Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
The Connecting Europe Facility is a key EU funding instrument to promote growth, jobs and competitiveness through infrastructure investment at European level.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The general objective of this technical assistance is to support infrastructure managers and allocation bodies, in particular the management board set up and the one-stop shop set up.
Detailed Call Description
Specific objectives of the technical assistance:
Objective 1: Improve coordination between infrastructure managers, Member States, railway undertakings and terminal owners/operators, both between these different groups of actors and – within the groups – across borders;
Objective 2: Coordinate and plan investments to ensure that infrastructure capacities and capabilities available along the corridor meet the needs of international rail freight traffic, including as regards interoperability;
Objective 3: improve operational conditions for international rail freight services in particular by coordinating traffic management along the corridors, including in the event of disturbance and monitor the performance of rail freight services on the corridors;
Objective 4: Guarantee international freight trains access to adequate infrastructure capacity, recognizing the needs of other types of transport, including passenger transport;
Objective 5: Facilitate the use of rail infrastructure for international rail freight services and support fair competition between rail freight service providers;
Objective 6: Improve intermodality along the corridors
The technical assistance should contribute to achieving the six objectives defined above.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
100%
Thematic Categories
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Transport
Eligibility for Participation
- Central Government
- Local Authorities
- Private Bodies
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
Eligible activities
- Projects should take into account the results of projects supported by other EU funding programmes. The complementarities must be described in the project proposals.
- Projects must comply with EU policy interests and priorities (such as environment, social, security, industrial and trade policy, etc.).
Financial support to third parties is not allowed.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
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: 17/12/2021-for internal use only)
EU Contact Point
CINEA – Transport:
https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/index_en