Inland waterways – works
Funding for inland waterway infrastructure works on TEN-T core network to improve navigation and capacity.
This call funds projects to upgrade and create inland waterways and related infrastructure like locks and dams. The goal is to improve navigation conditions and increase vessel capacity. It supports works on the TEN-T core network waterways.
Likely relevant for
- Inland waterway infrastructure developers
- Transport infrastructure planners
- Civil engineering firms
- Public authorities managing waterways
Project signals
What it funds
- Upgrade of inland waterways and related infrastructure such as locks, weirs, dams
- Creation of new waterways and related infrastructure including locks, weirs, dams, bridges
Expected outcomes
- Stable or improved navigation conditions
- Increased performance and capacity for vessel passage
- Good navigation status on inland waterways
Who can apply / participate
- Public authorities
- Infrastructure managers
- Private companies
- Consortia including above
- Check call document for consortium requirements
- Projects must be on TEN-T core network inland waterways
- Refer to section 6 of call document for eligible countries and conditions
- Exact consortium size and composition requirements
- Specific eligibility of private entities
Must check before shortlisting
- Eligibility criteria in section 6 of call document
- Specific admissibility conditions and page limits
- Consortium and funding rules
Money
Total budget of approximately EUR 350 million for 2026 for inland waterways works under this call.
- Total budget for 2026 — 350000000EURShared with related inland waterway infrastructure projects
Application notes
- Single-stage submission model.
- Proposal page limits and layout as per section 5 of call document and application form Part B.
- Eligibility conditions as per section 6 of call document.
- Financial and operational capacity requirements as per section 7 of call document.
- Evaluation and award criteria and process as per sections 8 and 9 of call document.
- Legal and financial set-up as per section 10 of call document.
- Call document and annexes including application templates and economic appraisal guides.
- Prepare proposal following page limits and layout requirements.
- Check eligibility and admissibility conditions carefully.
- Submit proposal via Funding & Tenders Portal before deadline.
- Use provided templates for budget and economic appraisal.
- Contact CINEA-CEF-TRANSPORT-CALLS@ec.europa.eu for support if needed.
- Check all eligibility and admissibility conditions in call document before applying.
- Ensure compliance with TEN-T core network requirements.
- Follow all instructions in application form and annexes.
Derived from official EU Funding portal source · updated 2 Jul 2026, 08:10 UTC. Use this as a shortlisting aid; the official call text remains authoritative.
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Official source text
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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).
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:
Application form templates
Standard application form — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Additional documents:
Amended Work Programme 2021-2027 - 5 June 2026
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)
Support information
For help related to this call, please contact CINEA-CEF-TRANSPORT-CALLS@ec.europa.eu Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals . IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc. Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and evaluation to reporting on your ongoing project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.
Raw budget overview
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