JTM-2026-PSLF-STANDALONE-PROJECTS – Standalone projects

Identifikátor témy: JTM-2026-PSLF-STANDALONE-PROJECTS Výzva: JTM-2026-PSLF – PUBLIC SECTOR LOAN FACILITY (PSLF) Program: Just Transition Mechanism (JTM) Časť programu: JTM-1-1 Typ akcie: JTM-LS JTM Lump Sum Grants Typ zmluvy (MGA): JTM Lump Sum Grant Stav: Open Otvorenie: 23. 10. 2025 Termín(y) podania: 27. 1. 2026, 22. 9. 2027 Rozpočet: 630 000 000 € (spoločný s témami JTM-2026-PSLF-FRAMEWORK-LOANS)

Objective:

This topic targets projects addressing serious social, economic and environmental challenges deriving from the transition towards the EU’s 2030 climate and energy targets and the EU’s 2050 objective of climate neutrality, for the benefit of the EU territories identified in the Territorial Just Transition Plans.

The projects must also qualify for a loan by the EIB (or one of its financial intermediaries).

Scope:

Projects related to a wide range of sustainable investments may be funded, such as:

- investments in renewable energy and green and sustainable mobility, including the promotion of green hydrogen - efficient district heating networks - public research - digitalisation - environmental infrastructure for smart waste and water management - sustainable energy, energy efficiency and integration measures, including renovations and conversions of buildings - urban renewal and regeneration - the transition to a circular economy - land and ecosystem restoration and decontamination, taking into account the ‘polluter pays’ principle - biodiversity, as well as - up-skilling and re-skilling, training, and - social infrastructure, including care facilities and social housing.

Infrastructure development may also include cross-border projects and solutions leading to enhanced resilience to withstand ecological disasters, in particular those accentuated by climate change. A comprehensive investment approach should be favoured, in particular for territories with important transition needs.

Investments in other sectors may also be supported, if they are consistent with the approved Territorial Just Transition Plans.

The following sectors are excluded from the scope of the JTM PSLF support:

- decommissioning or the construction of nuclear power stations - manufacturing, processing and marketing of tobacco and tobacco products - help to undertakings in difficulty, as defined in point (18) of Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 (18), unless authorised under

temporary State aid rules established to address exceptional circumstances or under de minimis aid to support investments reducing energy costs in the context of the energy transition process

- investments related to the production, processing, transport, distribution, storage or combustion of fossil fuel.

The project activities must benefit a territory covered by an approved Territorial Just Transition Plan and must be consistent with this Plan and the sectors and thematic areas it sets out.

Expected Impact

Proposals must describe in Part B of the application (section 1, relevance and impact) how the project will achieve a measurable impact in addressing serious social, economic and environmental challenges deriving from the transition towards the EU’s 2030 climate and energy targets and the EU’s 2050 objective of climate neutrality. In particular, and when relevant, key performance indicators (KPIs) on greenhouse gas emission (GHG) reductions, job creation per gender, number of people reached are to be provided in part C of the application.

Applicants are recommended to use the EIB methodology for assessing project GHG reductions and emissions variations “EIB Project Carbon Footprint Methodologies”.

Applicants are also recommended to take into account the guidance provided in the publication “Considering gender in regional transformations: A toolkit for just transition regions” in order to identify gender challenges relevant to their project.

For more information about the EIB lending policy, see Regional development & cohesion (eib.org).

Conditions

1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout

described in section 5 of the Call document for the call "Public Sector Loan Facility"

Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.

2. Eligible Countries

described in section 6 of the Call document for the call "Public Sector Loan Facility"

3. Other Eligible Conditions

described in section 6 of the Call document for the call "Public Sector Loan Facility"

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion

described in section 7 of the Call document for the call "Public Sector Loan Facility"

5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes

described section 8 of the Call document for the call "Public Sector Loan Facility" and the Online Manual.

5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds

described in section 9 of the Call document for the call "Public Sector Loan Facility".

5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement

described in section 4 of the Call document for the call "Public Sector Loan Facility".

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants

described in section 10 of the Call document for the call "Public Sector Loan Facility".

Call document and annexes:

Call document for the call "Public Sector Loan Facility"

Application form templates

Standard application form (JTM) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System

Calculator (Financial information file) (JTM LS PSLF)

Simplified business plan (JTM)

Model Grant Agreements (MGA)

JTM Lum Sum MGA

Additional documents:

PSLF Multiannual Work Programme 2026-2027

PSLF Regulation 2021/1229

EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509

Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment

EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement

Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual

Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions

Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement

Aktuality k téme: - 2026-03-25: Dear applicants, please be advised that the timeline for the upcoming cut-off dates for the Public Sector Loan Facility JTM-2026-PSLF Call has been updated. - 2026-03-25: The submission session is now available for: JTM-2026-PSLF-STANDALONE-PROJECTS, JTM-2026-PSLF-FRAMEWORK-LOANS - 2026-03-25: Submission session opening date on 23 October 2025.