JASPERS for CEF Stéphane OUAKI Head Of Unit Connecting Europe – Infrastructure Investment Strategies DG MOVE, European Commission JASPERS Stakeholders Meeting 10 November 2015, Brussels

The Connecting Europe Facility (transport sector) Regulation (EU) 1316/2013 Budget: €24.02bn Including €11.3 bn transferred from the Cohesion Fund Grants  Priorities: TEN-T Corridors and core network: cross-border, missing links, bottlenecks pre-identified projects Horizontal priorities: interoperability, innovation, ERTMS… Sustainable modes of transport Innovative financial instruments (10% of total budget)

The CEF "Cohesion envelope" €11.3 bn transferred from the Cohesion Fund to the CEF Exclusively for transport projects in Member States eligible for the Cohesion Fund on the core network Binding national allocations between 2014 – 2016 (exclusively grants) CF co-funding rates (up to 85%) Technical assistance for capacity building Programme Support Actions (i.a. JASPERS)

CEF "Cohesion envelope" vs Cohesion Fund Centralised (vs shared) management Focus on TEN-T core network (vs all TEN-T core and comprehensive, urban and regional mobility) Focus on cross-border projects Limited road eligibility (only cross-border & max 10% of total envelope) Complementarity: common project pipeline with ESIF Expiry of national allocations at midterm financial period No separate technical assistance budget

Centralised management European Commission (DG MOVE) assisted by the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) Competitive evaluation and selection of projects Work programme (Annual/AP or Multiannual/MAP) Call for proposals Evaluation (external and internal) Grant agreements AP & MAP 2014 MAP 2015 Framework, priorities and available funding Oct 2014 – end Feb 2015 Nov 2015 – mid Feb 2016 Mar-Jun 2015 Mar-Jun 2016 Nov/Dec 2015 Nov/Dec 2016

Results of the first CEF call for proposals in 2014: €13 bn investment in 276 projects

EU funding per transport mode

2015 CEF Multi-annual Work Programme (1) Calls for Proposals: Nov 2015 – Feb 2016 € 7.5 billion (total budget) € 6.5 billion for Cohesion Member States Focus (alignment with Juncker priorities): Core Network Corridors (Jobs, growth and investment) Traffic management systems (Digital single market) Innovation and new technologies (Energy Union and climate) rail projects continuing priority

2015 CEF Multi-annual Work Programme (2) Objective General envelope (€ million) Cohesion envelope Missing links, bottlenecks, rail interoperability with focus on cross-border sections 200 5,622 Sustainable and efficient transport systems, decarbonisation of all transport modes 75 Integration and interconnection of transport modes, interoperability of transport services, accessibility of transport infrastructures 815 650 Total 1,085 6,472

Next steps for CEF 2015 calls (indicative) Publication of Calls + info days (Brussels and in MS) 4 November 2015 Calls deadline (mid) February 2016 External and Internal Evaluation March 2016 – June 2016 Presentation to CEF Committee July 2016 Adoption of Selection Decision July/September 2016 Adoption of individual Decisions October 2016- December 2016

CEF 2016 call under Cohesion envelope The Commission reserves the possibility to launch a call in 2016 in case the total Cohesion envelope has not been fully used under the 2015 call Indicative timetable Adoption of the Work Programme 2015 Before 31 October 2015 Publication of Call 1 October 2016 Call deadline 31 January 2017 Evaluation March 2017 – April 2017 Approval Selection decision by CEF Committee May 2017 EC adoption of Selection Decision July 2017 Preparation and Signature of Grant Agreements September 2017- December 2017

Technical assistance under the CEF "cohesion envelope" Art. 11(3) of CEF Regulation Strengthening administrative capacity in relation to project preparation and implementation 2014 CEF MAP Technical assistance services for the development and implementation of projects implementing the TEN-T core network in the MS eligible to the Cohesion Fund Direct grants and/or Via JASPERS Technical assistance to improve capacity building for Railway Infrastructure Managers eligible to the Cohesion envelope

JASPERS for CEF (1) Advisory services (only) Specificities: Technical assistance for project development and implementation  sufficient quality, maturity and EU added- value Projects on the TEN-T core network eligible/financed under the CEF "cohesion envelope" Aim: help MS fully absorb national allocations (successful selection but also implementation phase) Specificities: Only for countries that specifically request JASPERS assistance Financing from the national allocations  authorisation of MS concerned of the maximum amount to be used for JASPERS services

JASPERS for CEF (2) Framework Partnership Agreement 7 years (till 2020); w. DG REGIO Specific Grant Agreement: 1 July 2015 – 30 June 2017 7 MS: BG, HR, EL, HU, RO, SK, SI Implementation MOVE continuous cooperation with JASPERS and REGIO to ensure effective complementarity

Useful information European Commission – Mobility and Transport http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/infrastructure/ten-t-guidelines/index_en.htm INEA - Calls for proposals http://inea.ec.europa.eu/en/cef/cef_transport/apply_for_funding/cef_transport_call_for_proposals_2014.htm

Thank you for your attention! Stephane.OUAKI@ec.europa.eu