Apply for the Technical Support Instrument 2027 call
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The European Commission has launched a new call within the Technical Support Instrument (TSI) cycle. This aims to provide Member States with technical support for the design or implementation of reform projects starting in 2027. Apply through Member States’ coordinating authorities by 31 October 2026.
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The first call of the 2027 cycle invites Member States to submit requests for technical support in five priority areas: defence procurement; public procurement data space; improving the quality of e-waste statistics; permitting for grids and renewables; and improving the leverage of public funding through financial instruments.
Selected applicants can receive support throughout all stages of reforms, from design and conceptualisation to the implementation and evaluation phases, encompassing strategic or technical advice, assessment studies, training or in-country missions by experts.
Requests will be assessed in terms of urgency and depth of the identified challenges, policy support needs, socio-economic indicators, administrative capacity, and following the principles of transparency and equal treatment.
National, regional and local authorities may request support, with submissions made through their Member State's TSI coordinating authority by 31 October 2026.
A second call is expected to be launched in the first quarter of 2027. It will invite Member States to submit requests addressing their most pressing needs for support in preparing ambitious reforms that they plan to include in their future NRPPs under the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework.
The Technical Support Instrument provides tailor-made and demand-driven technical expertise to Member States to design and implement economic and social reforms. It is a pillar of the EU’s initiative to help Member States mitigate the economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 crisis.