EU-INTERREG V-A Italy - Switzerland - 2014-2020

Instrument/Program level: 
European
Name of the instrument/Program: 
INTERREG V-A
Instrument/Program application areas: 
Italy - Switzerland
Instrument/Program eligible areas: 
Autonomous Province of Bolzano
Autonomous Province of Trento
Como
Lecco
Sondrio
Varese
Biella
Novara
Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
Vercelli
Valle d’Aosta
Valle d'Aosta/Vallée d'Aoste
Graubünden
Valais
Ticino
Managing authority: 

Lombardia Region - Struttura Autorità di Gestione del Programma di Cooperazione Transfrontaliera Italia Svizzera

Objectives: 

1. Greater collaboration between businesses in the border area;
2. Increased common strategies for the sustainable management of water resources;
3. Improving the attractiveness of areas characterized by environmental and cultural resources with specific common;
4. Improving mobility in border areas;
5. Increase in shared solutions to improve accessibility of social services of general interest on both sides of the border, particularly for the benefit of the bands most vulnerable or at risk of discrimination;
6. Increased cooperation, coordination and integration between administrations and stakeholders to strengthen governance border area.

Eligible thematics in line with ERC sectors: 
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences and Engineering
Social Sciences and Humanities
Eligible thematics in line with S3: 
Agrifood processing
Alpine activities & technologies
Climate Change Mitigation
Food & nutrition (ingredients and modification of food, materials, smart packaging, food quality, quality assurance, food production technologies)
Green & Clean energy & technologies
ICTs (Digital technologies & user-friendly systems)
Life Science & Biotechnology
Public health & security (e-Health)
Specialised production for an excellent mountain
Sustainable innovation & infrastructure
Sustainable Living & mobility
Action typologies: 
Development of transnational schemes for infrastructure sharing for research and innovation (knowledge transfer centres, B2B initiatives)
Promoting conditions able to facilitate cross-border collaboration between companies
Contacts with industry partners, societal organisations or potential ‘end users’ of the projects’ results
Best practices exchange (Interregional Cooperation)
Implementation of cross-border measures for the exchange of knowledge to support multi and interdisciplinary research teams
Development of applications for mobile devices, multilingual applications, applications for Handicaps, discovery via images of inaccessible places-interiors of buildings
Development of tools and services (analytical tools, strategies, management tools, capacity building etc.) in relation to jointly developed products and/or services
Best-practice, demonstration, pilot or information, awareness and dissemination projects
Development of pilot programs & projects
Feasibility studies
New technologies for mountain agriculture, security, constructions and mobility in mountains
Creation of joint cross-border platforms for know-how and technology transfer as basis for R&I, applied science projects, etc
Development of a cross-border R&I database and platforms
Building transnational networks for the transfer of knowledge among public administration on technological solutions
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
SME
Business support organisation
Status of the eligible institutions: 
Public
Private
Public equivalent body
Program contribution maximum: 
85%
Program contribution note: 

For Switzerland co-finanging up to 50% of total eligible cost.

Program Budget: 
94 208 179,00 €
Project duration maximum: 
36 months