Fostering Transnational Knowledge for More Inclusive and Participatory Mediterranean

Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B NEXT Mediterranean Sea Basin (NEXT MED)

Date of latest update: 2026-09-12

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Description (EN):

PROJECT TYPE: 3 - Governance Projects ~ MAIN INTERVENTION FIELD: 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 ~ SUMMARY: The lack of participatory planning for social inclusion programs on the part of local authorities has led to a misguided conception in identifying real needs and inclusive understanding of the pressing social challenges across the Mediterranean. This has hindered the development of society driven solutions that effectively respond to these challenges. TRANSFORMED will foster cross-sector synergies through a transnational cooperation to jointly develop solutions to facilitate the establishment of efficient governance models for improving social inclusion at local level. The project proposal comprises analysing, complementing and disseminating the transnational knowledge demonstrated in implementing 4 regionally-acclaimed governance models that have adopted bottom-up and participatory approaches to deliver inclusive community-serving programs; the objective being to exploit and upscale this knowledge. The outputs are complementary, using a building blocks approach. They are: -Transnational Handbook, that is a fruit of 5 transnational Community-engagement symposia, Online data analysis clusters and a practitioners’ lab; -Enhanced institutional capacities of 5 local authorities and 5 social inclusion civic actors, thanks to the project’s call for inclusive Local Planning concept notes, the Peer-to-peer knowledge capsules and the procedure demonstration pilots; - 5 Blueprints with jointly developed social inclusion community-serving programs operated by tandems between local authorities and civil society actors responding to inclusion challenges identified on the national level. Inclusive Local Planning Blueprints resulting from Peer-to-peer mentoring, enhanced by national round table debates and will be introduced in a regional knowledge sharing exhibition. Final beneficiaries are local authorities and civic actors from partner countries benefiting from best practices of participatory governance, and local communities benefiting from the improved local governance. ~ KEEP KEYWORDS: Community integration and common identity, Governance, partnership, Knowledge and technology transfer

Expected Achievements (EN):

Management coordination Communication and dissemination CODE: SO1ER1 ~ SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE: Improve the capacities of local authorities and civil society actors working with social inclusion and foster their cooperation to formulate jointly developed governance models for inclusive community serving programmes. ~ EXPECTED RESULT: Transnational exchange of knowledge invested in formulating governance models of four regionally commended community-serving programmes for social inclusion. Participatory governance bodies operated by empowered civic actors in cooperation with institutionally improved local authorities. CODE: SO1ER1 ~ SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE: Improve the capacities of local authorities and civil society actors working with social inclusion and foster their cooperation to formulate jointly developed governance models for inclusive community serving programmes. ~ EXPECTED RESULT: Transnational exchange of knowledge invested in formulating governance models of four regionally commended community-serving programmes for social inclusion. Participatory governance bodies operated by empowered civic actors in cooperation with institutionally improved local authorities. CODE: SO1ER1 ~ SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE: Improve the capacities of local authorities and civil society actors working with social inclusion and foster their cooperation to formulate jointly developed governance models for inclusive community serving programmes. ~ EXPECTED RESULT: Transnational exchange of knowledge invested in formulating governance models of four regionally commended community-serving programmes for social inclusion. Participatory governance bodies operated by empowered civic actors in cooperation with institutionally improved local authorities.

Project outputs: (1.1) Project management meetings(EN)
(1.2) Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning - MEAL System(EN)
(1.3) Follow up and consolidation reports(EN)
(2.1) TRANSFORMED info kit - visibility and outreach(EN)
(2.2) Networking and capitalisation(EN)
(3.1) Community-based data analysis Handbook(EN)
(4.1) Improved institutional capacity of local authorities and civic actors working in social inclusion(EN)
(5.1) Jointly developed Blueprints for social inclusion community-serving programs(EN)
Website: https://www.interregnextmed.eu/

Thematic information

Governance, partnership Social inclusion and equal opportunities Knowledge and technology transfer

Priority: (VI-B_MSB_4) Priority 4: A better cooperation governance for the Mediterranean

Priority specific objective: ISO6.6. Other actions to support better cooperation governance (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 (5)

Lead Partner: مؤسسة آنا ليند

Partner’s ID if not PIC: Decree no. 113/2005 | PROFIT MAKING: False ~ STATUS PUBLIC: True

Department: Intergovernmental organisation/ Network of euro-med civil society networks

Address: Von Gerber house57, 26th July Road, CornicheAlexandria, Egypt

Legal status: public

Organisation type: N.a.

Website (not verified): https://www.annalindhfoundation.org/

Total budget: EUR 299 210.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 266 296.90

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 89.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 32 913.10

GBER schemes / de minimis:

ΑΜΚΕ ΚΕΝΤΡΟ ΝΕΩΝ ΗΠΕΙΡΟΥ

Name: ΑΜΚΕ ΚΕΝΤΡΟ ΝΕΩΝ ΗΠΕΙΡΟΥ

Department: Youth empowerment, Asylum Seeker Integration, and Public advocacy.

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 997299274 | PROFIT MAKING: False ~ STATUS PUBLIC: False

Address: Kaplani 10 , Ioannina SIoannina, Greece

Legal status: private

Organisation type: N.a.

Website: https://www.yce.gr/en/

Total budget: EUR 193 650.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 172 348.50

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 89.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 21 301.50

مؤسسة رينه معوض

Name: مؤسسة رينه معوض

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 110/AD | PROFIT MAKING: False ~ STATUS PUBLIC: False

Address: 844, Alfred Naccache Street, AshrafyehBeirut, Lebanon

Legal status: private

Organisation type: N.a.

Website: http://www.rmf.org.lb

Total budget: EUR 255 850.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 227 706.50

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 89.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 28 143.50

Politistiki Kinisi Lemesou Epilogi

Name: Politistiki Kinisi Lemesou Epilogi

Department: Cultural diplomacy, intercultural dialogue and civic engagement

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 19732 | PROFIT MAKING: False ~ STATUS PUBLIC: False

Address: Gladstonos 99 and Androu Corner,Oasis Court D1Limassol, Cyprus

Legal status: private

Organisation type: N.a.

Website: https://www.epilogi.org/

Total budget: EUR 185 600.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 165 184.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 89.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 20 416.00

Comitato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo dei Popoli

Name: Comitato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo dei Popoli

Department: Fundamental rights and social inclusion and socio-economic development

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 56171093 | PROFIT MAKING: False ~ STATUS PUBLIC: False

Address: Via Germanico 198, 00192 Rome, Italy

Legal status: private

Organisation type: N.a.

Website: https://developmentofpeoples.org/fr

Total budget: EUR 190 925.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 169 923.25

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 89.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 21 001.75

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Anna Lindh Foundation

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YOUTH CENTER OF EPIRUS

Fostering Transnational Knowledge for More Inclusive and Participatory Mediterranean

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Rene Moawad Foundation

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Cultural Movement of Limassol EPILOGI

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International Committee for the Development of Peoples

Fostering Transnational Knowledge for More Inclusive and Participatory Mediterranean

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Summary

Project name (EN): Fostering Transnational Knowledge for More Inclusive and Participatory Mediterranean

Project acronym: TRANSFORMED~A_G_4.1_0590

Project ID: 00002

Project start date: 2025-10-10

Project end date: 2028-04-09

Project status: ongoing

Relevant linked projects:

EuroMed Capital for Dialogue Award/Anna Lindh Foundation - EU funded initiative (EN) | The Award has been conceived as an international recognition for cities that have implemented intercultural policies and actions, and have a vision to enhance cultural diversity and Euro-Med collaborations with different stakeholders.
TRANSFORMED will analyse the database of proposals received from the project’s focused cities that were submitted by local authorities and civil society applicants. The mapping is to perform a preliminary characterisation of relevant target groups and identification of the thematic priorities in coherence with the social inclusion themes that are tackled by the project. Relevant key actors identified will feed the project’s communication strategy database with the resource people/organisations of target groups and potential beneficiaries. The transnational terms of reference of the EuroMed Capital for Dialogue Award will be consulted by the TRANSFORMED practitioners to support the process of the development of 5 calls for participation that will be lunched to engage potential beneficiaries during WP4 Capacity improvement of local authorities and CS actors working with social integration. The ALF (project applicant) deem - within its archives- a full access to the earlier mentioned sources that will be utilised within the framework of TRANSFORMED project. (EN), Networks Engagement Scheme/Action Grant NDICI-GEO-NEAR - EU funded project (EN) | The Network Engagement Scheme, NES, is a specific programme that supports the ALF civil society networks in 43 Euro-Med countries in performing intercultural actions at national and regional levels useful for societies and institutions in a decentralised manner. The Scheme seeks to achieve cohesion within the National Networks as its main outcome.
Among the activities carried out in NES, it worth notice the elaboration of reports of "Contextualisation of Network thematic priorities in relation to the national socio-political context". The reports elaborated in each of the partner countries, will be analysed for the provision of national public policies, specific action plan or strategy that is being developed locally. The analysed information will support the project practitioners when formulating the community-based data analysis Handbook output of WP3 (yielded from knowledge exchange and results comparison complemented by society-driven contributions).
Lists with instruments and institutions that exist, possible partners –in the broader sense of the term-, potential fundraising opportunities and other relevant elements related to themes of social integration (also produced under this same reports) will support the setup and feed the agendas of the national events and the knowledge sharing exhibition activities that are going to take place under WP5 Introduction of jointly developed local planning Blueprints.
The ALF (project applicant) deems - within its archives- a full access to the earlier mentioned sources that will be utilised within the framework of TRANSFORMED project. (EN), Careers services for disabled students and graduates - Social Inclusion of physically challenged youth/Funded by CISP in cooperation with University Rome Tre (EN) | Careers service supporting office is a community serving programme that ensures creating equal opportunities of access to the labour market to young graduates with disabilities; to improve knowledge and acceptance of the capabilities, needs and problems of disabled people, within all the existing careers and placement services in Rome; to stimulate and encourage the commitment of universities, enterprises, and public bodies towards the implementation of policies oriented to actively champion diversity in the workplace.
The programme was demonstrated as a case study by the Research Network of the Zero Project. A global and research-driven initiative to support the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
Narrative and operating mechanism of the program's participatory governance model will be inducted for analyzing, exchange of good practice and knowledge dissemination during TRANSFORMED five regional symposiums, ten online data analysis sessions and one physical hands-on practitioner's lab. That's to say, all activities planned under WP3 - Knowledge exchange and results comparison complemented by society-driven contributions.
Additionally, the governance model will come into a real time examination during the in-situ process demonstration pilot, a technical assistant visit that should take place in Rome. Activity planned under WP4 - Capacity improvement of local authorities and CS actors working with social integration.
Narrative and operating mechanism will be made available thanks to CISP and Municipality of Rome operators of the community serving program, PP1 and AP2 of TRANSFORMED project. (EN), Intercultural Council of Limassol - Active citizenship and civic engagement/ Funded by EU AMIF and DG reform grants (EN) | An advisory body of more than 40 CSO from multidisciplinary backgrounds that supports the decision-making process on the local authority level (Limassol Municipality). Thanks to the ICL, Limassol municipality has had its first “Intercultural Strategy 2018-2020”. The intercultural strategy has introduced 11 social themes relevant to diversity and migration. The ICL is still supporting the municipality in the development and implementation of numerous strategy actions with particular focus on intercultural policing. This civic engagement program was awarded the ALF Award for Euro-Med capital for Dialogue.
Narrative and operating mechanism of the program's participatory governance model will be inducted for analyzing, exchange of good practice and knowledge dissemination during TRANSFORMED five regional symposiums, ten online data analysis sessions and one physical hands-on practitioner's lab. That's to say, all activities planned under WP3 - Knowledge exchange and results comparison complemented by society-driven contributions.
Additionally, the governance model will come into a real time examination during the in-situ process demonstration pilot , a technical assistant visit that should take place in Limassol. Activity planned under WP4 - Capacity improvement of local authorities and CS actors working with social integration.
Narrative and operating mechanism will be made available thanks to EPILOGI and Municipality of Yermasogeia operators of the community serving program, PP2 and AP3 of TRANSFORMED project. (EN), Empowerment and Employability of Women in the North-Lebanon and Mount-Lebanon Regions; Funded by UNDP through the Government of Canada (EN) | the Women Economic Participation in North and Mount Lebanon (WEP) project to address women’s limited access to, control of, and ability to benefit from economic opportunities, in 10 villages in Mount Lebanon and North Lebanon, achieving the following outcomes:
- Lebanese and Syrian refugee women have strengthened capacity to integrate the labour market.
- Increased public support and improved enabling environment for women’s economic empowerment at three levels: household, community, business and municipal level.
- Women- led businesses and cooperatives have improved productivity and competitiveness, spurring innovation and addressing unfavourable resource control and ownership dynamics.
- Municipalities, unions of municipalities and local economic development agencies have increased skills, knowledge and means to be more actively involved in local economic development and are implementing interventions to support women economic empowerment.
- Targeted unions of municipality members were trained on community sensitization on gender rights and women access to non-traditional employment.
Narrative and operating mechanism of the program's participatory governance model will be inducted for analyzing, exchange of good practice and knowledge dissemination during TRANSFORMED five regional symposiums, ten online data analysis sessions and one physical hands-on practitioner's lab. That's to say, all activities planned under WP3 - Knowledge exchange and results comparison complemented by society-driven contributions.
Additionally, the governance model will come into a real time examination during the in-situ process demonstration pilot , a technical assistant visit that should take place in Lebanon. Activity planned under WP4 - Capacity improvement of local authorities and CS actors working with social integration.
Narrative and operating mechanism will be made available thanks to RMF the operator of the community serving program, PP3 of TRANSFORMED project. (EN), YC Facility for minor asylum seekers/social inclusion program funded by multi stakeholders (EN) | Civil space to welcome, provide information, support and counseling unaccompanied and underage asylum seekers. Within this program, professionals accommodate and fully support the youngsters. The support includes legal work, psychologist and social work, medical and education support and referrals, cultural mediation, and other necessary support. In addition, volunteers citizens work with the unaccompanied asylum seekers on daily basis and provide them with recreational and non-formal education activities, psycho-social monitoring support, and language education support.
Narrative and operating mechanism of the program's participatory governance model will be inducted for analyzing, exchange of good practice and knowledge dissemination during TRANSFORMED five regional symposiums, ten online data analysis sessions and one physical hands-on practitioner's lab. That's to say, all activities planned under WP3 - Knowledge exchange and results comparison complemented by society-driven contributions.
Additionally, the governance model will come into a real time examination during the in-situ process demonstration pilot , a technical assistant visit that should take place in Greece. Activity planned under WP4 - Capacity improvement of local authorities and CS actors working with social integration.
Narrative and operating mechanism will be made available thanks to The youth Center of Epirus and Municipality of Pogoni operators of the community serving program, PP4 and AP5 of TRANSFORMED project. (EN)

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 125 235.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 001 459.15

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 89.00%

Co-financing sources:

Investments, deliverables, policy contributions

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Contribution to wider strategies and policies:

Other TRANSFORMED contributes to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goal 17 (Partnerships for the goals) through supporting a cross-sector cooperation between Local authorities and Civil society organisations. The multilevel knowledge dissemination synergies that are going to take place will result in a resilient civil society/local authority tandem with empowered partners that should respond to SDGs 10 and 16 specifically the following associated targets:
10.2: empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status;
10.7: Facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, including through the implementation of planned and well-managed migration policies;
16.7: Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision- making at all levels;
16.10: Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements;
16.a: Strengthen relevant national institutions, including through international cooperation, for building capacity at all levels, in particular in developing countries, to prevent violence and combat terrorism and crime.
The project is committed to replicate best practices and facilitate the introduction of participatory governance models for community serving programs that respond to social inclusion challenges in the Mediterranean and the southern neighborhood region in line with preliminary inputs on the development macro-regional strategy in the Mediterranean. By implementing activities anticipated under TRANSFORMED the project will make available a transnational community-based Handbook that should feed the Macro-regional strategies with the most pressing social and territorial cohesion challenges in the Mediterranean and southern neighborhood region, in complementarity with NEXT MED program and SDG 17.

Programme Common Output Indicator:

RCO 116 - Jointly developed solutions, Measurement unit:
RCO 084 - Pilot actions developed jointly and implemented in projects, Measurement unit:
RCO 087 - Organisations cooperating across borders, Measurement unit:

Programme Common Result Indicator:

RCR 084 - Organisations cooperating across borders after project completion, Measurement unit:
RCR 104 - Solutions taken up or up-scaled by organisations, Measurement unit:

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Financing programme

2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B NEXT Mediterranean Sea Basin (NEXT MED)

Latest month of project-partner-call data publication

2026-06

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

59 / 59 (100%)

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

392 / 392 (100%)

Notes on the data

There are discrepancies in this programme's financial data in keep.eu. Namely, in one or more cases, the sum of the project partners' budgets exceeds the total budget of the respective project. Interact is working with the Programme to correct those figures.

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