European Regional Development Fund
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From: Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
- Published on: 12 December 2019
- Last updated on: 23 July 2021
The European Regional Development Fund co-finances investments into the regions with Governments across the European Union and supports activities in the regions contributing to a balanced level of development.
The European Union will make €276.8 billion available for regional development across the European Union between 2014 and 2020.
The European Structural and Investment Funds are delivered through Programmes. In Ireland there are two Programmes co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund - the Southern and Eastern Regional Operational Programme and the Border, Midland and Western Regional Operational Programme.
As well as funding the two regional investment programmes, the European Regional Development Fund is used to co-fund cooperation programmes that invest in more than one country. You can look up the different cooperation programmes on the European Union’s dedicated website.
Border, Midland and Western
- 200 new researchers
- 144,000 unserved households provided with high speed broadband access
- 3,600 new jobs in micro-enterprises
- 10,000 households with improved energy efficiency
Southern and Eastern
- 680 new researchers
- 160,000 unserved households provided with high speed broadband access
- 16,900 new jobs in micro-enterprises
- 19,400 households with improved energy efficiency
Click through to read about projects that have been supported in your Region: