The Commission published a staff working document highlighting evidence from the evaluation on the implementation of legal requirements on electronic data exchange systems between beneficiaries and programme authorities of cohesion policy programmes, “e-cohesion systems”.
- 13 July 2023
The evaluation found that e-Cohesion systems simplified the exchange of information and reduced the administrative burden for both beneficiaries and programme authorities.
The main objective of introducing e-Cohesion systems for the 2014-2020 programming period was to simplify and streamline the implementation of the programmes by reducing the administrative burden for beneficiaries and authorities. The evaluation looked at 302 programmes funded by the 2014-2020 European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF) and analysed 108 e-Cohesion systems.
The evaluation also identified additional developments which could offer further simplification opportunities including focusing on interoperability between e-Cohesion systems and national databases and systems.
More information on this topic is available in the Staff Working Document (SWD) on the evaluation of e-Cohesion in 2014-2020 and the corresponding evaluation report.
More information
- Read the executive summary of the Commission staff working document evaluation of e-cohesion in 2014-2020
- Read the Commission staff working document evaluation of e-cohesion in 2014-2020
- Read the full evaluation report published in June 2022