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Under this priority, the programme has two specific objectives:

Specific objective (ii):

enhance efficient public administration by promoting legal and administrative cooperation and cooperation between citizens, civil society actors and institutions, in particular with a view to resolving legal and other obstacles in border regions

Under this specific objective the Programme supports the development of cross-border strategies and/or action plans, accompanied by pilot actions and solutions and development of cross-border public services.

The action plans and strategies do not have to cover the whole territory and all fields of life of the involved municipalities. The partners can choose narrow and specific field and concrete challenges that are relevant for this partnership and region, and can develop both a strategy and action plan, or just an action plan in case the supporting joint strategic document exists.

The developed plans cannot be the only outputs of the projects. The partners must implement pilot actions and develop services and/or joint solutions deriving from/in line with the joint strategies and action plans on local and regional level. It is expected that during the projects the partners develop strong, regular and durable local and regional cross-border cooperation structures between public administration bodies, citizens and institutions. The projects are expected to result in strengthened local and regional cross-border cooperation capacity, clear structures and better governance.

Investments

Under this specific objective the Programme does not support investments in local infrastructure and equipment. Only in well justified cases the small-scale investments up to 10% of the total project budget are eligible. The investments must directly contribute to and support the development of the cross-border service and/or solution.

Examples of expected indicative activities:

• Enhancing the adaption and provision of joint public services through pilot actions that tackle border area obstacles.
• Encouraging the collection and transformation of regional data into (joint) new services.
• Encouraging the regional and local municipality level cross-border cooperation actions through cross-border networks, strategies and pilot actions.
• Pilot actions and implemented solutions for setting up public services.
• Compiling cross-border strategies and/or actions plans followed by joint implementation actions.

Every project must contribute to the following programme indicators under specific objective (ii):

Output indicators and programme target:

• Strategies and action plans jointly developed (10) and
• Pilot actions developed jointly and implemented in projects (5), and
• Jointly developed solutions (5).

Result indicators and programme target:

• Joint strategies and action plans taken up by organisations (5).

Under this specific objective, the MC may decide on the selection of project(s) within the direct award procedure for the implementation on the border of both countries in case the demand for such activities would arise and be justified during implementation of the Programme.

Specific objective (iii):

build up mutual trust, in particular by encouraging people-to-people actions.

The aim of the Programme under this specific objective is to strengthen and support the cross-border contacts and activities between the communities, involve citizens and establish social networks that would enable further cross-border cooperation and enhance trust-building.

Especially in the scarcely populated rural areas regular contacts and joint activities enhance the sense of community. The joint events can be carried out in different fields, e.g., cultural and sports exchange, developing skills, public awareness and knowledge in social justice, participation, responsibility and tolerance. It is encouraged that the projects target societal groups and organizations that are at a bigger risk of exclusion, e.g., people with disabilities, seniors, youth, etc.

Investments

Under this specific objective the Programme does not support investments in local infrastructure and equipment. Only in well justified cases the small-scale investments up to 10% of the total project budget are eligible. The investments must directly contribute to and support the development of the cross-border service and/or solution.

Examples of expected indicative activities:

• Joint education, training and exchange activities.
• Experience exchange trips and events for municipal and NGO staff.
• Improvement of services in border regions, and capacity building for relevant organisations.
• Skills transfer between communities to promote employment.
• Activities aiming at conservation, preservation and adaptation or development of cultural traditions, heritage, cultural events, meetings, etc.
• Joint sports games; training camps, experience exchange of trainers.

Every project must contribute to the following programme indicators under specific objective (iii):

Output indicator and programme target:

• Participations in joint actions across borders (1 658)

Result indicator and programme target:

• Participations in joint actions across borders after project completion (330).

Read more in the programme Manual.