European Commission adopted a new “Interreg V-A Greece-Italy” programme worth over 123 million euros in an effort to increase the economic competitiveness in the Greece-Italy border area by supporting entrepreneurship, innovation and the clustering of economic activities.
The programme will promote interaction among SMEs while stimulating innovative processes in industries exploiting common local resources. Also, it will improve the joint management of the impact of human activities on natural resources in urban, lowland and coastal Ionian and Adriatic areas enhancing the protection of maritime and land biodiversity.
It will focus on three priorities:
– Innovation and competitiveness, with investments in R&I and SMEs contributing to the building of a strong export based economy. Emphasis is put on sectors with high growth potential such as the agro-food industry, blue growth, tourism, cultural heritage, cultural and creative industries.
– Integrated environmental management. This priority aims at facilitating the development and implementation of common approaches to the management of the environment, promotion of the cultural and natural heritage and fostering shared potentials and responsibilities in the field of environmental protection and risk prevention.
– Multimodal sustainable transport system. This will be achieved by investments in regional and cross-border connections which will improve the accessibility to transport infrastructures, the coordination of cross-border transport systems and procedures, the integration with Regional, National and cross-border Transport Plans, as well as the promotion of an efficient and environmental-friendly mobility and transport system.
Nearly 105 million euros for the new programme funding will be provided by the European Regional and Development Fund. The regions and provinces involved in Italy are Taranto, Brindisi, Lecce, Foggia, Bari, Barletta-Andria-Trani. The territories involved in Greece are Arta, Thesprotia, Ioannina, Preveza, Zakynthos, Corfu, Kefalonia, Lefkada, Aitoloakarnania, Achaia and Ilia.
“By focusing on a few priorities able to show results, this programme will contribute to creating growth and quality jobs in the Greek-Italian border region” the EU Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu, said.
Source: http://www.tornosnews.com
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