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12 de February de 2026 home SC POCTEP

The REGIOSTARS are back! Submit your project for the 2026 edition

The call for applications for the RegioStars 2026 Awards is now open, keeping the same themes as last year’s edition. POCTEP encourages project teams to apply to this competition, which recognises innovative projects that bring real value to citizens. In recent years, Interreg projects have achieved very positive results. MORE INFORMATION AT: Inforegio – […]

10 de February de 2026 home SC POCTEP

The 5th POCTEP 2021–2027 Monitoring Committee decides on the 6th and 7th calls for proposals

The Committee meeting aimed to take decisions on the applications submitted under the 6th and 7th project calls. With 71 new operations, the total number of projects approved under POCTEP 2021–2027 to date is 215. 29 applications placed on the reserve list will be subject to a decision at a forthcoming Committee meeting. The […]

19 de January de 2026 Events, home SC POCTEP

FUTURETECH_H2 Roadshow brings the green hydrogen revolution to both sides of the border

FUTURETECH_H2 is a project framed within the 3rd Call of the Interreg VI-A Spain–Portugal Cross-Border Cooperation Programme (POCTEP) 2021–2027. It was created with the aim of promoting and disseminating the virtues and capabilities of green hydrogen as an industry of the future, thus advancing the ecological transition and adaptation to climate change in the Spain–Portugal […]

14 de January de 2026 Events, home SC POCTEP

21/01/2026: POCTEP Shares Its Experience in Sustainable Tourism at the ‘Tourism4SDG’ Event

The Interreg Spain-Portugal programme (POCTEP) will participate to highlight its role in cross-border cooperation between Spain and Portugal, including in the field of sustainable tourism. Source: Iberian Association of Douro Riverside Municipalities (AIMRD) On January 21 and 22, the knowledge and experience exchange event of the Tourism4SDG project will take place. This project was […]

14 de January de 2026 Events, home SC POCTEP

AI in SMEs: Ruralpyme project Cross-Border Meeting

RURALPYME is a project co-financed by the European Union through the Interreg Spain–Portugal (POCTEP) programme Digitalisation is today a key element for economic recovery, emissions reduction and improved energy efficiency. An increasing number of companies are incorporating digital tools into their daily activities. In this context, it is essential that SMEs, which are a […]

9 de January de 2026 home SC POCTEP

China Highlights Galicia’s ALDEALIX Project as a Model for Rural Energy Communities

The newspaper People’s Daily, the official organ of the Communist Party of China, has published a report that explicitly highlights the POCTEP – ALDEALIX project as an example of good practice in the development of rural energy communities in Galicia, presenting it as a replicable model for sustainable energy transition with citizen participation. The article, […]

22 de December de 2025 home SC POCTEP

Season’s greetings!

The Interreg Spain–Portugal Programme wishes you a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year, full of cooperation and success. We would like to inform you that the Joint Secretariat (JS POCTEP) will be closed from 24 December 2025 to 6 January 2026 inclusive.

18 de December de 2025 Events, home SC POCTEP

5th POCTEP 2021–2027 Monitoring Committee meeting in Tui and project visits

On 16 December 2025, the fifth meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Interreg VI-A Spain–Portugal Programme (POCTEP) 2021–2027 took place in Tui (Pontevedra). The meeting was chaired by Adrián Vecino, Deputy Director of the Directorate-General for European Funds of the Ministry of Finance, and co-chaired by Nuno Romão, Head of the Regional Policy Unit […]

24 de November de 2025 Events, home SC POCTEP

Agro Innovation: The RAIA Final Conference Showcases Best Practices from Six POCTEP Projects

RAIA is a cross-border cooperation project co-funded by the European Union under the Interreg Spain–Portugal (POCTEP) 2021–2027 programme. SEE ALSO: The RAIA project is born: more than 15 municipalities working against rural depopulation on the Spanish–Portuguese border SEE ALSO: 30/10/2024: Ideas for rural development at the 3rd RAIA Hackathon On 25 November, the Final RAIA […]

21 de November de 2025 Events, home SC POCTEP

VIDEO: The Border Dialogues series addresses forest fires along the Portuguese-Spanish border

Within the scope of the GIT EUROACE COM VIDA project, co-financed by the European Union through the Interreg Spain–Portugal (POCTEP) 21–27 programme. Source: Cross-Border Initiatives Office of the Regional Government of Extremadura The ‘Border Dialogues’ forum, promoted by the Cross-Border Initiatives Office,took place on Tuesday, 25 November, with a programme focused on the serious […]

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