Memo: Operational Programme 2007–2013: Caribbean

On 26 March 2008, the European Commission approved an operational programme INTERREG IV for the Caribbean Region for the period 2007-2013. This programme covers Guadeloupe, St Martin, St Barthelemy, Martinique and Guiana. The non-member countries involved in this cooperation programme are all the countries bordering the Caribbean Sea, in particular those that are members of the Caribbean Forum of ACP States (CARIFORUM), for which the involvement of the European Development Fund (EDF) will be sought.

This operational programme comes under the 'European Territorial Cooperation' Objective and has a total budget of about EUR 64 million. The financing provided by the Community via the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is around EUR 48 million, representing some 0.3% of total EU investment in France in the context of the 2007-2013 cohesion policy.