programme website was developed to accommodate an e-Library.
In the context of the current outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the recommended actions related to the measures that restrict the movement of people during this outbreak and the preventive measures recommended by all participating countries’ Governments and by the European Commission regarding the presence and transmission of the new type of coronavirus among the population, as well as the announcement of positive COVID-19-test results in the eligible area of ENI CBC Black Sea Basin Programme, the Managing Authority issued the information for beneficiaries regarding the implementation of projects financed under ENI CBC Black Sea Basin.
Taking into consideration the need for a common understanding of the provisions of the Articles 16.2 and 16.3 (Suspension by the Lead Beneficiary) from the Grant Contract, the Managing Authority has issued an Instruction to support the beneficiaries by indicating the procedural steps to be followed and the communication flow. Further, it clarifies the suspension start date if the request is initiated by the Managing Authority (article 16.4 from the Grant Contract).