Memo: Austria-Hungary Cross-border Operational Programme 2007-2013

On 20 December 2007, the European Commission approved a Cross-border Cooperation Operational Programme between Austria and Hungary for the period 2007-13. The Programme involves providing Community support as part of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for specific Austrian and Hungarian regions that lie along their common border: the Austrian Länder of Burgenland and Wien and the NUTS III region Wiener Umland-Südteil, as well as the NUTS II region Nyugat-Dunántúl with the counties of Győr-Moson-Sopron, Vas and Zala from the Hungarian side.

The adjoining Austrian NUTS III regions Niederösterreich-Süd and Oststeiermark may take part in projects as an adjacent area, i.e. receiving a maximum 20% of the ERDF funding allocated to the Programme.

The Operational Programme falls within the framework laid out for the European Territorial Cooperation Objective and has a total budget of around €101 million. Community funding through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) amounts to some €82 million, which represents approximately 0.9% of the total EU investment earmarked for the European Territorial Cooperation Objective under the Cohesion Policy 2007-2013.