INTERREG – Information

FUSION forms part of the European Interreg France-Wallonie-Vlaanderen cross-border cooperation programme. This Interreg programme aims to foster economic and social exchanges between four border regions covering 62,000 km² and more than 11 million inhabitants:

– In France: the Departments of Nord, Pas-de-Calais, Aisne, Ardennes, Oise, Somme and Marne in France;

– In Belgium :
- the provinces of Hainaut, Namur and Luxembourg in Wallonia;
- the provinces of West Flanders and East Flanders (only the districts of Ghent and Oudenaarde) in Flanders.

This programme allocates European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) resources between the selected projects.

There are 5 cooperation themes. FUSION falls under theme 2 – Climate and environment: strengthening the resilience and adaptation of territories to risks linked to climate change.

Specific objective 2.4: To promote adaptation to climate change, as well as disaster risk prevention and resilience, taking into account ecosystem-based approaches.

Project partners

The partnership is made up of 5 bodies: 1 Walloon, 1 Flemish and 3 French.

La Province de Hainaut
Hainaut Ingénierie Technique
Lead partner
HIT

Joint Association for the Water Development and Management Plan for the Lys
SYMAGEL

Regional Image Processing and Remote Sensing Service
SERTIT

Nord Hydraulic Development Union
USAN

Province of West Flanders
PFO

Synergies

FUSION will collaborate with other Interreg projects, in particular in order to pool certain costs:

– CARE+ for communication and the infolys.org tool;

– ARC for collaboration and the establishment of a planting guide.