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The ambition of the Interreg Euro-MED Programme, which cooperation area covers 69 regions of 14 countries, is to support the transition towards a climate-neutral and resilient society, in line with the European Green Deal, the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, and the Territorial Agenda 2030.

In order to reach this goal and ensure concrete and manageable solutions, the Programme identified 4 missions:

• Strengthening an innovative sustainable economy
• Protecting, restoring and valorising the natural environment and heritage
• Promoting green living areas
• Enhancing sustainable tourism

Each mission operates as a portfolio of actions working on complementary thematic issues to enhance the full potential of their results. To contribute and to be part of a mission is for projects mandatory.

The actions under those missions are addressed within the Priorities, related Specific Objectives and types of projects supported by the Programme. The Smarter and Greener Mediterranean priorities, implemented via Thematic projects, encompass the issues tackled by the Programme’s missions. The Better Mediterranean Governance priority (not targeted by this call), implemented via Governance projects, is the backbone for strengthening and amplifying the results of the Thematic projects in cooperation and coordination with other Programmes, initiatives, and strategies in the area.

Thematic projects are divided into:

• Study projects perform analyses to better address a thematic issue and open the door to the development of new instruments, policies, strategies, and action plans.
• Test projects experiment common instruments, policies, strategies and action plans already developed to validate concrete solutions to be transferred.
• Transfer projects optimise and share validated common instruments, policies, strategies and actions plans to have the stakeholders adopt them.