Memo: Operational Programme ‘Poland–Germany’ 2007-2013

On 25 March 2008, the European Commission approved a Cross-border Cooperation Operational Programme between Poland (Lubuskie) and Germany (Brandenburg) for the period 2007-2013. The Programme involves providing Community support as part of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for the following regions along the Polish-German border:
Gorzowski und Zielonogórski in Poland;
Märkisch-Oderland, Oder-Spree, Spree-Neiße and die kreisfreie Städte Frankfurt (Oder) as well as Cottbus in Germany.
The Operational Programme falls within the framework laid out for the European Territorial Cooperation Objective and has a total budget of around €146 million. Community funding through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) amounts to some €125 million, which represents approximately 1.4% of the total EU investment earmarked for the European Territorial Cooperation Objective under the Cohesion Policy 2007-13.