Memo: INTERREG IV Programme ‘Alpenrhein-Bodensee-Hochrhein’: Germany – Austria – Switzerland – Lichtenstein

On 26 September 2007, the European Commission approved a cross-border cooperation programme (INTERREG IV) between Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein for the 2007-13 period

The INTERREG IV Programme 'Alpenrhein-Bodensee-Hochrhein' involves Community support to the following regions:

Bodenseekreis, Konstanz, Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis und Waldshut (Baden-Württemberg), Landkreis Lindau (Bodensee), Landkreis Oberallgäu and the kreisfreie Stadt Kempten (Allgäu) (Bayern) in Germany, das Land Vorarlberg in Austria, which is composed of the NUTS-III areas Bludenz-Bregenzer Wald and Rheintal-Bodenseegebiet (situated along the German-Austrian-Swiss-Lichtenstein border).

Other regions in the countries mentioned above can participate in projects as adjacent areas receiving a maximum of 20% of the funding allocated to the Programme.

The Operational Programme falls within the European Territorial Cooperation Objective framework and has a total budget of around € 39.8 million. Community funding through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) amounts to around € 23.9 million.

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