To improve coordination of investments, the revised guidelines allow the Commission to nominate European coordinators for individual cross-border sections, for groups of projects located on the same priority axis, or for a whole axis. These European coordinators, acting for the Commission, will mainly deal with projects which need a strong, often political, push in order to overcome difficulties in the planning and construction phases and will encourage cooperation with users and operators, promote the projects to private investors and financial institutions, including in the EU, and keep the Commission informed of progress.

In the first round, European coordinators were nominated, on 20 July 2005, for priority axes 1, 3, 6, 17 and 27, and for the implementation of the European rail traffic management system (ERTMS).