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European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)


The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) covers all Member States and invests under all European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) thematic objectives. It has a strong focus on 4 key priority areas: Research and Innovation, Digital Economy, SME Competitiveness and Low Carbon Economy. The visualisations of the finances and achievements below present major elements of the ERDF investment story 2014-2020.
The ERDF also finances Interreg – cross-border, transnational and interregional co-operation under the Territorial Co-operation objective.

An aggregated presentation of Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 (ERDF / ESF / CF / YEI) is available on this page.

Budget adopted for the period:

€308 127 143 983

The planned EU financing, national co-financing and total financing are visible using the filters provided in the blue bar above. Based on the filter chosen the planned financing over the period 2014-2020 is presented below 1) by fund and 2) broken down by major theme. (The source dataset is available on the link ”Explore this dataset”).

ESIF 2014-2020: Total Budget by Theme (daily update): European Regional Development Fund, EUR billion
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€0€5€10€15€20€25€30€35€40€45€50€55€60€65Outermost &SparselyPopulatedEfficient PublicAdministrationSustainable &QualityEmploymentClimate ChangeAdaptation & RiskPreventionEducational &VocationalTrainingTechnicalAssistanceInformation &CommunicationTechnologiesSocial InclusionEnvironmentProtection &ResourceEfficiencyNetworkInfrastructuresin Transport andEnergyFostering crisisrepair andresilienceLow-CarbonEconomyCompetitivenessof SMEsResearch &Innovation€0€5€10€15€20€25€30€35€40€45€50€55€60€65Outermost &SparselyPopulatedEfficient PublicAdministrationSustainable &QualityEmploymentClimate ChangeAdaptation & RiskPreventionEducational &VocationalTrainingTechnicalAssistanceInformation &CommunicationTechnologiesSocial InclusionEnvironmentProtection &ResourceEfficiencyNetworkInfrastructuresin Transport andEnergyFostering crisisrepair andresilienceLow-CarbonEconomyCompetitivenessof SMEsResearch &InnovationTotal Contribution
ESIF 2014-2020: Total Budget by Country (daily update): European Regional Development Fund, EUR billion
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€0€5€10€15€20€25€30€35€40€45€50LuxembourgCyprusMaltaDenmarkIrelandFinlandNetherlandsBelgiumSwedenSloveniaAustriaEstoniaLatviaLithuaniaBulgariaCroatiaSlovakiaUnited KingdomInterregHungaryGreeceRomaniaPortugalCzechiaGermanyFranceItalySpainPoland€0€5€10€15€20€25€30€35€40€45€50LuxembourgCyprusMaltaDenmarkIrelandFinlandNetherlandsBelgiumSwedenSloveniaAustriaEstoniaLatviaLithuaniaBulgariaCroatiaSlovakiaUnited KingdomInterregHungaryGreeceRomaniaPortugalCzechiaGermanyFranceItalySpainPolandTotal Contribution

Finances planned: detailed

Cohesion policy uses a categorisation system to provide detailed thematic information on the finances planned (and implemented). The detail captured under the 123 "intervention fields" is linked to the high level themes and presented below for the ERDF in an interactive sankey chart. TIPS: Click on the chart elements or use the drop down menus to filter by countries, funds, themes, etc. Users can also hold crtl and click selection to select multiple elements. Press "reset selection" in case of non-response.

ESIF 2014-2020: Finances Planned (detailed): Planned EU financing by detailed ERDF themes (categorisation)
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CroatiaLow-Carbon Economy013 - Energy efficiency renovation of public infra. & demo.Belgium016 - High efficiency co-generation and district heatingGermany011 - Renewable energy: biomassInterreg010 - Renewable energy: solarUnited KingdomGreecePoland068 - Energy efficiency & demo. projects in SMEsItaly069 - Support to enviro-friendly production processes in SMEs090 - Cycle tracks and footpaths044 - Intelligent transport systemsNetherlandsPortugal043 - Clean urban transport infrastructure & promotionRomania014 - Energy efficiency renovation of housing stock & demo015 - Intelligent Energy Distrib. Systems (incl. smart grids)FranceLithuaniaSwedenAustriaHungaryBulgaria065 - R+I processes, tech-transfer & cooperation in firms on LCE023 - Env. measures aimed to reduce/avoid GHG emissionsSlovak RepublicSpain012 - Other renewable energy (hydro, geo, etc) & RE integrationDenmarkMaltaSloveniaLatviaCzechiaLuxembourgIrelandOther