Project results
Get an insight into the policy changes and results achieved by our interregional cooperation projects all across Europe from 2014-2020.
Our 258 projects are working hard to bring policy changes to their regions. We've described a few so that you can go deeper into each story and find out what they achieved and how they achieved it.
Wine routes and sustainable tourism: 3 key learnings
The Tourist Board in the Dutch South-Limburg region joined BRANDTour to find out how to diversify their tourist-related activities through wine routes.
Waste prevention: 3 key learnings from the Styrian re-use map
In Austria, 23,700 tonnes of waste can be avoided annually through re-use and repair. Let's discover the story of the Styrian re-use map and lessons learnt!
3 key learnings from the Valletta Design Cluster
Let's discover the story of Valletta Design Cluster, which started in 2018. On that year, Valletta (Malta) was holding the title of European Capital of Culture.
30 stories from 30 countries
Read about our latest achievements and discover 30 stories about policy changes from 30 projects in 30 countries.
Working together for better solutions
Delve deeper into four projects' stories. What did they achieve? How did they do it? Where did their inspiration come from?
Regional policies improved
Our projects have been very active. By March 2023, they had:
- Held close to 15,000 policy-learning events;
- Identified almost 5,500 good practices - over 3,100 were validated for the good practice database by our experts;
- Increased the professional capacity of over 21,600 people engaged with them thanks to their activities;
- And had developed 1,626 action plans for their regions.
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Policy learning activities bring results
So far, our projects have influenced over 1,016 policy instruments, including 525 Structural Funds operational programmes.
We estimate that the financial impact of this influence is 1,341 MEUR in total (1,104 MEUR from Structural Funds). That’s much more than our own budget (359 MEUR). This funding has been allocated in the regions to finance activities inspired by the projects' exchange of experience.
These results also show that Interreg Europe directly contributes to a more efficient implementation of the Cohesion Policy. Why? Because investment in solutions tried and tested in other corners of Europe saves the time of regional policymakers. It makes the use of the financial resources available in their regions more efficient.
Download a list of policy changes
All regions can benefit
Close to 90% of NUTS 2 regions from all eligible countries are involved in our cooperation projects. Download the following maps to see how many partners come from your region and our full list of projects.
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