The Grande Région (

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) or Großregion (

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) programme lies within the Interreg IV A programme of the

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's European Regional Development Fund. It facilitates cooperation between project partners from the different parts of the

Greater Region of SaarLorLux SaarLorLux or Saar-Lor-Lux (also ''SarLorLux'' in French), a portmanteau of Saarland, Lorraine and Luxembourg, is a euroregion of five regional authorities located in four European states. The term has also been applied to cooperations of sev ...

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

(the country), the Belgian provinces of

and

Liège Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...

, the French Lorraine region as well as the

Saarland The Saarland (, ; french: Sarre ) is a state of Germany in the south west of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and ...

and large parts of

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. The programme covers the period 2007-2013. Projects approved within the programme receive financial aid of up to 50% of their budget.

History

The following programmes were forerunners of the current INTERREG IV Greater Region programme: *

Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—alo ...

- Lorraine-

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-Luxembourg-German Speaking Community of

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

Saar Saar or SAAR has several meanings: People Given name *Saar Boubacar (born 1951), Senegalese professional football player * Saar Ganor, Israeli archaeologist *Saar Klein (born 1967), American film editor Surname * Ain Saar (born 1968), Est ...

Moselle The Moselle ( , ; german: Mosel ; lb, Musel ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it jo ...

-Lorraine-Western Palatinate *Interreg C "E-bird"

Aims

The programme facilitates cross-border cooperation among the different stakeholders of the Greater Region and promotes the realisation of local and regional projects.

Programme partners

Eleven bodies within the Greater Region are the programme partners: *the government of Luxembourg, Ministry of the Interior and Spatial Planning *the government of Wallonia *the government of the French community of Belgium *the government of the German-speaking community of Belgium *the council of the

Meuse The Meuse ( , , , ; wa, Moûze ) or Maas ( , ; li, Maos or ) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. It has a t ...

département In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the regions of France, admin ...

in France *the council of the Meurthe-et-Moselle département *the council of the

département] *the préfecture of Lorraine region in France *the Ministry of Economy, Transport, Agriculture and Viniculture of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany *the Ministry of Economy and Science of Saarland

Programme

The programme has three main focuses: "economy", "space" and "humans".

Economy

The aim is to boost competitiveness of the interregional economy, to promote innovation and improve the labour market. *Scheme 1.1 – Promotion of innovation *Scheme 1.2 – Promotion of common projects to strengthen the economic structure *Scheme 1.3 – Development of cross-border economic infrastructure *Scheme 1.4 – Encouragement of cross-border working *Scheme 1.5 – Promotion of the tourist offer

Space

Improve the quality of life, enhance of the attractiveness of the different areas and protection of the environment. *Scheme 2.1 – Promotion of spatial development policy *Scheme 2.2 – Promotion of mobility in the Greater Region *Scheme 2.3 – Upgrading and safeguarding of the environment

Humans

Promote acquisition and diffusion of knowledge, use of cultural resources and strengthening of social cohesion. *Scheme 3.1 – Cooperation in education and continuing education *Scheme 3.2 – Strengthening of university cooperation *Scheme 3.3 – Encouragement of cooperation in health care management *Scheme 3.4 – Encouragement of cooperation in social work *Scheme 3.5 – Encouragement and upgrading of culture and cooperation in the media

Approved projects

As of 2010 66 projects have been approved and will get financial support from Interreg.

References

External links

Grossregion-Grande Région

INTERREG IV A Grossregion

Uni Greater Region

Plurio.net - the official cultural portal of the Greater Region

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