Programme description
The region’s key investment priorities for the European Regional Development Funds aim to:
- Transform the region and strengthen its economic environment. More specifically, investments will drive the regions entry into industry 4.0, by addressing bottlenecks in the diffusion of innovatve technologies and processes, and by improving the position of the regional economy in global value chains.
- Increase the region's inhabitants participation and competitiveness in the labour market by helping to improve their skills and competences.
- Enhance environmental and climate responsibility by improving energy efficiency, developing renewable energy, preserving and protecting ecosystems. Additionally, investments will assist in reducing pressures of adverse factors linked to climate change. Actions to raise public and institutional awareness will contribute to climate education and to the protection of nature and its resources while laying the foundation for a low/zero-emission transport economy.
- Foster the involvement of local and social partners that will also build the capacity of the social partners and non-governmental organisations. Such actions will increase the local partners' involvement in the development of strategies and projects for functional areas.
The biggest challenges to be addressed concern also:
- the regional labour market activation of economically inactive people;
- the ageing of population;
- accessibility and quality of education at all stages of education;
- social and health services in a deinstitutionalised form to demographic conditions resulting from the increasing share of older people in the population of the region.
A significant part of the Programme will focus on supporting development processes in cities and their functional areas through the use of Integrated Territorial Investments and Other Territorial Tools. This will allow for bottom-up territorial strategies that will result in bundles of coordinated projects co-financed by the ERDF and the ESF+.
A key priority guiding the planned activities will be seizing every opportunity to develop green technologies and to transition to a green economy. To this end, the programme will support innovative and environment-friendly technologies. The planned allocation for climate objectives amounts to more than 35% of the European Regional Development Fund allocation. The percentage of expenditure devoted to biodiversity protection amounts to 4.59% of the Programme allocation.
The Programme will support, where appropriate, the New European Bauhaus principles of sustainability, aesthetics and inclusiveness, investing in initiatives that combine such principles in their search for affordable, inclusive, sustainable and attractive solutions to climate challenges. In supporting of cultural investments, priority will be given to projects implementing the New European Bauhaus.
Financial information
Breakdown of finances by priority axis
| Priority Axis | EU Investment | National Public Contribution | Total Public Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| ERDF | 1.218.441.803,00 | 215.019.146,00 | 1.433.460.949,00 |
| ESF+ | 468.187.012,00 | 82.621.238,00 | 550.808.250,00 |
| Total | 1.686.628.815,00 | 297.640.384,00 | 1.984.269.199,00 |
Priorities and Specific Objectives
Social Europe
Access to employment and activation measures for all
Equal access to quality social and healthcare services
Social integration of people at risk
Modernising labour market institutions
Gender balanced labour market participation
Adaptation of workers and enterprises to change
Quality and inclusive education and training systems
Lifelong learning and career transitions
Active inclusion and employability
Integration of third country nationals
Smarter Europe
Enhancing research and innovation
Reaping the benefits of digitisation
Growth and competitiveness of SMEs
Greener Europe
Energy efficiency
Renewable energy
Climate change adaptation
Sustainable water
Circular economy
Nature protection and biodiversity
Sustainable urban mobility
Connected Europe
Sustainable transport
Social Europe
Education and training infrastructure
Integration of marginalised communities
Integration of third country nationals
Access to health care
Culture and sustainable tourism
Europe closer to citizens
Integrated development in urban areas
Integrated development in rural and coastal areas