DIGIWAVE took part on 1 October in the 15th European Cooperation Day held in Valencia, Spain, an event dedicated to showing how Interreg programmes connect territories and organisations to respond jointly to shared challenges.
European cooperation becomes meaningful when it translates into concrete solutions and opportunities for people. With this idea at its core, DIGIWAVE took part on 1 October in the 15th European Cooperation Day held in Valencia, Spain, an event dedicated to showing how Interreg programmes connect territories and organisations to respond jointly to shared challenges.
The event, entitled “From barriers to solutions: proposals to participate more and better in Interreg”, was promoted by the Generalitat Valenciana, through its Directorate-General for European Funds, together with Interact Valencia. It brought together universities, public administrations, companies, SMEs and civil society organisations to reflect on the present of European territorial cooperation and discuss perspectives for the 2028–2034 programming period.
The venue was the Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporània, one of Valencia’s main contemporary culture centres, where participants could also visit the exhibition “More than 30 years of European cooperation in the Valencian Community”. The exhibition presented a selection of Interreg projects involving organisations from the region and helped place current initiatives within a longer history of European territorial cooperation.
The event offered an opportunity to position DIGIWAVE within a broader reflection on the value of working across territories. During the current 2021–2027 period, the Valencian Community participates in dozens of initiatives linked to programmes such as Interreg NEXT MED, Interreg Euro-MED, SUDOE, Interreg Europe and URBACT. This ecosystem shows how cooperation can generate knowledge, share solutions and connect organisations facing similar challenges in different contexts.
That same principle is at the heart of DIGIWAVE.
Unequal access for women to the digital economy is not a challenge limited to one country. Barriers related to training, employment, entrepreneurship, professional networks and access to opportunities take different forms in Spain, Greece, Tunisia and Jordan.
DIGIWAVE works precisely from this diversity: each territory contributes its own experience, identifies local needs and adapts responses to its context, while the consortium develops shared tools, learning and methodologies across the Mediterranean.
The project is currently entering a particularly important implementation stage with the launch of its pilot training and support programmes.
Rather than focusing only on digital skills, DIGIWAVE combines learning, entrepreneurship, mentoring, personalised support and networking so that participants can turn new skills into professional and business opportunities.
Its participation in European Cooperation Day helps illustrate that journey: how a territorial cooperation programme can move from connecting organisations in several countries to generating practical responses for people facing similar barriers in different parts of the Mediterranean.
The Valencia event also looked ahead to the future of Interreg. As the European framework for 2028–2034 begins to take shape, experiences such as DIGIWAVE help demonstrate that cooperation between regions is not only about funding. It is also a way to share knowledge, test solutions and address together challenges that are difficult to solve from a single territory.
DIGIWAVE is led by Jovesólides in Spain, in partnership with ActionAid Hellas in Greece, the Center of Arab Women for Training and Research CAWTAR in Tunisia, and Al-Balqa Applied University in Jordan.
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06/10/2026
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