| Objectives: Convergence and Regional competitiveness and employment |
| Objective: Convergence and regions referred to in Article 8(2) without prejudice to the decision taken in accordance with last subparagraph of Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006. |
| Code | Priority themes |
| Research and technological development (R&TD), innovation and entrepreneurship |
| 01 | R&TD activities in research centres |
| 02 | R&TD infrastructure (including physical plant, instrumentation and high-speed computer networks linking research centres) and centres of competence in a specific technology |
| 03 | Technology transfer and improvement of cooperation networks between small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), between these and other businesses and universities, post-secondary education establishments of all kinds, regional authorities, research centres and scientific and technological poles (scientific and technological parks, technopoles, etc.) |
| 04 | Assistance to R&TD, particularly in SMEs (including access to R&TD services in research centres) |
| 05 | Advanced support services for firms and groups of firms |
| 06 | Assistance to SMEs for the promotion of environmentally-friendly products and production processes (introduction of effective environment managing system, adoption and use of pollution prevention technologies, integration of clean technologies into firm production) |
| 07 | Investment in firms directly linked to research and innovation (innovative technologies, establishment of new firms by universities, existing R&TD centres and firms, etc.) |
| 08 | Other investment in firms |
| 09 | Other measures to stimulate research and innovation and entrepreneurship in SMEs |
| Information society |
| 10 | Telephone infrastructures (including broadband networks) |
| 11 | Information and communication technologies (access, security, interoperability, risk-prevention, research, innovation, e-content, etc.) |
| 12 | Information and communication technologies (TEN-ICT) |
| 13 | Services and applications for the citizen (e-health, e-government, e-learning, e-inclusion, etc.) |
| 14 | Services and applications for SMEs (e-commerce, education and training, networking, etc.) |
| 15 | Other measures for improving access to and efficient use of ICT by SMEs |
| Transport |
| 16 | Railways |
| 17 | Railways (TEN-T) |
| 20 | Motorways |
| 21 | Motorways (TEN-T) |
| 26 | Multimodal transport |
| 27 | Multimodal transport (TEN-T) |
| 28 | Intelligent transport systems |
| 29 | Airports |
| 30 | Ports |
| 32 | Inland waterways (TEN-T) |
| Energy |
| 34 | Electricity (TEN-E) |
| 36 | Natural gas (TEN-E) |
| 38 | Petroleum products (TEN-E) |
| 39 | Renewable energy: wind |
| 40 | Renewable energy: solar |
| 41 | Renewable energy: biomass |
| 42 | Renewable energy: hydroelectric, geothermal and other |
| 43 | Energy efficiency, co-generation, energy management |
| Environmental protection and risk prevention |
| 52 | Promotion of clean urban transport |
| Increasing the adaptability of workers and firms, enterprises and entrepreneurs |
| 62 | Development of life-long learning systems and strategies in firms; training and services for employees to step up their adaptability to change; promoting entrepreneurship and innovation |
| 63 | Design and dissemination of innovative and more productive ways of organising work |
| 64 | Development of specific services for employment, training and support in connection with restructuring of sectors and firms, and development of systems for anticipating economic changes and future requirements in terms of jobs and skills |
| Improving access to employment and sustainability |
| 65 | Modernisation and strengthening of labour market institutions |
| 66 | Implementing active and preventive measures on the labour market |
| 67 | Measures encouraging active ageing and prolonging working lives |
| 68 | Support for self-employment and business start-up |
| 69 | Measures to improve access to employment and increase sustainable participation and progress of women in employment to reduce gender-based segregation in the labour market and to reconcile work and private life, such as facilitating access to childcare and care for dependent persons |
| 70 | Specific action to increase participation of migrants in employment and thereby strengthen their social integration |
| Improving the social inclusion of less-favoured persons |
| 71 | Pathways to integration and re-entry into employment for disadvantaged people; combating discrimination in accessing and progressing in the labour market and promoting acceptance of diversity at the workplace |
| Improving human capital |
| 72 | Design, introduction and implementation of reforms in education and training systems in order to develop employability, improving the labour market relevance of initial and vocational education and training, updating skills of training personnel with a view to innovation and a knowledge based economy. |
| 73 | Measures to increase participation in education and training throughout the life-cycle, including through action to achieve a reduction in early school leaving, gender-based segregation of subjects and increased access to and quality of initial vocational and tertiary education and training |
| 74 | Developing human potential in the field of research and innovation, in particular through post-graduate studies and training of researchers, and networking activities between universities, research centres and businesses |