The Technical Support Instrument (TSI) provides tailor-made technical expertise to EU Member States to design and to implement reforms, in a wide range of areas such as revenue administration and public financial management, public administration and governance, growth and business environment, labour market, education and social services, migration, and financial market and access to finance. The TSI has been also supporting the preparation and implementation of Recovery and Resilience Plans.
Initiated in 2021, the TSI is the successor of the Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP). Since 2017, both programmes have helped design, develop and implement over 2000 reform projects in 27 Member States. Those reforms support Member States address their reform agenda, in line with the EU priorities and the country specific recommendations issued in the context of the European Semester.
COMPLETED AND ONGOING REFORM PROJECTS IN SWEDEN*
* The above data include all projects completed and ongoing at the time of the announcement of the annual TSI financing decision. During their execution, projects can be further split or aggregated, cancelled or withdrawn. Therefore, figures related to the approved reform support projects can slightly differ.
Reform projects approved under the Technical Support Instrument
The Technical Support Instrument annual cycle is launched every year during the dedicated TSI Annual Conference. The conference also starts the discussion with Member States on potential multi-country projects, geared at addressing common issues among Member States thereby emphasizing the EU added-value of the instrument. The event is also the opportunity to present the new "Flagship" projects, supporting reforms which are largely needed across Member States and are in line with the EU key political priorities.
For 2025, the Commission approved the following 5 reform support projects for Sweden:
Multi-country projects:
- Improving capacity in Member States to effectively implement the Pillar 2 Directive (Directive 2022/2523)
- Digital approaches to fiscal reporting in Sweden
- Futureproof Education: Supporting schools in the AI evolution
- Rethinking Healthcare – Reimbursement of university hospitals in future health care systems
- Digital Finance Academy - Swedish FSA
For 2024, the Commission approved the following 3 reform support projects for Sweden:
- GAIDE
- Policy measures to accelerate the Green and Digital transition of manufacturing industry SMEs in Sweden
- Provision of data through an AI-based model to support clinicians in making informed medical prescriptions
Multi-country projects:
For 2023, the Commission approved the following 7 reform support projects for Sweden:
- Development of analytical and statistical tools to estimate the shadow economy in Sweden
- Strengthening the Governance of the Swedish Skills System
- Joint Management of Data and Analysis for Swedish Healthcare Regions
Multi-country projects:
- Improve the quality of multi-level governance and strengthening the resilience of island economies of Croatia, Greece and Sweden
- Industrial ecosystems
- Proof of concept of AI models in market abuse monitoring
- Migrant integration and talent attraction
In 2022, the Commission approved 4 reform projects for Sweden:
- Strengthen PPP for emergency services in SE
- Support to the Implementation of the Just Transition
Multi-country projects:
- EU Supervisory Digital Finance Academy - FI (Swedish FSA)
- Regional and local authorities - Enhancing cooperation & Quality of public administration – Supporting implementation capacity of sustainable green development in European Artic Northern Sparsely Populated Areas
More information can be found in the 2022 Country Factsheets.
In 2021, the Commission approved the following 2 reform projects for Sweden:
- Planning and Building Competence – Governance and Implementation of Reforms
- Reforming the Swedish Public Employment Service
More information can be found in the 2021 Country Factsheets.
Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP) projects (2017-2020)
The TSI expands on the experience of the SRSP programme in building capacity in Member States. You can find the full list of SRSP projects here.
Highlighted projects
This project enhanced Sweden's crisis preparedness system by integrating strategic foresight, improving stakeholder coordination, and securing essential goods supply chains.
The Commission helped to enhance the capacity of the Swedish public employment service, Arbetsförmedlingen, to design and implement an effective system of contracted-out employment services by providing them with technical support.
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