The ARCHIMED Programme of the Community Initiative INTERREG III B Package International Cooperation for the new programming period 2000-2006, specializes the interventions for improvement of the spatial planning integration of the South-eastern Mediterranean area.

The ARCHIMED Programme constitutes a continuation of the pilot Programme of the countries of Greece (entire country) and Italy (Basilicata, Calabria, Puglia and Sicilia), which was implemented in the period 1997-1999 (in the context of applying the models of innovative actions of article 10 of the ERDF) and covers an extended area of the Mediterranean Basin, where the eligible areas can be divided into two geographical subtotals as follows:

• CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN
  • GREECE: Entire Country
  • ITALY: The five (5) regions of South Italy (Sicilia, Calabria, Basilicata, Puglia, Campania)
• SOUTH - EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
  • CYPRUS
  • MALTA
  • TURKEY
  • LEBANON
  • SYRIA - GAZA
  • ISRAEL
  • JORDAN
  • EGYPT
  • LIBYA

The overall budget of the Programme is €  79,377,880 out of witch € 52,559,548 are ERDF funds.