EU-INTERREG V-A France - Germany - Switzerland (Rhin supérieur-Oberrhein) - 2014-2020

Instrument/Program level: 
European
Name of the instrument/Program: 
INTERREG V-A
Instrument/Program application areas: 
France - Germany - Switzerland (Rhin supérieur-Oberrhein)
Instrument/Program eligible areas: 
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Emmendingen
Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis
Lörrach
Ortenaukreis
Waldshut
Baden-Baden, Stadtkreis
Karlsruhe, Landkreis
Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis
Rastatt
Germersheim
Landau in der Pfalz, Kreisfreie Stadt
Südliche Weinstraße
Südwestpfalz
Bas-Rhin
Haut-Rhin
Jura
Solothurn
Aargau
Basel-Landschaft
Basel-Stadt
Managing authority: 

Grand Est Region Direction Europe and International – INTERREG Rhin Supérieur Service

Objectives: 

1. Expansion of the crossborder research capacity for R&I excellence in the Upper Rhine;

2. Increased participation of companies in cross border R&D projects with research and higher education institutions;  

3. Increase of applications and innovations developed by transnational consortia from the Upper Rhine area;

4. Conservation improvement of the cross border area in the Upper Rhine;

5. Improving the quality of ecosystem services in the Upper Rhine;

6. Reduce environmental impacts in the context of economic and residential developments in the Upper Rhine;

7. Limiting the growth of cross border, motorized transport through the development of poorer load modes of transport in the Upper Rhine area;

8. Expansion of cross border development and sales opportunities for SMEs in the Upper Rhine;

9. Increase the employment supply through the development of strategically relevant economic sectors in the Upper Rhine;

10. Increase in the cross border employment in the Upper Rhine;

11. Improvement of cross-border services offered by the administration and institutions;

12. Increasing the identification of citizens with the Upper Rhine as a cross border region

Eligible thematics in line with ERC sectors: 
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences and Engineering
Social Sciences and Humanities
Eligible thematics in line with S3: 
City development
Climate Change Mitigation
Cultural & creative industries
Eco-efficient factory
Entrepreneurship & Growth of young companies
Environmental Governance & Information
Environmental technologies, renewable energies & resource efficiency
Green & Clean energy & technologies
ICTs (Digital technologies & user-friendly systems)
KETs
Nature & Biodiversity
Public health & security (e-Health)
Renewable energies & resource efficiency
Sustainable energy & renewables
Sustainable innovation & infrastructure
Sustainable Living & mobility
Action typologies: 
Promoting conditions able to facilitate cross-border collaboration between companies
Disseminate information on current research activities
Exchange of experience (e.g. seminars, studies and publications)
Sharing of good practices
Staff exchange
Promote joint research and innovation activities related to thematic areas
Best-practice, demonstration, pilot or information, awareness and dissemination projects
Development of pilot programs & projects
Creation and use of common technical platforms
Development of a cross-border R&I database and platforms
Development of platforms for knowledge sharing (knowledge innovative communities, data clouds) and creation of functional networks of joint distributed research facilities
Beneficiaries: 
Local public authority
Regional public authority
National public authority
Sectorial agency
Infrastructure and (public) service provider
Higher education and research
Education/training centre and school
Large enterprise, enterprise excluding SME
SME
Business support organisation
Status of the eligible institutions: 
Public
Private
Public equivalent body
Program contribution maximum: 
60%
Program Budget: 
103 122 668,00 €
Project budget minimum: 
40 000,00 €
Project budget maximum: 
2 000 000,00 €
Project duration maximum: 
36 months