Erwin Siweris

Interreg Europe

Programme Director

Erwin  is responsible for the overall programme management and relation to the  programme governance institutions (the Partner States, the Hauts-de-France  Region as Managing Authority, the European Commission etc.). He is also in  charge of managing the secretariat's team of 31 members.

He has experience in  managing finances for the transnational programmes INTERREG IIC and IIIB  Baltic Sea Region in Rostock, Germany; and two years with the  Investitionsbank Schleswig-Holstein in Kiel, Germany, advising SMEs about EU  funding schemes. Erwin was Deputy Programme Manager in the INTERREG IIIC West  and the INTERREG IVC Programme. He holds a diploma in Political Economics and  Banking and has worked as a consultant in political economics.