The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA)
Making Implementation Happen
Twelfth Advisory Group meeting
28 January 2021
1. Welcome
Dirk Beckers – INEA Director
1. Welcome by the Chair
2. INEA feedback on points raised by AG members
3. CEF Transport portfolio management
4. 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework
• From INEA to CINEA
5. From CEF1 to CEF2
• Main changes affecting the beneficiaries
6. 2021 European year of Rail
• Initiatives for promoting the Agency’s rail portfolio
7. AoB
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draft Agenda
2. INEA feedback on points raised by AG members
Points raised by the members
1. Consortium Agreements
2. CEF1 implementation issues
3. Recovery Plan
4. Assessment of climate impact under CEF2
5. CEF2 matters
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3. CEF Transport portfolio management
• Payments: 613 payments in 2020, amounting to around 2.4 bln€
• Evaluation (4th cut-off) and Grant Agreement preparation (3rd cut-off) for the Blending Facility
• Last open CEF1 call under the 2020 MAP (2nd reflow)
• Amendments, mainly extensions for Actions ending by 31/12/2020, and taking into account COVID constraints
• Biggest ever ASR exercise
Overview
CEF – Transport portfolio
Number of actions Actual Funding (€ million)
943 CEF Transport actions currently contribute €23 billion to transportinfrastructure projects, for a total investment of €50 billion, covering allmodes (around 70% for rail).
CEF Transport portfolio (1/2)
99
Blending Facility
Alternative
FuelsERTMS Total
Maximum funding 199.000.000 99.000.000 298.000.000
Funding awarded, 1st cut-off
(10 Actions selected)63.272.135 7.150.000 70.422.135
Funding awarded, 2nd cut-off
(5 Actions selected)37.989.667 16.775.000 54.764.667
Funding awarded, 3rd cut-off
(10 Actions selected)33.679.295 34.952.000 68.631.295
Total awarded
(25 Actions selected)134.941.097 58.877.000 193.818.097
Requested funding, 4th cut-off
(13 applications under evaluation)82.561.073 20.740.000 103.301.073
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Extensions (so far) of Grant Agreements(months)
• 351 Actions extended (around
40% of the portfolio)
• Average extension: 17 months
543 (61%)
155 (17%) 148 (16%)
41 (5%)7(1%)
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100
200
300
400
500
600
0 1 - 12 13-24 25-36 37-4811
End-year of Actions
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43
6980
190
155
138
178
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40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
200
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
661 Actions ending in 2020-
2023 (around 75% of the
portfolio)
• An analysis based on the eligible costs of the Actions at the time of the
signature of the initial GA.
• The diversity of the portfolio appears when comparing the smallest ever
individual grant under CEF telecom of just above 8.5k€ and the biggest ever
grant under CEF transport of more than 2.3bln€ of costs. This is a factor of
more than 270k.
• The CEF portfolio varies considerably not only between the three sectors but
also within the indiviudal sectors, especially in Transport. This adds to the
complexity of the portfolio management.
Size of CEF Actions – General context
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Analysis of portfolio Actions by size
Nr of Actions Average initial GA costs (€) Minimum initial GA costs (€) Maximum initial GA costs (€)
Transport 918 59,560,954 151,600 2,326,759,000
Studies 337 11,958,595 151,600 605,700,000
Works 581 88,465,621 707,217 2,326,759,00014
Covid-19 – State of play
• INEA’s immediate measures to assist beneficiaries included flexibility insubmission dates, increase of first pre-financing, possibility ofextraordinary additional pre-financing.
• Moreover, the updated extension policy takes into account delays due toCovid (additional extension up to 12 months). Most of the requestedamendments have already been treated.
• The updated impact on the progress of the Actions is expected to bereported in the 2021 ASRs, in the light of the continued COVIDconstraints.
• Despite the circumstances, COVID has not affected the budget executionin 2020.
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4. 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework
From INEA to CINEA
INEA’s future: towards the EU Green Deal Agency
INEA implements transport and energy infrastructure actions (CONNECTING EUROPE FACILITY), and research and innovation projects (HORIZON 2020)
April 20212014 NEXT...
Innovation Fundwas added
INEA to become the EUROPEAN CLIMATE, INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENT EXECUTIVE AGENCY*
New Agency to manage existing projects and new programmes
June 2020
*Pending final approval of the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)
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EUROPEAN CLIMATE,
INFRASTRUCTURE AND
ENVIRONMENT EXECUTIVE
AGENCY
H O R I Z O N E U R O P E Cluster 'Climate, Energy and Mobility‘
Fighting climate change through different actions and by making the energy and
transport sectors more sustainable
I N N O VAT I O N F U N DSupporting demonstration of
innovative low-carbon technologies for emissions reduction
L I F E P R O G R A M M E supporting:• mitigation and adaptation to climate change• nature and biodiversity• transition towards low-carbon energy system
2021: new Agency
RENEWABLE ENERGY FINANCING MECHANISM
Supporting deployment of renewable energy across Member States towards
collective EU targets
JUST TRANSITION MECHANISMPublic Sector Loan Facility pillar. Ensuring
that the transition towards climate-neutrality works well for everybody
CONNECTING EUROPE FACILITY 2 • Transport• Energy
Sustainable Transport and Energy Infrastructure
EUROPEAN MARITIME AND FISHERIES FUND
Support to the EU common fisheries policy and integrated maritime policy
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From INEA to CINEA
From Innovation and Networks Executive Agency to ..
… European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency
2014 -2020
• 300 staff
• 34 billion€
2021 – 2027
• 500 staff
• 52 billion€
5. From CEF1 to CEF2Main changes affecting the beneficiaries
• The aim is to present the main changes for current CEF beneficiaries,
stemming from the on boarding of CEF to the corporate e-grants system and
from the new CEF model grant agreement.
• This is not a comparison between CEF1 and CEF2 Regulations and does
not relate with other important documents such as the first Work
programmes under CEF 2, currently under preparation.
• It is work in progress, further elements may me added and detailed guidance
will be developed, where necessary.
• The structure follows the CEF project life cycle.
• In the light of reactions from the CEF Transport Advisory Group, INEA may
publish this information.
From CEF1 to CEF2
6. 2021 European year of RailInitiatives for promoting the Agency’s rail portfolio
2021 European year of Rail
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Dedicated website: https://europa.eu/year-of-rail/index_en
2021 European year of Rail
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Possible initiatives for promoting the Agency’s rich rail transport portfolio:
• ERTMS workshop in March
• A dedicated workshop, presenting the CEF rail portfolio and focusing on the
most important/successful Actions
• Support to MOVE initiatives (e.g. “TEN-T meets EYR”)
• Social media campaign
• Possible AG site visit in Karlsruhe (if circumstances allow)
How do AG members dealing with rail promote the European year of rail?
• Any further ideas/proposals from the AG members?
6. Any other business
• CEF2 Indicators agreed between INEA and MOVE in June 2020
• Two levels:
Level 2 (CEF2 regulation)
6 agreed indicators (7th on military mobility to be defined)
Part of the Programme Statement
Level 3 (additional relevant output indicators)
14 agreed indicators
Covering most activities financed by CEF (including detailed definition)
Not part of the programme statement – to be used for monitoring/communication etc.
• Indicators to be collected in a new IT tool developed in-house by INEA – linked to the TEN-T Network
• Encoding of indicators done by INEA PMs (beneficiaries consulted outside the tool)
• Additional indicators may be introduced throughout CEF2 upon agreement between MOVE/INEA
CEF2 Indicators
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Date of next meeting: September 2021 in Karlsruhe? (tbc)
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