Europe has 5 European Structural & Investment Funds (ESI Funds), which are the main Europe investment tool, with 454 billion euros allocated in 535 programmes.
The EU Cohesion Policy is part of the ESI Funds, and for the period 2014-2020 is goes over 1/3 of the EU budget
There are 5 European Structural & Investment Funds (ESI Funds), and 3 of them correspond to the Cohesion Policy:
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) – regional and urban development
European Social Fund (ESF) – social inclusion and good governance
Cohesion Fund (CF) – economic convergence by less-developed regions
European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF)