Marco Polo Call for Proposals 2012

Marco Polo aims to ease road congestion and its attendant pollution by promoting a switch to greener transport modes for European freight traffic. Railways, sea-routes and inland waterways have spare capacity. Companies with viable projects to shift freight from roads to greener modes can turn to Marco Polo for financial support. More than 500 companies have already done so successfully since the programme was launched in 2003. Every year, a new batch of projects qualify for funding. Your project could be among them. The following sections explain how the programme works and how you can apply for funding.

The available budget for the 2012 Call is €64.6 million. Special environmentally-friendly maritime projects, inland waterway projects and rail projects with single-wagon loads are priorities in 2012.

The call was published on 20 June 2012 with a deadline for the submission of proposals of 19 October 2012.
See 'call documents' for details of 2012 submission requirements.