The Technical Support Instrument Programme (TSI) is an EU programme that provides tailor-made technical expertise to EU Member States to design and implement reforms. The TSI support covers the entire reform process, from preparation and design to implementation of the reforms. It is demand driven and does not require co-financing from EU Member States.
In 2021 and 2022, the European Commission Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support (DG REFORM) continued its cooperation with the Council of Europe to support member states in effectuating structural reforms in governance and public administration and the financial sector. As part of the 2021 envelope, the Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) of the Council of Europe will be supporting four EU member states (Croatia, Estonia, Portugal and Slovakia) in implementing anti-money laundering/countering terrorist financing (AML/CFT) reforms. In 2022, two additional TSI initiatives aimed at strengthening the AML/CFT regime have been launched for Lithuania and Poland, along with a multi-country initiative for Czech Republic, Latvia and Malta in enhancing their capacities in the effective implementation of the EU sanctions regime. Furthermore, in 2023, three additional TSI initiatives have been launched aiming to support the AML/CFT regime in Austria, Bulgaria  as well as another multi-country initiative for enhancing the effective implementation of the EU sanctions regime in nine EU Member States - Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Hungary, Lithuania, Malta, Romania, Slovenia and Spain.