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 is to modernise transport infrastructure on the Core and Comprehensive Networks of the TEN-T.
Detailed Call Description
The studies to be supported shall relate to projects that:
- are located in an urban node of the Core Network in line with Annex II part 1 of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013;
- are part, with a specific indication of the location of the project, of a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan established in accordance with the 2019 Guidelines for Developing and Implementing a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (https://www.eltis.org/sites/default/files/sump-guidelines-2019_mediumres.pdf) or of an equivalent plan.
- improve accessibility for all users, especially for passengers with reduced mobility;
- allow for the connection with available long-distance transport modes (land connections to/between railway stations and/or airports and/or ports); note that rail connections are covered under the CEF 2 transport calls for projects on the Core and Comprehensive Networks (General and Cohesion envelopes) (call ID’s: CEF-T-2022-COREGEN, CEF-T-2022-CORECOEN, CEF-T-2022-COMPGEN and CEF-T-2022-COMPCOEN); connections with other type of public transport infrastructure will only be supported where rail connections do not exist and are not planned;
- may include safe connection with cycle infrastructure, allow safe connections with shared mobility solutions as part of a wider project which complies with all the relevant Call’s criteria;
- may address infrastructure for access to public transport and transfers between transport modes within an existent or future planned multimodal passenger hub, including cycle and car sharing parking facilities as part of a wider project which complies with all the relevant Call’s criteria.
The studies to be supported shall not relate to the construction or modernisation of buildings or to mobile equipment and vehicles.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
- maximum 50% for the costs of studies as project funding rate for studies projects and applicable in D2 cost category under mixed Projects,
- maximum 30% for the costs of works for proposals related to ‘multimodal passenger hubs’,
- maximum 50% for the costs of works for proposals related to ‘Motorways of the Sea’
- maximum 70% for the costs of works in outermost regions.
Thematic Categories
- Transport
Eligibility for Participation
- Central Government
- International Organisations
- Large Enterprises
- Local Authorities
- Private Bodies
- 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
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: 15/09/2022-for internal use only)
EU Contact Point
CINEA – Transport:
https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/index_en