- Green light for transnational cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region from 2014 to 2020, December 2014
- EU budget for cooperation on the EU’s external border adopted, October 2014
- Towards launching the new Programme, September 2014
- Cooperation Programme submitted to EU COM, September 2014
- Project support launched, September 2014
- Baltic Sea Region Programme 2014-2020 approved by JPC, May 2014
- The Baltic Sea Region Programme 2014-2020 will be ready for approval in May, April 2014
- Public consultation resulted in 250 comments to the Operational Programme 2014-2020, April 2014
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- Public consultation: give your comments to the Operational Programme 2014-2020 and the Environmental Report, February 2014
- Milestone achieved: Draft Operational Programme approved, 3rd Joint Programming Committee Meeting, December 2013
- First draft of the Operational Programme discussed, 4th Programming Task Force Meeting, October 2013
- Cornerstones for the BSR Programme 2014-2020 set, 2nd Joint Programming Committee Meeting, June 2013
- Towards simplification and harmonisation - 3rd Programming Task Force Meeting, May 2013
- Summaries on-line: Thematic Programming Workshops on Environment, Transport and Innovation, May 2013
- Thematic Programming Workshops: presentations online, April 2013
- Innovation, transport, environment - Future objectives outlined, 2nd Programming Task Force Meeting, March 2013
- How the stakeholders evaluate the JTS, March 2013
- Further steps in preparation 2014-2020, November 2012
- Next steps in the preparation for 2014-2020, June 2012
- 1st meeting of the Joint Programming Committee, March 2012
This page explains how Interreg Baltic Sea Region was prepared.
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Interreg Baltic Sea Region -
the Programme for 2014 to 2020
Transnational cooperation in the Baltic Sea region continues in the funding period 2014-2020. After more than two years of intense work, the Joint Programming Committee, comprising national delegations from eight EU Member States (Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Sweden) as well as the neighbouring countries Norway, Belarus, and Russia, approved the Cooperation Programme on 14 May, 2014, in Warsaw. After the approval by the Joint Programming Committee, the Cooperation Programme was submitted to participating EU countries and Norwegian governments for final national endorsement. On 4 September 2014 the Programme was submitted to the European Commission for approval and approved on 18 December 2014.

The Cooperation Programme is available at http://www.interreg-baltic.eu/about-the-programme/main-documents.html.
Programming bodies & process
Stakeholder consultations
The programming was organised in close interaction with stakeholders in the region. More information about this process is summarised in a separate stakeholder consultation section.
Ex-ante Evaluation & Environmental Report
An ex-ante evaluation was carried out in accordance with Article 55 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 by external experts of the company COWI. This also included a Strategic Environmental Assessment based on the requirements of Directive 2001/42/EC. You can find both documents for download here:
EU information on Cohesion Policy 2014-2020