Smart Community-Owned Renewable Energy Management
Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B North West EuropeDescription
SmartCORE pilot actions(EN)
SmartCORE solution(EN)
Participation in joint training schemes(EN)
Website: http://smartcore.nweurope.eu
Thematic information
Priority: (VI-B_NWE_2) Smart and just energy transition
Priority specific objective: RSO2.2. Promoting renewable energy in accordance with Directive (EU) 2018/2001, including the sustainability criteria set out therein
Priority policy objective (Interreg specific objective): PO2 A greener, low-carbon transitioning towards a net zero carbon economy and resilient Europe by promoting clean and fair energy transition, green and blue investment, the circular economy, climate change mitigation and adaptation, risk prevention and management, and sustainable urban mobility
Type of intervention: 053 Smart Energy Systems (including smart grids and ICT systems) and related storage
Partners (15)
Lead Partner: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999977269
Partner’s ID if not PIC: NL001956218B01
Department: Industrial Engineering and Innovation Science (IE&IS)
Address: Groene Loper, 5612 AE Eindhoven, Netherlands
Department address: Groene Loper, 5612 AE Eindhoven, Netherlands
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations
Website: https://www.tue.nl/en
Total budget: EUR 1 995 940.32
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 1 197 564.19
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 798 376.13
- Groendus Groep BV
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Name: Groendus Groep BV
Department: Groendus Groep
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 876151822
Partner’s ID if not PIC: NL862891875B01
Address: Stadsplateau, 3521AZ Utrecht, Netherlands
Department address: Stadsplateau, 3521AZ Utrecht, Netherlands
Legal status: private
Organisation type: Enterprise, except SME
Website: https://groendus.nl/
Total budget: EUR 415 865.75
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 249 519.45
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 166 346.30
GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20
- Energie Coöperatie Endona U.A.
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Name: Energie Coöperatie Endona U.A.
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 886330614
Partner’s ID if not PIC: NL8550.74.188.B01 | 63057492 | Chambre of Commerce KvK (EN)
Address: Stationsstraat, 8102 EB Raalte, Netherlands
Legal status: private
Organisation type: SME
Website: https://endona.nl
Total budget: EUR 740 051.60
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 444 030.96
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 296 020.64
GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20
- Translyse B.V.
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Name: Translyse B.V.
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 886412385
Partner’s ID if not PIC: 858801991B01 | 71664734 | Chamber of commerce (EN)
Address: Voorsterweg, 7371GC Loenen, Netherlands
Legal status: private
Organisation type: SME
Website: http://www.translyse.nl
Total budget: EUR 548 702.40
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 329 221.44
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 219 480.96
GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20
- South Kerry Development Partnership CLG
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Name: South Kerry Development Partnership CLG
Department: EU Projects
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 935440065
Partner’s ID if not PIC: 5895100R | 617747 | Company Registration Number (EN)
Address: West Main Street, V23 P981 Cahersiveen, Co. Kerry, Ireland
Department address: Library Place, V93W35V Killorglin, Ireland
Legal status: private
Organisation type: Interest groups including NGOs
Website: http://www.southkerry.ie
Total budget: EUR 400 450.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 240 270.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 160 180.00
- Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
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Name: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Department: Environmental Research and Innovation Department (ERIN)
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 934320200
Partner’s ID if not PIC: LU27327040 | Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés : J53
Address: Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, 4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Department address: Rue du Brill, 4422 Belvaux, Luxembourg
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations
Website: https://www.list.lu/
Total budget: EUR 318 505.51
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 191 103.30
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 127 402.21
- Enercoop
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Name: Enercoop
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 938470054
Partner’s ID if not PIC: 10484223094
Address: Quai de la Loire, 75019 Paris, France
Legal status: private
Organisation type: Enterprise, except SME
Website: https://www.enercoop.fr/
Total budget: EUR 448 550.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 269 130.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 179 420.00
GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20
- Munster Technological University
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Name: Munster Technological University
Department: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 892106673
Partner’s ID if not PIC: IE 3714786EH
Address: Rossa Avenue, Bishopstown, T12 P928 Cork, Ireland
Department address: Dept of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, T12 P928 Cork, Ireland
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations
Website: http://www.mtu.ie
Total budget: EUR 459 473.84
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 275 684.30
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 183 789.54
- Energipark Réiden s.a.
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Name: Energipark Réiden s.a.
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 936291725
Partner’s ID if not PIC: LU18216369 | 1999 2238 553 | B91708 (EN)
Address: Jos Seylerstrooss, 8522 Beckerich, Luxembourg
Legal status: private
Organisation type: SME
Website: https://energiepark.lu/
Total budget: EUR 524 030.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 314 418.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 209 612.00
GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20
- Université de Rennes - Ecole Normale Supérieure de Rennes
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Name: Université de Rennes - Ecole Normale Supérieure de Rennes
Department: SATIE laboratory UMR CNRS 8029
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 944762056
Partner’s ID if not PIC: FR34130018484
Address: avenue Schuman, campus de Ker Lann, 35170 BRUZ, France
Department address: Avenue Schuman, 35170 BRUZ, France
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations
Website: http://www.ens-rennes.fr
Total budget: EUR 400 734.95
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 240 440.97
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 160 293.98
- EnergieID
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Name: EnergieID
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 935038000
Partner’s ID if not PIC: BE0562861306 | N/A | N/A (EN)
Address: Posthoflei, 2600 Antwerpen-Berchem, Belgium
Legal status: private
Organisation type: SME
Website: http://www.energyid.eu
Total budget: EUR 632 045.40
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 379 227.24
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 252 818.16
GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20
- REScoop.eu vzw
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Name: REScoop.eu vzw
Department: REScoop.eu vzw - European Federation of Energy Communities
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 939573429
Partner’s ID if not PIC: BE 0543.579.288
Address: Rue de la Charité, 1210 Brussels, Belgium
Department address: Liefdadigheidsstraat, 1210 Brussels, Belgium
Legal status: private
Organisation type: Interest groups including NGOs
Website: https://www.rescoop.eu/
Total budget: EUR 454 950.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 272 970.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 181 980.00
- Ecopower cv
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Name: Ecopower cv
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 996525233
Partner’s ID if not PIC: BE 0445.389.356
Address: Posthoflei, 2600 Berchem, Belgium
Legal status: private
Organisation type: Enterprise, except SME
Website: http://www.ecopower.be
Total budget: EUR 1 166 440.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 699 864.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 466 576.00
GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20
- Energie citoyennes en Pays de Vilaine
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Name: Energie citoyennes en Pays de Vilaine
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 938470054
Partner’s ID if not PIC: FR48478877178 | 47887717800044 | SIRET (EN)
Address: rue Saint-Conwoïon, 35600 Redon, France
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Interest groups including NGOs
Website: https://www.enr-citoyennes.fr/
Total budget: EUR 1 243 941.67
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 746 365.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 497 576.67
GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20
- Energie Coöperatie Loenen
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Name: Energie Coöperatie Loenen
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 884383533
Partner’s ID if not PIC: NL826628576B01 | 74802402 | Chamber of Commerce number (KvK) (EN)
Address: Het Middenpad, 7371BZ Loenen, Netherlands
Legal status: private
Organisation type: SME
Website: http://www.loenenenergie.nl
Total budget: EUR 633 850.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 380 310.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 253 540.00
GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20
Partners map

Lead partner

Project partner
Summary
Operation of strategic importance (OSI) or above EUR 5 million
Project acronym: SmartCORE
Project ID: NWE0400468
Project start date: 2025-01-01
Project end date: 2028-06-30
Project status: ongoing
Relevant linked projects:
- cVPP (Interreg NWE)
- Community-based Virtual Power Plant as a novel model for energy system decarbonisation based on empowerment of low-carbon community driven energy initiatives (EN) | cVPP allowed to experiment with a novel model of EC aggregation but not yet at the level allowing them to engage in integral energy management activities. It demonstrated that enlarging the scale of a community to engage in grid services, is not always what communities want because it implies a compromise on the community objectives. To deal with the problem, ECs therefore use commercial aggregators but these do not work to their benefit. SmartCORE helps to deal with that dependency. It uses the cVPP insights to take a smart step ahead. It gives ECs both the elasticity to stay small and organise their decisions along their societal needs, as well as the competitiveness and resilience required to provide new energy management activities. Through an innovative business model, SmartCORE will integrate prosumer decisions with the operational requirements of the electricity system to provide new community flexibility services. The aggregated flexibility can be made available to grid operators: TSOs for balancing or to DSOs for congestion management. This way, SmartCORE will build on cVPP but facilitate new roles and activities by communities in the electricity market. Specifically, the SmartCORE project will mobilise the cVPP lessons about engagement, business models, replication and upscaling, energy management systems etc. Aggregation (of e.g. cVPPs) through SmartCORE however is much more complex on all these dimensions but it also offers greater gains. It can truly empower citizens by making them less vulnerable to skyrocketing energy prices and paving the way for a better integration of renewables and help these sources better compete on the market with fossil fuels. Partners involved: TUe, TRLY Rescoop.eu, Groeunds, ECL. (EN), REScoopVPP (H2020)
- Community-driven VPP that can provide flexibility services to the grid and contribute to a 100% share of renewable energy sources. (EN) | SmartCORE will build on this infrastructure esp. in the BE FR & NL pilots. In all cases end users are equipped with an energy management system and flexible assets are partly in place. The SmartCORE will take it to a higher level. Lessons will provide input to the training schemes. Several partners in SmartCORE proposal were part of the RESCoopVPP project. Partners involved: Rescoop.eu, EnergieID, Ecopower, Enercoop. (EN), WATTFlex (DEI+ Program)
- Improved battery technology for larger systems to serve as a storage for PV plants. It also aimed to extend the cVPP platform with applications to steer these larger systems. WATTFlex also informs and engages energy cooperatives regarding possibilities to exploit value latent flexibility of a.o. larger and smaller PV systems. (EN) | In this WATTFlex project key knowledge has been gained about how ECs can involve members, how to combine small assets owned by members and big assets owned by the energy community in one EMS (energy management system). Other SmartCORE relevant insights from this project concern the availability and application of the storage technology and ways to integrate it in the digital platform. These lessons will help in developing SmartCORE business model, smart platform and will help engage energy cooperatives in exploration of their value latent flexibility. Partner involved: ECL, Endona, TRLY. (EN), WISEGrid (H2020)
- Solutions, technologies and business models to increase the smartness, stability and security of open, consumer-centric EU grid and provide cleaner and more affordable energy for EU citizens, via an enhanced use of storage and electro-mobility and a highly increased share of renewables. (EN) | SmartCORE will build on the insights and designs of the EMS for residential flexibility aggregation developed, demonstrated, & operationalised in WISEGrid, such as EnergyNXT, Cofy Box, Hanzebox, Ileco or Spectral. As these platforms have limited functionality, bounded interoperability, several compatibility issues & are not yet really plug-and-play ready, SmartCORE will take it to the next level and deploy them for larger EC in a variety of contexts and constellations (e.g. hubs). SmartCORE will also orient the existing algorithms steering the assets towards provision of flexibility services for balancing markets. Currently, no commercial complete solution exists like the one proposed by the SmartCORE. SmartCORE will also advance the business models that enable all energy stakeholders to play an active role in a democratic energy transition. Partners involved: Rescoop.eu, Ecopower, Enercoop.
- (EN), Gridflex Heeten (RVO)
- Whether and how ‘zero on the neighbourhood transformer’ could be achieved. (EN) | In the Gridflex project insights were gained on how to involve local community members so that they adjust their usage of energy in a way it supports the energy transition from fossil driven to locally produced RES. These lessons are particularly useful in defining new functionalities of the smart platform development, definition of cooperative business models and selection of markets. SmartCORE will also learn from Gridflex about how dwellings can contribute to lowering the peaks on the network up to 35% by using several household-batteries and an interactive app to stimulate using and not using energy on specific moments. Endona brought all the participating households together. (EN), Tennet aFRR (TenneT)
- Installing a flat-plate lead-acid battery container with a capacity of 1MW in the solar park in Heeten of Endona. If power supply to the grid is too high, the solarpark can be curtailed at the request of TSO Tennet. Produced electricity from the solarpark is stored in the batteries so electricity can be supplied at night to the TSO-aFRR. (EN) | During Tennet aFRR project Endona and Escozon gained knowledge about how flexibility markets work and how the local energy communities can benefit from these market. Also practical knowledge was gained in the way how assets like batteries and Solar parks can be controlled via an EMS, both of which SmartCORE will build upon. (EN), PROSEU (H2020)
- Enabling the mainstreaming of the Renewable Energy prosumer phenomenon into the European Energy Union. (EN) | SmartCORE will build on the PROSEU insights about collectives of renewable energy prosumers, new business models, market regulations and infrastructural integration. (EN), REG ENERGY (Interreg NWE)
- Breaking up existing structures for increasing the use of renewable energy in NWE regions. Creating renewable energy demand–supply partnerships between urbanised and surrounding rural territories will lead to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. (EN) | SmartCORE will learn from REG ENERGY regarding institutional arrangements for regional prosumers and their partnerships in order to develop a bankable SmartCORE business model. SmartCORE will also build on the lessons about coping with limited grid capacity and intermittent RE supply as well as about the balancing of regional supply and demand profiles
- (EN), FLEXCoop (H2020)
- Introducing a complete automated Demand Response framework and tool suite for residential electricity consumers. Supporting the democratisation of the energy system by enabling electricity consumers in households to actively support the energy transition and benefit from it through demand response.
- (EN) | SmartCORE will build on the end-to-end interoperable solution of FLEXCoop to enable consumer flexibility to be valorised in front of a range of possible users in order to fulfil different services to the grid.
- FLEXCoop enables energy cooperatives to explore demand response business models and take the role of aggregators. SmartCORE will learn from the pilot participants who are members of two energy cooperatives located in the Netherlands and in Spain. Participating partners: Endona, Rescoop.eu. (EN), ELFE
- Understanding how to adapt the local electricity consumption to the local production of renewable energy (wind, solar, biomass). Focusing on small and medium electricity consumers, including households, small businesses, and local authorities. (EN) | SmartCORE will build on the insights about how household energy consumption can be shifted to better match renewable energy production. ELFE project is a proof of concept (POC) which shows that it is technically possible to implement flexibility within an energy community. The SmartCore project will leverage insights gained from the ELFE initiative to scale energy management solutions within Energy Communities (ECs). This involves developing more robust and professional ICT systems (both hardware and software) capable of handling a larger pool of users and a more elaborate energy management solution. In addition, the project will focus on engaging a significant portion of the population in energy management practices, fostering widespread adoption. A key component will be the implementation of a sustainable business model that ensures long-term viability and supports both the technological infrastructure and community participation. Participants: EPV, Enercoop, ENS.
- (EN), InterFlex (H2020)
- Pathways to introduce local flexibilities as an optimisation lever into the distribution grid management. The DSO, as a flexibility customer, emitted signals to the stakeholders – power producers, consumers, prosumers (consumers & producers), or their aggregators – which in return offered generation and/or consumption flexibilities. (EN) | SmartCORE builds on the different procurement and activation paths that have been investigated within InterFlex demonstrators, covering flexibility market models, DSO-steered flexibility activation channels and autonomous functions & grid automation. As part of the developed local market mechanisms of the InterFlex, the flexibility service providers evaluated competing or complementary value pockets, including TSO-, balancing- or wholesale markets, to optimise the flexibility procurement and trade that are relevant technical lessons for SmartCORE. SmartCORE however will also build on the lessons regarding new business models for the local use of flexibilities and regulatory recommendations. Participants: Enexis. (EN), WeForming (HE) (EN) | SmartCORE will build of this project lessons regarding the development of innovative energy hubs for buildings and energy communities that combine renewable power processing, multi-carrier energy storage, and community electric vehicle fleet charging. However, SmartCORe will make use of the notion of the hub in relation to aggregation of Energy Communities. Partners: LIST. (EN), FLEXI-GRID (H2020) (EN) | SmartCORE will build on the innovative flexible market models for local energy exchanges and providing flexibility to Distribution System Operators to ensure a secure, stable and affordable operation of distribution grids. Partners LIST, TUe. (EN)
Total budget/expenditure: EUR 10 383 531.44
Total EU funding (amount): EUR 6 230 118.85
Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 60.00%
Co-financing sources:
- ERDF: Amount, EUR 6 230 118.85. Co-financing rate, 60.00%.
Investments, deliverables, policy contributions
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Deliverables:
- Territorial RES goals, priorities and challenges
- Status report on RES markets in NWE
- Status report on NWE infrastructure
- Status report on regulatory contexts in NWE
- Status report on social aspects of EC
- Opportunities report on energy management services: Energy Matching
- Opportunities report on energy anagement services: Energy Sharing
- Opportunities report on energy management services: Grid Balancing
- Opportunities report on energy management services: Grid Congestion Management
- Stakeholders engagement plan
- Strategic Plan 1.0
- Collaborative & strategic meetings (online/f2f) to discuss, analyse and produce deliverables in A1.1
- Territorial Action Plan East NL for selected energy management activities for identified challenges
- Territorial Action Plan Flanders for selected energy management activities for identified challenges
- Territorial Action Plan Bretagne for selected energy management activities for identified challenges
- Territorial Action Plan Luxembourg for selected energy mngnt activities for identified challenges
- Territorial Action Plan South Kerry for selected energy mngnt activities for identified challenges
- Collaborative & strategic meetings (online/f2f) to discuss, analyse and produce deliverables in A1.2
- Workshop Lessons learned
- Strategic Plan 2.0
- Collaborative & strategic meetings (online/f2f) to discuss, analyse and produce deliverables in A1.3
- SmartCORE Communication Strategy
- SmartCORE website
- Social Media posts (LinkedIn, X)
- Scientific articles
- Scientific conference contributions
- Professional conference contributions
- Newsletter mentions
- Website posts
- Report on the impacts of communication on Strategic Plan
- Inclusion of SmartCORE insights in academic teaching
- Inclusion of SmartCORE insights into one-stop-shop of Rescoop.eu
- Technical: Overview and analysis of EMS architectures
- Technical: Specification of technical requirements for RES markets report
- Technical: Flexibility assessment tool/plan
- Technical: Aggregation and market coupling report
- Social: Communities business models report
- Social: Community organisation (also in EC hubs), engagement and skills report
- Collaborative and strategic SmartCORE development meetings
- SmartCORE energy management SOLUTION concept (PMC) report
- Investments East-NL Loenen & Heeten
- Investment Flanders&Wallonia
- Investment Bretagne
- Investment Luxembourg
- Investment South Kerry
- Collaborative and strategic SmartCORE investments meetings
- Joint investment implementation and evaluation report (EMS, batteries, couplings, gateways, etc)
- SmartCORE management concept tested in east-NL
- SmartCORE management concept tested in Flanders&Wallonia
- SmartCORE management concept tested in Bretagne
- SmartCORE management concept tested in Luxembourg
- SmartCORE management concept tested in South Kerry
- Collaborative and strategic SmartCORE test results meetings
- Joint validation of pilot results & lessons in NL BE FR LU IE to feed Strategic Plan 2.0 & solution
- SmartCORE solution
- Social Media, Linkedin, Twitter,
- Scientific articles
- Scientific conference contributions
- Professional conference contributions
- Newsletter mentions
- Website posts
- Communication event
- Report on the impacts of communication on pilots and solution
- Exploitation plan per challenge/type of energy management service
- Open door days at the pilots sites
- SmartCORE training material
- Criteria for selection of ECs for the Buddy System
- Tailored training scheme for ECs in NL
- Tailored training scheme for ECs in BE
- Tailored training scheme for ECs in FR
- Tailored training scheme for ECs in LU
- Tailored training scheme for ECs in IE
- EU training scheme for ECs in EU
- Buddy System for members of 6 ECs who went through the tailored Training
- Buddy training evaluation and impact
- Social media, Linkedin, twitter
- General webinar on flexible ECs
- Meetings with EU energy communities
- Workshop at REScoop.eu annual conference
- Newsletter mentions
- Website posts
- Report on the impact of communication on training scheme
- SmartCORE Training’s Long Term Effects report
Deliverable (other than infrastructural investment) areas:
- Nederland (NL), Loenen, Kanaal Zuid, 496, 7371GL
- Belgique/België (BE), Eeklo, Industrielaan , 2, 9900
- France (FR), Redon, rue Saint Conwoïon, 7, 35600
- Luxembourg (LU), Hovelange, Op Meimerich, 3, 8538
- Éire/Ireland (IE), Milltown, Milltown Village - houses and businesses , Multiple
- Nederland (NL), Raalte, Stationstraat, 17, 8102
Programme Common Output Indicator:
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RCO 084 - Pilot actions developed jointly and implemented in projects, Measurement unit:
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RCO 116 - Jointly developed solutions, Measurement unit:
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RCO 083 - Strategies and action plans jointly developed, Measurement unit:
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RCO 085 - Participations in joint training schemes, Measurement unit:
Programme Common Result Indicator:
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RCR 081 - Completions of joint training schemes, Measurement unit:
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RCR 104 - Solutions taken up or up-scaled by organisations, Measurement unit:
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RCR 079 - Joint strategies and action plans taken up by organisations, Measurement unit:
Programme Result Indicator:
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PSR 1: Organisations with increased institutional capacity due to their participation in cooperation activities across borders, Measurement unit: Organisations
Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project
Financing programme
2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B North West Europe
Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme
2025-05-12
No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)
70 / 70 (100%)
No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)
739 / 739 (100%)
Notes on the data