Events and studies on administrative capacity building

Upcoming studies

• Study on Roadmaps for Administrative Capacity Building, call closed in November 2023 (eTendering - Data (europa.eu)). Study to be completed in March 2025

Completed studies

• Organisational models of programme authorities managing EU cohesion policy 2000-2020, call closed in June 2022. . Study to be completed in March 2024

• Towards simplification – analysis of selection of operations – taking stock of practices in the EU Member States

  Handbook on selection of operations Call closed in April 2021 - Project to be finalised 2022.

• Engaging citizens in cohesion policy - DG REGIO and OECD pilot project final report - March 2022.

• Mainstreaming strategic public procurement to advance regional development - An experiment to support public buyers achieving Cohesion Policy objectives - OECD, 2021.

• Study on peer learning tools for the administrative capacity building in the management of ERDF and the Cohesion Fund, 2021.

• Strengthening governance of EU funds under Cohesion Policy - administrative capacity building roadmaps - OECD, January 2020.

• The use of technical assistance for administrative capacity building in the 2014-2020 period, 2020.

• Preventing fraud and corruption in the European Structural and Investment Funds – taking stock of practices in the EU Member States, 2019.

• New assessment of ESIF administrative costs and burden, 2018.

• Implementation of the partnership principle and multi-level governance during the 2014-2020 ESI Funds, 2016.

  Studies on the integration of new regulatory elements in the programming process, May 2016 – October 2017

• The use of new provisions during the programming phase of the European Structural and Investment Funds

• The implementation of the performance frameworks in 2014-2020 ESI Funds

• Implementation of the partnership principle and multi-level governance during the 2014-2020 ESI Funds

• Setting up a database to assess impacts and effects of certain thresholds and limits in Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 (CPR)

• Use of new provisions on simplification during the early implementation phase of ESIF

• Improving the take-up and effectiveness of financial instruments