Inland waterways and ports – works or mixed

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Programme Category

EU Competitive Programmes

Programme Name

Connecting Europe Facility

Programme Description

The Connecting Europe Facility is a key EU funding instrument to promote growth, jobs and competitiveness through infrastructure investment at European level.

Programme Details

Identifier Code

CEF-T-2021-COMPCOEN-IWWP-WORKS

Call

Inland waterways and ports – works or mixed

Summary

The objective is to develop inland waterways transport infrastructure projects on the Comprehensive Network of the TEN-T.

Detailed Call Description

Works on inland waterways, with the possibility to include studies, related to:

  • upgrade of waterways and related infrastructure such as locks and weirs/dams in order to achieve stable or improved navigation conditions, performance and/or more capacity for the passage of vessels or to ensure good navigation status;
  • creation of new waterways and related infrastructure (locks, weirs/dams, bridges);
  • construction/lifting/upgrading of locks and movable bridges, to improve the passage of vessels and convoys;
  • automation of waterway infrastructure (e.g. locks, weirs/dams, bridges) to improve its operation and monitoring;
  • increasing of under-bridge clearance;
  • ensuring year-round navigability e.g. by means of hydrological services, ice-breaking facilities and capital dredging;
  • waterside infrastructure including the creation and/or upgrade of infrastructure for mooring and waterborne operations along a waterway;
  • interconnection between inland waterways and maritime transport.

Works on inland ports, with the possibility to include studies, related to:

  • access, including safe access through navigational aids, of inland ports to inland waterways;
  • basic and water-side infrastructure in inland ports, including shore-side electricity supply;
  • port reception facilities for oil and other waste (including residues from exhaust gas cleaning systems) and infrastructure for degassing vessels to meet environmental requirements;
  • providing or improving road/rail access and connections within inland ports;
  • ensuring year-round navigability by means of e.g. hydrological services, ice-breaking facilities and dredging of the port and port approaches.

Water-side infrastructure development projects shall mean infrastructure that enhances the navigability capacity. This excludes infrastructure that does not directly benefit waterborne transport operations.

Support will not be given to infrastructure dedicated to cruise ships, except as regards shore-side electricity supply.
Hinterland connections to the inland ports are covered by the respective transport mode priorities but may be part of a single Action.

Call Total Budget

€350,000,000

Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

85%
You can apply for a higher project funding rate (maximum 90%), if your project concerns cross-border links with integrated management.

Thematic Categories

  • Fisheries/ Aquaculture and Maritime Policy
  • Transport

Eligibility for Participation

  • Central Government
  • International Organisations
  • NGOs
  • Non Profit Organisations
  • Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
  • State-owned Enterprises

Eligibility For Participation Notes

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:

  • be legal entities (public or private bodies)
  • be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
    • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)
    • third countries associated to the CEF (list [none])

Call Opening Date

16/09/2021

Call Closing Date

19/01/2022

National Contact Point(s)

Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works
Department of Public Works
https://bit.ly/3BoYoGo
165 Strovolou Avenue, 2048 Strovolos
Telephones: +357 22806521, +357 22806550, +357 22806537
Email: info@pwd.mcw.gov.cy

Contact person:
Elpida Epameinondas
Senior Executive Engineer
Τelephone: +357 22806643
Email: eepamenonda@pwd.mcw.gov.cy

(Publish Date: 20/10/2021-for internal use only)

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