Abstract
The focus of this article is on the role of the European programme for cross-border co-operation - Interreg - in developing and promoting cross-border co-operation in the context of the new institutions established for the implementation of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. The elaboration and negotiation of the third Interreg programme for the Irish border area took place in the context of a fluid and at times unstable institutional environment. The analysis proceeds in five stages: an overview of the analytical framework, examination of the preferences of the European Commission concerning Interreg III, analysis of the interaction between the establishment of the new institutions and the changing opportunity structures for those wishing to influence the content and implementation of Interreg III, examination of the manner in which the Interreg programme was elaborated, and analysis of the final stages of the negotiations of the programme and the negotiations on a role for the border regions.
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