The European Union (EU) counts nine outermost regions, which are geographically very distant from the European continent. These are French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, Reunion Island and Saint-Martin (France), Azores and Madeira (Portugal), and the Canary Islands (Spain).
Enshrining outermost regions’ concerns across policies and legislative proposals:
Results since adoption of the Outermost Regions Communication of May 2022 (Plus earlier in 2022, the EMFAF 2022-23 work programme of 26/1, the Transition Pathways for Tourism Communication of 3/2 (and the OR strategy itself))
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04/05/2022 |
Call for proposals to empower youth in the OR published
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COM launched early May 2022 a call for proposals - worth EUR 1 million - to help empower youth in outermost regions. In the context of the 2022 European Year of Youth, this two-year project will support actions by young people aged 15-24. The aim is to mobilise youth to develop actions tailored to their regions to improve quality of life, development and growth. |
18/05/2022 |
EU Solar Energy Strategy COM(2022) 221 final |
The Communication recognises the need for better direct public support, multi-stakeholder approaches and innovative financing models to facilitate access to solar energy for the energy poor and vulnerable. This issue deserves particular attention in the most remote regions, i.e. the EU outermost regions, which enjoy a large untapped solar energy potential. |
23/05/2022 |
2022 European Semester Spring Package Recommendations |
OR exhaustively mentioned in Country Reports for France, Portugal and Spain – notably |
22/06/2022 |
Proposal for a Regulation on nature restoration |
Legally binding targets for nature restoration will apply to every Member State, which will be required to set up national restoration plans. |
22/06/2022 |
Proposal for a Regulation on the sustainable use of plant protection products |
Provides for legally binding targets at EU level. Member States are to set national reduction targets through national action plans. |
24/06/2022 |
Setting the course for a sustainable blue planet - Joint Communication on the EU’s International Ocean Governance |
EU commits to paying specific attention to the needs of its outermost regions in terms of maritime security challenges and threats, given their high exposure to these threats (that include cyber and hybrid attacks, the growing impacts of climate change, environmental degradation) |
30/06/2022 |
Proposal for a |
The initiative proposes a set of policy measures and actions to support learners, school leaders, teachers, trainers and other educational staff. |
25/08/2022 |
Erasmus+ - Annual Work Programme |
The work programme ensures equal opportunities by reaching out further to people with fewer opportunities, such as people living in the EU Outermost Regions. |
19/09/2022 |
Proposal for a Regulation – Single Market Emergency Instrument |
Proposal for a Regulation to set up a crisis governance framework to preserve the free movement of goods, services and persons and the availability of essential goods and services in the event of future emergencies. |
12/10/2022 |
Second set of calls under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Digital Programme |
The calls draw attention to the specific connectivity needs of the outermost regions in the deployment of high capacity and high-performing digital networks and backbone networks, including 5G systems. Actions in the outermost regions benefit from a higher co-financing rates of up to 70% and a project’s contribution to territorial accessibility will be evaluated as part of the award criteria. |
12/10/2022 |
Proposal for a Decision on a European Year of Skills 2023 |
The proposal highlights the importance of the regional dimension and in particular the skills challenges faced by remote regions such as the outermost regions where access to the labour market and upskilling and reskilling opportunities are limited. |
13/10/2022 |
Call for proposal under the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) |
The call "Regional Flagship Projects supporting the sustainable blue economy in EU sea basins" includes a specific strand dedicated to the outermost regions on "Promotion of sustainable maritime and coastal tourism in the outermost regions" with a dedicated budget of 1 million euros. The project consortium must be composed of at least 2 independent entities from 2 different outermost regions. The cofinancing rate is 85%. The deadline for applications is 31 January 2023. |
21/11/2022 |
Commission Implementing Decision on the 2023 Work Programme of the “EU4Health Programme” and Annex |
The annual work programme sets the objectives and actions for the implementation of the “EU4Health” programme. In pursuing those actions, the reduction of inequalities in the provision of healthcare, in particular in rural and remote areas, including in the outermost regions, for the purposes of achieving inclusive growth and a gender sensitive approach will be considered where relevant. |
15/12/2022 |
Call “ Capacity Building - Strand 2b” under the Interregional Innovation Investments (I3) Instrument |
The “Capacity Building-Strand 2b” call under the I3 Instrument aims to increase the capacity of regional innovation ecosystems in less developed regions and outermost regions to participate in EU value chains. Due consideration will be given to projects promoting the participation of outermost regions during the evaluation of project proposals. The deadline for applications is 16 March 2023. |
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16/03/2023 |
Commission services’ paper on the Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment in support of the deepening of the interim Economic Partnership Agreement EU and ESA5 |
The report of the sustainability impact assessment between the EU and the five Eastern and Southern African countries - Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, and Zimbabwe highlights the specific situation of the outermost regions – in particular Réunion and Mayotte – to be taken into account, in particular as regards agricultural production (in particular sugar and also other products), fisheries and sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) conditions. |
17/03/2023 |
New Guidelines for State aid in the fishery and aquaculture sector |
The revised Fisheries Guidelines introduce new categories of aid, such as aid for fleet and cessation measures (in line with the EMFAF). As regards aid for the renewal of the fishing fleet in the outermost regions, the guidelines:
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17/01/2023 |
Harnessing talent in Europe’s regions |
This initiative draws attention to the challenge of a shrinking workforce and a low and stagnating share of persons with tertiary education in some regions such as the outermost regions. It further emphasises that remote regions, including the outermost regions, face the most acute challenges in re- and upskilling opportunities. The Communication also points to Guadeloupe and Martinique as examples of regions facing outwards migration of young and skilled people. |
06/02/2023 |
Interregional Innovation Investments (I3) instrument Work Programme 2023-2024 |
Projects supported under Strand 2b (capacity building for the development of value chains in less developed regions) should contribute to an exchange of experience and good practice between more developed regions and less developed regions. Within this strand in particular, projects can offer an added value when promoting the participation of EU outermost regions, and due consideration will be given to such added value during the evaluation of I3 project proposals. |
08/02/2023 |
Communication on EU Disaster Resilience Goals: Acting together to deal with future emergencies |
The Communication sets the EU disaster resilience goals that lead EU Civil Protection policy. They have been developed in cooperation with Member States and have been adopted in the form of a Recommendation addressed to civil protection authorities. |
10/03/2023 |
European Union Space Strategy for Security and Defence |
The Communication announces |
10/05/2023 FINAL |
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) |
As part of the “Fit for 55” package, the CBAM applies to some goods imported into the customs territory of the Union from third countries. It applies carbon costs equivalent to those borne under the EU ETS, resulting in a carbon price that is equivalent for imports and domestic products. |
15/05/2023 |
Inception report of ex-post evaluation of EU- Southern African Development Community (SADC) Economic Partnership Agreement |
Economic Partnership Agreement to be concluded in spring 2024. The impacts of EU-Southern African Development Community on outermost regions are considered with a dedicated analysis. |
24/05/2023 |
European Semester Spring Package Communication Country report France Country report Portugal Country report Spain |
The chapeau communication refers to “significant regional disparities in access to education, research and innovation and mobility, further accentuated in rural and outermost areas and in extremely remote areas such as the outermost regions where access to essential and social support services remains a challenge”.
Country report Portugal:
Country report Spain:
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01/06/2023 |
SWD Regional Trends for Growth and Convergence in the European Union |
The SWD draws attention to differences between the OR and other EU regions such as OR’s lower GDP levels, demographic challenges, higher unemployment rates, disparities in urban wastewater treatment and greenhouse gas emissions. |
07/06/2023 |
New Agenda for EU-Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) |
Reflects the European Union presence in LAC through its four EU outermost regions as an asset to this partnership. Envisages, as a key action, to strengthen cooperation between LAC and the EU outermost regions in areas of common interest. |
18/06/2023 |
Erasmus+ 2024 annual work programme |
The WP gives particular consideration to EU outermost regions in several key areas, like youth, school education, and inclusivity. It specifically refers to the outermost regions with regard to supporting people with fewer opportunities, fostering active citizenship and employability of young people, and tackling early school leaving. It recognizes the outermost regions’ role in strengthening ties between Erasmus+ participating countries and other countries. |
20/06/2023 |
SWD on the evaluation of the Impact of the implementation of part IV (Trade Pillar) of the EU-Central America Association Agreement |
Contains a section dedicated to the OR. The document admits that the overall impact on the OR cannot be fully assessed with the data from the evaluation. |
05/07/2023 |
Proposal for a targeted revision of the Waste Framework Directive |
Recital 7 provides that “Importance should also be given to regional circular solutions, including public-private partnerships and citizen engagement as well adaptation to specific regional needs such as outermost regions or islands”. |
05/07/2023 |
Proposal for a Regulation on plants produced by new genomic techniques NGT |
The proposal establishes a more flexible legal framework and stresses the potential of some NGT plants to address current challenges in the agri-food system, while ensuring a high level of protection of human health and of the environment. The explanatory memorandum mentions NGT’s potential to support the special needs in Outermost Regions. |
26/09/2023 |
2023 CEF Transport Calls for proposals |
Call for proposals under the General and Cohesion envelopes, with a total indicative budget of EUR 7 billion. Outermost regions benefit from higher co-funding rates (70% non-Cohesion Member States - France and Spain, and 85% in Cohesion Member States – Portugal). |
27/09/2023 |
The report recommends to the concerned Member States to complement private investment to close connectivity gaps of their outermost regions and provide opportunities to acquire digital skills for people in rural areas and outermost regions. The country report for France stresses the importance of continuing recent efforts of fibre roll-out in France’s outermost regions. |
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04/10/2023 |
Revision of the “de minimis” regulation for the fishery and aquaculture sector |
Includes a provision (Article 1(4)) for the ORs, whereby certain operations excluded from the scope of the regulation will exceptionally be allowed in the ORs, to facilitate the renewal and modernisation of small vessels and address safety concerns. This will allow Member States to use State aid exclusively in their ORs to support the purchase, modernisation or construction of fishing vessels of an overall length of less than 12 metres. |
31/10/2023 |
Call for proposals under the BEST scheme – “BESTLIFE2030 |
The BESTLIFE2030 programme aims to support projects in the field of conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in the ORs and OCTs. The programme sets up a funding facility with grants up to €100,000 and a 95% co-financing rate. Amount of the call is EUR 5.8 million. |
24/10/2023 |
COM on delivering on Off-shore renewable energy |
The Communication follows up on the EU strategy on offshore renewable energy and reiterates the Commission’s commitment to supporting coastal regions, the EU outermost regions, and islands to tap into their vast offshore renewable energy potential. |
04/10/2023 |
Staff Working Document (SWD) Evaluation of the impact of the Trade Agreement between the EU and Colombia, Ecuador and Peru |
In the EU, the negative impacts on the sugar and banana sectors of the outermost regions were mentioned in the report, resulting from increased exports from the Andean partner countries to the EU. |
15/11/2023 |
Call “ Capacity Building in Less Developed Regions - Strand 2b” under the Interregional Innovation Investments (I3) Instrument |
The “Capacity Building-Strand 2b” call under the I3 Instrument aims to build capacity in less developed regions to develop and strengthen their regional innovation ecosystems and value chains through coordinated and interlinked investments in several regions. Due consideration will be given to projects promoting the participation of outermost regions during the evaluation of project proposals. There are two cut-off dates for submitting applications: 5 February 2024 and 14 November 2024. |
21/11/2023 |
2024 European Semester: Proposal for a Joint Employment Report |
The report highlights regional differences with regard to youth unemployment and young people neither in employment or in education and training (NEET) with high levels in the EU outermost regions (p.11). It draws attention to geographical factors such as living in remote regions like the outermost regions as potential barriers to essential services (p.18). |
5/12/2023 |
Commission Implementing Decision on the 2024 Work Programme of the “EU4Health Programme” and Annex C(2023) 8524 final |
The annual work programme sets the objectives and actions for the implementation of the “EU4Health” programme. The 2024 work programme recalls that in pursuing those actions, the reduction of inequalities in the provision of healthcare, in particular in rural and remote areas, including in the outermost regions, will be considered.One of the priority actions for 2024 concerns the support to the development of sustainable, forward-looking national and Union stockpiling strategies. The specific needs of EU Outermost Regions due to their remoteness will be considered |
13/12/2023 |
Revision of the general de minimis aid regulation |
The amended general de minimis Regulation exempts small amounts of aid – up to €300.000 over three years - since they are deemed to have no impact on competition and trade in the Single Market. It includes a recital (15) that refers to the marginal effect on trade that some aids granted to beneficiaries in outermost regions could have. Such aids should be assessed on a case-by-case basis. |
13/12/2023 |
Revision of the de minimis aid regulation for services of general economic interest (SGEI) |
The amended de minimis regulation for services of general economic interest (SGEI) exempts amounts of aid – up to €750.000 over three years - since they are deemed to have no impact on competition and trade in the Single Market. It includes a recital (19) that refers to the marginal effect on trade that some aids granted to beneficiaries in outermost regions could have. Such aids should be assessed on a case-by-case basis. |
In the current Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027, the European Commission has enshrined the specificities of the outermost regions in many EU funds and programmes across a wide range of policies. Some examples below.
Cohesion Policy
Maritime and Fisheries Policy (EMFAF)
Agricultural and Biodiversity Policy
Transport, Energy and Digitalisation
Education, Research and Space
Migration
For more information:
Name of programme / calls |
Deadline |
Description |
Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Digital |
Third set of calls for proposals |
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Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Transport |
EUR 7 billion call for projects on transport infrastructure (studies and works) that will contribute to a sustainable, smart, and resilient trans-European transport network. |
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Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) |
Call for Preparatory Studies - Cross-border renewable energy projects |
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Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) |
3rd Call for Cross-Border Renewable Energy (CB RES) projects – Application process for CB RES status |
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Creative Europe |
Culture Moves Europe: Individual Mobility Action 2 |
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Creative Europe |
Culture Moves Europe: Call for Residency hosts |
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Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL) |
Data Space for Tourism |
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Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL) |
Data Space for Cultural Heritage |
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Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL) |
21 March 2024 Specialised education programmes in key capacity areas – Advanced digital skills analysis |
One call (€30 million) will help design and deliver education programmes in advanced digital skills for developers and users of advanced digital technologies. These will be created by consortia of education, business, and research organisations. An additional action (€2 million) will help analyse the advanced digital skills needs in Europe in the key digital areas and strategic sectors. Another call (€10 million) aims to launch the Cybersecurity Skills Academy. This will fund the implementation of new trainings and the scale-up of successful ones with a special focus on the needs of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and public administration. |
Erasmus+ |
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European Universities - Development of deep institutional transnational cooperation |
Erasmus+ |
European Universities - Community of practice |
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Erasmus+ |
25 January 2024 |
Erasmus Charter for Higher Education |
LIFE |
The first call of the BESTLIFE2030 programme launched on 31 October 2023. Projects will be funded up to a maximum of €100,000, with a 95% co-financing rate, and will last between 18 and 36 months. |
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INTERREGIONAL INNOVATION INVESTMENTS (I3) INSTRUMENT |
Capacity Building - Strand 2b call:
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ADVISORY TOOL |
On-demand advisory tool to help outermost regions shape their own regional development plans; reforms and investment agendas; enable synergies between opportunities under EU funds and programmes; and improve administrative capacity. For more information about the type of services proposed, please refer to the catalogue of services on the website. |
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Teaming for Excellence (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-01-01-two-stage): 2nd stage |
The action for a single Centre of excellence to be modernised or created, relevant at national level, in a chosen scientific domain. |
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Excellence Hubs (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-07-01) |
The aim is to foster innovation excellence in place based (local/regional) innovation ecosystems, improve science business linkages, regional dimension of widening, bottom-up approach. |
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ERA Chairs (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-TALENTS-01-01) -Lump Sum |
The aim is to increase in number of R&I talents moving to host organisations in Widening countries and the research excellence of the institution in the specific field covered by the ERA Chair holder. |
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ERA Talents (HORIZON-WIDERA-TALENTS-03-01) - Lump Sum |
This call aims to boost interoperability of careers and employability of research and innovation talents across sectors, focused on Widening countries.
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Hop on facility (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-06-01) |
The aim of the call is to mobilise excellence in the Widening countries at system level, to increase visibility of the participants from the Widening countries, to improve knowledge circulation, and to reduce lack of participation in specific thematic domains. Contributes to achieving the Inclusiveness ambition of the future ERA policy by involving research institutions from Widening countries in Horizon Europe Pillar 2 actions. |
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Programme level collaboration between national R&I policy-makers |
The aim of the call is to support programme level collaboration among MS. The objective is to provide the possibility for MS, Associated Countries and civil society organisations such as foundations, to maintain existing and establish new collaborations on priorities of their choice and extending it also to the domain of EU missions. Successful proposals should align national and regional research funding programmes on agreed priorities that are common to the countries participating in the action and, where appropriate, implement joint calls for transnational R&I projects as well as other joint calls or other joint activities. |
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Cluster 5: Climate, Energy and Mobility |
An open call worth EUR 246 million for projects in sustainable, secure and competitive energy supply. This includes activities in the areas of renewable energy; energy system, grids and storage; as well as Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS). |
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This tool provides tailored advisory services on demand, to help individual outermost regions develop regional development plans, and achieve synergies between opportunities under EU funds and programmes. It targets a wide range of stakeholders and provides advisory services from a catalogue of services. |
The call is open until end February 2024. Applications are assessed on a rolling basis. Advisory services to be rendered until November 2024. |
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#YOUTH4OUTERMOSTREGIONS – Fostering a new generation of young changemakers for inclusive and sustainable growth |
The project aims to empower and mobilise youth in the outermost regions through the award of small grants for actions by young people in the outermost regions. The project aims to support 70 "mini actions" of up to 12 months with funding of €5,000 to €10,000.
The call for actions will be open between February and May 2024, with first actions starting in September 2024. |
1 November 2023 – 31 October 2025 (24 months) |
These workshops aim to help the outermost regions seize important EU funding opportunities. Each of the seven workshops address one of the following programmes: Connecting Europe Facility; Digital Europe Programme; LIFE Programme; Erasmus+; Horizon Europe; Creative Europe Programme; and Single Market Programme. The workshops aim to help outermost regions’ stakeholders in applying for funding under key EU programmes; thus contributing to increase the quantity and quality of applications by outermost regions’ stakeholders; and ultimately, the number of EU funded projects benefitting stakeholders in these regions. |
Six thematic workshops in 2022- 2023. The last workshop will take place in February 2024 |
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Study on living conditions and access to basic needs |
The aim of this study is to obtain an overview of people’s access to adequate housing; safe drinking water and sanitation; electricity, cooling and heating; and internet and telephone networks in the outermost regions. |
Study will be available in February 2024 |
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Archipel.eu was a European Union co-funded pilot project providing funding opportunities for artists and cultural organisations from the EU Outermost Regions as well as from the Overseas Countries and Territories. In this context, four calls for proposals were launched offering grants up to €20 000 with a 90% co-financing rate as follows:
250 applications were received, and 51 projects were selected for funding. |
Project ended in 2023 |
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Programme of exchanges in the EU Outermost Regions on climate adaptation |
This project brought together stakeholders from the outermost regions and their neighbouring third countries to exchange good practices and common solutions on climate adaptation through ten workshops between autumn 2022 and summer 2023. The project also provided evidence-based analysis of existing initiatives on climate change adaptation. |
A compendium of good practices and solutions for climate change adaptation in the Outermost Regions of the EU was published on 7 November 2023 |
Transforming economies in EU outermost regions: fostering learning and making the most of global interconnectedness |
The project aimed to provide an overview of outermost regions’ potential for participation in global value chain , identified the main relevant value chains (blue economy, renewable energy, innovation, cultural and creative sectors, agrifood) and presented trends in these value chains, taking into account the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on such chains. |
Studies were published in 2023 |
This study presented a preliminary snapshot of the effects of COVID-19 in the Outermost Regions. It provided an analysis of the health, economic and social impacts of the crises on these regions, highlighted action taken, and put forward recommendations for recovery and resilience-building measures. |
Study was published end of 2021. |
The European Commission has published a compendium of good practices and solutions on climate change adaptation in the EU’s Outermost Regions and their neighbouring countries. This document results from a programme of ten workshops organised by the Commission (Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy) from September 2022 to June 2023 to promote the exchange of good practices and solutions to common adaptation challenges between the Outermost Regions and their neighbouring countries and territories. The compendium presents a set of innovative and effective good practice projects on adaptation to climate change to inspire and facilitate cooperation between the outermost regions and their neighbours in addressing their common challenges.
The Outermost Regions are highly exposed to the negative effects of climate change and the Commission is committed to supporting these regions in addressing this major challenge. This is why the Communication on Outermost Regions adopted in 2022 stresses the importance of climate adaptation and cooperation within the same geographic basin, which is also underlined by the EU Adaptation Strategy of 2021. It is in this context that the Commission organised the programme of workshops between the Outermost Regions and their neighbouring countries and territories and supported the preparation of the compendium.
This compilation sets out the context of the impacts of climate change on the Outermost Regions on biodiversity, coastal resilience or various key economic sectors (such as tourism, agriculture, etc.); presents eleven solutions and practices for each of the challenges identified; and presents a series of conclusions.
Name of programme / calls | Application process / Open calls | Description |
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Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Energy |
Yearly calls for Cross-border renewable projects (CB RES status). 3rd Call for Cross-Border Renewable Energy (CB RES) projects is open until 6 February 2024. For a project to become a CB RES project, it should fulfil the criteria set out in Part IV of the Annex to the CEF Regulation, e.g. existence of cooperation arrangement, as well as cost savings and potential overall net benefits that the project would provide. CB RES projects do not necessarily entail a physical link between the cooperating Member States and can be located on the territory of one or more of the Member States involved. Renewable energy technologies listed under article 2 of the RED II Directive are eligible. An open Call for Preparatory Studies supports EU Member States and private project promoters in selecting the best project concept and setting up the cooperation agreement (before projects are possibly included in the CB RES list of projects). The deadline is on 9 January 2024. List of contact points in Member States for CEF Cross-border Renewable Energy |
CEF Energy is an envelope of CEF that supports the implementation of the Regulation on Trans-European Networks for Energy (TEN-E), a policy framework focused on linking the energy infrastructure of EU countries. Budget: €5.84 billion, out of which 15% should be allocated to cross-border renewable energy projects (which may be increased to 20% should that threshold be reached). Higher co-financing rates for projects involving the ORs (70% for works). |
There are regular calls for project proposals throughout the duration of the Innovation Fund (between 2020 and 2030). Project promoters can apply via the EU Funding and Tenders portal. |
The EU fund for climate policy, with a focus on energy and industry. It aims to bring to the market solutions to decarbonise European industry and support its transition to climate neutrality while fostering its competitiveness. The Fund supports up to 60% (regular grants) and up to 100% (competitive bidding) of the costs calculated according to the methodology indicated in each call for proposals (usually covering capital and operational costs minus revenues over the first ten years of operation). |
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Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) |
(Managed at national level) Link for more information about the French plan. Link for more information about the Portuguese plan. Link for more information about the Spanish plan. |
The RRF is a temporary instrument and supports Member States, to implement ambitious reforms and investments that e.g. make their economies and societies more sustainable, resilient and prepared for the green and digital transitions. The RRF is also crucial for implementing the REPowerEU plan. |
Horizon Europe |
An open call worth EUR 246 million for projects in sustainable, secure and competitive energy supply. This includes activities in the areas of renewable energy; energy system, grids and storage; as well as Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS). The deadline is 16 January 2024. All funding information and details on how to apply are on the Funding and Tenders portal Link for more information about the Cluster. |
Horizon Europe is the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation. |
Life |
All LIFE calls for proposals, including LIFE Clean energy transition, are published on CINEA's website as well as the European Commission’s Funding & Tenders porta l. |
The LIFE Programme is the EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action. |
(Managed at national/regional level) * Policy objective 1 = a more competitive and smarter Europe by promoting innovative and smart economic transformation and regional ICT connectivity. |
The ERDF is designed to strengthen economic, social and territorial cohesion in the European Union. |
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The EAFRD finances the EU's contribution to rural development programmes (RDPs). |
Réunion
Revolutionizing Connectivity: ERDF-backed project propels Réunion island into the digital age with high-speed fiber-optic network. No corner left untouched, reaching even the most remote areas via innovative methods like power lines and water tunnels.
Canary Islands
Empowering Safety: Volriskmac, an Interreg initiative, strengthens volcanic monitoring and early warning systems in the EU’ Macaronesia region. Broadband connectivity is key, enabling data transmission in remote areas and supporting ground teams. Dive into the EU’ broadband initiatives for safer communities.
Madeira
Revolutionize water management with SiTAPE! This solution slashes water losses and generates clean energy too. Developed in Madeira, it allows for smooth high-speed data exchange. Dive into the future of sustainability.
Guadeloupe
With these EU-funded submarine fibre-optic cables, Guadeloupe is just a click away. ws for smooth high-speed data exchange. Dive into the future of sustainability.