Do you want to know who receives EU funds? If so, this portal will help you find the answer.

The vast majority of EU funds (almost 80%) are handled by the national administrations and the responsibility to publish the names of beneficiaries rests with them. This is true for such crucial areas like the Common Agricultural Policy or the Structural Funds that support regional development, as well as the Fisheries policy and the European Refugee Fund.

The European Commission also hands out directly grants and procurement contracts, amounting to some 20% of the EU budget, in such areas as research policy, education and training, transport and energy networks, etc. It has the obligation to publish the names of beneficiaries. To facilitate access to this information, up until now disseminated on the web pages of each Commission department, a new central Financial Transparency System has been created which allows you to search the consolidated data. Its current version covers some 10 billion euros of aid. The system will be extended later to cover also the Commission's own administrative expenditure, i.e the contracts with the suppliers it uses for its day-to-day operations.

A specific search engine has been set up to give access to the details of beneficiaries in the field of external aid.