With DDG No. 838 of 17 November 2025, the Regional Department for Programming, Managing Authority of the INTERREG VI-A Italia–Malta Programme, approved Public Notice 2/2025 adopted by the Monitoring Committee on 10 November 2025.
An extract of the Notice will be published in the next issue of the Official Gazette of the Sicilian Region (GURS).
The Notice aims to select targeted and ready-to-implement project proposals under the following Specific Objectives of the Programme:
Priority 1 – A smarter cooperation area
• SO 1.1 – Research, innovation and advanced technologies
• SO 1.2 – Skills for smart specialisation and entrepreneurship
Priority 2 – A resilient cooperation area
• SO 2.1 – Climate change adaptation and risk prevention
• SO 2.2 – Circular economy
Priority 3 – Culture and sustainable tourism
• SO 3.1 – Strengthening the role of culture and sustainable tourism
Priority 4 – Governance
• SO 4.1 – Improved efficiency of cross-border cooperation
Financial Allocation
The Notice provides for a total budget of EUR 24,000,000.00 (ERDF), allocated among the Specific Objectives as established in Article 8 of the Public Notice.
Submission of Applications
Project proposals must be submitted exclusively through the JEMS platform, available at the following link:
https://jems.italiamalta.eu
• Opening date for uploading project proposals: 01 December 2025
• Deadline for submitting project proposals: 20 January 2026, at 23:59
For the documentation to be submitted together with the project proposals, please refer to Article 16 of the Notice.
Responsible Officer
Dr. Daniela Segreto – Area 7, Regional Department for Programming.
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Downloadable Documents (included in the WinZip package)
Public Notice 2/2025 (PDF) + DDG No. 838/2025 approving the Notice
Annex 1 – Selection criteria for operations – INTERREG VI-A Italy–Malta Programme
Annex A – Letter of intent and co-financing by lead partner/partner
Annex B – Letter of co-financing in favour of the private partner
Annex C – Verification of the financial capacity of private bodies (with or without profit)
Annex D – Declaration of research organisations
Offline Application Form (for convenience)
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