CEF 2 Transport - Projects on the Core Network - General envelope

Home Funding Calls for proposals Inland waterways – works Inland waterways – works CEF-T-2026-COREGEN-IWWP-WORKS Topic Call for proposal Internal navigation General information Topic description Topic updates Conditions and documents Budget overview Partner search announcements Start submission Topic Q&As Get support General information Programme Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Call CEF 2 Transport - Projects on the Core Network - General envelope (CEF-T-2026-COREGEN) Type of action CEF-INFRA CEF Infrastructure Projects Type of MGA CEF Action Grant Budget-Based [CEF-AG] Open For Submission Deadline model single-stage Opening date 18 June 2026 Deadline date 06 October 2026 17:00:00 Brussels time Topic description Objective: The objective of this call is to develop inland waterway transport infrastructure projects on the TEN-T core network. Scope: Works on inland waterways related to: Upgrade of waterways and related infrastructure such as locks and, weirs/dams, in order to achieve stable or improved navigation conditions, performance and/or more capacity for the passage of vessels or to ensure good navigation status; Creation of new waterways and related infrastructure (locks, weirs/dams, bridges). Show more Topic updates 18 June 2026 The submission session is now available for: CEF-T-2026-COREGEN-IWWP-WORKS, CEF-T-2026-COREGEN-RAIL-WORKS Show more Topic conditions and documents Conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in section 5 of the call document. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible countries described in section 6 of the call document. 3. Other eligibility conditions described in section 6 of the call document. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in section 7 of the call document. 5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual. 5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds described in section 9 of the call document. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in section 4 of the call document. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants described in section 10 of the call document. Call document and annexes: CEF-T-2026-COREGEN Application form templates Standard application form — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System Detailed budget table per WP Letter of support/MS agreement Timetable (Gannt Chart) Simplified CBA calculator Full CBA cash flow template Environmental compliance file Additional documents: Amended Work Programme 2021-2027 - 5 June 2026 CEF Regulation 2021/1153 TEN-T Regulation 2024/1679 EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509 CINEA Guide for Economic Appraisal for CEF Projects DG REGIO CBA Economic Appraisal Vademecum Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement Decision on unit costs for SME owners Decision on unit costs for personnel (usual cost accounting practices) Show more Budget overview Topic Budget year : 2026 Stages Opening date Deadline Contributions Indicative number of grants CEF-T-2026-COREGEN-RAIL-WORKS - CEF-INFRA CEF Infrastructure Projects CEF-T-2026-COREGEN-IWWP-WORKS - CEF-INFRA CEF Infrastructure Projects 350 000 000,00 € Single-stage 18 June 2026 6 October 2026 Items per page: 10 50 100 Showing 1–1 of 1 Partner search announcements 20 Searches of partners to collaborate on this topic View / Edit LEARs, Account Administrators or self-registrants can publish partner requests for open and forthcoming topics after logging into this Portal, as well as any user having an active public Person profile. Start submission Need help? To access the Electronic Submission Service, please click on the submission-button next to the type of action and the type of model grant agreement that corresponds to your proposal. You will then be asked to confirm your choice, as it cannot be changed in the submission system. Upon confirmation, you will be linked to the correct entry point. To access existing draft proposals for this topic, please login to the Funding & Tenders Portal and select the My Proposals page of the My Area section. Please select the type of your submission: CEF Infrastructure Projects [CEF-INFRA], CEF Action Grant Budget-Based [CEF-AG] Start submission Topic Q&As13 item(s) found General FAQ Under CEF transport, how will the Commission/CINEA deal with projects that are twinned? Asset out in Section 6 of the call texts, twinned proposals are proposals relating to the same project that are submitted under different calls and/or topics. Where proposals form pa... Under CEF Transport, inland waterways topic, can the upgrade of an existing bridge be supported? The inland waterways call provides support for infrastructure investments in order to achieve stable or improved navigation conditions, performance and/or more capacity for the passa... Under CEF Transport, what are the requirements for the submission of the Environmental Compliance File? Applicants must submit (upload) the Environmental Compliance File for all applications. For works applications and study applications with physical intervention, the ECF must be comp... Under CEF Transport, which railway network layer should be used to determine the location of the proposal on the TEN-T network? Under the rail topic of CEF Transport 2026 calls, if the scope of the proposal concerns a passenger railway line, it should be located on the TEN-T core passenger network. If it conc... Under CEF Transport, could an Inland waterways proposal include biodiversity elements? Inland waterways applications may include works relating to the mitigation of environmental impact and the preservation of biodiversity, notably as regards on-site reforestation or s... Under CEF Transport, is shore-side electricity eligible along the inland waterway on the TEN-T network? No, under the call CEF-T-2026-COREGEN shore-side electricity supply is not eligible along the inland waterway on the TEN-T network. Shore-side electricity supply in inland ports can ... Under CEF Transport inland waterways, can works for improving the energy efficiency of locks using green energy from photovoltaic sources be supported? Yes,works relating to creation, upgrade and automation of locks along the inland waterways can be supported. Works for improving the energy efficiency of locks using green energy fro... Under CEF Transport, is it allowed to apply for funding for activities that were part of a previous CEF project but were not successfully completed? Asindicated in the “Information Note to the CEF Transport Coordination Committee” of 13/12/2018, “activities kept under existing Grant Agreements will not be funded under reflow call... Under CEF Transport, 2026 calls, which calls are exempted from the requirement to submit a CBA? Under the 2026 call for proposals, the proposals submitted to the following calls are exempted from submitting a CBA: CEF-T-2026-SIMOBGEN CEF-T-2026-MILMOB CEF-T-2026-AFIFGEN CEF-T-2... Under CEF Transport, are works for the creation/upgrade of waterside infrastructure along the TEN-T waterway network supported? Yes. The call CEF-T-2026-COREGEN covers works along the TEN-T waterways, but not in TEN-T ports. This includes infrastructure for mooring (such as quays) with the objective to improv... Under CEF Transport, could an Inland waterways proposal include digitalisation elements? The deployment of cross-disciplinary digital information and operation systems for water and waterway management to ensure year-round navigability can be supported under call CEF-T-2... Under CEF Transport, are projects increasing safety in the locks or at the waterways eligible? Yes, works projects aiming for increasing safety of waterborne transport operations are eligible under the call, except if the interventions are in the form of smart applications/dig... Under CEF Transport, is it correct that ‘digital information systems for water and waterway management’, as mentioned in NAIADES 3, are included within ‘ensuring year-round navigability’? Yes, this is correct. In line with NAIADES III, the deployment of cross-disciplinary digital information and operation systems for water and waterway management is seen as a crucial ... Items per page: 5 10 25 50 100 Showing 1–13 of 13 Get support Please read carefully all provisions below before the preparation of your application. 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