Memo: Romania-Serbia IPA Cross-border Co-operation Programme 2007-2013

On 27 March 2008 the European Commission approved a Cross-border Co-operation Programme between Romania and Serbia for the period 2007-2013, which is adopted under and co-financed by the cross-border co-operation component of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA). The programme marks a continuation of the previous Neighbourhood Programme 2004-2006. It involves Community support for specific Romanian and Serbian regions that lie along their common border: the Romanian regions of Timiş, Caraş-Severin and Mehedinţi and Serbian regions Severno-Banatski, Srednje-Banatski, Južno-Banatski, Braničevski and Borski.

Community funding allocated to the programme for the period 2007-2009 is worth around €19 million. This is supplemented by about €3.3 million of national funding, bringing the programme's total value to approximately €22.3 million.