The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) is a

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are located primarily in Europe, Europe. The union has a total area of ...

fund established in 2014 for

infrastructure Infrastructure is the set of facilities and systems that serve a country, city, or other area, and encompasses the services and facilities necessary for its economy, households and firms to function. Infrastructure is composed of public and priv ...

investments (in particular the Trans-European Networks) across the union in transport, energy, digital and telecommunication projects, which aims at a greater connectivity between EU

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. It operates through grants, financial guarantees and project bonds. It is run by the

Innovation and Networks Executive Agency The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) was an executive agency established by the European Commission in order to run the Connecting Europe Facility and parts of Horizon 2020, with legacy programmes of the TEN-T programme and the ...

and then by the Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency.

CEF Digital

CEF Digital is the digital infrastructure arm of CEF. A large portion of CEF Digital was split off in 2021 to form the

Digital Europe Programme The Digital Europe Programme (DEP) is a fund of the European Union which supports the completion of the Digital Single Market by connecting Europe through 'digital bridges' (Digital Service Infrastructures) for the benefit of citizens, businesses an ...

. The actions which remain assigned to CEF Digital after 2021, include: *Deploying very high-capacity networks, including 5G systems, in areas where socioeconomic drivers are located *Guaranteeing uninterrupted coverage with 5G systems of all major transport paths, including the trans-European transport networks *Deploying new or a significant upgrade of existing backbone networks, including submarine cables, within and between Member States and between the Union and third countries *Implementing and supporting digital connectivity infrastructure related to cross-border projects in the areas of transport or energy

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CEF Digital

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