The call is open to applicants from across the programme area and to projects addressing both priorities: 

1. Promoting innovation and competitiveness in remote and peripheral areas
2. Sustainable development of natural and community resources

Themes
At its last meeting, the Programme Monitoring Committee (PMC) made an analysis of the themes addressed by the 31 approved main projects so far. In addition, it took into consideration the results on the 1st ongoing evaluation exercise that has been carried out in the autumn of 2009. The Sixth call will be a targeted call where projects should demonstrate their potential to fight the severest impacts of the economic crisis, creatively seek to the creation of jobs and businesses that prevent unemployment and develop innovative solutions for finding new ways out of the economic crisis. Projects should seek to turn the economic crisis into opportunities by combining technological sectors with non-technological sectors, even taking risks to be different and collaborate where traditional and creative industries can meet. The main focus will be on business development activities related to priority 1, where there is allocated financial resources available.

Widening the added value concept
The Programme Monitoring Committee has agreed to a wider definition of products and services, which is part of the NPP core concept of added value. The wider definition includes: 

• Producing a new product or service that has a transnational or transregional character. 
• Transfer and adaptation of existing products and services from one region into transnational or transregional solutions 
• Update and adaptation of existing transnational or transregional products and services with additional features 

More details about the Sixth Call themes, available funding and the application pack can be found on the Sixth Call page and in the pre-announcement (pdf).