The European Commission will host a one-hour webinar on October 17, Thursday (11:30—12:30 Eastern European Time) on the topic: “How to Enable Citizens in Your Region to be (Cross-border) Active in the EU: The European Citizens’ Initiative and Other Opportunities for Citizen Participation.”
Representatives of small and medium-sized businesses from the Bulgaria-Turkey cross-border region participated in an info day at the "Flora Burgas" Expo Center on January 30, 2024, organized by the Managing Authority of the programme.
The Managing Authority of the Interreg – IPA Cross-border Programme Bulgaria – Turkey 2014 – 2020 kindly invites you to participate in an online survey for monitoring of result indicators used to measure the achievement of the programme specific objectives. The survey will be open for all interested organizations and individuals until 30th August 2024.
The Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works launches the second phase for application with full project proposals under the Territorial Strategy of the cross-border cooperation programme between Bulgaria and Türkiye. Only pre-defined applicants with already identified concept notes can submit full project proposals under the procedure. This is a total of 27 ideas in the field of competitiveness, digitalization, labor market and tourism, divided into a main and a reserve list.
The deadline for submitting project proposals under the open call for proposals under Priority 1: “Environmentally friendly cross-border region”, Specific objective 2.1 “Promoting energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions” and Specific objective 2.6 “Promoting the transition to a circular and resource efficient economy” has ended on March 20, 2024.
41 projects have been submitted within the deadline from SMEs, active in the Cross-border region between Bulgaria and Türkiye, divided as follows:
Dear applicants and stakeholders, we would like to inform you that a corrigendum to the application guideline is attached below.
The modified package includes the following documents:
1. Guidelines for Applicants;
2. Attachment 1 - De minimis information sheet;
3. Annex A6 – De minimis – State aid declaration;
4. Attachment 6 and Attachment 7 – Evaluation and selection of applications
5. Revised Version of the Subsidy Contract.
The Managing and the National Authority of the Bulgaria-Türkiye programme will roll out an information campaign for the applicants in Priority 1 "Environmentally friendly cross-border region". The call targets micro, small and medium-sized enterprises from the cross-border region to boost energy efficiency and switch to circular production processes.
Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works of the Republic of Bulgaria
(Managing Authority)
in cooperation with
Directorate for European Union Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye
(National Authority)
More than 200 participants from Bulgaria and Türkiye entered into the celebration of the Interreg Cooperation Day 2023 of the Bulgaria-Türkiye programme. The event took place in Çamlıca, Turkey, and was in the spirit of the European Year of Skills.
Participants revived the local tradition in colorful decoration of the old houses and learned surfing and canoeing with instructors from sports clubs in the region.