Are you eligible for the programme?

Are you interested in cooperation within South-West Europe, but don’t know what you need to consider first to see if you are eligible for funding?

Here are a few questions to help you clarify your initial concerns.

Is my entity located in a Sudoe region?

Only entities located in one of the 29 regions (NUTS II) that make up the South-West European Cooperation area can receive ERDF aid. See the list of eligible regions here.

As a rule, structures located outside the Sudoe area will not be able to benefit from the programme.

Considering the partial eligibility of the territory of the Member States participating in the programme, exceptions to this rule may be observed. These are presented in point 3 of factsheet 4 of the Sudoe Manual and in point 3 of the official text of the call for projects.

Is my entity eligible for the Sudoe programme?

All public, private for-profit or non-profit organizations and companies located in the eligible area of the Sudoe programme can be beneficiaries.

You are advised to check all the criteria that are reviewed by the Joint Secretariat to verify the eligibility of your entity. They can be found in point 5 of the official text of the call for projects and in point 3 of factsheet 4 of theSudoe Manual.

My organisation is a private for-profit company. Can it lead a project? Can it be the main beneficiary of a project?

Private for-profit entities are not allowed to lead a project.

How many beneficiaries should the project partnership include?

The partnership must include at least one beneficiary from each of the three Member States participating in the Sudoe programme. Specifically, a partnership must include at least one Spanish beneficiary, one French beneficiary and one Portuguese beneficiary.

There are no other conditions regarding the number of beneficiaries in an Interreg Sudoe project.

Can my organisation take part in several applications?

The participation of entities is limited to one application as lead partner and two applications as beneficiary (maximum total of 3 proposals per entity)). Please see point 5.2 of the official text of the call for projects for details of this condition and how it applies and is verified.

Can my entity apply under any specific objective?

Project partnerships must be made up of different types of actors that make up the value chain of the project’s sector of intervention.

The types of actors required in applications are defined in the eligibility criteria by Specific Objective in point 10 of the official text of the call for projects.

Does my entity have to meet a minimum or maximum budget to join a partnership?

As a rule, entities (types I, II and III) must present a minimum budget of €100,000. This threshold is lowered to €50,000 if the project is submitted under SO 4.1 or 4.5.

If the entity is type IV (private for-profit), the participation threshold is €20,000.

However, there is no upper limit.

For more details on these thresholds and to find out about the other financial limits to be respected, see point 12 of the text of the call for projects.

Can Andorran entities receive ERDF aid?

Although the Principality of Andorra belongs to the eligible territory of the Interreg Sudoe programme, entities from this territory that participate in Sudoe projects cannot receive ERDF aid.

Can the application address any theme?

Projects must meet the strategic objectives of the programme and fit in with one of the 9 Specific Objectives supported. Check out the supported cooperation themes here.

In addition, certain types of projects are expected for each Specific Objective.

Check the types of eligible projects in point 10 of the official text of the call for projects, in the description of each Specific Objective open in the call.

Does the application have to be results-oriented?

To contribute to the strategic objectives of the programme, projects must produce specific outputs and achieve tangible results. These outputs and results are the indicators that projects must obtain at the end of their implementation. See point 4 of factsheet 4 of the Sudoe Manual on the programme indicators and their definitions.