Networks and communities

Interact offers a number of exchange opportunities for those working in cooperation. In addition to events, Interact offers online spaces where programmes can exchange. These communities were created to support the 2014-2020 programme period, and are due to be replaced at the end of 2024, or in early 2025.

These 'Communities' (sometimes referred to as networks) offer those working in cooperation a means to ask each other, or Interact, questions, to share best practice and to co-edit files together. As the communities have such features, one must first be a member of the community in order to access it. 

The full list of Communities is set out below, along with links and a contact person. If you are not a member of a Community already, you will first need to ask the contact person to add you. All communities are also set out on the relevant pages of our website to navigate you to the most useful exchange point. 

Additionally, Interact occasionally establishes smaller 'Working Groups' to work on specific elements of Interreg, such as key Interact tools, or novelties in Interreg. The current active Working Groups are: 

• Indicators ("Informal Working Group on indicators")
• Performance-based approach ("The Performers") 
• State aid 

If you have any general questions about our Communities or Working Groups, please contact the communication[at]interact.eu

Programme content focused communities

Interact's geographical and strand-based communities offer more general exchange points between programmes. You can find these pages from the top menu, or by clicking this link. 

In addition, Interact has direct support for external cooperation, providing a network for Interreg IPA (listed below), supporting TESIM's networks for NEXT and providing more direct support for Outermost regions (OMR).   

Interact offers the following Communities for further exchange on content-focused issues

• National Contact Points | Contact Besiana Ninka - Go to the Community
• Small projects and SPF | Contact Grzegorz Golda - Go to the Community
• Results and evaluation | Contact Daniela Minichberger - Go to the Community
• Capitalisation practices and communication of results | Contact Nicolas Garnier - Go to the Community
• A more Social Europe (Inclusive Growth) | Contact Mercedes Acitores - Go to the Community
• A Greener Europe (Climate change and risks) | Contact Nicolas Garnier - Go to the Community 
• Interreg IPA | Contact Besiana Ninka | Go to the Community

Communication focused communities

The following Communities are offered for communication specialists, or to support the shared visibility of Interreg. The ICON community acts as a main gathering space for all programme communication officers and questions. 

Interact seeks to also complement the Commission organised InformEU network. 

Parent Community

• ICON Interreg Communication Officers Network | Contact Nebojsa Nikolic - Go to the Community

Additional Communities 

• Interreg Cooperation Day | Contact Rosa Escamilla - Go to the Community 
• IPA-CBC Communication | Contact Arkam Ograk - Go to the Community
• Transnational Communication | Contact Eva Martinez - Go to the Community

Finance based Communities

Interact offers a number of specialists financial exchange, alongside a single parent community for general or cross-cutting financial matters.

Parent Community

• Financial programme management | Contact Przemyslaw Kniaziuk - Go to the Community 

Additional communities    

• Audit authorities | Contact Przemyslaw Kniaziuk - Go to the Community
• Certifying authorities and Accounting Function | Contact Sanna Errko - Go to the Community
• Eligibility of expenditure | Contact Jasmina Lukic - Go to the Community
• Investments in Interreg | Contact Grzegorz Golda - Go to the Community
• Management Verifications (National Control) | Contact Alexandra Kulmer - Go to the Community 
• SCOs | Contact Grzegorz Golda - Go to the Community
• State aid | Contact Przemyslaw Kniaziuk - Go to the Community

Monitoring systems and Jems

The following Communities specifically focus on Monitoring Systems, or relate to the development of the Community-based monitoring software Jems.

• Monitoring Systems | Contact Pieter Louwers
• Jems IT Group | Contact Jose Almeida - Go to the Community
• Jems User Group | Contact Pieter Louwers - Go to the Community 
• Jems Community | Contact Pieter Louwers - Go to the Community