Theme-based programmes
Dedicated to Innovation and Digital Transition, with a total of €3.9 billion financed by the ERDF and ESF+. This programme is aimed at the least developed regions of mainland Portugal and the Autonomous Regions to support innovation and competitiveness, energy transition, and skills for competitiveness.
Thus, it includes, under the A More Competitive Portugal objective, interventions in digitisation, research and innovation, and the growth and competitiveness of SMEs. Under the A Greener Portugal objective, it will support companies in decarbonisation projects and support the production of renewable energies, and under the A More Social Portugal objective it will support the adaptation of workers and companies to change.
Programme priorities
- Innovation and competitiveness
- Energy transition
- Competencies for competitiveness
Dedicated to Demography, Qualifications and Inclusion, this programme will have a budget of around €5.7 billion financed by ESF+ and is aimed at the least developed regions of mainland Portugal, although some of its measures may cover the Lisbon and Algarve regions.
It has interventions in the areas of active employment policies; education, professional and higher education training; combating material deprivation; social inclusion and equal opportunities, with interventions that, together, also contribute to tackling the demographic challenge, almost fully meeting the A More Social Portugal objective.
Programme priorities
- More and better jobs, reconciliation of professional and personal life, and gender equality
- More and better initial qualification for growth
- More and better adult (re)qualification for growth
- More and better inclusion of people at risk or in a situation of social exclusion
- More and better access to quality services
- Combating material deprivation
Dedicated to Climate Action and Sustainability, this programme will have a total of €3.1 billion financed by the Cohesion Fund and will have a national scope to respond to the challenges arising from sustainability and climate transition, with particular focus on the decarbonisation of the various sectors of the economy, making a strong contribution to meeting the national goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.
The interventions focus on energy transition (mainly via decarbonisation) and actions promoting the sustainability of resources and urban mobility, which contribute to the A Greener Portugal objective, as well as investments in the field of transport, namely railways and the maritime-port sector, under the A More Connected Portugal objective.
Programme priorities
- Sustainability and climate transition
- Sustainable urban mobility
- Rail transport networks
This programme will have a total of €393 million funded by the EMFAF aimed at the entire national territory, with the aim of supporting investments in fisheries sustainability, energy efficiency and decarbonisation, biodiversity, enhancement of fisheries products, and local development, contributing mainly to the A Greener Portugal objective and, to a lesser extent, to the A Closer Portugal objective.
Programme priorities
- Fostering sustainable fisheries and the restoration and conservation of aquatic biological resources
- Fostering sustainable aquaculture activities and the processing and marketing of fishery and aquaculture products, thus contributing to the Union’s food security
- Enabling the development of a sustainable blue economy in coastal, island and inland regions and fostering the sustainable development of fishing and aquaculture communities
- Strengthening international ocean governance and ensuring safe, clean and sustainably managed oceans and seas
Regional Programmes
This programme will have a total of €3.4 million financed by the ERDF and ESF+. It is especially focused on territorial policies, which are reinforced by the decentralisation process underway in mainland Portugal and contributes to most of the strategic objectives, in particular the A Closer Portugal, A Greener Portugal, and A More Competitive Portugal objectives.
It includes an allocation of €60 million to mitigate the socio-economic impacts of the transition to carbon neutrality resulting from the closure of the Matosinhos refinery.
Programme priorities
- A more competitive North
- A more competitive North and digital connectivity
- A Greener, Low-carbon North
- A Greener, Low-carbon North and sustainable mobility
- A More Connected North
- A More Social North
- A North closer to citizens
- A More Carbon-neutral North and just transition
This programme will have a total of €2.2 million financed by the ERDF and ESF. It is especially focused on territorial policies, which are reinforced by the decentralisation process underway in mainland Portugal and contributes to most of the strategic objectives, in particular the A Closer Portugal, A Greener Portugal, and A More Competitive Portugal objectives.
It includes an allocation of €65 million to mitigate the socio-economic impacts of the transition to carbon neutrality resulting from the closure of the Pego refinery.
Programme priorities
- Innovation and competitiveness
- Digital connectivity
- Sustainability and climate transition
- Rail transport networks
- European Pillar of Social Rights
- A Closer Centre
- Just transition
This programme will have a total of €381 million financed by the ERDF and ESF+. It is especially focused on territorial policies, which are reinforced by the decentralisation process underway in mainland Portugal and contributes to most of the strategic objectives, in particular the A Closer Portugal, A Greener Portugal, and A More Competitive Portugal objectives.
Programme priorities
- Competitiveness and innovation: strengthening regional economic competitiveness based on knowledge and innovation
- Sustainability and resilience: promoting ecological transition and climate resilience
- Urban mobility: accelerating decarbonisation by promoting sustainable urban mobility
- Demography and inclusion: promoting social inclusion and equal opportunities
- Urban development: promoting transformative change and a city based on proximity
This programme will have a total of around €1.1 million financed by the ERDF and ESF+. It is especially focused on territorial policies, which are reinforced by the decentralisation process underway in mainland Portugal and contributes to most of the strategic objectives, in particular the A Closer Portugal, A Greener Portugal, and A More Competitive Portugal objectives.
It includes an allocation of €99 million to mitigate the socio-economic impacts of the transition to carbon neutrality resulting from the closure of the Sines refinery.
Programme priorities
- A more competitive and smarter Alentejo
- A more digital Alentejo
- A greener Alentejo
- Greener urban centres in Alentejo
- A more connected Alentejo
- A more social and inclusive Alentejo
- More social innovation in Alentejo
- A more territorially cohesive Alentejo
- Fund for a more just transition
This programme will have a total of €780 million financed by the ERDF and ESF+. It is especially focused on territorial policies, which are reinforced by the decentralisation process underway in mainland Portugal and contributes to most of the strategic objectives, in particular the A Closer Portugal, A Greener Portugal, and A More Competitive Portugal objectives.
Programme priorities
- Innovation and competitiveness
- Digital connectivity
- Sustainability and biodiversities
- Mobility and decarbonisation
- Qualifications, employment and inclusion
- Social and territorial cohesion
This programme will have a total of around €1.1 million financed by the ERDF and ESF+. It is especially focused on territorial policies, which are reinforced by the decentralisation process underway in mainland Portugal and contributes to most of the strategic objectives, in particular the A Closer Portugal, A Greener Portugal, and A More Competitive Portugal objectives.
Programme priorities
- Competitiveness, research, development and innovation
- Digital connectivity
- Energy, climate action and sustainability
- Sustainable urban mobility
- Accessibility
- Specific allocation Outermost Regions
- Qualification and employment
- Health and social inclusion
- Support for young people
- Economic and social enhancement in the territory
- Combating material deprivation
This programme will have a total of €760 million financed by the ERDF and ESF+. It is especially focused on territorial policies, which are reinforced by the decentralisation process underway in mainland Portugal and contributes to most of the Strategic Objectives, in particular the A Closer Portugal, A Greener Portugal, and A More Competitive Portugal objectives.
Programme priorities
- A smarter and more competitive Madeira: knowledge and innovation
- A greener Madeira: climate action and energy transition
- Sustainable urban mobility
- A more connected Madeira: mobility and transport
- A more social and inclusive Madeira
- Youth employability
- A closer Madeira sustainable territorial development
- Outermost regions
- Combating material deprivation
The Technical Assistance Programme, with an allocation of €168 million, will be financed by the ERDF and will have national scope to support the implementation of actions by the entities involved in the coordination and management of the funds, including the dimensions of monitoring, evaluation, communication, information systems and control, as well as the implementation of the roadmap for the empowerment of the European funds ecosystem.
European Territorial Cooperation
Under the European Territorial Cooperation objective, Portugal participates in a number of Operational Programmes that are being programmed and negotiated, in partnership with other relevant Member States, with regard to cross-border, transnational and outermost regions aspects, and with other Member States and the European Commission, with regard to interregional aspects.
Strand A – Cross-border
POCTEP Spain-Portugal
Strand B – Transnational
Atlantic Area
SUDOE
EuroMED
NEXT MED
Strand C – Interregional
EUROPE
URBACT
ESPON
INTERACT
Strand D – Outermost regions
MAC 2021-2027