Beneficiaries of grants and contracts
The European Commission is committed to guarantee full transparency on the beneficiaries of funds in line with the requirements of Article 30 of the Financial Regulations. This section of the EuropeAid website has been created for you to find the information covering all the methods used in the implementation of external assistance under the responsibility of EuropeAid Co-operation Office, whether financed under the General Budget of the Communitities or the European Development Fund.
EuropeAid uses three different methods to implement external assistance:
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Centralised implementation, where the European Commission or its delegations implement the programmes directly and is responsible for the award of grants and procurement contracts. Consult the beneficiaries of grants & contracts.
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Decentralised implementation, where a public administration in the receiving country implements the programme on the basis of a financing agreement signed with the Commission. The country's administration is responsible for the award of grants and contracts but with a procedure controlled by the Commission. The Commission services are in regular contact with the concerned implementing partners to ensure that the issue of publication of beneficiaries is addressed in the countries concerned.
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Joint management with international organisations, where the Commission contributes to a project implemented by an international organisation which is responsible for the award of grants and procurement contracts on the basis its own procedures. The Commission verifies the appropriate use of the funds and is in regular contact with the concerned International Organisations to ensure that the publication of benficiaries is properly addressed. United Nations agencies beneficiaries 2008
[306 KB] , World Bank beneficiaries 2008 [77 KB] and other international organisations beneficiaries 2007 [129 KB] .
For the purpose of this publication, the term "beneficiary of the European Union funds" refers to the legal person that signs a grant agreement and/or procurement contract (i.e. the grant beneficiary and/or contractor) with an "entity managing EU funds". Depending on the management mode this entity may be the Commission, a beneficiary country, an international organisation, or a Community or national agency. Implementing partners of such entitites, identified as such in the relevant financing / contribution / delegation agreements to act as intermediaries for a substantial part of the action, are also considered as "entities managing EU funds". This applies whether the action is fully or partially financed by the Commission. Subcontractors or suppliers as well as partners/consortia members of the "beneficiaries of the funds" are not concerned. In the case of budget support the "beneficiary of the funds" is the beneficiary country.
Please note that it cannot be guaranteed that information available on-line exactly reproduces the facts. In line with the Financial Regulations certain contracts are not published where it is deemed that this could harm the security of the contractors/grantees or their business interest. The European Union is committed to user privacy.
