Interreg North Sea Region Programme - Call 6 (2026)

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Anticipated Call 6 in 2026 with re-allocated unspent funds. Priority 2: Green Transitions (low-carbon, circular economy, marine conservation). Priority 3: Climate Resilience, Pollution & Biodiversity (coastal resilience, marine pollution, biodiversity). ERDF co-financing up to 60% for EU partners, 50% for Norway.

Source: https://www.interregnorthsea.eu/

Funding Details

Funder

Interreg North Sea

Funding Goal

Capitalise on achieved outputs from existing Interreg North Sea VIB programme projects by upscaling and transforming those outputs to address new target groups and/or new fields or domains. Priority themes include green transitions (circular economy, low-carbon), climate resilience, marine pollution reduction, and biodiversity protection in the North Sea region.

Funding Amount

Up to EUR 1 million per project; ERDF co-financing up to 60% for EU partners, 50% for Norway (up to 1.000.000 €)

Deadline

2027-03-15 (Fixed)

How to Apply

Guidance note for Call 6 published May 2026. GetReady! event on 24 June 2026 in Lille, France for prospective applicants. Project advisors and National Contact Points available for consultations up to two weeks before call closes. Applications submitted online via the Interreg North Sea programme system. See https://www.interregnorthsea.eu/apply-in-call-6

Target Region

North Sea region: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden

Contact

National Contact Points available per country; see https://www.interregnorthsea.eu/national-contact-points. GetReady! event 24 June 2026, Lille, France.

Official Page

https://www.interregnorthsea.eu/apply-in-call-6

Last Checked

2026-05-07 06:12

Application Checklist

Eligibility

• Organisation must be based in one of the eligible North Sea region countries (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden)
• Partnership must involve at least one partner with documented outputs from a current Interreg North Sea VIB programme project
• Cross-border partnership required: partners from at least two eligible North Sea countries

Project Scope

• Project must capitalise on (upscale or transform) existing Interreg North Sea project outputs, not develop entirely new solutions
• Project must align with one of three themes: increasing competitiveness, stronger rural areas, or building resilience

Required Documents

• Application must be submitted before mid-March 2027; GetReady! event 24 June 2026 in Lille recommended for first-time applicants

Constraints

• Consortium size: up to 9 partners
• Project duration: 1.5 to 2 years
• Maximum budget: EUR 1 million per project
• Co-funding required: ERDF covers up to 60% (EU partners) or 50% (Norway), own/other funding needed for remainder

Summary

The Interreg North Sea Call 6 is a capitalisation call within the 2021-2027 Interreg North Sea Programme, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The call aims to boost the positive impacts of current VIB Interreg North Sea projects by supporting small-scale projects that upscale and transform existing project outputs to reach new target groups or enter new fields and domains. Thematic scope covers three overarching European agenda themes: increasing competitiveness, stronger rural areas, and building resilience. The programme's four priorities are: (1) Robust and Smart Economies, (2) Green Transitions (including circular economy, low-carbon transition, marine conservation), (3) Climate Resilience, Pollution and Biodiversity (including coastal resilience, marine pollution reduction, biodiversity conservation), and (4) Better Governance. Projects in Call 6 should build on achieved outputs from the current programme period. Eligible activities include knowledge transfer, upscaling of proven approaches, replication in new geographic or thematic contexts, and engaging new target groups with solutions developed in earlier Interreg North Sea projects. Projects may not develop entirely new solutions from scratch but must demonstrate a clear capitalisation logic building on documented previous results. The geographic scope covers the North Sea region: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. Projects must involve cross-border partnerships with partners from at least two eligible countries. Newcomers to the programme are explicitly encouraged to join Call 6 partnerships, though they must partner with organisations that have previous Interreg North Sea project experience to provide the capitalisation outputs. Eligible applicants include public authorities, research institutions, NGOs, businesses, and membership organisations from the eligible North Sea countries. Consortia may include up to nine partners. Project duration is 1.5 to 2 years. Budgets can reach up to EUR 1 million per project. ERDF co-financing covers up to 60% of eligible costs for EU partners and 50% for Norwegian partners, with the remainder to be covered by partners' own or other funding sources. The call opens in December 2026 and closes in mid-March 2027.

Historical Context

Call 6 follows previous calls in the 2021-2027 (VIB) Interreg North Sea programme period. It is specifically focused on capitalisation of existing programme outputs, re-allocating unspent funds from earlier calls. Call 6 opens December 2026.

Why it was added

EU Round 8 EU4: Interreg North Sea marine/coastal calls

Sources

• https://www.interregnorthsea.eu/
• https://www.interregnorthsea.eu/apply-in-call-6
• https://www.interregnorthsea.eu/calls-applications
• https://www.interregnorthsea.eu/green-transitions

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