A new report by the European Court of Auditors examines the 2014-2020 EU programming framework for rural development spending and several national and regional Rural Development Programmes (RDPs) to identify whether a focus on performance and results is achieved in practice. 

The report advocates less complexity in the RDP content requirements and makes recommendations to the European institutions and EU Member States on how to plan and implement an improved results-based approach in the next programming period. The report is available in 23 EU languages.