European Union
Funding at a glance
Inland waterway transport (IWT) infrastructure investments in the EU's Member States are predominantly supported by the cohesion instruments European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and Cohesion Fund as well as by financial means provided for the development of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T).
EU Candidate and Potential Candidate Countries are entitled to receive financial aid along the lines of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA).
The Marco Polo II programme was created in support of modal shift actions from road to rail, short sea and inland waterway transport.
Transport research under the 7th Research Framework Programme (FP7) is devoted to safer, "greener" and "smarter" transport systems.
