Oct. 28 – Next Thursday in Udine, the Auditorium of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region will host the first information day on the new cross-border cooperation program between Italy-Austria. The program’s budget stands at over € 96.7 million, offering potential beneficiaries and stakeholders the opportunity to develop collaborative projects for the EU 2014-2020 programming period in an area that covers Friuli Venezia Giulia, Veneto, the province of Bolzano, Austria, Carinthia, Salzburg and Tirol. The program is divided into five intervention “axes” that provide funding for the following areas: research and innovation, small and medium-sized enterprises, natural and cultural heritage, institutional competence and participatory local development. (Red)