Reference Documents
Cooperation Programme
The Cooperation Programme is our governing document. It has been approved by the European Commission on 31st May 2022.
Cooperation Programme
Programme Summary
Before the Cooperation Programme approval, the Commission drafted an Orientation paperto launch a discussion on the Interreg Euro-MED programme with partner countries concerned.
It was destined to provide ideas, options and orientations on the thematic focus of the future programme.
Programme manual
The Programme Manual aims at describing and explaining the rules applicable to proposals and projects selected within the framework of the Interreg Euro-MED Programme. You can download the first approved parts of the Manual to better understand how to build your projet.
Results Amplification Strategy
The Results Amplification Strategy supports the capitalisation of knowledge, experience and project results and contains guidelines for a joint Amplification-Communication work plan.
Reports
In this section, you can find different reports on the Programme:
Public consultation report
Environmental report
Diagnosis report
PROJECT DOCUMENTS
Partners Declaration
The partners declaration states the involvment of each partner of the project and establish its co-financing part. It is generated automatically by Jems, the monitoring system. You can find the courtesy versions of the declarations according to your partner status.
Project partner declaration
Lead partner
Associated partner
De minimis declaration
Contracting documents
The Subsidy Contract sets out the rights and responsibilities of the Lead Partner and the Managing Authority, as well as the main activities to be carried out and general conditions of the financing. It is generated automatically by Jems.
You can find a courtesy version here below.
The Partnership Agreement formalises the organisation of the partnership and establishes the responsibilities of the partners between each other and towards the Lead Partner for the implementation of the project. It is generated automatically by Jems. You can find a courtesy version here below.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Here you can find the answer to the most frequently asked questions about the Programme, tools, project application and implementation. If you do not find the answer to your question, please use the form below to send us your question. We might publish the answer here to enrich our FAQ.
- The PDF version of the application form, exported from Jems, does not include a page for signature. How can I sign it?
- I have an error when opening the partner declaration or the partner budget, downloaded from Jems. What should I do?
- The number of characters of the section “C.1. Project overall objective” is 500 characters while it is 5000 characters in other sections. Is it correct?
- How can I change my password in Jems?
- Would it be better to register as an organisation in Jems, instead of different people from the same organisation being registered?
- How can I identify the UN SDGs indicators related to the mission, I want to address with my project?
- Should a project aim to one or more missions in general and target precisely one or more specific objectives ?
- Are modular projects also related to missions? Some examples?
- How many Thematic Community projects will be supported? Are they related to missions?
- What is the difference between missions and specific objectives ?
- Where to find the partners’ declarations ?
- What does the IPA area of the Programme include?
- As stated in the ToR for Governance projects (page 23), there must be a minimum of six partners based in different countries that belong to the Interreg Euro-Med eligible area, and that at least 1 of them must be based in the EU area (NUTS2 regions) of the Intereg Euro-Med space and 1 in the IPA area. In both the webinar and the info session of Spain, a reply to a similar question was given that the minimum criteria B1 is only met if 6 partners are from the Interreg Euro-Med area (69 regions). Could you confirm?
- Where can we find the Associated Partners declaration template?
- How long does the selection process take and what happens if a partner is selected in more than one proposal?
- Can each partner choose its own cost option regarding travel and accommodation costs?
- Are preparation costs still in order for projects proposals?
- Are travel costs accounted as a flat rate now?
- Do indirect (administrative and office) costs remain as a flat rate of 15% of the staff cost?
- Do state aid rules apply for the 1st call on Governance projects?
- As the MED ACADEMY is an “obligatory” activity to the project, is there a need to have it as a stand alone activity or can we have it as part of a “Capacity Building” mega activity ?
- Should each activity have at least one deliverable ?
- Can we add an extra explanation in the specific objective of each Work Package besides what is already specified in the Result Amplification Strategy ?
- Will projects include civil society (associations, citizen groups..) ?
- Is there a specific attention given to cities and metropolitan areas ?
- Are governance projects linked to the Programme’s missions and how many will be approved?
- Are there restrictions for the participation of governance projects’ partners in thematic projects ?
- Will there be a Governance platform similar to PANORAMED or will Governance projects play this role?
- When will the calls for thematic projects be open (projects for Smarter and Greener MED and for strategic territorial projects?
- Apart from diffusion of results to other territories, which are the differences between thematic and governance projects? In terms of participating institutions, budget, etc?
- Could you please clarify where the information regarding the project’s budget is detailed, in particular for the Call for proposal on Governance Projects?
- Concerning the first call for proposals and regarding the budget for external expertise and services, should we detail the budget forecast of external for the 4 first semesters only, and leave the overall remaining amount of external in the smester 5 without reallocating among the rest of the years and without any details in these costs?
- Should governance projects be based on the results of previous projects?
- Regarding the 1st call on Governance projects, in the application form, are you expecting an 80-months working plan or a shorter one?
- Could you please provide a comprehensive list of mandatory activities for Thematic Community and Institutional Dialogue projects ?
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Monitoring system
The Interreg Euro-MED Programme uses Jems, the monitoring tool developed by Interact. It is available for all applicants and partners at: https://jems.interreg-euro-med.eu/
You can find more information about Jems in the Jems portal and Jems Helpdesk
You can read the user manual and watch tutorials here: General documentation
