Partners of the Upper Rhine Centre-South and PAMINA programmes:

Partners of the Upper Rhine Centre-South and PAMINA programmes: 

République et 

Canton du Jura 

INTERREG III A 

Upper Rhine Centre-South 

REGIONAL VERBAND 

MITTLERER OBERRHEIN 

Kanton 

Basel-Stadt 

Kanton 

Basel- 

Landschaft 

Information and contacts: 

Kanton 

Solothurn 

• INTERREG Upper Rhine Centre-South programme website: 

www.interreg-dfch.org 

• INTERREG PAMINA programme website: 

www.regio-pamina.org/interreg 

• Website of the Swiss Confederation: 

www.interreg.ch 

• INFOBEST websites: 

www.infobest.org 

Infobest PAMINA: 

pamina@infobest.org 

Infobest Kehl/Straßburg: 

kehl-strasbourg@infobest.org 

Infobest Vogelgrun/Breisach: 

vogelgrun-breisach@infobest.org 

Infobest PALMRAIN: 

palmrain@infobest.org 

European Union portal: 

www.europa.eu.int 

European Regional Policy website: 

http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/regional_policy/index_en.htm 

This Ce brochure projet a été ÈtéÈ was cofinancÈ cofinancé co-financed par 

by the l'Union European Européenne 

EuropÈenne Union. 

European Fonds europÈen européen Regional de développement dÈveloppement Development régional rÈgional Fund (FEDER) 

(ERDF) 

AGENCE GRAFITI • Crédit photo : Martin Bernhart

INTERREG 

INTERREG III A 

Upper Rhine Centre-South 

List of projects co-financed 

by the INTERREG 

community initiative 

INTERREG I, II et III A 

in the Upper Rhine area 

between 1990 and 2005 

Appendix

Fifteen years of projects, cooperation and progress 

Over the past fifteen or so years, the INTERREG community 

initiative has provided funding for some 300 crossborder projects 

within the Upper Rhine, between France, Germany and 

Switzerland. 

Projects are listed by themes: 

Mutual knowledge 

• Informing citizens 

• Exchanges, Bilingualism and Education 

• Culture 

• Health/Social Cohesion/Solidarity 

Tourism and Leisure activities 

• Heritage and Leisure activities 

• Tourist promotion 

Economic development 

• Training and Employment 

• Research and Technologies 

• Intercompany cooperation 

Balanced and sustainable spatial development 

• Rural and urban development 

• Transports 

• Preservation of the environment 

How the INTERREG programme operates 

Information for each project 

Project name 

Programme: INTERREG I (1990-93) / INTERREG II (1994-99) / 

INTERREG III (2000-06) 

Region: Upper Rhine Centre-South / PAMINA / 

Upper Rhine Centre-South and PAMINA 

Partner countries: D/F/CH 

Project description 

Project leader = P 

Community contribution in € = EU 

Total cost in € = TC 

} 

This appendix to “Transcending borders with every project“ 

provides a list of all the projects either completed or still in 

progress. It illustrates the diversity of the initiatives and also 

their closeness to citizens' concerns. 

Euro-Info Consumers 

INTERREG II • Upper Rhine Centre-South • D/F 

Informing and educating the crossborder consumer, development of the European 

document resource centre (infothèque européenne), documentary resources relating to 

legal systems and out-of-court settlement of disputes / lawsuits, actions for crossborder 

cooperation in the Upper Rhine, office for monitoring the problems raised by the free 

circulation of goods and services 

P: Verbraucherzentrale Baden-Württemberg e.V. / EU: 410 000 € / TC: 820 000 € 

Crossborder cultural cooperation between the Atelier du Rhin (Colmar) 

and Freibourg Theatre 


Co-production of Leo Meter’s play Letters to Barbara, with German and French actors, workshops 

in French and German schools and organisation of exchanges between the workshops 

P: Atelier du Rhin / EU: 15 550 € / TC: 31 100 €

Informing citizens 

Euro-institute 

INTERREG I • Upper Rhine Centre-South • D/F 

Organisation giving information and providing training on crossborder cooperation 

P: GEIE / EU: 459 775 € / TC: 919 551 € 

Infobest Kehl 


Organisation giving information and providing advice on crossborder cooperation 

P: Land Baden-Württemberg / EU: 350 000 € / TC: 700 000 € 

Infobest Palmrain 

INTERREG I • Upper Rhine Centre-South • D/F/CH 

Organisation giving information and providing advice on crossborder cooperation 

P: Regio Basiliensis / EU: 396 000 € / TC: 990 000 € 

Setting up of the Information and Advice Office for Crossborder 

Questions in Lauterbourg 

INTERREG I • PAMINA • F/D 

Setting up of the PAMINA Crossborder Office for handling crossborder questions 

P: Département du Bas-Rhin / EU: 25 391 € / TC: 50 783 € 

Euro-Info Consumers 


Informing and educating the crossborder consumer, development of the 

European document resource centre (infothèque européenne), documentary 

resources relating to legal systems and out-of-court settlement of disputes / 

lawsuits, actions for crossborder cooperation in the Upper Rhine, office for 

monitoring the problems raised by the free circulation of goods and services 


Extension of the Euro-institute 


Improving cooperation strategies and instruments for crossborder cooperation, 

in particular for public officials. Specific training courses, research and advice 

P: Euro-Institut / EU: 784 000 € / TC: 1 568 000 € 

INFOBEST Breisach/Vogelgrun 


Provide information and advice for the general public, local communities, 

associations and companies on subjects relating to crossborder cooperation. 

Give information on the INTERREG programme 

P: SIVOM Hardt-Nord / EU: 380 000 € / TC: 760 000 € 

INFOBEST Kehl/Strasbourg 




Provide information on the INTERREG programme 


INFOBEST Palmrain 

INTERREG II • Upper Rhine Centre-South • D/F/CH 



Give information on the INTERREG programme 


Secretariat of the Regio Council 


Manage the secretariat and run the Regio Council, in cooperation with the 

Secretariats of the 3 Regio associations 

P: Association Regio du Haut-Rhin / EU: 152 000 € / TC: 423 734 € 

PAMINA Forums 1995, 1997 & 1999 

in the partial territories of the PAMINA region 

INTERREG II • PAMINA • F/D 

A forum with different themes involving the various players within the PAMINA 

region and designed to boost crossborder cooperation 

P: Karlsruhe town / EU: 27 000 € / TC: 54 000 € 

PAMINA-Consumers 


Euro-Info Consumers has been in involved in the Central-Southern sector for 

several years and this project will help boost its activities in PAMINA 


PAMINA information system (SIP) 


Study setting out the basic principles for the implementation of a crossborder and 

geographical information system 


Joint Secretariat for the Upper Rhine Conference 

INTERREG II • Upper Rhine Centre-South and PAMINA • F/D/CH 

Improving the administrative structure of the Franco-German-Swiss Conference 

of the Upper Rhine by setting up a crossborder Secretariat 

P: Land Baden-Württemberg / EU: 712 500 € / TC: 1 900 000 € 

Creation of a crossborder skills centre 

INTERREG III A • Upper Rhine Centre-South • F/D 

Set up a crossborder skills centre incorporating the competencies of INFOBEST 

Kehl/Strasbourg, Euro-Info Consumers, Euro-Institute and the Upper Rhine 

Conference secretariat to raise public awareness of cooperation actions and 

especially to increase the efficiency of crossborder policy implementation and 

monitoring 

P: Kehl town / EU: 69 872,70 € / TC: 177 303,56 € 

Exchanges, Bilingualism and Education 

1st World Children’s Festival 


A grand festival in the RegioTriRhena of children throughout the world on the 

themes of peace, culture, meeting others and simply having fun 

P: Association Festival Mondial des Enfants / EU: 137 204 € / TC: 289 653 € 

Regional and Crossborder Environment Centre (phase 2) 


Creation of educational facilities in the “Halle Alsace” in the Eau Vive centre 

P: Association l’Eau Vive / EU: 311 628 € / TC: 654 026 € 

Creation of a European humanist and cultural centre in Lucelle 

INTERREG II • Upper Rhine Centre-South • D/CH/F 

The project involves restoring St. Bernard’s abbey to set up an international 

centre for humanist-based exchanges, encounters and training that are the basis 

of the European ideal 

P: Oeuvre de Lucelle / EU: 716 624 € / TC: 1 587 300 € 

1995 and 1996/2001 teacher exchange 


Crossborder exchange of teachers from general and technical secondary schools 

and lycées to promote the development of student linguistic skills and to raise 

awareness of the notion of regional and European citizenship 

P: Oberschulamt Freiburg / EU: 143 000 € / TC: 331 600 € 

Bilingual kindergarten education 


Cooperation at pre-school level between ABCM (France) and the Pädagogische 

Hochschule Freiburg with local nursery schools 

P: Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg / EU: 100 750 € / TC: 201 500 € 

Crossborder information and cultural youth centre in the 

Strasbourg/Ortenau association premises in Kehl 


The centre is run by a German association and caters specifically for facilitating 

the joint organisation of all kinds of youth-based events 

P: Kehl town / EU: 217 500 € / TC: 435 000 € 

Publication of “Preparing for teaching jobs in the Upper Rhine” 

INTERREG II • Upper Rhine Centre-South • F/D/CH 

Publication sent out free of charge to all training organisations and to the general 

public in the Upper Rhine. The book gives details relating to education systems 

and teacher training in the Upper Rhine. 

P: Regierungspräsidium Freiburg / EU: 6 860 € / TC: 17 150 € 

Crossborder youth meetings - Upper Rhine Centre-South 


Organisation of events for bringing together young people on either side of the 

border in the Central Southern Upper Rhine. Themes include art, culture, politics, 

sport, training and work 

P: CRAJEP Alsace / EU: 55 000 € / TC: 137 500 € 

TANDEM 


Tandem Regional Partnerships is a new approach to cultural and linguistic 

meetings designed to promote bilingualism and to create “crossborder awareness” 

P: Müllheim town / EU: 150 151 € / TC: 300 302 € 

Intercultural tutoring 


Incoporate crossborder and intercultural awareness within tutoring 

P: OPCAREG Alsace / EU: 21 343 € / TC: 48 784 € 

Educational introduction for students to the heritage within PAMINA 


Develop awareness of the common heritage of the three areas within the 

PAMINA region and develop related educational reports 

P: Touristik-Gemeinschaft Baden-Elsass-Pfalz e.V. / EU: 55 000 € / TC: 110 000 € 

Teacher exchange within the Upper Rhine area (Phase I) 


Teacher exchanges between general and technical secondary schools and lycees 

P: Oberschulamt Karlsruhe / EU: 19 000 € / TC: 38 000 € 

Teacher exchange within the PAMINA region (Phase II) 


Organisation of teacher exchanges, preparation for teaching of programmes set 

up for the exchanges and preparation for the exchanges, with joint visits to the 

classes, prior to teaching actions 

P: Oberschulamt Karlsruhe / EU: 91 880 € / TC: 183 760 € 

Youth action programme 


Promote crossborder meetings and activities for young people in the areas of 

sport, culture, free time and the environment 

P: Land Rheinland-Pfalz/Staatskanzlei / EU: 76 668 € / TC: 153 336 € 

Bilingual communication skills in the Upper Rhine 


Develop research initiatives for promoting bilingualism as part of foreign language 

teaching 

P: Pädagogische Hochschule Karlsruhe / EU: 137 416 EURO S / TC: 364 832 € 

Promoting bilingualism of the youth in the Upper Rhine area 

by developping school exchanges 

INTERREG II • Upper Rhine Centre-South and PAMINA • D/F/CH 

Allow all young people, as early as possible and whatever their means, to take 

part in a reciprocal individual exchange programme 

P: Institut Français de Fribourg / EU: 50 400 € / TC: 103 650 €

Exchanges, Bilingualism and Education 

School exchanges 1995 and 1996/1999 


Promotion of bilingualism and regional identity in the Upper Rhine 

P: Rectorat de Strasbourg / EU: 626 400 € / TC: 1 307 200 € 

Crossborder school publication 

INTERREG II • Upper Rhine Centre-South and PAMINA • F/D 

Bilingual publication for teachers presenting the Upper Rhine crossborder area 

through fifteen or so themes 

P: ADIRA, Strasbourg / EU: 183 325 € / TC: 446 188 € 

CoolTour 

INTERREG III A • Upper Rhine Centre-South • F/D/CH 

“CoolTour” is a trinational Internet research project developed by libraries for 

secondary school students and for promoting exchanges between students and 

the organisers 

P: Stadtbibliothek Lörrach / EU: 156 869,93 € / TC: 351 549,52 € 

Cyberregio.net 


An internet site for the Upper Rhine, created by the partners and aimed at 

children aged from 8 to 11 

P: Stadtbibliothek Lörrach / EU: 33 854,98 € / TC: 71 288,10 € 

Creation of an intercultural institute for research into the Tandem 

teaching method and its application 


Research on the development of the TANDEM teaching method in French and 

German schools 

P: Association “Partenariats régionaux Tandem” / EU: 300 600 € / TC: 630 222,73 € 

PAMINA youth network 

INTERREG III A • PAMINA • F/D 

Create a network of existing youth structures to foster crossborder relations 

between the younger generations within the PAMINA region 

P: Staatskanzlei des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz / EU: 120 000 € / TC: 240 000 € 

Training courses and individual meetings between students 

INTERREG III A • Upper Rhine Centre-South and PAMINA • CH/F/D 

Step up and develop contacts and individual encounters between students and 

young people in the Upper Rhine area and help them find a training course on 

the other side of the border 

P: Centre culturel français Freiburg / EU: 92 350 € / TC: 190 200 € 

Cooperation and interconnection in preschool bilingual education 

INTERREG III A • Upper Rhine Centre-South and PAMINA • F/D 

Exchanges between specialists to help boost early learning of foreign languages 

in the educational system from pre-school age upwards 

P: Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg, Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft / EU: 245 519,52 € / 

TC: 491 039,04 € 

“People to People” programme within the 8 th Tripartite Congress 

“Living Together in the Upper Rhine Region” 

INTERREG III A • Upper Rhine Centre-South and PAMINA • CH/F/D 

Set up a framework programme for financing low-cost (from 1,500 to 45,000 €) 

projects initiated directly by citizens for other citizens 

P: Région Alsace / EU: 240 111 € / TC: 562 260 € 

Upper Rhine Meetings II 

INTERREG III A • Upper Rhine Centre-South and PAMINA • F/D/CH 

Part of the People-to-People programme, with an innovative approach featuring 

“encounters and leisure activities”, “culture”, “youth”, “sport” and “environment” 


Tri Schola 


Foster the development of the language of the neighbouring country by 

providing intercultural access for both students and teachers and encouraging 

quality-driven teaching 

P: Rectorat de l’Académie de Strasbourg / EU: 201 600 € / TC: 1 000 933 € 

Culture 

Regio TriRhena - a film 


Production of a film, accompanying booklet and a CD-ROM on the region 

between Basel, Mulhouse, Colmar and Fribourg 

P: Thomas Kubiak / EU: 38 755 € / TC: 132 349 € 

Crossborder cultural cooperation between the Atelier du Rhin (Colmar) 

and Freibourg Theatre 


Co-production of Leo Meter’s play Letters to Barbara, with German and French 

actors, workshops in French and German schools and organisation of exchanges 

between the workshops 

P: Atelier du Rhin / EU: 15 550 € / TC: 31 100 € 

European Organ Centre 


Exploring organs and organ music, through exhibitions, courses, etc 

P: Centre Européen de l’Orgue / EU: 697 900 € / TC: 1 584 963 € 

Crossborder cooperation between adult education centres in PAMINA 


Joint crossborder courses over the whole of the PAMINA region 

P: Kreisvolkshochschule Südwestpfalz / EU: 153 846 € / TC: 307 692 € 

Popular art of Wissembourg and Epinal 


Exhibition of popular art documents in Wissembourg, which take up contemporary 

themes shared by Wissembourg and Karlsruhe 

P: Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe / EU: 75 000 € / TC: 150 000 € 

PAMINA cultural initiative 


Contribute to the development and support of cultural cooperation within PAMINA 

P: Regionalverband Mittlerer Oberrhein / EU: 215 920 € / TC: 431 840 € 

Passcard for the museums of the Upper Rhine 


Introduction of a passcard for admission to museums within the trinational part 

of the Upper Rhine 

P: Verein Oberrheinischer Museumspass, Basel / EU: 312 500 € / TC: 937 500 € 

History and Culture Forum of the Regio TriRhena 


Interactive exhibition illustrating the history of the crossborder region, backed by 

a wide-ranging educational programme, the publication of a bilingual book and 

the construction of a digital database 

P: Museum am Burghof (Stadt Lörrach) / EU: 178 172 € / TC: 423 271 € 

Mobil(e) Regio Dance Festival 


Inauguration of a biennial contemporary dance festival and backing for ongoing 

crossborder contemporary dance creative and performing activities 

P: La Filature - Scène nationale de Mulhouse / EU: 148 787 € / TC: 356 455 € 

Regioartline.org 


Make the internet art magazine www.regioartline.org, which previously covered 

only the Bade region, into a internet portal for the 3-border area 

P: Artforum 3 e. V. / EU: 182 268 € / TC: 605 040 € 

La Forge, artistic expression teaching centre 


The community of Marmoutier and its environs is seeking, in partnership with 

Sasbach (Bade), to carry out the work needed to restore a disused ironworks in 

Marmoutier as the focal point for a Franco-German crossborder artistic network 

P: Communauté de communes du Pays de Marmoutier / EU: 103 400 € / TC: 332 573 € 

Steps for developing and supporting culture within the PAMINA 

Rhine Park 


Drive the sustainable development of the original network of museums as set up 

under INTERREG programmes I and II and bring in new partners (other 

museums, historical and cultural centres within the region) 

P: Association Parc Rhénan PAMINA / EU: 128 500 € / TC: 272 000 € 

Crossborder animated film events in PAMINA 


A series of exhibitions in a number of towns throughout the PAMINA region to 

demonstrate the richness and variety of animated film, mainly through a 

partnership between Karlsruhe’s Landesmedienzentrum and the film club of 

Wissembourg’s Lycée Stanislas 

P: Ciné-club de Wissembourg / EU: 184 445,34 € / TC: 368 890,68 € 

PAMINA - a region, its environment and history 


Crossborder cooperation project between two museums to showcase the 

scientific discoveries made during the stone age within the PAMINA region 

P: Ortsgemeinde Herxheim / EU: 260 000 € / TC: 520 000 € 

“Vis-à-vis”: monthly crossborder TV magazine programme 


Vis-à-Vis is a monthly programme co-produced by France 3 Alsace and SWR 

Freiburg, and which features Franco-German transborder topics 

P: France 3 Alsace / EU: 300 000 € / TC: 600 000 € 

Health/Social Cohesion/Solidarity 

European institute for research into cardiological rehabilitation 


Comparative study of French, German and Swiss diagnostic and therapeutic 

methods in cardiology, as the initial phase leading to the setting up of a European 

institute for cardiological rehabilitation 

P: Benedikt Kreutz Rehabilitationszentrum für Herz- und Kreislaufkranke Bad Krozingen e.V. / 

EU: 420 000 € / TC: 900 000 € 

Medical assistance for the Wissembourg- Bad Bergzabern 

crossborder area 


Study setting out the possibilities for cooperation between the Wissembourg and 

Bad Bergzabern healthcare areas 

P: Wissembourg town / EU: 48 700 € / TC: 97 400 € 

Actions for the elderly in the Strasbourg / Kehl / Willstätt area 


Set up and develop relations between organisations responsible for actions for 

care of the elderly 

P: Strasbourg town / EU: 354 166 € / TC: 708 333 € 

Design and development of a model for crossborder cooperation 

for physical rehabilitation in the Upper 


Systematic comparative study of physical rehabilitation systems and setting up 

of regional organisations for training physiatrists and healthcare staff, including 

mutual recognition of diplomas 

P: Hochrhein Institut Bad Säckingen / EU: 347 973 € / TC: 1 407 216 € 

Cooperation between the hospitals of Sélestat and Offenburg 


Creation of contacts between staff in the two hospitals, as part of ongoing 

professional training and including exchange of information and experience 

P: St. Josefskrankenhaus Offenburg / EU: 75 000 € / TC: 150 000 €

Development of a curative treatment for multiple myeloma 

INTERREG II • Upper Rhine Centre-South • F/D 

Multiple myeloma is a mortal form of cancer affecting the bone and the marrow, 

for which there is currently no cure. The project consists of developing a new type 

of blood-cell transplant treatment following prior elimination of tumoral cells by 

molecular biology 

P: Institut de recherche en hématologie et transfusion de Mulhouse / EU: 450 000 € / 

TC: 1 043 250 € 

Crossborder health observatory 


Improve knowledge of health and the socio-healthcare system in the Upper Rhine 

crossborder area, by extending comparisons to neighbouring areas 

P: Observatoire Régional de la Santé d’Alsace / EU: 36 668 € / TC: 73 336 € 

Trinational Holiday Passport 1995 


For children and young people aged between 7 and 16, the Trinational Holiday 

Passport is designed to offer holiday-time leisure opportunities for those who 

would otherwise not be able to go on holiday 

P: Basler Freizeitaktion / EU: 161 311 € / TC: 603 822 € 

Trinational Holiday Passport 1996-1998 


For children and young people aged between 7 and 16, the Trinational Holiday 

Passport is designed to offer holiday-time leisure opportunities for those who 

would otherwise not be able to go on holiday 

P: Basler Freizeitaktion / EU: 121 210 € / TC: 482 220 € 

Management of drug addicts in the Dreiländereck 


Creation of two institutions for treating and offering help and guidance for drug 

addicts 

P: Sozialministerium BW / EU: 370 000 € / TC: 960 417 € 

Regio-Pôle training centre for social work 


Allow qualified social workers to have a direct say in crossborder issues 

P: Katholische Fachhochschule Freiburg / EU: 120 410 € / TC: 361 230 € 

Franco-German network for action against poverty 

and social exclusion 


Set up a Franco-German network against social exclusion and unemployment 

and create mutual cooperation structures for developing projects, sales and 

marketing, and instigating a regular exchange of information between projects 

involved in fighting unemployment in the region 

P: Netzwerk Diakonie e.V. Freiburg / EU: 500 000 € / TC: 1 687 012 € 

Crossborder cooperation in adult education 


Creation of a jointly-run crossborder adult education organisation with two administrative 

offices responsible for drawing up twice-yearly joint class programmes 

P: SIVOM Rhin-Sud / EU: 132 000 € / TC: 264 000 € 

OUVERT-TÜR 


Encourage a return to employment for people with difficulties, through tasks 

accomplished, a qualification and social and educational guidance 

P: Fédération des Centres Sociaux et Socio-culturels du Bas-Rhin / EU: 125 000 € / 

TC: 446 270 € 

Health in the Upper Rhine Valley 


Improve information flows, as regards public health and available healthcare 

treatment, between Baden-Württemberg and Alsace 

P: Observatoire Régional de la Santé d’Alsace, Strasbourg / EU: 55 000 € / TC: 115 000 € 

Crossborder inter-hospital cooperation 


Extension of the INTERREG II healthcare cooperation between St. Josefsklinik and 

the Centre Hospitalier de Sélestat to include other hospitals, regional health 

insurance offices, physiotherapy and geriatrics 

P: St. Josefsklinik Offenburg / EU: 75 000 € / TC: 150 000 € 

Creation of a crossborder home providing alternative solutions for 

the social integration of people in great difficulty 


Setting up of a pilot home at Clausmatt, above Ribeauvillé, for people in highly 

fragile situations (release from long-term prison sentences, psychiatrist hospital, 

homelessness, etc.) 

P: Association “Espoir” / EU: 352 000 € / TC: 827 000 € 

Elderly, confused, alone 


Implementation of crossborder measures for improving healthcare management 

of elderly people suffering from slight dementia 

P: Landeswohlfahrtsverband Baden / EU: 222 703 € / TC: 445 406 € 

Setting up a network for three creches 


Set up a crossborder network of three creches, offer joint creche facilities for 

children of the large number of families living and working in the crossborder area 

P: Wissembourg town / EU: 335 000 € / TC: 1 080 000 € 

Heritage and Leisure activities 

Castle of Landskron 

INTERREG I • Upper Rhine Centre-South • F/CH 

Upgrade and facilitate access to the Château of Landskron 

P: Commune de Leymen / EU: 3 092 € / TC: 14 330 € 

Villé/Elzach cycle track (2 phases) 

INTERREG I • Upper Rhine Centre-South • F/D 

Construct a track between Villé (F) and Elzach (D) for cycling, hiking and mountainbiking 

P: Département du Bas-Rhin / EU: 826 200 € / TC: 2 065 500 € 

Franco-Swiss hiking trail 


Development of a hiking, horseriding and mountain-bike trail in the Swiss Jura 

and the Sundgau 

P: Association Sundgau 2000 / EU: 78 000 € / TC: 234 000 € 

Wissembourg-Dahn-Bad Berzgabern cycle track map 


Production of maps showing the region’s crossborder cycle routes 

P: Verbandsgemeinde Dahn / EU: 9 863 € / TC: 19 727 € 

Crossborder Rhine park 


Conserve and enhance the area between Beinheim/Rastsatt and Lauterbourg/ 

Au am Rhein 

P: Département du Bas-Rhin / EU: 1 473 706 € / TC: 2 947 412 € 

Extension of crossborder cycle tracks 


Construction of two junctions in the Weiler-Wissembourg-Bad Bergzabern cycle 

tracks 


Crossborder network of cycle tracks of the Lauter valley 


Development of a crossborder cycle track network of 48 km, and a guide 


Crossborder network of cycle tracks of the Rhine alluvial plains 


Development of a crossborder cycle track network of 56 km 


Upgrading of tourist facilities at Lembach-Dahn 


Production of a brochure, information panels, a viewpoint indicator and an area 

for “mediaeval” games 

P: SIVOM Vallée de la Sauer / EU: 121 833 € / TC: 243 666 € 

Development of a cycle route between Hagenthal-le-Bas and 

Neuwiller in the Haut-Rhin department and Allschwill and Oberwil in Switzerland 

INTERREG II • Upper Rhine Centre-South • F 

The project involves building a cycle track 5.4 km long linking up Hagenthal-le-Bas 

and Neuwiller to the Swiss border to join up with the Swiss cycle track network 

between Allschwill and Oberwil (Basel-Campagne canton) 

P: Département du Haut-Rhin / EU: 144 000 € / TC: 509 877 € 

Guide to Leisure Activities in the Vosges, Rhine and Black Forest 


Publication of a French and German crossborder guide to leisure activities, 

detailing the facilities in the Vosges / Rhine / Black Forest region 

P: Schwarzwald Tourismusverband / EU: 102 000 € / TC: 204 000 € 

A new crossborder structure for raising awareness of science 

and astronomy 


Conserve and enhance the regional heritage, while laying the foundations for 

sustainable crossborder cooperation between the planetariums of Strasbourg, 

Freiburg and Stuttgart 

P: Planétarium de Strasbourg / EU: 122 430 € / TC: 415 030 € 

PAMINA Rhine park 


Conserve and enhance the Upper Rhine heritage, encompassing the ecological, 

historical and cultural factors 

P: Association Parc Rhénan PAMINA / EU: 1 500 000 € / TC: 3 000 000 € 

Haguenau – Bühl / Baden-Baden cycle route 


Construct a cycle track from Haguenau to Baden-Baden via Bühl. This makes a 

total of 15.5 km of track on the French side and 70 km on the German side 


Partnership between the castles of Lichtenberg (Alsace) 

and Madenburg (Südliche Weinstrasse) as part of the PAMINA castle development scheme 


Set up new, high-quality tourist facilities, thereby boosting the appeal and 

development of the two regions 

P: SIVOM de la Haute-Mode / EU: 147 000 € / TC: 294 000 € 

Fleckstein centre for future generations 


Make the château of Fleckenstein and the maison forestière (forest-keeper’s 

house) a central information point for exploring the natural and cultural heritage 

of the Sauer valley and Dahner Felsenland region 

P: Communauté de communes de la Vallée de la Sauer / EU: 1 365 000 € / TC: 3 800 000 € 

Development of the historic heritage of Rastatt, Hatten, 

Bad Bergzabern and Dahn 


Development of the historic and cultural heritage of PAMINA through a number 

of centres, the main one being the Musée de l’Abri (Maginot Line) in Hatten 

P: Musée de l’Abri, Mairie Hatten / EU: 448 500 € / TC: 896 500 € 

For a Rhine Roman road 


Cooperation between Voix et Route Rhénane and Kultursommer Rheinland-Pfalz 

for a crossborder initiative for cultural tourism within the PAMINA region 

P: Association Voix et Route Romane, Strasbourg / EU: 224 238 € / TC: 448 476 € 

Rhine cycle track 


Clear, continuous signposting of the cycle track on either side of the Rhine, 

between Mainz and Basel 


The age of Knights in the Palatinate and Alsace 


Give a comprehensive picture of the fascinatingly complex world of 16th-century Knights in the Rhine Palatinate and North Alsace 

P: Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer / EU: 417 320 € / TC: 961 470 €

Heritage and Leisure activities 

Conservation and enhancement of the flora and fauna 

of the Rhine plains and neighbouring regions of the PAMINA Rhine Park 


Develop and improve the whole of the unique natural and ecological heritage of 

the Rhine Park and its alluvial plains, so as to protect a number of species typical 

of the region and also develop a concept for the general public to find out about 

the heritage. The initiative is based primarily on eco-tourism and long-term 

conservation of the environment, in line with Europa 2000 initiative 


Tourist promotion 

Upgrading of the ecology and tourist facilities at Courtavon lake 


Set up a crossborder leisure complex by developing Courtavon lake from an 

ecological and touristic standpoint 

P: Syndicat intercommunal pour le Plan d’eau de Courtavon / EU: 304 800 € / TC: 762 000 € 

Black Forest/ Rhine/Vosges Brochure 


Publication of a brochure in French and German with a relief map of the Black 

Forest area, the Rhine trough and the Vosges 

P: Fremdenverkehrsverband Schwarzwald / EU: 35 000 € / TC: 70 000 € 

Neuwiller thermal baths and spa 


Construction of the first stage of a spa “health centre” project at the Marguerite 

spring in Neuwiller 

P: Commune de Neuwiller / EU: 512 000 € / TC: 1 165 000 € 

Michelin “Rhineland” Green Guide and map 

INTERREG I • Upper Rhine Centre-South • F/D/CH 

Develop a tourist product of recognised quality for use by the general public 

P: Association Départementale du Tourisme du Haut-Rhin / EU: 65 862 € / TC: 137 500 € 

Strasbourg/Kehl Franco-German tourist office 


Harmonisation of the services offered by the French Tourist Office at the Pont 

d’Europe and the German office in Markplatz, Kehl 


Brochure on the Regio economy 


Publication of a brochure detailing the economic, touristic, research, cultural 

training and transport advantages offered by the Regio, especially as regards 

Basel, Colmar, Mulhouse and Freiburg 

P: Freiburger Wirtschaft und Touristik GmbH / EU: 13 755 € / TC: 34 388 € 

Promotion and marketing of the Green Route 


Initiate marketing and information actions to promote the Green Route (a route 

about 200 km long linking the Vosges, Alsace and the Black Forest) 


Tourism and hotel-reservation centre 


Set up a crossborder tourism and hotel-reservation centre 


Crossborder tourist development program 


Implement a consistent tourist development programme for the PAMINA region 

P: Touristikgemeinschaft Baden-Elsass-Pfalz / EU: 46 756 € / TC: 93 513 € 

Breisach/Neuf-Brisach tourist brochure 

INTERREG I • Upper Rhine Centre-South and PAMINA • F/D 

Trilingual tourist brochure (English, French, German) recounting the region’s past, 

the development of crossborder cooperation and the joint tourism possibilities 

and facilities 

P: Breisach am Rhein town / EU: 27 700 € / TC: 55 400 € 

Tourist development actions between the Bas-Rhin 

and the Ortenau / Mittlerer Schwarzwald 


Boost the amount and quality of crossborder tourist and hotel facility information 

flows between the Bas-Rhin and the Ortenau / Mittlerer Schwarzwald 

P: OTSR / EU: 100 000 € / TC: 200 000 € 

ADAC touring map 


Foster cooperation between border regions on tourism (production of a crossborder 

road map) 

P: ADAC Südbaden / EU: 12 852 € / TC: 38 070 € 

Neuwiller hydrothermal centre 

INTERREG II • Upper Rhine Centre-South • CH/F 

Construction of the second step of the Neuwiller hydrothermal spa resort 

P: Commune de Neuwiller / EU: 338 612 € / TC: 713 383 € 

The Habsburg route 


Provide high-quality cultural and tourist products under the “Habsburg Route” 

label 

P: Schwarzwald Tourismusverband / EU: 100 000 € / TC: 304 000 € 

Austrian millenium - in the footsteps of the Habsburgs 


Encourage crossborder cultural tourism as part of heritage development 


Promotion and marketing of the Green Route 


Develop a cycling and hiking product along the Green Route, promote group 

tourism, take part in trade shows and attract press publicity 

P: Association Route Verte / Verein Grüne Strasse / EU: 61 540 € / TC: 123 080 € 

Four towns, three countries, a single destination 


Joint marketing of the Upper Rhine to present the area as a single destination for 

holidays 

P: Freiburg Wirtschaft und Touristik GmbH & Co KG / EU: 192 633 € / TC: 433 426 € 

Upgrading the Weisweil (D) – Diebolsheim (F) cycle track 


Raise the appeal of the Diebolsheim-Weisweil cycle track by creating a sport and 

leisure-activity area 

P: Gemeinde Weisweil / EU: 74 700 € / TC: 149 400 € 

Development of cooperation within the PAMINA tourist sector 


Development of crossborder tourism within the PAMINA region 


Development of tourist services / products within PAMINA 


Development and marketing of crossborder tourist services / products and 

practical support for tourist information points 


Discovery centre for families - Fleckenstein study 


Study covering the upgrading of Fleckenstein tourist facilities into a discovery 

centre for families and children 

P: Communauté de Communes de la Vallée de la Sauer / EU: 23 500 € / TC: 47 000 € 

Tourist-targeted development of the Green Road 


Promote the long-term development of the Green Route through communication 

actions, to generate publicity, raise awareness and drive the concept 

P: Association “Route Verte” / EU: 39 880 € / TC: 99 700 € 

The Breisach / SIVOM Hardt-Nord region: 

towards a Franco-German culture and leisure destination 


Crossborder tourism and cultural concept to be jointly run by the town of 

Breisach and the towns within the SVOM Hardt-Nord, offering pooled resources 

to promote the European spirit and a crossborder regional identity 

P: Breisach am Rhein town / EU: 165 538 € / TC: 331 077 € 

The Regio Tri Rhena tourism portal 


Touristic promotion and marketing of the Regio TriRhena 

P: Freiburg Wirtschaft und Touristik GmbH / EU: 230 800 € / TC: 790 000 € 

Crossborder activities and marketing for the PAMINA 

Rhine Park region 


Promote the Rhine Park as a centrepiece of the cultural landscape on either side 

of the river by providing active support for green tourism and leisure activities 

within a crossborder framework 


Actions for promoting tourism within the PAMINA region 


Development of tourism action plan as a framework for future tourist projects for 

the PAMINA region 


Training and Employment 

Colmar Management Centre (2 phases) 


Provide a trinational aspect for the management training given by the centre 

P: Centre de Management de Colmar / EU: 790 000 € / TC: 2 297 000 € 

“Trinational engineer training” feasibility study 


Prepare the implementation of a 4-year trinational engineer training programme 

to be held in three centres and in companies within the three countries 

P: Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg / EU: 60 000 € / 

TC: 150 000 € 

Crossborder qualification programme for the food services 

and hotel industry 

INTERREG I • Upper Rhine Centre-South • F/CH/D 

Draw up a Franco-Swiss certificate of qualification for the food service sector 

P: Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de Mulhouse / EU: 58 000 € / TC: 145 000 € 

Feasibility study for the creation of a Franco-German engineering school 


Study for setting up a Franco-German engineers college in the Wissembourg/ 

Southern Palatinate crossborder area 


Professional training for the tourist industry 


A series of seminars set up by the Bade/Alsace/Palatinate tourist association 

P: Touristikgemeinschaft Baden-Elsass-Pfalz / EU: 49 640 € / TC: 99 281 €

Franco-German in-company traineeship 


A scheme involving five German schools (8 th and 9 th forms) and four French 

schools (4 th and 3 rd forms) and a total of around 325 students 

P: Landesvereinigung Rheinland-Pfälzischer Unternehmer Verbände / EU: 15 438 € / TC: 30 876 € 

Eucor professional training 

INTERREG I • Upper Rhine Centre-South and PAMINA • D/F/CH 

Creation of a science training centre as part of the EUCOR crossborder university 

confederation 

P: Universität Karlsruhe / EU: 69 748 € / TC: 212 936 € 

Euregio Certificate 


Foster and promote reciprocal placements in companies in neighbouring 

countries of young people during their school education and apprenticeship 

P: Kanton Basel-Stadt / EU: 155 760 € / TC: 389 400 € 

Trinational engineer training 


A 4-year trinational engineering training programme for 30 students each year 

has been implemented at the IBB Mutenz, the Université de Haut Alsace and the 

Berufsakademie Lörrach. The course takes place in three locations and in 

companies in each of the three countries. The resulting diplomas are recognised 

in Europe 

P: Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg / EU: 2 110 000 € / 

TC: 6 158 600 € 

Remote and Open Multimedia training for employment 

in the Southern Upper Rhine 


IHK Bildungszentrum Offenburg and the GIFOP-CCI Sud Alsace have pooled their 

skills to offer a multimedia training course for a deliberately mixed target group 

of job-seekers and salaried employees 

P: IHK Bildungszentrum Südlicher Oberrhein / EU: 269 548 € / TC: 598 338 € 

Crossborder and intercommunal management in the Hartheim / 

Bad Krozingen region and the “Essor du Rhin” District 


Develop a crossborder, intercommunity management project in tourism, 

economy, culture, education, teaching the neighbouring country’s language and 

daily relations between the people on either side of the border 

P: District “Essor du Rhin” (Fessenheim) / EU: 65 000 € / TC: 130 000 € 

Improving the chances of inserting young people in park and 

garden maintenance through pre-training and professional training 


Implementation of the basis for cooperation between the main partners involved 

in vocational training in the PAMINA region for professional and social insertion. 

Expand the scope of this cooperation 

P: IB Karlsruhe / EU: 200 000 € / TC: 519 909 € 

Euregio Certificate 


The Euregio certificate sets out to foster and promote the reciprocal placement of 

young people during their apprenticeship and school education in companies in 

neighbouring countries. The Euregio certificate certifies the bi- or tri-national 

training the participants receive 

P: Landesgewerbeamt Baden-Württemberg, Direktion Karlsruhe / EU: 36 630 € /TC: 73 260 € 

Crafts and trades in the Upper Rhine - a chance for young people 


Travelling exhibition on the theme of youth and crafts and trades 

P: Landesgewerbeamt Baden-Württemberg, Direktion Karlsruhe / EU: 28 110 € / TC: 56 230 € 

Franco-German programme: Systems engineering 


Set up an integrated Franco-German Systems Engineering training 

P: Fachhochschule Offenburg - Fachbereich Maschinenbau / EU: 1 193 539 € / TC: 4 716 015 € 

Training as trinational sales secretary 


Implementation of a 2-year post-school trinational programme for sales secretaries 

P: CRESA SA / EU: 291 025 € / TC: 931 250 € 

Trinational platform for Knowledge Management 

and Internet-based Collaborative Learning 


Set up a trinational learning community based on a platform for Knowledge 

Management and Internet-based Collaborative Learning 

P: Université de Haute Alsace (UHA) / EU: 998 045 € / TC: 2 815 545 € 

Rhenergie: preparation and creation of a 3-country international 

Energy graduate training programme focusing on energy techniques, economy of 

energy, the sustainable supply and rational management of energy 


Implementation of a trinational graduate training programme and setting up a 

trinational cooperation and research network to improve knowledge transfer 

P: Fachhochschule Offenburg / EU: 410 000 € / TC: 1 154 328 € 

SEMIRAMIS: jobs in agriculture and protection of nature: 

autonomy and integration 


Create jobs for disabled people and those needing special help in the primarysector 

job-market 

P: Internationaler Bund, Bildungszentrum Freiburg / EU: 321 989,91 € / TC: 753 803,55 € 

PAMINA Park - Crossborder project for professional training 


The AFPA, GRETA Nord-Alsace (Alsace region) and the CJD Maximilian-sau 

(Palatinate) have pooled resources to implement joint training actions 

P: Christliches Jugenddorfwerk Deutschlands (CJD) Maximiliansau / EU: 496 129,11 € / 

TC: 1 050 489,61 € 

Bachelors and Masters trinational programme in building, 

public works and the environment 


Create a crossborder civil engineering degree course for 30 students per year, 

who will receive degrees from the 3 countries (Bachelors after 4 years, Masters 

after 5 and a half years) 

P: Fachhochschule Karlsruhe, Hochschule für Technik / EU: 999 600 € / TC: 4 315 008 € 

Disparity in aptitude of children in Franco-German pre-school education 


Joint crossborder development of teaching methods and materials for integrating 

children in bilingual pre-school education. Qualification based on theory but also 

involving didactic and teaching methods for staff teaching French and German to 

allow individual, differentiated support for pupils in preschool teaching of foreign 

languages, the identification and recognition of common points and differences 

between boys and girls as regards the effectiveness of the methods and 

resources used for enabling disabled children, those behind in their language 

learning or children of foreign origin to have an equal chance in the pre-school 

learning of foreign languages 

P: Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg i. Br. / EU: 84 924 € / TC: 339 696 € 

EUCOR VIRTUALE 


Support for the implementation of trinational programmes between the 

universities belonging to the EUCOR confederation 

P: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Koordinierungsstelle für Neue Medien / EU: 529 680 € / 

TC: 1 195 098 € 

Bilingual training in electrical engineering 


Development of a training course in Electrical Engineering by the Electrical 

Engineering and Industrial IT Department of Haguenau technical college and the 

Electrotechnology and Information Techniques Department of the Offenburg 

Fachhochschule 

P: IUT de Haguenau – Université Louis Pasteur / EU: 336 660 € / TC: 731 930 € 

Franco-German language training for French gendarmes 

and German police 


Organise language training for German police and French gendarmes to help 

them understand each other and thereby increase the efficiency of crossborder 

police cooperation 

P: Légion de gendarmerie départementale d’Alsace / EU: 87 380 € / TC: 328 260 € 

Euregio Certificate crossborder qualification in the Upper Rhine area, 

for apprentices, schoolchildren, students and professional training teachers 


Factor in the needs of both teachers and apprentices while expanding 

international competencies in the Upper Rhine area, with emphasis on improving 

foreign-language skills 

P: Landesgewerbeamt Baden-Württemberg, Direktion Karlsruhe / EU: 115 200 € / TC: 360 000 € 

Research and Technologies 

Hydrogeological cartography of the Rhine trough 


Hydrogeological cartography and collection of existing and additional 

hydrogeological data 


Eucor computer link-ups 


Enable the continuous electronic exchange of data through a 64 Kbits / second 

Deutsche Bundespost/Telekom / France Télécom line linking up the calculation 

centres of Karlsruhe and Strasbourg Universities 

P: Universität Karlsruhe / EU: 82 000 € / TC: 164 000 € 

ITADA (crossborder institute for agronomic application and development) 


Pooling of knowledge and work tools in agriculture 

P: Région Alsace / EU: 2 225 000 € / TC: 4 494 250 € 

Reklip 


Development of a homogeneous climatic atlas for the crossborder area 

P: Suiselectra, Ingenieurunternehmung AG Basel / EU: 72 000 € / TC: 180 000 € 

Regiobogen - a trinational green belt in the 3-Border region 

(France, Germany, Switzerland) 


Biotope gridding system planned for the 3-Border Region 

P: CET (Centre de l’Ecologie Trinational) / EU: 87 387 € / TC: 198 641 € 

Comparative analysis of tree vitality in urban 

and natural environments 


Development of a mobile, autonomous measuring system: measuring 

campaigns using the routine mobile equipment and the analysis methods of the 

Körner, Rennenberg and Strasser teams 

P: CNRS / EU: 304 000 € / TC: 892 000 € 

Bio Valley 


Set up, under the BioValley promotion team, a highly-qualified network of 

companies and institutions working in the life and healthcare sector 

P: Association Alsace BioValley / EU: 821 482 € / TC: 2 190 620 € 

Forest decay in the Rhine valley 


Research into the causes of the deterioration of the health of oak trees on either 

side of the Rhine, to result in recommendations for the forestry managers 

P: Office National des Forêts / EU: 276 013 € / TC: 576 528 €

Research and Technologies 

Crossborder toxicological study to assess the risk 

involved in consuming ionized fatty food products 


Study the extent of the toxological risk for consumers incurred by the chemicals 

produced by ionizing treatment of food products 

P: Université Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg / EU: 613 079 € / TC: 1 226 158 € 

EURO-PETAL 


Implementation of a crossborder partnership between Rouffach and Freiburg for 

developing new isotopic ligands (specific tracers) and using powerful tools to check 

the in vivo pharmacodynamic activity of substances developed for medical use 

P: Centre de radiochimie EUROSPET Freiburg / EU: 703 063 € / TC: 1 406 126 € 

Exploration of the aquifers and soils in the Hochrhein valley 

INTERREG II • Upper Rhine Centre-South • D/CH 

Exploration of the aquifers and water tables in the filling of unconsolidated 

formations in the Hochrhein valley between Schaffhouse and Basel 

P: Landratsamt Waldshut / EU: 121 546 € / TC: 347 274 € 

Crossborder institute for agronomic application and development 

(ITADA) 


The project sets out to develop, assess and introduce environmentally-friendly 

agricultural production systems 

P: Région Alsace / EU: 2 154 697 € / TC: 5 100 161 € 

ITADA 2 b 


The project sets out to develop, assess and introduce environmentally-friendly 

agricultural production systems 

P: Région Alsace / EU: 824 174 € / TC: 1 721 510 € 

Crossborder recognition of the deep aquifer in the stretch 

of the Rhine between Fessenheim and Breisach 


Extend knowledge of the morphology of the water-table substratum and the 

nature of deep alluvia 

P: Gewässerdirektion südlicher Oberrhein/Hochrhein Bereich Waldshut / EU: 445 000 € / 

TC: 890 000 € 

Crossborder drinking water project between the town 

of Wissembourg and Verbandsgemeinde Bad Bergzabern 


Prospection, development and joint exploitation of water tables in the 

Wissembourg/Bad Bergzabern crossborder area (starting at Steinfeld) 

P: Verbandsgemeinde Bad Bergzabern / EU: 1 500 000 € / TC: 3 050 000 € 

Accelerometer network of the Upper Rhine Trough region 


Implementation of an Upper Rhine crossborder seismic monitoring system for 

heavy earth tremors 

P: RNSS (Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique) / EU: 187 800 € / TC: 375 600 € 

Use of laser-fluorescence imaging for analysing crop stress 

in agriculture 


Use of a process based on laser imaging for characterizing the condition of crop 

plants (lack of nutritive substances, stress situation, etc.) 

P: Institut National de Physique Nucléaire and de Physique des Particules, Paris / 

EU: 479 000 € / TC: 979 000 € 

Sustainable agriculture and preservation of the environment (ITADA) 


As part of the development of sustainable agriculture in the Upper Rhine 

Centre-South, the project sets out to develop reference tools for fostering 

cost-effective, multifunctional and environmentally-friendly agriculture 


BioValley: from a network to a trinational biotech cluster 


Develop a genuine biotech region by determining centres of excellence 

P: Association Alsace Bio Valley / EU: 665 001 € / TC: 2 382 501 € 

Conservation of the Rhine alluvial forests 


Development of a research programme for conserving the large number of forest 

species and structures for the protection and sustainable development of the 

common crossborder heritage 

P: Forstliche Versuchs- und Forschungsanstalt Baden-Württemberg / EU: 450 000 € / TC: 1 000 000 € 

GateWay: crossborder cooperation in interactive media 


Set up the regional structure for a European research and production network for 

the information society 

P: ADEC (Association pour le développement des entreprises et des compétences) / 

EU: 188 775 € / TC: 970 882 € 

Impacts of climate change on the vegetation in the Rhine trough 


Innovative investigation methods with individual contributions from each of the 

four partners, mainly to answer the following question: will a change in water 

availability lead to changes in crops 

P: Meteorologisches Institut der Universität Freiburg / EU: 529 305 € / TC: 1 523 121 € 

Seismic microzoning in the Southern Upper Rhine area 


Contribute to seismic warning systems by obtaining new data 

P: Institut de physique du globe de Strasbourg / EU: 341 015 € / TC: 1 397 802 € 

Neurex: trinational Neuroscience network 


Develop a trinational network in the Upper Rhine valley for brain sciences 

P: Association Neurex Alsace / EU: 942 400 € / EU: 2 532 000 € 

Rhenaphotonics 


Provide strategic thrusts to bring together the public and private photonics 

laboratories and companies to achieve worldwide recognition for the region for 

the excellence of its research and training and for its economic activity 

P: Université Louis Pasteur, laboratoire des systèmes photoniques / EU: 1 000 000 € / 

TC: 2 428 560 € 

Modelling underground water pollution by nitrates 

in the Upper Rhine valley 


Develop monitoring tools for checking the effectiveness of underwater protection 

actions, especially with regard to nitrates, between Basel and Rastatt / 

Wissembourg and produce a regional model of the Rhine trough 

P: Landesanstalt für Umweltschutz Baden-Württemberg / EU: 1 316 800 € / TC: 2 947 200 € 

Intercompany cooperation 

Cooperation between the organisers of Fairs and Exhibitions 

in Strasbourg and Offenburg 


Increase cooperation between SOFEX, the Strasbourg Fairs and Exhibitions 

company and Oberrheinhallen GmbH, its Offenburg equivalent 

P: Oberrheinhallen GmbH Offenburg / EU: 234 000 € / TC: 468 000 € 

Economical / environmental study of the Southern Upper Rhine 


Ongoing monitoring of the economic and ecological development in the border 

zone of the Southern Upper Rhine 

P: BAK-Konjonkturforschung / EU: 56 000 € / TC: 224 230 € 

Regio economic survey 


Carry out a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the economic situation within 

the Upper Rhine 

P: Peter Grieder, Rainer Fueg / EU: 86 000 € / TC: 344 000 € 

Crossborder technological cooperation 


Pooling of skills between Haguenau’s CAIRE, Karlsruhe’s IHK-UTB and Landau’s 

ZETIS for providing information, advice and support for small and medium-size 

technological businesses 

P: Haguenau town / EU: 506 977 € / TC: 1 013 954 € 

Wissembourg/Bad Bergzabern business zone 


Feasibility study for creating a crossborder economic development zone 

P: Landkreis Südliche Weinstrasse / EU: 49 958 € / TC: 99 916 € 

Franco-German Innovation Agency 


The Franco-German Innovation Agency is to set up an interregional structure 

based in Strasbourg, offering services relating to crossborder cooperation 

between technology-based SMEs 

P: Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum (SEZ) / EU: 598 500 € / TC: 1 197 000 € 

European Management Centre 


Implementation of an entrepreneurial network for meeting the specific needs 

of SMEs concerned with multicultural differences and the absence of specific 

crossborder networks 

P: Centre européen de management / EU: 844 000 € / TC: 2 128 000 € 

Crossborder industrial contacts through the Internet 


Using an Internet site to foster cooperation between French, German and Swiss 

companies 

P: CCI Sud Alsace Mulhouse / EU: 50 000 € / TC: 110 000 € 

Regiodemocentre 


Set up commercial contacts and partnerships between French and German 

industry and research centres. Develop presentation-oriented products in 

optoelectronics and in phonotics, transfer the results of technological development 

P: Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg pour l’Equipe de Recherche sur le Management 

International des Technologies de l’Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Physique / EU: 306 245 € / 

TC: 612 491 € 

Use of management simulation programmes and computer-assisted 

technology to foster commercial relations between France, Germany and Switzerland 


Recognise and factor in the differences in corporate culture and management 

methods within the three countries 

P: IHK Bildungszentrum Südlicher Oberrhein / EU: 109 484 € / TC: 240 432 € 

PAMINA crossborder technological cooperation 


The objective of the 4 partners (ZETIS, CAIRE, FIZ and Karlsruhe’s IHK-UTB) is to 

boost the competitiveness of technology and innovation-oriented SMEs 

P: IHK-Zentrum für Technologie- und Innovationsberatung Südpfalz (ZETIS) / EU: 495 000 € / 

TC: 990 000 € 

Creation of a Multi-Service Centre 


Promote and facilitate crossborder economic activities between the 

Wissembourg Communauté de Commune du Pays and the Verbandsgemeinde 

Bad Bergzabern by providing services for SMEs, very small businesses and the 

crafts and trades 

P: Association transfrontalière pour le développement de la Région Bad Bergzabern / 

Wissembourg / EU: 140 000 € / TC: 280 000 €

Creation of a crossborder information and guidance network for handicraft 


Help, encourage and offer guidance for micro companies and craftsmen in all 

areas relating to their crossborder business (formalities, advice, information, 

training, problem solving, cooperation) 

P: Chambre de métiers d’Alsace / EU: 409 625 € / TC: 819 250 € 

EuroCongressRhine 

INTERREG II • Upper Rhine Centre-South and PAMINA • D/CH/F 

Drive the Upper Rhine as an international conference and seminar centre by 

leveraging the commercial, technical and human aspects of the facilities, services 

and competencies of the three conference centres 

P: Strasbourg Développement / EU: 483 500 € / TC: 1 388 000 € 

Acquire the necessary knowledge and skills for crossborder 

business and relations. Provide guidance for the international development of 

SMEs within the Southern Upper Rhine through the training for their employees 


Prepare very small companies and SMEs within the Upper Rhine for the opening 

of international markets, offer guidance and increase awareness of employee 

training, set up an inter-regional resource base and certify competencies acquired 

in a crossborder context 

P: IHK Bildungszentrum Südlicher Oberrhein GmbH / EU: 105 380 € / TC: 210 760 € 

New Energy BASE: trinational network for fostering renewable 

energies 


Creation of a trinational agency for fostering renewable energieses 

P: CANOPUS Foundation en collaboration avec BASE-Stiftung / EU: 588 485 € / TC: 1 511 025 € 

REGIO PAMINA Developers Club 


The Developers Club is looking to implement a 3-year action programme. 

The programme involves on the one hand the organisation of events to bring the 

fifty or so members of the club together and make better acquaintance with the 

people behind the PAMINA economic area and on the other hand to implement 

three projects set out by three theme-oriented work groups 

P: ADIRA (Association de développement du Bas-Rhin) / EU: 46 800 € / TC: 93 600 € 

PAMINA at public shows and exhibitions 


The PAMINA Developers Club (represented by the city of Karlsruhe as project 

manager) intends to organise the participation of companies from within the 

PAMINA region at public exhibitions and shows under the joint PAMINA banner 


PEP - Promotion of the PAMINA region 


Highlight the economic appeal of PAMINA for companies 


Geographic information system for the wine industry within PAMINA 

INTERREG III A • EU: PAMINA • F/D 

A crossborder initiative to boost the competitiveness of wine cooperatives and 

producer groups within the PAMINA region. It involves setting up a crossborder 

geographic information system (CGI) for selected wine cooperatives within the 

region 

P: Staatliches Weinbauinstitut Freiburg / EU: 499 553 € / TC: 999 106 € 

Implementation of a warning system for preventing the spread 

of the apple proliferation disease 


Prevent the spread of apple proliferation disease for the whole of the upper Rhine 

plain, in order to maintain profitable apple production in the region. A key 

feature of the system is the creation of a crossborder network linking researchers 

and advisors 

P: Centrum Grüne Gentechnik (CGG) / EU: 129 711 € / TC: 300 286 € 

Crossborder information system for handicraft and SMEs within 

the Upper Rhine 


Creation of a trinational guidance council for crafts and trades (F/G) and 

SMEs (CH) 

P: Handwerkskammer Freiburg / EU: 533 959 € / TC: 2 059 109 € 

Rhin Tech Entreprise 


Offer technology-oriented PMEs within the Upper Rhine region services relating 

to crossborder cooperation between companies and technology transfer 

P: Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum der Steinbeis-Stiftung für Wirtschaftsförderung / EU: 760 000 € / 

TC: 1 920 000 € 

Rural and urban development 

Study of comparative environmental law 


Comparative study of the law applicable for authorizing industrial sites in 

crossborder areas (France, Germany, Switzerland) 


Diebolsheim-Weisweil Rhine crossing point 


Renovating the road and EDF dam to make it possible for pedestrians and cyclists 

to cross the Rhine between Rhinau and Weisweil 


Track along and over the river for pedestrians and cyclists 

between Weil am Rhein and Huningue 


Implementation of a track across the dam of the Kembs power plant, along the 

road running down the Huningue canal and up to the Weil car-ferry 

P: Commune de Weil am Rhein / EU: 52 000 € / TC: 104 000 € 

Study of socio-economic behaviours in the PAMINA region 


Comparative study of the law applicable for authorizing industrial sites in 

crossborder areas (France, Germany, Switzerland) 


The policies for the development of the PAMINA region 


Study setting out the major policies for the concerted development and planning 

of the crossborder area 

P: Bezirksregierung Rheinhessen-Pfalz / EU: 98 594 € / TC: 197 188 € 

Place de l’Europe Lauterbourg-Neulauterburg 


Study for a planning proposal for a crossborder urban location 

P: Lauterbourg town / EU: 27 923 € / TC: 55 846 € 

Crossborder habitat policy for the PAMINA region 


Study for setting out the strategies for the development of the habitat 


Locally-based crossborder habitat programme 


Study for assessing the housing needs within the Wissembourg-Bad Bergzabern 

crossborder area 

P: Wissembourg town / EU: 44 220 € / TC: 88 440 € 

Conversion of the customs centre within a crossborder context 


4-way study (tourism, public services, business activities, crossborder 

cooperation) for the conversion of the customs centre 


Crossborder development plan for the Rastatt-Seltz area 


Study for producing a joint base map, a central map point and a local data base 

P: Rastatt town / EU: 16 021 € / TC: 32 042 € 

Joint plan for the Upper Rhine natural areas 


Joint study on the natural areas of the Upper Rhine 


Crossborder Local Agenda 21 for the towns 

of Rheinfelden (CH) and Rheinfelden (D) 


Local Agenda 21 for the two Rheinfeldens sets out to harmonise future policies, 

administration, economy and culture within a crossborder context, while 

allowing for the sustainable development of the two towns 

P: Rheinfelden town (D) / EU: 41 250 € / TC: 165 000 € 

Development concepts and projects for the Trinational 

Agglomeration of Basel 


Draw up theme concepts relating to development and urban planning as part of 

the overall development concept for the Trinational Agglomeration of Basel. 

Initiate a series of joint strategic projects 

P: Saint-Louis town / EU: 106 666 € / TC: 319 998 € 

Two Shores Garden 


Prepare and organise a European competition for landscape artists, town 

planners and other artists for the renovation of the banks of the Rhine on both the 

Strasbourg and Kehl sides of the Pont de l’Europe 


Official report for the crossborder Strasbourg / Ortenau urban area 


Draw up an assessment of the Strasbourg / Ortenau crossborder area 

P: Syndicat mixte pour la révision du Schéma directeur de la région de Strasbourg / 

EU: 80 000 € / TC: 160 000 € 

Joint crossborder plan for the natural areas of Marckolsheim-Sasbach 


Enhancement of the ecology and landscape of the area comprising the 

neighbouring sectors of Marckolsheim (F) and Sasbach (D). Upgrading of the 

tourist and economic fabric of the area 

P: Communauté de Communes de Marckolsheim et Environs / EU: 100 000 € / TC: 200 000 € 

Feasibility study and landscape rehabilitation work 

for the crossborder business parks of Scheiben-hardt-Berg and Lauterbourg-Scheibenhard 


Redevelopment study for the new Scheibenhardt-Berg business park, landscape 

rehabilitation work on the old customs centre 


Crossborder urban study 


Joint, coordinated urban development planning for Neulauterburg and the 

Lauterbourg sector 

P: Lauterbourg town / EU: 18 500 € / TC: 37 000 € 

Residential migrations within the PAMINA region: analysis 

and assessment with a view to cooperation in the housing sector 


Investigate and assess the migratory flows within the PAMINA region and their 

effect on the housing markets 

P: Département du Bas-Rhin (SDAU) / EU: 85 000 € / TC: 170 000 € 

Continuation of the development plan for the PAMINA region - 

REGIO PAMINA preparatory phase 


Implementation of the development plan for the PAMINA region 

P: Conseil Général du Bas-Rhin / EU: 206 000 € / TC: 413 000 € 

Development plan for the PAMINA region 


Draw up a crossborder policy for developing the PAMINA region 

P: Département du Bas-Rhin/SDAU / EU: 100 000 € / TC: 200 000 €

Rural and urban development 

Publication of the policy framework for the development 

of the Upper Rhine area 


Publication of the main thrusts and conclusions of a policy framework study for 

the development and renovation of the Upper Rhine area 


Policy framework for the development of the Upper Rhine area 


Policy framework for spatial planning of the area in order to offer a development 

outlook for the economic and living areas of the Upper Rhine 


Strasbourg-Ortenau official report, Pathways and projects 

for common development 


Following an INTERREG II project, the new project involves extending mutual 

knowledge and drawing up a joint policy framework for common development 

P: Syndicat mixte pour le schéma de cohérence territoriale de la région de Strasbourg 

(SCOTERS) / EU: 120 000 € / TC: 240 000 € 

Key projects for the Trinational Agglomeration of Basel - 

Implementation phase 


Extend the cooperation started in 1996 in the Basel region by setting out the 

general development concept 

P: Association pour le développement durable du territoire de l’Agglomération 

Trinationale de Bâle / EU: 666 666 € / TC: 2 000 000 € 

Creation of a geographical information system (SIGRS) 

for the Upper Rhine area as a support for common development 


Set up a joint digital geographic data base to provide base maps and 

socio-economic data for the area for use by the Upper Rhine Conference and its 

working parties, its financial partners and a certain number of public partners 

providing backing for crossborder action 

P: Département du Haut-Rhin / EU: 200 000 € / TC: 500 000 € 

Upper Rhine: Building and planning within the context 

of sustainable development 


Planning and building are important factors for sustainable development. 

The project involves creating a crossborder network for pooling the knowledge 

acquired by the region’s Universities and sector professionals in the two areas 

P: Centre de l’écologie trinational / EU: 183 250 € / TC: 461 500 € 

Transport 

Weil/Huningue pedestrian and cycle track 


Linking up existing French and German pedestrian and cycle tracks by opening 

up the walkway over the Village-Neuf/Märkt dam 

P: Commune de Weil am Rhein / EU: 90 000 € / TC: 180 000 € 

Regio fare cooperative 

INTERREG I • Upper Rhine Centre-South • D/CH 

Study for the implementation of a crossborder fare association 


Study of the overall air-traffic potential of the Upper Rhine 

INTERREG I • Upper Rhine Centre-South • D/CH/F 

Study for assessing the overall air-traffic potential of the Upper Rhine 


Feasibility study for improving public transport 


Study for implementing a crossborder public transport plan within the PAMINA 

region 

P: Landeskreis Südliche Weinstrasse / EU: 79 303 € / TC: 158 607 € 

Eurorhin 


Eurorhin study for assessing the commercial potential of a crossborder express 

rail network on either side of the Rhine, between Karlsruhe and Basel 


Transport network map with bilingual tourist guide 


Produce a regional rail transport network map showing all the stations, as well as 

bus lines with all the stops and a tourist guide giving journey times, hiking trips, 

places to see and other general tourist information 

P: Verkehrsclub Deutschland e. V. (VCD) / EU: 13 355 € / TC: 27 760 € 

Mattfeld – Lange Erlen link-up 


Creation of a new crossborder link-up between Mattfeld on the German side and 

the Lange Erlen leisure centre on the Swiss side 

P: Weil am Rhein town / EU: 500 000 € / TC: 1 619 000 € 

Study of public train services to and from Basel-Mulhouse airport 

INTERREG II • Upper Rhine Centre-South • F 

Increase public transport services to and from Basel-Mulhouse airport. There is 

currently only one feeder road with shuttles operating at variable frequencies 

from Freiburg, Basel and Colmar-Mulhouse 


Feasibility and potentiality study for the reintroduction of a 

Colmar-Breisach-Freiburg train service 


Carry out a feasibility study for reopening the railway line between Colmar and 

Freiburg 

P: Landkreis Breisagau-Hochschwarzwald / EU: 66 000 € / TC: 132 000 € 

Preliminary study for the construction of a pedestrian and cycle bridge 

over the Rhine between Weil am Rhein (D) and Huningue (F) 


Carry out a preliminary study for the construction of a pedestrian and cycle 

bridge over the Rhine, including the organisation of an architects’ competition 

P: Weil am Rhein town / EU: 178 952 € / TC: 357 904 € 

Preliminary study for the development of of a joint separate public 

transport within the Strasbourg / Kehl conglomeration and link-ups with regional networks 


Assess the feasibility of linking the Strasbourg public transport network with Kehl 

P: Communauté urbaine de Strasbourg / EU: 130 000 € / TC: 260 000 € 

Technical studies prior to conversion of the Région Alsace rolling 

stock to enable it to travel on both the French and German networks 


Harmonisation of French and German railway material 


Euro-Regio-Bus (Colmar-Freiburg, Mulhouse-Freiburg) 


Improve crossborder link-ups between the Land of Bade and Alsace for a varied 

customer base and increase the transport possibilities for this East-West Upper 

Rhine route 

P: SBG Südbaden Bus GmbH / EU: 52 500 € / TC: 105 000 € 

Improvement of logistics terminal facilities 


Assess how to make better use of the logistics terminals in the southern Upper 

Rhine 

P: CCI de Mulhouse / EU: 11 644 € / TC: 38 814 € 

More mobility, less traffic 

INTERREG II • Upper Rhine Centre-South • CH 

Prepare and schedule the pilot applications and the initial tests for introducing 

a new transport service. The overall aim is to boost individual mobility in a 

sensible, sustainable way 

P: Teleways AG / EU: 24 560 € / TC: 95 000 € 

Project analysis for a pedestrian and cycle bridge over the Rhine 


Produce the data needed to decide whether to build a bridge for pedestrians and 

cyclists over the Rhine between Weil am Rhein-Friedlingen (D) and Huningue (F) 

as part of the crossborder development of traffic networks 


Accompanying measures for re-opening the Winden-Wissembourg 

railway link 


The crossborder (Neustadt-) Winden-Wissembourg rail link was reopened on 

2 March 1997, following an agreement signed between the Land Rheinland-Pfalz 

and the Région Alsace 

P: Land Rheinland-Pfalz / EU: 26 500 € / TC: 53 000 € 

Multi-modal study on transport in the Upper Rhine 


Comprehensive description of movements of goods and people in the Upper 

Rhine region 

P: Préfecture de la Région Alsace, (DRE) / EU: 302 000 € / TC: 638 000 € 

Construction of a bridge for pedestrians and cyclists 

over the Rhine between Strasbourg and Kehl 


Direct link to the two sites of the “Two Shores Festival” 

P: Kehl town / EU: 1 013 678 € / TC: 15 131 400 € 

Construction of a bridge for pedestrians and cyclists 

over the Rhine between Weil am Rhein and Huningue 


Direct pedestrian and cycle bridgeway link-up between the twinned towns of 

Weil am Rhein and Huningue 

P: Weil am Rhein town / EU: 1 680 000 € / TC: 8 259 863 € 

Draft study (quantified, detailed feasibility study) for the re-opening 

of the Colmar-Freiburg railway line for passengers and freight 


Compared to the previous project (1995/1996), this project provides an update on 

the commercial potential, completes the feasibility study and brings in a track and 

station model crucial for a technically consistent, commercially viable project 


Preliminary draft project study for reintroducing the Mulhouse-Freiburg 

railway link 


Assessment of the passenger potential of the train, technical feasibility study, 

track and station models to give a clear picture of the possible organisation of the 

Freiburg-Müllheim-Neuenburg-Chalampé-Mulhouse railway line in order to 

allow a decision to be taken 

P: Zweckverband Regio-Nahverkehr Freiburg / EU: 125 000 € / TC: 250 000 € 

Planning for a new pedestrian / cyclist bridge between 

Kehl and Strasbourg 


Planning and monitoring of the construction of the new pedestrian and cycle 

bridge, built by the town of Kehl and the Strasbourg Urban Community as part of 

the 2004 Flower Show (Two Shores Festival) 

P: Kehl town / EU: 986 322,13 € / TC: 1 972 644,25 € 

Fessenheim (F) - Hartheim (D) bridge 


Build a bridge over the Rhine for pedestrians and cyclists with lane direction 

control for vehicles of up to 3.5 tons 

P: Groupement local de coopération transfrontalière “Centre-Hardt – Rhin Supérieur” / 

EU: 859 164 € / TC: 3 188 599 €

Multimodal study of transport in the Upper Rhine 


3-phase multi-modal study of transport in the Upper Rhine area. The first phase 

was completed as part of INTERREG II 

P: Direction régionale de l’Equipement d’Alsace (Etat français) / EU: 108 720 € / TC: 229 680 € 

Preservation of the environment 

Strasbourg/Ortenau atmospheric protection plan 


Analysis of the origins of air pollution and proposals for reducing such pollution 

P: Umweltministerium Baden-Württemberg / EU: 205 000 € / TC: 410 000 € 

Strasbourg household waste incineration plant 

INTERREG I • Upper Rhine Centre-South • F 

Installation of fume-treating equipment for the incineration centre 

P: Communauté urbaine de Strasbourg / EU: 450 000 € / TC: 900 000 € 

Crossborder and regional centre for the environment (phase 1) 


Set up a crossborder and regional environment centre to include all the 

associations and institutions involved in nature conservation 


Cooperation between Natural Parks 


Stepping-up of cooperation between the Biosphere Reserves of the Northern 

Vosges and the Pfälzerwald in order to create a crossborder Biosphere Reserve: 

integration of policies regarding the environment and nature conservation, 

tourism, agriculture and environment-related education 

P: SYCOPARC (Syndicat de coopération pour le Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord), 

La Petite Pierre / EU: 350 000 € / TC: 700 000 € 

Willow plantation conservation management 


Draw up a management plan to set out the most urgent steps to be taken 

to protect the softwood alluvial forest ecosystem 


Crossborder analysis of the quality of the air in the Upper Rhine 


Crossborder collection and analysis of data for analysing air quality 

P: Ministerium für Wirtschaft und Verkehr Baden-Württemberg / EU: 674 550 € / TC: 1 649 550 € 

Inventory of the quality of underground water in the Upper Rhine valley 


Inventory of water quality in the Upper Rhine valley in order to conserve or 

restore water quality 


Agenda 21 Rheinfelden 

INTERREG III A • Upper Rhine Centre-South • D/CH 

Implementation of phase II project proposals by consolidating and creating 

crossborder organisation structures while fostering the principles of sustainable 

development 

P: Rheinfelden town / EU: 69 920 € / TC: 368 000 € 

Taubergiessen information centre 


Contribute to the conservation of the value and beauty of the common nature 

preserve to awaken visitor interest in preserving the environment through 

convincing guided tours 

P: Gemeinde Kappel-Grafenhausen / EU: 96 000 € / TC: 200 000 € 

Trinational Programme for the conservation of orchards 

and the related biodiversity 


Implement a conservation programme for high-stem orchards and their related 

biodiversity, especially the avifauna and flora 

P: Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux, Délégation Alsace / EU: 130 000 € / TC: 327 000 € 

RegioNER - renewable energy in the Upper Rhine 


RegioNER fosters the use of renewable energies and energy efficiency in the 

communities of the Upper Rhine region 

P: CANOPUS Foundation Freiburg, Deutschland / EU: 325 000 € / TC: 670 000 € 

Development of Franco-German cooperation in the crossborder 

biosphere reserve 


The Naturpark Pfälzerwald e.V. and the Syndicat Mixte de Coopération pour le 

Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord have decided, with the approval of the 

coordination committee for the crossborder biosphere reserve, to request 

community financing from the INTERREG III A-PAMINA programme for a dozen 

or so projects concerned with nature conservation, sustainable agriculture, 

ecotourism, environment-related education, communication, meetings and 

exchange of knowledge and experience 

P: Naturpark Pfälzerwald e. V. / EU: 277 250 € / TC: 554 500 € 

Introduction of vegetable oils technology in the PAMINA region 


Crossborder introduction of vegetable oils technology for the PAMINA region 

P: Verbandsgemeinde Bad Berzabern / EU: 320 000 € / TC: 640 000 € 

Fishway and other projected work in the Rhine backwaters 


Renovation of the Lauter crossborder sector along the Rhine around Berg and 

Lauterbourg, so as to improve the fishways, ensure the recovery of rainwater and 

improve the flow of water to the Rhine 

P: Verbandsgemeinde Hagenbach / EU: 383 284 € / TC: 766 568 € 

Sylvigenesis of beech bushes in the Northern Vosges / Pfälzerwald 

crossborder biosphere reserve 


The main objectives of this preserve are the protection and conservation of the 

natural processes of evolution, habitats and biodiversity, as well as the improvement 

of knowledge of forest habitats so as to foster the development of forestry 

more in line with natural processes, the creation of reference groups and raising 

public awareness of the environment. The network will be part of a European 

reference network 

P: Forschungsanstalt für Waldökologie und Forstwirtschaft Rheinland-Pfalz / EU: 223 073 € / 

TC: 446 145 € 

Monitoring indicators for actions for the protection of the Rhine 

aquifer in the Upper Rhine valley 


Use the data acquired in measuring campaigns carried out regularly on either 

side of the Rhine for assessing the quality and volume of the Rhine aquifer in 

order to produce general indicators 

P: Association pour la protection de la nappe (APRONA) / EU: 240 000 € / TC: 480 000 € 

Development of teaching aids to explain the Rhine aquifer and to 

raise public awareness of the issue 


Increase public awareness of the importance of the conservation of underground 

water resources 

P: Région Alsace / EU: 101 421,60 € / TC: 202 843,20 € 

Regiobogen: a trinational green belt - implementation phase 


A network linking the biotopes of three countries is due to be set up in the 

Dreiländereck area, in cooperation with local authorities and farmers 

P: Trinationales Umweltzentrum e. V. / EU: 281 775 € / TC: 635 275 € 

Joint system for assessing and providing information 

on air quality within the Upper Rhine area 


Set up a joint ongoing information source giving the quality of the air in the 

Upper Rhine area. Improve comprehension of acute and chronic pollution issues, 

by creating scientific models 

P: ASPA Alsace / EU: 1 076 370 € / TC: 2 919 092 € 

How the INTERREG programme operates 

Technical assistance relating to managing the operational programme 


Management of the INTERREG operational programme 






Technical assistance 




INTERREG II assessment study 


Intermediate assessment of the Upper Rhin Centre-South INTERREG II programme 

and ex ante assessment of the Upper Rhin Centre-South INTERREG III programme 

P: Regierungspräsidium Freiburg and Région Alsace / EU: 40 000 € / TC: 100 000 € 





Technical assistance 




Implementation and operation of the local REGIO PAMINA 

crossborder cooperation group 


The local REGIO PAMINA crossborder cooperation group sets out to promote, 

support and coordinate crossborder cooperation, to monitor its implementation 

or, if necessary, to carry out certain joint projects or to act as project manager in 

those areas coming within the competence of its members 

P: Syndicat mixte ouvert REGIO PAMINA / EU: 707 456 € / TC: 1 591 907 €

Partners of the Upper Rhine Centre-South and PAMINA programmes:

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