Since its adoption in 2020, Interact has initiated a process aiming at reinforcing the territorial dimension and encouraging the integration of the principles of the Territorial Agenda 2030 in the Interreg programmes for the programming period 2021-2027 while highlighting their usefulness in the life cycle of their cooperation projects.

Interact is organising a webinar on 23 March which will aim to facilitate the appropriation by stakeholders of the abstract principles contained in the strategic and political framework represented by the Territorial Agenda 2030 and will attempt to propose interpretation keys allowing project leaders to integrate the territorial dimension in their projects. Cases of European cross-border functional spaces will be used to highlight practical approaches to their governance.

As examples of good practices in territoriality, we will find the Euro-metropolis (Lille-Courtai-Tournai), Valga-Valka (Estonia-Latvia) and others. The aim will be to show the added value of strengthening the territorial dimension within cross-border programmes while highlighting the major issues raised by the Territorial Agenda 2030.