Interreg III is the Community initiative by the European Regional Development Fund which encourages co-operation between European Union regions for the period 2000-2006. The objective of the new stage of INTERREG consists of increasing economic and social cohesion within the European Union, promoting cross-border, trans-national and interregional co-operation and the balanced development of the territory. Special attention is being paid to co-operation between ultra-peripheral regions and those located on the outside borders of the Union with the countries wishing to join it.
Interreg III - A
Cross-border co-operation to promote integrated regional development between neighbouring border regions, through joint-development strategies and programmes.
Interreg III - B
Trans-national co-operation to promote a greater degree of integration in the large groups of European regions.
Interreg III - C
Inter-regional co-operation across the entire territory of the Union (and neighbouring countries), to improve regional development and cohesion.
Interact
Programme to co-ordinate the three chapter of the Community INTERREG III Initiative, approved by the Commission on 16 December 2002.