CEF Transport SESAR call open for proposals

The 2017 CEF Transport call Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research and Development project (SESAR) is open for proposals. Deadline for submitting applications is March 15, 2018. The maximum budget available for the call is € 290 million for projects of common interest in the transport sector in all EU Member States. A virtual information day on the call will take place on October 19, 2017 to present the political priorities and content of the call.

The general objective in the area is to support the timely and efficient implementation of the Single European Sky (SES), in particular, but not limited to, the deployment of the SESAR. The project represents the technological pillar of the SES. It aims to modernise Air Traffic Management (ATM) in Europe and to provide the Union with a high performing ATM infrastructure that will enable the safe, efficient and environmentally friendly operation and development of air transport. The achievement of this objective requires improving the performance of ATM in Europe by modernising and harmonising ATM systems, synchronising the deployment of essential ATM functionalities, enhancing civil-military interoperability, reducing fragmentation and consolidating the provision of air navigation services.

The Virtual information day takes place from 10.00 until 12.45. The programme of the event can be found here. 

The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Transport is the funding instrument to realise European transport infrastructure policy. It aims at supporting investments in building new transport infrastructure in Europe or rehabilitating and upgrading the existing one.