This Draft Commission notice on Synergies between Horizon Europe and ERDF programmes is the annx to the Communication of the Commission on the Approval of the content of a draft Commission Notice on the synergies between ERDF programmes and Horizon Europe.
The regulatory framework for 2021-2027 governing cohesion policy funds under shared management and funds under direct management funds allows for strengthened synergies between these two types of EU funding.
Relevant mechanisms include Seals of Excellence, transfers, cumulative funding (which can also be used to support Horizon Europe (HE) Co-funded and Institutionalised European Partnerships), and support for Teaming. This guidance document covers these mechanisms and ‘upstream/downstream synergies’. The purpose of this document is to outline the new opportunities available to the managing authorities (MAs) of the cohesion policy programmes, national HE contact points and HE project promoters/proposers.
The document is also intended to make it easier to use the relevant mechanisms mentioned in the previous paragraph. It focuses on synergies between HE and the European Research and Development Fund (ERDF) programmes.
The operational dimension of synergies, where a lot of progress has been made in the legislation for 2021-2027, is equally important and complements the strategic dimension. A regular exchange of views on synergies between Member States’ authorities involved in the cohesion policy programmes and the implementation of HE would help raise awareness of the possibilities offered by synergies in the Member States.