Memo: Adriatic IPA Cross-border Co-operation Programme 2007-13

On 25 March 2008 the European Commission approved a Cross-border Co-operation Programme between three EU Member States (Greece, Italy, Slovenia), one candidate country (Croatia) and three potential candidate countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro) for the period 2007-2013. The Programme was adopted under and co-financed by the cross-border co-operation component of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA). Serbia will participate in the programme at the phasing-out stage and co-operation will focus on institutional capacity-building.

Community funding for the programme over the period 2007-2009 is worth around €90 million, supplemented in turn by about €16 million of national funding from the participating countries. The programme’s total value therefore is approximately €106 million.