Innovation & Networks Executive Agency – INEA

The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) is the successor of the Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency (TEN-T EA), which was created by the European Commission in 2006 to manage the technical and financial implementation of its TEN-T programme.

INEA officially started its activities on 1 January 2014 in order to implement parts of the following EU programmes:

+ Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)
+ Horizon 2020
+ Legacy programmes: TEN-T and Marco Polo 2007-2013

INEA’s main objective is to increase the efficiency of the technical and financial management of the programmes it manages.

Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)
The CEF is a key EU instrument to promote growth, jobs and competitiveness through targeted infrastructure investment at European level. It is divided into 3 sectors:

+ CEF Transport
+ CEF Energy
+ CEF Digital (telecommunications)

Horizon 2020
Horizon 2020 is the EU's main programme for the research area. It implements the Innovation Union, a Europe 2020 flagship initiative aimed at securing Europe's global competitiveness. The two objectives below which are managed by INEA fall under the "Societal Challenges" part of the programme.

Smart green and integrated transport
Secure, clean and efficient energy

In total, it is expected that INEA will manage a budget of up to €37 billion for the new 2014-2020 Programmes (€30 billion from the CEF and €7 billion from H2020).

Legacy programmes (2007-2013)

TEN-T (Transport infrastructure)
Marco Polo (Freight performance)

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