Gobierno de España. Ministerio de Hacienda Y Función Pública Secretaría General de Presupuestos y Gastos
Unión Europea

Spain - Portugal

Cross-frontier cooperation will reinforce economic, social and environmental activities through common strategies of sustainable territorial development and by encouraging the spirit of business enterprise, culture and cross-frontier commerce; better protection and joint management of the environment; support for connections between urban and rural areas; less isolation, by improving access to transport networks and services, to information and communication and to cross-frontier networks of water, waste management and energy; development of collaboration and use of joint infrastructures. All the information about this programme can be seen on http://www.poctep.eu

Press release from the Fourth Steering Committee and Sixth Management Committee of the cross-border cooperation operational programme "Programa Operativo de Cooperación Transfronteriza España-Portugal" 2007-2013. (pdf)