Vest, made real.
Vest 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.
Vest, a NUTS2 region identified as RO42 in Romania, has been the recipient of significant European funding. Over a period from 2008 to 2025, 1,276 projects have been awarded a total of €5,334,418,200.
Funding in Vest has primarily supported economic development and social initiatives. Key themes include generic productive investment in small and medium-sized enterprises, alongside improvements to health infrastructure. Support has also focused on SME business development and internationalisation. The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF) have been primary financial instruments, directing substantial resources towards these regional priorities.
The region's funding trajectory indicates a significant decrease in recent allocations. The last three years saw €783,529,889 awarded, a considerable reduction compared to the €4,533,064,501 received in the preceding period.
- · No specific largest projects were identified in the available data.
- · Funding is heavily reliant on the European Regional Development Fund.
- · Managing authority names show minor variations, suggesting data consistency considerations.
- Generic productive investment in small and medium–sized enterprises (‘SMEs’)209 · €122.2M
- Health infrastructure84 · €87.0M
- SME business development and internationalisation, including productive investments82 · €44.9M
- Enhancing equal access to lifelong learning for all age groups in formal, non-formal and informal settings, upgrading the knowledge, skills and competences of the workforce, and promoting flexible learning pathways including through career guidance and validation of acquired competences31 · €29.9M
- Investment in institutional capacity and in the efficiency of public administrations and public services at the national, regional and local levels with a view to reforms, better regulation and good governance30 · €29.9M
- Energy efficiency renovation of public infrastructure, demonstration projects and supporting measures29 · €51.6M
- ERDF894 · €2.3B
- ESF174 · €203.3M
- ESF+94 · €128.4M
- JTF63 · €159.1M
- CF51 · €2.5B
- Ministerul Dezvoltării Regionale, Administrației Publice si Fondurilor Europene365 · €586.6M
- Ministerul Dezvoltarii Regionale, Administratiei Publice si Fondurilor Europene292 · €2.9B
- Ministerul Fondurilor Europene144 · €173.5M
- Ministerul Lucrărilor Publice, Dezvoltării și Administratiei30 · €29.9M
- Managing Authority for Technical Assistance Operational Programme - Ministry of Investments and European Projects4 · €7.2M
No CORDIS projects surfaced for this region right now. The MCP signal may not yet index every NUTS2.
Fly forward · postcard from Vest
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