ESPO and EFIP organized joint seminar on EU funding for transport
The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) and the European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP) organised a joint seminar on EU Funding for transport projects. Interest in the seminar was lively, with participants coming from ports and inland ports located on eight TEN-T core network corridors in nine different EU Member States.
The workshop gave sea and inland ports the opportunity to exchange views and expertise with colleague ports located along the same TEN-T core network corridor or with colleagues planning thematically similar projects. The idea behind the seminar is to facilitate the co-operation between sea and inland ports on a given corridor and to help those ports that would like to set up joint infrastructure projects to find suitable partners.
Participants discussed the financial instruments that provide support to transport projects, such as the Connecting Europe Facility and the Cohesion Fund with experts from the European Commission and the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA).
ESPO and EFIP launched an inventory of infrastructure projects needed by the core ports and inland ports in the period 2014-2020. The two associations will collect information from members on the infrastructure investment needs of their ports. The idea is to gain an overview of the magnitude and type of projects required, which could provide an orientation for the Commission in the development of the corridor work plans.
Source: ESPO
