EU FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT TIPS

Two calls for proposals in the areas of Green Vehicles and Mobility for Growth opened , with a deadline on 15 October. In total €48,5 million will be made available to the applicants from Horizon 2020 (H2020), the EU's research and innovation framework programme.

Priorities:

Funding Objective 1:
• Railways, inland waterways and roads projects on the Core Network including connections to inland and maritime ports and airports, as well as the development of ports
• Projects on the Comprehensive Network (railways, inland waterways, roads, maritime and inland ports)
• Projects to connect the TEN-T with infrastructure networks of the neighbouring countries - in particular related to cross-border sections (railways, inland waterways, roads, maritime and inland ports)

Funding Objective 2:
• Deployment of new technologies and innovation, other than those covered by the Multi-annual Work Programme
• Freight transport services
• Actions to reduce rail freight noise, including by retrofitting of existing rolling stock

Funding Objective 3:
• Telematic applications systems other than those covered by the Multi-Annual Work Programme
• Actions for better accessibility to transport infrastructure for disabled persons
• Actions implementing transport infrastructure in nodes of the core network, including urban nodes
• Connections to and development of multimodal logistics platforms

Deadline for submission: 26 February 2015

The 2014 CEF Transport Multi-annual Call's Funding Objective 2 has a budget of €250 million.

Funding Objective 2 aims at ensuring sustainable and efficient transport systems in the long run, with a view to preparing for expected future transport flows, as well as enabling all modes of transport to be decarbonised through transition to innovative low-carbon and energy-efficient transport technologies, while optimising safety. It addresses the following priorities:

• Deployment of new technologies and innovation in all transport modes, with a focus on decarbonisation, safety and innovative technologies for the promotion of sustainability, operation, management, accessibility, multimodality and efficiency of the network
• Safe and secure infrastructure - including safe and secure parking on the road Core Network

Deadline for submission: 26 February 2015

The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) is a new financing instrument with an earmarked budget of €33 billion for infrastructure projects in the energy, transport and telecom sectors. The objective of the CEF programme is to provide financial support to projects which can help fill the missing links in Europe's infrastructure networks. Most of the support from CEF is expected to take the form of grants, which are direct financial contributions from the EU's budget intended to co-finance actions helping to achieve specific EU policy objectives.

INEA invites independent experts in the respective fields to support the evaluation of proposals for grants submitted in response to CEF calls for proposals as well as other activities, for exampling monitoring of funded projects including those of CEF’s predecessor programme.