The InvestEU Fund is a market-based and demand-driven instrument, with a strong emphasis on EU policy priorities. It supports the following 4 Policy Windows:
• Sustainable infrastructure
Financing projects in sustainable energy, digital connectivity, transport, the circular economy, water, waste, other environment infrastructure and more.
• Research, innovation and digitalisation
The Technical Assistance Projects (TA projects) may include the following:
1. Projects for the preparation of SNAPs or SIPs (TA-PP).
These projects are aimed at providing financial support to help applicants to prepare a SNAP or a SIP for a maximum LIFE contribution of EUR 70 000. They represent the continuation of the technical assistance projects financed under the LIFE programme 2014-2020.
The Just Transition Mechanism (JTM) is a key tool to ensure that the transition towards a climate-neutral economy happens in a fair way, leaving no one behind. The Just Transition Platform aims to assist EU countries and regions to unlock the support available through the Just Transition Mechanism (composed of Just Transition Fund, InvestEU Just Transition scheme and Public Sector Loan Facility).
European Energy Efficiency Fund – Technical Assistance Facility (eeef - TA) supports projects in the sector of energy efficiency and partly small-scale renewable energy
URBACT’s mission is to enable cities to work together and develop integrated solutions to common urban challenges, by networking, learning from one another’s experiences, drawing lessons and identifying good practices to improve urban policies.
The programme supports the European Urban Initiative through:
The Innovation Fund is one of the world’s largest funding programmes for the demonstration of innovative low-carbon technologies. The goal is to help businesses invest in clean energy and industry to boost economic growth, create local and future-proof jobs, and reinforce European technological leadership on a global scale.
This is done through calls for large (>EUR 7.5m) and small-scale projects focusing on:
innovative low-carbon technologies and processes in energy-intensive industries, including products substituting carbon-intensive ones
Horizon Europe is the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation.
It tackles climate change, helps to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals and boosts the EU’s competitiveness and growth. Under it Pillar II, Horizon Europe is divided in 6 clusters:
The mechanism will facilitate a more cost-effective roll-out of renewables across the EU, particularly in areas that have a greater access to natural resources or are better suited for it in terms of geography.
the mechanism links countries that voluntarily pay into the mechanism (contributing countries) with countries that agree to have new projects built on their soil (hosting countries). However, there is no direct link or negotiation between contributing and hosting countries, as is required under other EU cooperation mechanisms.