European Territorial Cooperation (ETC)
Implementation of joint actions and policy exchanges between national, regional and local actors from different Member States. The overarching objective of is to promote a harmonious economic, social and territorial development of the Union as a whole.
The former initiative INTERREG for the promotion of cooperation between regions of the European Union has been transformed into a dedicated ETC target since the Structural Funds period 2007-2013 and will continue as ETC during the Structural Funds period 2014-2020. Since the 2000-2006 programming period, European territorial cooperation has been implemented at three territorial levels:
- Cross-border: regional cooperation of border regions
- Programme “Österreich – Ungarn”
- Programme “Slowakei – Österreich”
- Programme “Österreich – Tschechische Republik”
- Programme “Österreich – Deutschland/Bayern”
- Programme “Alpenrhein – Bodensee – Hochrhein”
- Programme “Italien – Österreich”
- Programme “Slowenien – Österreich”
- Transnational: large-scale cooperation; Austrian participation in the programmes
- Alpine Space
- CENTRAL EUROPE
- DANUBE TRANSNATIONAL
- Interregional: EU-wide cooperation via INTERREG EUROPE
- Thematic programmes:
- INTERACT
- URBACT
- ESPON
National Contact Point (Austria): Österreichische Raumordnungskonferenz (ÖROK)