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European Territorial Cooperation (ETC), better known as Interreg, is a financing instrument of European regional development. Interreg has been designed in the framework of the European Cohesion Policy to intensify institutional cooperation across borders between regions located on European Union's internal and external borders, and regions within transnational areas. As regions of the EU Member States are facing similar issues not contained by borders, territorial cooperation stands out as a key tool in efficiently addressing socio-economic and environmental challenges. The overarching objective of European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) is to lessen the influence of national borders in order to promote a harmonious economic, social and cultural development of the Union as a whole.〔(Objective of the European Territorial Cooperation of the EU, website European Commission )〕 Interreg is built around three strands of cooperation: cross-border (Interreg A), transnational (Interreg B) and interregional (Interreg C). The current programming period 2014-2020 covers all 28 EU Member States, 3 participating EFTA countries (Norway, Switzerland, Lichtenstein), 6 accession countries and 18 neighbouring countries. The total allocation of Interreg V stemming from the European Regional Development Fund is EUR 10.1 billion, which represents 2.8% of the total of the European Cohesion Policy budget.〔(Budget of the European Cohesion policy 2014-2020, website European Commission )〕 ==History== The first Interreg community initiative launched in 1990 to stimulate exclusively cross-border collaboration was reorganized as a formal objective of the European cohesion policy in 2000. Interreg has been dedicated to support projects covering a wide range of areas such as innovation, health, infrastructure, education, urban development, energy, or digital economy. Thousands of projects involving a wide variety areas of common interest have been implemented since the birth of Interreg. As core tool of the European Cohesion Policy, Interreg has become a mature funding instrument of the European Union to support the development of EU regions. At the beginning Interreg concerned 11 EU Member States whilst the current 28 EU Member States participate nowadays. From the poorest regions within the EU to the more advanced regions, Interreg covers them all and benefits in that way to the overall European territory. Each Interreg programme covers a specific part of the EU territory. Over the years, Interreg financial support has gradually increased from EUR 1.1 billion for the first programming period up to EUR 10.1 billion for 2014-2020 programming period. By introducing the goal of territorial cohesion, the Treaty of Lisbon represents a step forward to reinforce the territorial dimension of the European Cohesion policy. European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) has remained one of the pillars of EU regional policy with the newly designed cohesion policy 2014-2020, by including European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) as the second goal next to the support of investment for growth and jobs. Launched in 1990 by the European Commission Interreg has been organized in multiannual programmes. Five programming periods have succeeded each other since the start of Interreg: * INTERREG I (1990-1993)〔(Interreg Community Initiative, website INTERACT )〕 * INTERREG II (1994-1999) * INTERREG III (2000-2006) * INTERREG IV (2007-2013) * INTERREG V (2014-2020) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Interreg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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