About Us

What do we do?

The Ireland Wales Territorial Co-operation Programme 2007-2013 (INTERREG 4A) aims to further develop Irish Welsh co-operation in the areas of employment, innovation, climate change and sustainable development. It follows on from the Ireland Wales INTERREG IIIA Programme, which ran from 2000 to 2006 and covered themes of business and rural development, training, ICT, marine environment, culture, heritage and tourism.

INTERREG means ‘Inter-regional’ and denotes the building of links between EU regions.

The Current Programme is managed in Ireland by the Southern and Eastern Regional Assembly. It does this on behalf of the Irish Government and the Welsh Assembly Government

The Welsh European Funding Office was the lead authority of the former Ireland Wales Programme 2000-2006.

Partnership and Project Development

The Development Officer Team advises applicants on the preparation and implementation of projects, helping them to find partners in other parts of the programme area and to promote the programme. The work of the Development Officers is co-ordinated by the Joint Technical Secretariat and the Welsh Assembly Government.

The Development Officer Team is the first point of contact for all project applicants, whether you are a project promoter or are looking for a project partner.

Contact your local Development Officer.