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Open collaborative governance for climate change adaptation and sustainable lifestyle by the sea

Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-C Interreg Europe
Date of latest update: 2026-03-28

Description

Description (EN): Better Blue project aims developing an open collaboration governance model to tackle climate change in 9 EU coastal and maritime regions and islands.
Project outputs: Policy instruments addressed Website: https://www.interregeurope.eu/

Thematic information

Coastal management and maritime issues Governance, partnership Climate change and biodiversity

Priority: (VI-C_IE_1) Priority 1: Strengthening institutional capacities for more effective regional development policies

Priority specific objective: ISO6.1. Enhance the institutional capacity of public authorities, in particular those mandated to manage a specific territory, and of stakeholders (all strands)

Priority policy objective (Interreg specific objective): PO6 (ISO1) A better cooperation governance

Type of intervention: 173 Enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders to implement territorial cooperation projects and initiatives in a cross-border, transnational, maritime and inter-regional context

Partners (10)

Lead Partner: Provincia di Salerno

Partner’s ID if not PIC: N.a.

Address: Via Roma 104, 84121 Salerno, Italy

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Regional public authority

Total budget: EUR 343 300.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 274 640.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 68 660.00

Cambra Oficial de Comerç, Indústria, Serveis i Navegació de Barcelona

Name: Cambra Oficial de Comerç, Indústria, Serveis i Navegació de Barcelona

Partner’s ID if not PIC: N.a.

Address: Av. Diagonal, 452, 8006 Barcelona, Spain

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Business support organisation

Total budget: EUR 168 328.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 134 662.40

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 33 665.60

Północna Izba Gospodarcza w Szczecinie

Name: Północna Izba Gospodarcza w Szczecinie

Partner’s ID if not PIC: N.a.

Address: Wojska Polskiego 86, 71-482 Szczecin, Poland

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Business support organisation

Total budget: EUR 180 400.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 126 280.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 70.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 54 120.00

Сдружение Бизнес Агенция

Name: Сдружение Бизнес Агенция

Partner’s ID if not PIC: N.a.

Address: 11 "Prezviter Kozma" str., Varna, Bulgaria, 9010 Varna, Bulgaria

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Business support organisation

Total budget: EUR 243 990.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 170 793.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 70.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 73 197.00

Ministarstvo regionalnoga razvoja i fondova Europske unije

Name: Ministarstvo regionalnoga razvoja i fondova Europske unije

Partner’s ID if not PIC: N.a.

Address: Miramarska cesta 22, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Legal status: public

Organisation type: National public authority

Total budget: EUR 180 400.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 144 320.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 36 080.00

REGION VÄSTERBOTTEN

Name: REGION VÄSTERBOTTEN

Partner’s ID if not PIC: N.a.

Address: Västra Norrlandsgatan 13, 901 09 Umeå, Sweden

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Regional public authority

Total budget: EUR 256 875.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 205 500.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 51 375.00

Diputació de Barcelona

Name: Diputació de Barcelona

Partner’s ID if not PIC: N.a.

Address: Rambla Cataluña, 126, 08036 Barcelona, Spain

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Regional public authority

Total budget: EUR 30 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 24 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 6 000.00

Instituto de Desenvolvimento Empresarial da Região Autónoma da Madeira (IDERAM)

Name: Instituto de Desenvolvimento Empresarial da Região Autónoma da Madeira (IDERAM)

Partner’s ID if not PIC: N.a.

Address: Avenida Arriaga 21-A, 9004-528 Funchal, Portugal

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Regional public authority

Total budget: EUR 214 800.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 171 840.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 42 960.00

Αναπτυξιακή Εταιρεία Επαρχίας Λεμεσού

Name: Αναπτυξιακή Εταιρεία Επαρχίας Λεμεσού

Partner’s ID if not PIC: N.a.

Address: Arch. Makariou III 83, 4181 Limassol, Cyprus

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Regional public authority

Total budget: EUR 184 600.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 147 680.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 36 920.00

Gemeente Middelburg

Name: Gemeente Middelburg

Partner’s ID if not PIC: N.a.

Address: Kanaalweg 3, 4330 LA Middelburg, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Total budget: EUR 253 300.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 202 640.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 50 660.00

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Cambra Oficial de Comerç, Indústria, Serveis i Navegació de Barcelona

Open collaborative governance for climate change adaptation and sustainable lifestyle by the sea

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Północna Izba Gospodarcza w Szczecinie

Open collaborative governance for climate change adaptation and sustainable lifestyle by the sea

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Business Agency Association

Open collaborative governance for climate change adaptation and sustainable lifestyle by the sea

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Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds

Open collaborative governance for climate change adaptation and sustainable lifestyle by the sea

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REGION VÄSTERBOTTEN

Open collaborative governance for climate change adaptation and sustainable lifestyle by the sea

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Barcelona Provincial Council

Open collaborative governance for climate change adaptation and sustainable lifestyle by the sea

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Business Development Institute of the Autonomous Region of Madeira (IDERAM)

Open collaborative governance for climate change adaptation and sustainable lifestyle by the sea

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Provincia di Salerno- Assessorato Politche Comunitarie

Open collaborative governance for climate change adaptation and sustainable lifestyle by the sea

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Limassol Development Agency

Open collaborative governance for climate change adaptation and sustainable lifestyle by the sea

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Gemeente Middelburg

Open collaborative governance for climate change adaptation and sustainable lifestyle by the sea

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Summary

Project name (EN): Open collaborative governance for climate change adaptation and sustainable lifestyle by the sea

Project acronym: Better Blue

Project ID: 03C0861

Project start date: 2025-05-01

Project end date: 2029-07-31

Project status: ongoing


Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 055 993.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 602 355.40

Co-financing sources:


    Investments, deliverables, policy contributions

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    Programme Common Output Indicator:

    • RCO 001 - Enterprises supported (of which: micro, small, medium, large), Measurement unit:
    • RCO 087 - Organisations cooperating across borders, Measurement unit:

    Programme Result Indicator:

    • RI 3 - Policy instruments improved thanks to Interreg Europe, Measurement unit: policy instruments
    • RI 2 - Organisations with increased capacity due to their participation in interregional cooperation, Measurement unit: organisations
    • RI01: Persons with increased capacity due to their participation to ESPON activities, Measurement unit: %
    • ISI - Organisations with increased institutional capacity due to their participation in cooperation activities across the borders, Measurement unit: No. of organisations
    • ISO006 - Organizations whose institutional capacities have been strengthened because of their participation in activities of cooperation across borders, Measurement unit: organisations

    Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project

    Financing programme

    2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-C Interreg Europe

    Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

    2026-02-20

    No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

    262 / 262 (100%)

    No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

    2 261 / 2 261 (100%)

    Notes on the data