INEA - The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency

Dirk BeckersExecutive Director INEA

Riga – 22/23 June 2015

CONNECTING EUROPE FACILITY – TRANSPORT

Priorities, funding opportunities and management by INEA

INEA in short

• 1 January 2014 – INEA replaced TEN-T EA (the Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency) with an extended mandate

• Budget to be managed 2014-2020: 34.1 billion euros

• Rapid expansion from 100 staff in TEN-T EA to about 300 staff in INEA managing around 2000+ projects by 2020

• Solid experience in programme implementation and project management and excellent record of past performance

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INEA's programmes

- H2020 Transport - H2020 Energy

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• Major cross-border projects and projects addressing main bottlenecks on the 9 TEN-T multimodal Corridors

• Pre-identified projects on the core network as well as other projects on the core and comprehensive network

• Implementation of horizontal priorities (ERTMS, MoS, etc)

• Increasing the opportunity for private investment support • Connecting the TEN-T network with neighbouring countries 5

CEF Transport prioritiesTotal Budget: €22.4 bln (of which 12 bln for 2014 calls)

Record: 735 submitted proposals

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250 57 133 84

Annual

MAP

Core network, rail interoperability, ERTMS

Innovation

Horizontal priorities

Cohesion

Requested funding vs indicative budget (€ million)

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379.6

7,106.4

930.0

Annual call

7,501.3

4,000.0

Cohesion

20,216.2

6,000.0

Core network, rail interoperability, ERTMS

250.0

Innovation

1,449.0 750.0

Horizontal priorities

Times 7.64

Times 3.37

Times 1.52

Times 1.93

Times1.88

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*Adopted Decisions excluding cancelled projects

421 projects ongoing 53% allocated to 203 cross-border Actions

Building upon TEN-T experience

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Sound financial management

• Excellent track record for time to pay and time to grant

• 100% budget execution• 15-20 external audits each year

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High level technical expertisein transport infrastructure projects

• Multi-disciplinary teams of project managers with wide-ranging experience covering all modes of transport as well as horizontal transport priorities like ITS, SESAR, ERTMS or Motorways of the Sea.

• Special focus on innovation with support to pilot actions implementing transport policy priorities (electric vehicles, LNG for shipping, etc.)

• Deep practical understanding of complex cross-border transport infrastructure projects and multi-beneficiary projects at European level

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First class programme implementation - I

• INEA = access point to EU infrastructure co-funding by grants

• Alignment of EU funding with EU policy priorities and dynamic budget management - 'use it or lose it' principle

• Efficient management of project lifecycle

• Close cooperation with beneficiaries

• Systematic feedback loop to policy making

• Expert contribution to the development of innovative financing solutions and mobilisation of EU financial instruments to pull together EU/national/private funding

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• Support to project promoters during the entire project period through targeted events (Project Management Workshops, seminars and Info Days)

• Reinforced collaboration and coordination with beneficiaries, national authorities, European Coordinators and Commission services

• Improved visibility of EU support to transport infrastructure

• Improved information & communication: Website, Twitter, LinkedIn Dissemination of Programme information to beneficiaries Use of GIS for maps Promoting the visibility of project achievements and results

First class programme implementation - II

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Showcasing project successes"10 out of TEN"

campaign

November 2011

"10 (More) out of TEN" campaign

November 2012

"TENtastic" campaign

October 2013

"Better Together" campaign

June 2015

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For more information

http://inea.ec.europa.eu

@inea_eu

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