EU-INTERREG V-A France - Italy (ALCOTRA) - 2014-2020

Instrument/Program level: 
European
Name of the instrument/Program: 
INTERREG V-A
Instrument/Program application areas: 
France - Italy (ALCOTRA)
Instrument/Program eligible areas: 
Haute-Savoie
Savoie
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Alpes-Maritimes
Hautes-Alpes
Imperia
Cuneo
Turin
Valle d'Aosta/Vallée d'Aoste
Managing authority: 

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region

Objectives: 

1. Increase innovation projects (especially clusters, poles and businesses) and develop innovative services across the borders;

2. Develop innovative approaches to sustainable construction in public buildings in order to improve the energy performance;

3. Improve public institutions´ land use planning in order to adapt to climate change;

4. Increase the resilience of ALCOTRA areas most at risk;

5. Increase sustainable tourism in the ALCOTRA area;

6. Improve the management of protected habitats and species in the cross border area;

7. Increase the strategic actions and plans for the most effective, diversified and environmentally friendly cross-border mobility;

8. Encourage the development of social and health services for the fight against the de-population of rural and mountain areas;

9. Increasing the supply of education, training and skills in the cross border area.

Eligible thematics in line with ERC sectors: 
Physical Sciences and Engineering
Earth System Science
Social Sciences and Humanities
Environment, Space and Population
Eligible thematics in line with S3: 
Alpine activities & technologies
Bio-processes of biomasses
Environmental Governance & Information
Environmental technologies, renewable energies & resource efficiency
ICTs (Digital technologies & user-friendly systems)
Nature & Biodiversity
Smart & energy-efficient buildings
Sustainable Living & mobility
Action typologies: 
Development of a cross-border R&I database and platforms
Beneficiaries: 
Local public authority
Regional public authority
National public authority
Infrastructure and (public) service provider
Interest groups including NGOs
Higher education and research
Education/training centre and school
Large enterprise, enterprise excluding SME
SME
Status of the eligible institutions: 
Public
Private
Public equivalent body
Program contribution maximum: 
85%
Program Budget: 
186 943 708,00 €