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• Who chairs the INTERACT Monitoring and Steering Committee?
• Will a Third Call for Proposals under Priority 2 and Priority 3 Measure 2 of the INTERACT Programme be organised?
• Can I apply for INTERACT Funding even if I have not been involved with INTERREG before?
• I know Interact from the programme "Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development" within the Fifth Framework Programme of the European Union. Is that a different programme?
• Are there any funds available at national (ministerial) level for co-financing an INTERACT Project?
• What is COM 437? Which regions are listed there?
• What is the definition of 'public equivalent body' mentioned in the Second Call for Proposals?

Who chairs the INTERACT Monitoring and Steering Committee?

The INTERACT Monitoring and Steering Committee has a chairperson and a co-chairperson.

The chairperson is a representative of the Member State holding the outgoing EU presidency. The chairperson rotates every six months. (In 2005: Netherlands and Luxembourg, in 2006: United Kingdom and Austria and in 2007 (first half): Finland)

The co-chairperson is a representative of the INTERACT Managing Authority, the Austrian Federal Chancellery, for the full period of the programme.

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Will a Third Call for Proposals under Priority 2 and Priority 3 Measure 2 of the INTERACT Programme be organised?

The INTERACT Monitoring and Steering Committee has not decided on a Third Call yet. Please check the News section for updates on INTERACT Activities.

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Can I apply for INTERACT Funding even if I have not been involved with INTERREG before?

Yes. INTERREG experience is not a prerequisite for application under INTERACT. All Project Applications will be evaluated according to the Eligibility and Selection Criteria described in the Programme Complement.

The Selection Criteria do mention previous INTERREG experience as an added value to the partnership.

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I know Interact from the programme "Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development" within the Fifth Framework Programme of the European Union. Is that a different programme?

Yes. The thematic network you are referring to is different from us and can be found under www.interact-network.org.

This website belongs to the INTERACT Programme, which is part of the Community Initiative INTERREG. INTERREG aims to stimulate interregional cooperation in the European Union between 2000-06. It is financed under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

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Are there any funds available at national (ministerial) level for co-financing an INTERACT Project?

Some countries do have national (ministerial) level co-financing for INTERACT Projects. The INTERACT Secretariat has been notified of the cases where this is possible. This download explains these in full.

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What is COM 437? Which regions are listed there?

The Communication from the European Commission on the impact of enlargement on regions bordering the new Member States. The regions listed there are: Uusimaa, Etelae-Suomi (Finland), Niederbayern, Oberpfalz, Oberfranken, Brandenburg, Berlin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Chemnitz, Dresden (Germany); Burgenland, Niederoesterreich, Wien, Kaernten, Steiermark, Oberoesterreich (Austria); Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Italy); Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki, Kentriki Makedonia, Voreio Aigaio, Notio Aigaio, and Kriti (Greece).

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What is the definition of 'public equivalent body' mentioned in the Second Call for Proposals?

We follow the definition described in the EU legislation on public procurement (Council Directive 93/36/EEC of 14 June 1993). A Public equivalent body is any legal body governed by public or private law

• established for the specific purpose of meeting needs of general interest, not having an industrial or commercial character (note: this definition does not exclude bodies partly having an industrial or commercial character, which deal with public tasks. These bodies may be asked to submit a clarification statement issued by national authorities), and
• having legal personality, and
• either having financed, for the most part, by the State, or regional or local authorities, or other bodies governed by public law, or subject to management supervision by those bodies, or having an administrative, managerial or supervisory board, more than half of whose members are appointed by the State, regional or local authorities or by other bodies governed by public law.

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