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At the 4^th meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Interreg VI-A Hungary-Croatia Programme 2021-2027, held online on 15 April 2025, co-financing of four Operations of Strategic Importance (OSI) with a total value of 10.928 004,59 EUR from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) was approved.

A total of 19 Croatian and 12 Hungarian Project Partner organisations will be participating in these strategic projects which will be implemented within 42 to 48 months from the individual project starting dates.

Two approved OSI-s will have a Lead Partner organisation from Hungary, and two will be coordinated by a Lead Partner from Croatia – these organisations will play a key role in the design and coordination of the entire project, and will guide their project partnership towards achieving its objectives.

The following OSI-s have been approved:

The formal- and eligibility assessment of applications submitted to the 1st open Call for Proposals has been finished, opening the door for the sending of letters requesting completion.

The first open Call of the new, 2021-2027 programming period proved to be attractive for the applicants of the Hungarian-Croatian border region: by the submission deadline of 29 November 2024, at 12.00 CET a total of 129 applications were submitted by a long and diverse list of potential project partners.

The Joint Secretariat in agreement with the Managing Authority and the two National Authorities has launched a Call for Assessors.

The Joint Secretariat has collected and published questions of general interest to applicants of the 1st open Call for Proposals.

The Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds of the Republic of Croatia (MRDEUF), as the Managing Authority of the Programme, started the SEA procedure for the Programme's PO3 on 28 October 2024, by adopting the Decision on initiating the SEA procedure for the Programme's PO3.

The official opening event of the Interreg VI-A Hungary-Croatia Programme will be held on 19 September 2024 in the Hrvatski dom in Križevci, Croatia.

The first open Call for Proposals of the Interreg VI-A Hungary-Croatia Programme 2021-2027 has been launched today (2 September 2024) by the Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds of Croatia as Managing Authority and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary as Hungarian National Authority.

The Information Days connected to the first open Call for Proposals (HUHR/2401) of the Interreg VI-A Hungary-Croatia Programme 2021-2027 are planned to be organised according to the following schedule:

The Joint Secretariat of the Interreg VI-A Hungary-Croatia Programme 2021-2027 is looking for two new members!

In line with the decision of the Monitoring Committee of the Interreg VI-A Hungary-Croatia Programme 2021-2027, the materials of the upcoming 1st open Call for Proposals are shared with the potential applicants for information purposes.

The partnership composed of the Central European Service for Cross-Border Initiatives (CESCI), Hungary and the Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO), Croatia has finished the 2nd Phase of the Programme's Evaluation

On 21 March 2024 the EC adopts Commission Implementing Decision approving the Cooperation Programme "(Interreg VI-A) Hungary-Croatia" for support from the European Regional Development Fund under the European territorial cooperation goal (Interreg) in Hungary and Croatia

Decision on sending the Strategic Environmental Assessment Study for the Interreg VI-A Programme Hungary – Croatia 2021-2027 and draft Interreg VI-A Programme Hungary – Croatia 2021-2027 for public consultations

The final draft of the future Interreg programme between Hungary and Croatia as agreed by the two Member States and as discussed by the bilateral Programming Committee is hereby published for public consultation.

The experts of the Central European Service for Cross-border Initiatives (CESCI), as part of the second phase of the evaluation of the implementation of the Programme are conducting an impact assessment of the Programme in the period 2014-2020.
Aiming to collect as many inputs as possible, the Joint Secretariat will be sending out an email on CESCI’s behalf, with the questionnaire to be filled in by organisations that have participated in the Programme.

The Joint Secretariat of the Interreg V-A Hungary-Croatia Cooperation Programme wishes everyone a Happy Europe Day!

The draft Interreg Program between Hungary and Croatia for the period 2021-2027 is ready. The related Strategic Environmental Assessment document as well as the Interreg Program translated into Croatian is available below.

After the approval of the documents by the Programming Committee of the future Interreg Programme between Hungary and Croatia for the period 2021-2027 we are hereby publishing the draft Interreg Programme (the fundamental document of the next programming period). The document with translations to national languages is available at the bottom of this article.

The Joint Secretariat of the Interreg V-A Hungary-Croatia Cooperation Programme wishes everyone a Happy Europe Day!