EU-INTERREG V-A France – Switzerland - 2014-2020

Instrument/Program level: 
European
Name of the instrument/Program: 
INTERREG V-A
Instrument/Program application areas: 
France – Switzerland
Instrument/Program eligible areas: 
Ain
Haute-Savoie
Doubs
Jura
Territoire de Belfort
Bern
Freiburg
Jura
Neuchâtel
Géneve
Valais
Vaud
Managing authority: 

Bourgogne - Franche-Comté Region

Objectives: 

1. Increase and structure the collaboration in the field of Research and Innovation (R&I);

2. Develop innovations in the areas of excellence of the territory;

3. Better exploit tourist and cultural opportunities in relation to heritage;

4. Preserve and restore fragile ecosystems in the border area;

5. Integrated spatial planning structures promoting space saving and air quality;

6. Increase the use of sustainable transport for cross-border traveling;

7. Increase the efficiency of cross-border rail transport;

8. Support the development of local services within the aim of promoting economic activity;

9. Implement joint actions to increase access to labor markets.

Eligible thematics in line with ERC sectors: 
Evolutionary, Population and Environmental Biology
Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry
Computer Science and Informatics
Fundamental Constituents of Matter
Physical and Analytical Chemical Sciences
Products and Processes Engineering
Synthetic Chemistry and Materials
Systems and Communication Engineering
Cultures and Cultural Production
Environment, Space and Population
Eligible thematics in line with S3: 
Alpine activities & technologies
Chemicals
Cultural & creative industries
ICTs (Digital technologies & user-friendly systems)
Mechatronics
New and intelligent materials, nano and microtechnology
New Technologies for mountain agriculture
Public health & security (e-Health)
Sustainable Living & mobility
Action typologies: 
Networking R&I actors
Sharing and investments in cross-border research facilities
Best practices exchange (Interregional Cooperation)
Development of applications for mobile devices
ICTs for the communications
Funding for prototipes development
Policy Learning Platforms Development
Supporting collaborative applied research projects between companies, laboratories and socio-economic actors including support for technology transfer
Beneficiaries: 
Local public authority
Regional public authority
National public authority
Sectorial agency
Infrastructure and (public) service provider
Higher education and research
Large enterprise, enterprise excluding SME
SME
EGTC
Status of the eligible institutions: 
Public
Private
Public equivalent body
Program contribution maximum: 
75%
Program Budget: 
61 937 075,00 €
Project budget minimum: 
20 000,00 €