The training is organised jointly by Interact and Tesim and focuses on dealing with State aid in Interreg and NEXT programmes in 2021-2027 perspective. The training is addressed to beginners and will cover the notion of State aid, approaches (especially General Block Exemption Regulation and de minimis) to dealing with State aid both in Member States and outside, in case of programmes covering third countries. 

The special focus of the training is the Article 20 and 20a since they are created especially for ETC programmes. The topic of indirect aid will also be covered.  

The general aim of the training is to familiarise new staff working in Joint Secretariats and Managing Authorities what State aid is and how it can be dealt with in Interreg and NEXT programmes. The training can also be interesting for the staff in those programmes which plan to use the amended Article 20 and new Article 20a of GBER since we are going to discuss the procedure of preparing the scheme and reporting on State aids granted.