The Connecting Europe Facility
The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) supports the development of high performing, sustainable and efficiently interconnected trans-European networks in the fields of transport, energy and digital services. It is a key EU funding instrument in delivering the green transition and an important enabler towards the Union’s decarbonisation objectives for 2030 and 2050.
CEF benefits people across all Member States: it makes travel easier and more sustainable, enhances Europe’s energy security while enabling wider use of renewables, and facilitates cross-border interaction between public administrations, businesses and citizens.
CEF provides funding in the forms of grants and procurement and contributes to attracting private investments.
Programme Sectors
The CEF Energy is the EU funding programme to implement the trans-European networks for energy policy. It supports investments in building new cross-border energy infrastructure in Europe or rehabilitating and upgrading existing ones.
CEF Transport is the EU funding instrument to realise European transport infrastructure policy. It supports investments in building new transport infrastructure in Europe or rehabilitating and upgrading existing ones.
CEF Digital supports investments in digital connectivity infrastructures of common European interest. This part is managed by the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA).
Featured Projects
Rail Baltica is the largest infrastructure project ever in the Baltics. Built to the latest European standards, it will more than double current top train speeds in the region.
- Programme
- Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) (2014/2020)
- Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) (2021/2027)
A new train connection from Milan Malpensa Airport Terminal 2 will officially be opened. This new line will connect the airport directly to nearby stations, including Gallarate and Casorate Sempione, and branch off to the Simplon railway line towards Switzerland.
- Programme
- Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) (2021/2027)
- Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) (2014/2020)
As winter covers the Nordic landscapes in blankets of snow, Finland and Sweden are making great efforts toward sustainable road transport.
- Programme
- Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) (2021/2027)
- Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) (2014/2020)
News
The Connecting Europe Facility Transport programme supports the creation of large-scale digital sky demonstrator projects with €117.5 million. Projects prepare technological solutions for implementation in live and cross-border environments.
It establishes a technical specification for interoperability (TSI) relating to the telematics subsystem (‘TSI Telematics’), which will benefit passengers and businesses alike.
Infrabel, the Belgian infrastructure manager, installed a modern train management system on 350 kilometres of railway lines, along with upgrades to railway control equipment, across three main European rail routes.
The project successfully demonstrated that VHF voice and data communications could be delivered from space - a concept that had never before been proven in a real-world setting.
Publications
CINEA has launched a new digital publication highlighting the essential role of the CEF Energy in driving Europe’s energy transition - ensuring affordability, security and sustainability across the European energy system.
Hydrogen can help decarbonise sectors that are difficult to electrify. Discover CINEA diverse portfolio of hydrogen projects across Europe.
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.
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