Website: jaspers.europa.eu

JASPERS (Joint Assistance to Support Projects in European Regions) is a major joint policy initiative of the European Investment Bank, European Commission (Regional Policy Directorate-General - DG Regio) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

JASPERS is assisting beneficiary countries (principally the new Member States and acceding countries of the EU) to prepare major infrastructure projects which will be assisted by the EU Structural and Cohesion Funds over the next budgetary planning period 2007-2013. All assistance is offered free of charge.

Environment, including energy efficiency and renewable energy is one of the key area of JASPERS.