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            * Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)
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            The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) [ URL "https://ec.europa.eu/inea/en/connecting-europe

            a key EU funding instrument to promote growth, jobs and competitiveness through targeted i
            investment at European level. It supports the development of high performing, sustainable 
            interconnected trans-European networks in the fields of transport, energy and digital serv

            investments fill the missing links in Europe's energy, transport and digital backbone.
            The CEF benefits people across all Member States, as it makes travel easier and more susta
            enhances Europe’s energy security while enabling wider use of renewables, and it facilitat

            interaction between public administrations, businesses and citizens.
            In addition to grants, the CEF offers financial support to projects through innovative fin

            instruments such as guarantees and project bonds. These instruments create significant lev
            use of EU budget and act as a catalyst to attract further funding from the private sector 
            sector actors.

            Since January 2014, INEA (Inovation and Network Executive Agency) [ URL "https://ec.europa
            your gateway to funding under the CEF. INEA implements most of the CEF programme budget, i
            billion out of €30.4 billion (€22.4 billion for Transport, €4.7 billion for Energy, and €0

            Telecom).

            The CEF is divided into three sectors:

            • CEF Energy [ URL "ECEN-41.html "]
            • CEF Telecom [ URL "ECEN-40.html "]
            • CEF Transport [ URL "ECEN-39.html "]