Significant progress was achieved during the 4th Monitoring Committee Meeting of the Interreg VI-A Romania-Hungary Programme, held online on December 16, 2024, as all 11 Operations of Strategic Importance (OSI) outlined in Appendix 3 of the Programme were approved for funding. This milestone emphasizes the Programme’s commitment to fostering cross-border cooperation and addressing key regional […]

On November 27, 2024, the conference "EU Values Overcoming Borders" took place in Oradea, marking the celebration of Interreg Cooperation Day 2024. Organised by the Interreg VI-A Romania-Hungary Programme in partnership with Ţării Crişurilor Museum from  Oradea, the event brought together over 120 participants. It served as a platform to explore the relations between Romania […]

We are pleased to invite you to a conference organised by the Interreg VI-A Romania-Hungary Programme, in partnership with Ţării Crişurilor Museum Oradea to celebrate Interreg Cooperation Day 2024. This year’s theme, "EU Values Overcoming Borders" highlights the spirit of unity that has brought us together as European nations through cooperation, shared development, and community-building. […]

We are delighted to share two significant developments that emerged from the 3rd Monitoring Committee (MC) meeting, held on November 8, 2024, marking important steps forward for cooperation and sustainable growth in our region. Here is what is new:      1. Selection of projects under Priority 1 With a total allocation of €21,777,429.90 from the […]

The Ministry of Development, Public Works, and Administration, acting as the Managing Authority for the Interreg VI-A Romania-Hungary Programme, after consulting the National Authority from Hungary, is pleased to announce the launch of a public consultation on the draft of the Applicant’s Guide for Operations of Strategic Importance (OSI) within the Programme. Stakeholders and interested parties […]

We are thrilled to announce a major Interreg VI-A Romania-Hungary Programme milestone! The Monitoring Committee gathered online on July 22, 2024, on the occasion of its second meeting chaired by Mr Traian Gabriel GHILEA, Deputy State Secretary & ROHU Programme coordinator decided to select for financing the first 38 people-to-people projects, submitted under Interreg Specific […]

The First Open Call for HARD projects gathered significant attention, resulting in 127 applications by the deadline, on January 26, 2024. The submitted projects covered various fields. These included 56 project proposals in the field of culture and tourism (SO 4.6), 24 in biodiversity (SO 2.7), 16 in renewable energy (SO 2.2), 14 in health […]

A practical management tool for the implementation of the Interreg VI-A Romania-Hungary Programme The Evaluation Plan (EvalPlan), has been developed by the Managing Authority (MA) in cooperation with the National Authority (NA), according to art. 35 of Reg. (EU) 1059/2021 provisions, and building on the input of the Evaluation Unit. The EvalPlan was approved by […]

We kindly inform potential applicants that the application deadline for HARD projects under the 1st Open Call, has been extended until 26.01.2024, 17:00 hours, Bucharest time (EET) // 16:00 hours, Budapest time (CET). The application package has been updated accordingly. Corrigendum no.1 together with the updated version of the Applicants Guide of the 1st Open Call is available here. Applicants are kindly requested […]

Oradea Regional Office for Cross-Border Cooperation, acting as contracting authority, is launching a call for evaluators to create a pool of external experts in the framework of the Interreg VI-A Romania-Hungary Programme.  We are looking for professionals, who have good knowledge in at least one of the Specific Objectives financed within the Programme, and experience […]

On 28 June 2023, the Interreg VI-A Romania-Hungary Programme launched its First Open Call for proposals, comprising two components - SOFT projects (which do not include infrastructure elements requiring a building permit) and HARD projects (for which a building permit is required). The total budget of the call is of EUR 53,521,942, out of which […]

When filling out Jems co-financing section, please use the tool we've prepared to help you correctly define the amounts and related percentages on sources of financing. Special attention is to be paid to relevant ERDF thresholds (EUR 2 million for P1&2 and EUR 200,000 for P3) at project level. Projects exceeding a TOTAL budget of EUR […]

In order to keep in touch with potential applicants under the active call, and to reach as many participants as possible, beginning with September and until the closing deadline for 1st Open Call, i.e.  December 27, the Joint Secretariat and the Information Points invite you to participate in weekly online question and answer sessions. The […]

The New European Bauhaus will be a driving force to bring the European Green Deal to life in an attractive, and innovative and human-centred way. It will be a movement based on sustainability, accessibility, and aesthetics to bring the European Green Deal closer to people and make recycling, renewable energies and biodiversity natural. - Ursula […]

In order to support potential applicants in completing the Jems application form, you are invited to participate in the online training sessions scheduled for 21-23 August 2023, according to the following calendar: → Monday 21 August: 11.00 EET/10.00 CET and 15.00 EET/14.00 CET - in English. → Tuesday 22 August: 10.00 EET - in Romanian […]

We know that finding project partners can be challenging, especially for newcomers. For this reason, targeted online events for each priority of the active 1st Open Call for proposal were organised. Thus, on July 27, 2023, two meetings were held, to discuss future projects expected to bring their contribution to a greener and more social […]

The potential ROHU applicants are kindly asked to exclusively use the Jems link provided on the Programme’s website when developing the project applications in the context of the 1st Open Call for project proposals, launched June 28th, 2023 under Interreg VI-A Romania-Hungary Programme. Considering several Interreg Programmes have active calls using the same electronic system […]

To facilitate the generation of ROHU cross-border cooperation projects, a tool is now available on the Programme’s website, to help applicants find a partner on the other side of the border, and the Programme create a comprehensive contact database, to further disseminate Programme-related information. Thus, between 20.07.2023 and 25.07.2023, interested applicants are invited to fill […]

The ROHU VI-A Information Day caravan, organized between 03 - 13 July in all 8 county seats of the Programme Area, was met with great interest: 288 participants joined the events.    The presentation of the active 1st Open Call (download link below) provided potential applicants with comprehensive information on the requirements, guidelines, and specific […]

The Ministry of Development, Public Works and Administration, acting as Managing Authority for the Interreg VI-A Romania-Hungary Programme, launches today, June 28, 2023, the 1st Open Call for project proposals. Submission: Projects that do NOT include an infrastructure component for which a construction permit is required: 28.06.2023 – 27.9.2023, 23:00 (CET)/24:00 (EET); Projects that include […]

We are excited to share that two of our projects have been selected as finalists in the prestigious REGIOSTARS 2024 competition! 🎉 Out of a record 262 applications from across Europe, Chess Start|ROHU-277 (A Social and Inclusive Europe) and RO-HU 390 TRANSBORDER (A Connected Europe) have made it to the top 25. These outstanding projects, […]

Ensuring access to medical services is crucial for a high quality of life, especially in the Romanian-Hungarian border region where nearly 4 million residents rely on over 70 urban hospitals. More than 7 years ago, as the funding strategy for the Interreg V-A Romania-Hungary Programme was shaped, addressing the poor state of hospital infrastructure and […]

Yesterday, on December 12th, 2023, the Interreg V-A Romania-Hungary Programme officially closed its implementation in Baktalórántház, Hungary, during the Annual Event. Representatives from the European Commission, Managing Authority, and National Authority, as well as ROHU beneficiaries, came together to celebrate the achievements of 7 years of Romanian-Hungarian cooperation and the joint efforts to improve the […]

The Management Authority (MA) of the Interreg V-A Romania-Hungary Programme has initiated and got the approval for the Cooperation Programme's (CP) revision. The updated version of the Programme mainly reflects the reallocation of funds between Priority Axis (PA), as a result of the Monitoring Committee’s (MC) decision on the further commitment of identified available ERDF. […]

Representatives of the Government of Romania , the Government of Hungary and the European Commission have confirmed their participation in the event, which will be further boosted by the invited keynote speakers within the panel and facilitated by Mrs Livia Banu, executive director of BRECO, the institution hosting of the Joint Secretariat and First Level […]

REGIOSTARS, the annual competition organised by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policies (DG REGIO), has reached its 16th edition. Over the years, the competition has become a mark of excellence for EU-funded innovative and inclusive projects in terms of regional development. In this context, the Managing Authority encourages beneficiaries of projects implemented […]

The Monitoring Committee of the Interreg V-A Romania-Hungary Programme met online, on February 3rd 2023, to discuss important implementation-related aspects. The main topics on the Agenda concerned ROHU Programme’s performance at closure. In this context, the MC was called to decide upon the future commitment of unused ERDF and the related Cooperation Programme’s modification.   

The Interreg VI-A Romania-Hungary Programme was adopted by the European Commission on December 16, 2022. Having a total allocation of 175,940,025 EUR, out of which 140,752,020 EUR ERDF, the new Programme will be jointly implemented by Romania, as Managing Authority, hosted by the Ministry of Development, Public Works and Administration and Hungary as National Authority, hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

The Monitoring Committee of the Interreg V-A Romania-Hungary Programme met on October 11th 2022, to discuss the programme's implementation status and to decide on the future use of the available ERDF.

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The Romanian beneficiaries of Subsidy contracts can adjust their public procurement contracts/sectoral contracts/framework agreements related to investment projects financed from non-reimbursable European funds

Between 17-18 May we had the pleasure to host the visit of our colleagues from the European Commission (EC), namely Mr. Pascal BOIJMANS, Head of Unit - Interreg, Cross-Border Cooperation, Internal Borders (DG Regio), and Ms. Anna-Monika MODZELEWSKA, our ROHU Programme’s desk officer.

We are pleased to announce that the Programming Committee approved the Interreg VI-A Romania-Hungary Programme, during the 4th PC meeting held online on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022.

You can consult the MDPWA Order no. 1931 / 20.12.2021 and its annexes here: https://mdlpa.ro/pages/programeeuropene20142020  

During October - November 2021, the Managing Authority and the Joint Secretariat performed a series of on-site visits in the eligible area. The first priority was to meet the strategic partners of the Programme, members of the Monitoring Committee for the 2014+ period and of the Programming Committee for 2020+, namely the county councils of Arad, Bihor, Csongrád-Csanád, Békés, Hajdú-Bihar, Satu Mare, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg and Timiș.

❗Deadline for survey extended to September 20❗ The aim of the survey is to collect additional details from the perspective of the potential beneficiaries and former beneficiaries during projects’ preparation, motivations for future involvement as potential beneficiaries of the Programme 2021-2027 and, in particular, existing project ideas.

Between 26 – 29 July 2021, the structures of the Interreg V-A Romania-Hungary Programme, particularly representatives of the Ministry of Development, Public Works and Administration in Romania, Joint Secretariat and BRECO Oradea, organized a series of site visits to 5 strategic projects, to monitor their progress and to support them in implementing their planned activities.

The new cohesion policy legislative package for the 2021-2027 period, adopted on 24.06.2021, has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

On Monday, June 14, 2021, the Programming Committee (PC) of the Interreg Programme between Romania and Hungary, for the period 2021-2027 approved the selection of the Policy Objectives (PO) and relevant Interreg Specific Objective (ISO) to be financed in the next programming period.

Order 578/20.04.2021 of the Minister for Development Public Works and Administration, regarding the stopping and/or recovery of state aid or de minimis aid awarded through the 2 aid schemes (GBER and De minimis) approved at Programme level, has been published.