Programme Sectors
The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Energy is the EU funding programme to implement the Trans-European Networks for Energy policy. It aims at supporting investments in building new cross-border energy infrastructure in Europe or rehabilitating and upgrading the existing one.
The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Transport is the funding instrument to realise European transport infrastructure policy. It aims at supporting investments in building new transport infrastructure in Europe or rehabilitating and upgrading the existing one.
The CEF Digital portion is managed by the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA).
About
CEF is a key EU funding instrument to promote growth, jobs and competitiveness through targeted infrastructure investment at European level.
Data protection rules for CEF programme
Featured Projects
The port of Huelva is undergoing a significant transformation to enhance its role in international logistic chains. With support from the EU, the Port of Huelva is being developed into an intermodal platform.
- Programme
- Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) (2021/2027)
- Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) (2014/2020)
The Bulgarian port of Burgas can now accommodate 260 m long cargo ships, thanks to an infrastructure update co-financed by CEF Transport. The rebirth28 project constructed a new deep-water berth (berth 28) at the Burgas West terminal in the port of Burgas in Bulgaria.
- Programme
- Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) (2014/2020)
- Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) (2021/2027)
The Lyon-Turin Base Tunnel is a TEN-T flagship infrastructure project in the heart of the Mediterranean Corridor. It will consist of a 57.5-kilometer rail tunnel beneath the Alps, for the cross-border section between Italy and France.
- Programme
- Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) (2014/2020)
- Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) (2021/2027)
News
The first ECHOES demonstrator, the IOD-1 satellite, is now in orbit. Equipped with a powerful VHF antenna and an ADS-B surveillance system, it aims to demonstrate the feasibility of real-time communications between air traffic controllers and aircraft using signals transmitted from space.
With this selection, the AFIF will support approximately 2,500 electric recharging points for light-duty vehicles and 2,400 for heavy-duty vehicles along the European TEN-T road network, 35 hydrogen refuelling stations for vehicles, and more.
CINEA received 258 applications requesting over €9.5 billion in co-funding from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Transport by the call deadline of 21 January 2025. It is nearly four times more than the €2.5 billion budget available for the 2024 CEF Transport calls for proposals.
Europe’s air traffic management (ATM) is composed of country-based systems and processes – a fragmentation that resulted in a lack of interoperability and more costly air navigation services.
Working to overcome these challenges is COOPANS, a partnership between air navigation service providers.
Publications
This new Synergy Info Pack highlights how projects from different countries, sectors and funding programmes are all working towards the same goal: making Europe’s waterborne transport sector more sustainable, more efficient and more competitive.
Factsheet on Military Mobility
The brochure showcases the projects supported by CEF Energy that were completed between January 2022 and June 2023.
CINEA Hydrogen projects