INTERREG Euro-MED Call 5: Thematic Strategic Territorial Projects

This call targets exclusively Thematic Strategic Territorial projects.

These projects should respond to the needs and joint challenges of a specific type of territory addressing identified strategic topics.
Thus, they primarily produce a territorial impact, based on involving all relevant stakeholders to trigger tailor-made solutions or strategies in line with the territory and the topic chosen. Those should be adapted for the targeted type of territory and be able to influence national, regional or local policies by studying (developing), testing and transferring jointly developed solutions or strategies.

For this purpose, thematic strategic Territorial projects shall combine: conducting studies, testing solutions and transferring results.

Programme priorities and specific objectives

Projects must be aligned with the Programme priorities (Priority 1: A Smarter Mediterranean & Priority 2: A Greener Mediterranean) and its specific objectives as follows:

Applying to the call

The Terms of reference, applicable for the 4 missions, set out the specific criteria expected for this call for proposals for territorial strategic projects. 

The call 5 will be carried out in 2 phases: pre-application and full application. Only projects proposals selected at the end of the pre-application phase will be able to apply to the full application phase.
Applications are possible only during the dates of the call (cf. calendar below). Outside this period, no application will be considered.

Applications must be submitted online via Jems, the monitoring system developed by Interact. It is available for all applicants and partners at: https://jems.interreg-euro-med.eu/.
To help you use Jems, you can read the user manual.

The programme’s Monitoring Committee decides which projects to approve.

Download the terms of reference and the courtesy pre-application form for more information.
We also strongly recommend you to read the Cooperation Programme and the Programme Manual.

You may also visit the Documents&Tools section to find more information and documents that will help you in your overall understanding of the Programme and its calls for proposals.

Here is the timetable detailing the key stages for submitting your proposals and its assessment :