Memo: Operational Programme ‘Slovakia–Czech Republic’ 2007-2013

On 21 December 2007, the European Commission approved a Cross-border Cooperation Operational Programme between Slovakia and the Czech Republic for the period 2007-13. The Programme involves providing Community support as part of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for the following regions along the Slovak-Czech border:

Trnavský kraj, Trenčianský kraj and Žilinský kraj in Slovakia;

Jihomoravský kraj, Zlínský kraj and Moravskoslezský kraj in the Czech Republic.

The Operational Programme falls within the framework laid out for the European Territorial Cooperation Objective and has a total budget of around €109 million. Community funding through the ERDF amounts to some €93 million, which represents approximately 1.1% of the total EU investment earmarked for the European Territorial Cooperation Objective under the Cohesion Policy 2007-13.