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Technical Support Instrument 2025 call

The aim of this call is to provide Member States with technical support for the design or implementation of reform projects in 2025.

Details

Status
Closed
Publication date
12 June 2024
Opening date
Deadline model
Single-stage
Deadline date
31 October 2024, 17:00 (CET)
Level of funding
  • EU level

Description

Overview

Objectives

The aim of this call is to provide Member States with technical support for the design or implementation of reform projects in 2025. In particular, Member States can submit requests for technical support in a broad range of areas, such as green and digital transition, diversity, public and private finance, migration, business environment, health, skills and education.

Activities/actions supported

EU Member States can request technical support to:

  • implement resilience-enhancing reforms in the context of EU economic governance, such as those arising from country-specific recommendations under the European Semester and by virtue of implementing EU law
  • prepare, amend, implement and revise national recovery and resilience plans under the Recovery and Resilience Facility
  • implement economic adjustment programmes
  • implement reforms undertaken at their own initiative

The support can cover all stages of reforms, from the initial design to the implementation and evaluation phase. It can take the form of strategic or technical advice, studies assessing reform needs or options in specific areas, training or in-country missions by experts.

Anticipated outcomes

The call aims to support Member States to implement reforms in the following policy areas:

  • Digital and Green transition (including climate action, circular economy and energy transition)
  • Health and long-term care
  • Skills, education and training
  • Governance and public administration
  • Competitiveness
  • Financial sector and access to finance
  • Revenue administration and public financial management
  • Labour market, social protection and migration

Institution providing the funding

European Commission

Size of funding

€864 million for the period 2021-2027

Conditions

Overview of award criteria

The assessment criteria are:

  • Urgency, breadth and depth of the challenges identified;
  • Support needs in respect of the policy areas concerned;
  • Analysis of socioeconomic indicators, as well as institutional and general administrative capacity of the requesting Member State.
  • The principles of transparency, equal treatment and sound financial management;
  • Prioritisation by the Member State.

Procedures

Application procedures

Member States have the possibility to submit a request for technical support, by filling out the relevant request templates available here.

Application support available

To help the design of requests, DG REFORM created a Repository of Reform Support Needs, gathering ideas on individual support needs uploaded by the different Member States, and providing a space for discussion. For more information, see here.

Useful links

Link to funding opportunity

Link to the programme for more info