The Interregional Innovation Investments Instrument (I3) creates linkages for interregional collaboration bringing together actors from different EU regions investing in joint innovation projects along S3 priorities and close to the market.

In the framework of the I3 Instrument, a new “Capacity Building in Less Developed Regions - Strand 2b” call was published in December 2022 with a deadline of 16 March 2023, 17:00 (CET).

The objective of the call is to test new approaches in order to increase the capacity of regional innovation ecosystems in less developed regions participating in EU value chains. Actions under this call shall facilitate the cooperation between regions which want to develop and increase their capacity to participate in the Interregional Innovation Investments programme, e.g. for the submission of proposals under the I3 Instrument Strands 1 and 2a calls.

Learn more here and access the call directly here.

We invite all members interested in the call to use the Noticeboard and Partner Search for exploring interest and finding potential consortium partners within the ERRIN network. A public partner search announcements page is also accessible through the call page on the European Commission's Funding & Tenders portal.

An online info day on the I3 Instrument - Strand 2b will take place on 19 January from 14:30-16:40. Learn more here.

The I3 work programme for 2023-2024 is currently under preparation. New calls under different strands are expected to be published later in 2023.