Steiermark, made real.
Steiermark keeps being paid to do one thing more than any other: generic productive investment in small and medium–sized enterprises (‘smes’). Here's the rest of its funded life.
Steiermark, identified as NUTS2: AT22 within Austria, has been allocated €2,226,261,221 across 834 projects. This funding period spans from 2014 through to 2025, supporting a diverse range of regional initiatives.
The European Union is largely funding Steiermark for significant investment in small and medium-sized enterprises. This includes both generic productive investment and specific funding for fixed assets and research infrastructure linked to innovation activities. Additionally, measures to reduce early school-leaving are supported. The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is the primary financial instrument, with the Just Transition Fund (JTF) also providing substantial contributions to these regional priorities.
Funding in Steiermark has seen a slight decrease in recent years. The last three years recorded €1,079,954,470, which is marginally less than the €1,146,306,751 received in the preceding period. This indicates a minor reduction in the annual funding rate.
- · High dependence on ERDF funding.
- · Concentration of projects under one managing authority.
- · No largest projects were explicitly identified.
- · Funding heavily prioritises business investment over other themes.
- Generic productive investment in small and medium–sized enterprises (‘SMEs’)215 · €535.6M
- Reducing and preventing early school-leaving and promoting equal access to good quality early-childhood, primary and secondary education including formal, non-formal and informal learning pathways for reintegrating into education and training164 · €28.3M
- Environmental measures aimed at reducing and / or avoiding greenhouse gas emissions (including treatment and storage of methane gas and composting)68 · €17.1M
- Investment in fixed assets, including research infrastructure, in small and medium-sized enterprises (including private research centres) directly linked to research and innovation activities47 · €861.6M
- Energy efficiency renovation of existing housing stock, demonstration projects and supporting measures40 · €15.3M
- Active inclusion, including with a view to promoting equal opportunities and active participation, and improving employability31 · €7.1M
- ERDF562 · €2.0B
- ESF217 · €39.4M
- ESF+36 · €25.9M
- JTF19 · €139.3M
- Geschäftsstelle der Österreichischen Raumordnungskonferenz500 · €863.2M
- Sozialministerium - Abt. VI/A/9 - Europäischer Sozialfonds217 · €39.4M
No CORDIS projects surfaced for this region right now. The MCP signal may not yet index every NUTS2.
Fly forward · postcard from Steiermark
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