Funding
This project is supported by the EU INTERREG IIIA
Programme for Ireland/Northern Ireland
North West Region Cross Border Group
The North West Region Cross Border Group comprises Derry
City Council, Donegal County Council, Limavady Borough Council
and Strabane District Council and represents a population
in excess of 300,000 constituents. The Group has been in existence
for over twenty-five years and, since 1993, has had a full
time secretariat funded by the INTERREG Programme.
The present structure of the Group is a board
comprising elected representatives, the respective Chief Executives
/ County Manager from each of the four constituent Councils
and the Group development Officer. Specialist Task Teams again
comprising officers from each of the Councils and the Development
Officer implement the various activities of the Group.
INTERREG IIIA
Interreg IIIA is an community initiative which aims to
stimulate interregional cooperation in the EU between 2000-06.
It is financed under the European Regional Development Fund
(ERDF)
This new phase of the Interreg initiative is designed to
strengthen economic and social cohesion throughout the EU,
by fostering the balanced development of the continent through
cross-border, translational and interregional cooperation.
Special emphasis has been placed on integrating remote regions
and those which share external borders with the candidate
countries.
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