001

Generic productive investment in small and medium – sized enterprises (‘SMEs’)

002

Research and innovation processes in large enterprises

003

Productive investment in large enterprises linked to the low-carbon economy

004

Productive investment linked to the cooperation between large enterprises and SMEs for developing information and communication technology (‘ICT’) products and services, e-commerce and enhancing demand for ICT

005

Electricity (storage and transmission)

006

Electricity (TEN-E storage and transmission)

007

Natural gas

008

Natural gas (TEN-E)

009

Renewable energy: wind

010

Renewable energy: solar

011

Renewable energy: biomass

012

Other renewable energy (including hydroelectric, geothermal and marine energy) and renewable energy integration (including storage, power to gas and renewable hydrogen infrastructure)

013

Energy efficiency renovation of public infrastructure, demonstration projects and supporting measures

014

Energy efficiency renovation of existing housing stock, demonstration projects and supporting measures

015

Intelligent Energy Distribution Systems at medium and low voltage levels (including smart grids and ICT systems)

016

High efficiency co-generation and district heating

017

Household waste management (including minimisation, sorting, recycling measures)

018

Household waste management (including mechanical biological treatment, thermal treatment, incineration and landfill measures)

019

Commercial, industrial or hazardous waste management

020

Provision of water for human consumption (extraction, treatment, storage and distribution infrastructure)

021

Water management and drinking water conservation (including river basin management, water supply, specific climate change adaptation measures, district and consumer metering, charging systems and leak reduction)

022

Waste water treatment

023

Environmental measures aimed at reducing and / or avoiding greenhouse gas emissions (including treatment and storage of methane gas and composting)

024

Railways (TEN-T Core)

025

Railways (TEN-T comprehensive)

026

Other Railways

027

Mobile rail assets

028

TEN-T motorways and roads — core network (new build)

029

TEN-T motorways and roads — comprehensive network (new build)

030

Secondary road links to TEN-T road network and nodes (new build)

031

Other national and regional roads (new build)

032

Local access roads (new build)

033

TEN-T reconstructed or improved road

034

Other reconstructed or improved road (motorway, national, regional or local)

035

Multimodal transport (TEN-T)

036

Multimodal transport

037

Airports (TEN-T)6

038

Other airports6

039

Seaports (TEN-T)

040

Other seaports

041

Inland waterways and ports (TEN-T)

042

Inland waterways and ports (regional and local)

043

Clean urban transport infrastructure and promotion (including equipment and rolling stock)

044

Intelligent transport systems (including the introduction of demand management, tolling systems, IT monitoring, control and information systems)

045

ICT: Backbone/backhaul network

046

ICT: High-speed broadband network (access/local loop; >/= 30 Mbps)

047

ICT: Very high-speed broadband network (access/local loop; >/= 100 Mbps)

048

ICT: Other types of ICT infrastructure/large-scale computer resources/equipment (including e-infrastructure, data centres and sensors; also where embedded in other infrastructure such as research facilities, environmental and social infrastructure)

049

Education infrastructure for tertiary education

050

Education infrastructure for vocational education and training and adult learning

051

Education infrastructure for school education (primary and general secondary education)

052

Infrastructure for early childhood education and care

053

Health infrastructure

054

Housing infrastructure

055

Other social infrastructure contributing to regional and local development

056

Investment in infrastructure, capacities and equipment in SMEs directly linked to research and innovation activities

057

Investment in infrastructure, capacities and equipment in large companies directly linked to research and innovation activities

058

Research and innovation infrastructure (public)

059

Research and innovation infrastructure (private, including science parks)

060

Research and innovation activities in public research centres and centres of competence including networking

061

Research and innovation activities in private research centres including networking

062

Technology transfer and university-enterprise cooperation primarily benefiting SMEs

063

Cluster support and business networks primarily benefiting SMEs

064

Research and innovation processes in SMEs (including voucher schemes, process, design, service and social innovation)

065

Research and innovation infrastructure, processes, technology transfer and cooperation in enterprises focusing on the low carbon economy and on resilience to climate change

066

Advanced support services for SMEs and groups of SMEs (including management, marketing and design services)

067

SME business development, support to entrepreneurship and incubation (including support to spin offs and spin outs)

068

Energy efficiency and demonstration projects in SMEs and supporting measures

069

Support to environmentally-friendly production processes and resource efficiency in SMEs

070

Promotion of energy efficiency in large enterprises

071

Development and promotion of enterprises specialised in providing services contributing to the low carbon economy and to resilience to climate change (including support to such services)

072

Business infrastructure for SMEs (including industrial parks and sites)

073

Support to social enterprises (SMEs)

074

Development and promotion of commercial tourism assets in SMEs

075

Development and promotion of commercial tourism services in or for SMEs

076

Development and promotion of cultural and creative assets in SMEs

077

Development and promotion of cultural and creative services in or for SMEs

078

e-Government services and applications (including e-Procurement, ICT measures supporting the reform of public administration, cyber-security, trust and privacy measures, e-Justice and e-Democracy)

079

Access to public sector information (including open data e-Culture, digital libraries, e-Content and e-Tourism)

080

e-Inclusion, e-Accessibility, e-Learning and e-Education services and applications, digital literacy

081

ICT solutions addressing the healthy active ageing challenge and e-Health services and applications (including e-Care and ambient assisted living)

082

ICT Services and applications for SMEs (including e-Commerce, e-Business and networked business processes), living labs, web entrepreneurs and ICT start-ups)

083

Air quality measures

084

Integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC)

085

Protection and enhancement of biodiversity, nature protection and green infrastructure

086

Protection, restoration and sustainable use of Natura 2000 sites

087

Adaptation to climate change measures and prevention and management of climate related risks e.g. erosion, fires, flooding, storms and drought, including awareness raising, civil protection and disaster management systems and infrastructures

088

Risk prevention and management of non-climate related natural risks (i.e. earthquakes) and risks linked to human activities (e.g. technological accidents), including awareness raising, civil protection and disaster management systems and infrastructures

089

Rehabilitation of industrial sites and contaminated land

090

Cycle tracks and footpaths

091

Development and promotion of the tourism potential of natural areas

092

Protection, development and promotion of public tourism assets

093

Development and promotion of public tourism services

094

Protection, development and promotion of public cultural and heritage assets

095

Development and promotion of public cultural and heritage services

096

Institutional capacity of public administrations and public services related to implementation of the ERDF or actions supporting ESF institutional capacity initiatives

097

Community-led local development initiatives in urban and rural areas

098

Outermost regions: compensation of any additional costs due to accessibility deficit and territorial fragmentation

099

Outermost regions: specific action to compensate additional costs due to size market factors

100

Outermost regions: support to compensate additional costs due to climate conditions and relief difficulties

101

Cross-financing under the ERDF (support to ESF-type actions necessary for the satisfactory implementation of the ERDF part of the operation and directly linked to it)

102

Access to employment for job-seekers and inactive people, including the long-term unemployed and people far from the labour market, also through local employment initiatives and support for labour mobility

103

Sustainable integration into the labour market of young people, in particular those not in employment, education or training, including young people at risk of social exclusion and young people from marginalised communities, including through the implementation of the Youth Guarantee

104

Self-employment, entrepreneurship and business creation including innovative micro, small and medium sized enterprises

105

Equality between men and women in all areas, including in access to employment, career progression, reconciliation of work and private life and promotion of equal pay for equal work

106

Adaptation of workers, enterprises and entrepreneurs to change

107

Active and healthy ageing

108

Modernisation of labour market institutions, such as public and private employment services, and improving the matching of labour market needs, including throughactions that enhance transnational labour mobility as well as through mobility schemes and better cooperation between institutions and relevant stakeholders

109

Active inclusion, including with a view to promoting equal opportunities and active participation, and improving employability

110

Socio-economic integration of marginalised communities such as the Roma

111

Combating all forms of discrimination and promoting equal opportunities

112

Enhancing access to affordable, sustainable and high-quality services, including health care and social services of general interest

113

Promoting social entrepreneurship and vocational integration in social enterprises and the social and solidarity economy in order to facilitate access to employment

114

Community-led local development strategies

115

Reducing and preventing early school-leaving and promoting equal access to good quality early-childhood, primary and secondary education including formal, non-formal and informal learning pathways for reintegrating into education and training

116

Improving the quality and efficiency of, and access to, tertiary and equivalent education with a view to increasing participation and attainment levels, especially for disadvantaged groups

117

Enhancing equal access to lifelong learning for all age groups in formal, non-formal and informal settings, upgrading the knowledge, skills and competences of the workforce, and promoting flexible learning pathways including through career guidance and validation of acquired competences

118

Improving the labour market relevance of education and training systems, facilitating the transition from education to work, and strengthening vocational education and training systems and their quality, including through mechanisms for skills anticipation, adaptation of curricula and the establishment and development of work-based learning systems, including dual learning systems and apprenticeship schemes

119

Investment in institutional capacity and in the efficiency of public administrations and public services at the national, regional and local levels with a view to reforms, better regulation and good governance

120

Capacity building for all stakeholders delivering education, lifelong learning, training and employment and social policies, including through sectoral and territorial pacts to mobilise for reform at the national, regional and local levels

121

Preparation, implementation, monitoring and inspection

122

Evaluation and studies

123

Information and communication

01

Non-repayable grant

02

Repayable grant

03

Support through financial instruments: venture and equity capital or equivalent

04

Support through financial instruments: loan or equivalent

05

Support through financial instruments: guarantee or equivalent

06

Support through financial instruments: interest rate subsidy, guarantee fee subsidy, technical support or equivalent

07

Prize

01

Large Urban areas (densely populated > 50 000 population)

02

Small Urban areas (intermediate density > 5 000 population)

03

Rural areas (thinly populated)

04

Macro regional cooperation area

05

Cooperation across national or regional programme areas in national context

06

ESF transnational cooperation

07

Not applicable

01

Integrated Territorial Investment — Urban

02

Other integrated approaches to sustainable urban development

03

Integrated Territorial Investment — Other

04

Other integrated approaches to sustainable rural development

05

Other integrated approaches to sustainable urban/rural development

06

Community-led local development initiatives

07

Not applicable

01

Strengthening research, technological development and innovation

02

Enhancing access to, and use and quality of, information and communication technologies

03

Enhancing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises

04

Supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors

05

Promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management

06

Preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency

07

Promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures

08

Promoting sustainable and quality employment and supporting labour mobility

09

Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty and any discrimination

10

Investing in education, training and vocational training for skills and lifelong learning

11

Enhancing the institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and an efficient public administration

12

Not applicable (Technical assistance only)

01

Supporting the shift to a low-carbon, resource efficient economy

02

Social innovation

03

Enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs

04

Strengthening research, technological development and innovation

05

Enhancing the accessibility, use and quality of information and communication technologies

06

Non-discrimination

07

Gender equality

08

Not applicable

01

Agriculture and forestry

02

Fishing and aquaculture

03

Manufacture of food products and beverages

04

Manufacture of textiles and textile products

05

Manufacture of transport equipment

06

Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products

07

Other unspecified manufacturing industries

08

Construction

09

Mining and quarrying (including mining of energy producing materials)

10

Electricity, gas, steam, hot water and air conditioning

11

Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities

12

Transport and storage

13

Information and communication activities, including telecommunication, information service activities, computer programming, consultancy and related activities

14

Wholesale and retail trade

15

Tourism, accommodation and food service activities

16

Financial and insurance activities

17

Real estate, renting and business activities

18

Public administration

19

Education

20

Human health activities

21

Social work activities, community, social and personal services

22

Activities linked to the environment and to climate change

23

Arts, entertainment, creative industries and recreation

24

Other unspecified services