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Kohezijski sklad, ustanovljen leta 1994 na podlagi Uredbe (ES) 1164/94, zagotavlja financiranje projektov na področju okolja in vseevropskih omrežij. Od leta 2007 lahko tudi podpira projekte na področju trajnostnega razvoja, kot so projekti v zvezi z energetsko učinkovitostjo in obnovljivimi viri energije.

Izgradnjo vseevropskih omrežij delno financirajo Evropska unija in delno države članice. Finančna pomoč EU deluje kot katalizator, države članice pa morajo prispevati večino pomoči. Financiranje vseevropskih omrežij je mogoče dopolniti tudi iz strukturnih skladov, s pomočjo iz Evropske investicijske banke ali s prispevki iz zasebnega sektorja. Velika reforma na področju vseevropskih omrežjih je bila izvedena leta 2013 z vzpostavitvijo instrumenta za povezovanje Evrope.

This paper provides an overview of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) as a budgetary instrument. A preliminary analysis of the quantitative impact of the first year and a half of activity is complemented by an outline of the corollary policies that can determine the success of EFSI.

Cohesion policy and its Structural Funds are one of the main EU instruments to sustain economic growth, while reducing disparities between regions. These funds are allocated to Member States (MS) under a complex legal framework, according to the level of development of their regions.

Due to considerable overlaps between development and climate finance and the danger that funding is diverted from existing development assistance it would be important to define a baseline against which additionality can be measured. So far, no internationally agreed definition exists. The EU could step forward and come to a common approach even if this might temporarily disadvantage Member States under the current reporting practice. Any such definition should build on the commitment to raise ODA ...

The European Commission has set a target of access to fast internet for all citizens by 2013, with high speeds by 2020. This is being translated into plans and actions at Member State level.

This study sets out concepts and findings, and the desirable content of an EU methodology along with recommendations for contributing to efforts to support the capitalisation and promotion of good practice in the field of territorial development, co-financed in the framework of Community regional policy, for the 2000-2006 and 2007-2013 Structural Funds programming periods.