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 call is to support accompanying measures concerning a European rail network for competitive freight, establishing a single European railway area.
The first specific objective is to provide technical assistance to support the promotion of international rail corridors for a European rail network for competitive freight with implementation of high quality, interoperable infrastructure for international freight traffic and traffic management.
The second specific objective is to provide technical assistance to support the rail Infrastructure Managers and Railway Undertakings in the implementation, monitoring and management of rail infrastructure in the EU.
Detailed Call Description
Technical Assistance to RailNetEurope shall address the support to Rail Freight Corridors and the Infrastructure Managers for the development of common rules, processes, functions and IT requirements / architectures for international rail capacity and traffic management, as well as activities related to data sharing, information provision, performance and market analysis.
Technical assistance covers the following themes and priorities:
- Coordination and cooperation between RNE, RFCs and rail sector stakeholders
- Scoping and feasibility study for a European transport market study
- Further development and implementation of new approaches for rail capacity management and allocation
- Specification, development and deployment of IT systems and applications for rail capacity management (‘digital capacity management’)
- European traffic and contingency management including the related data exchange and monitoring
- Performance monitoring and management for rail infrastructure and transport services, including intermodal context
- Providing information on rail infrastructure and services in user-friendly, digital formats
- Ensuring consistency of coordinated funding proposals involving multiple rail stakeholders as regards the implementation the areas covered in the above WPs.
Technical assistance shall cover the following work packages and activities (further details in the call document, p. 10-12)
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
100%
Thematic Categories
- Transport
Eligibility for Participation
- Central Government
- Large Enterprises
- 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