Local and regional authorities' access to the EU budget : lessons to be drawn from the MFF 2021-27

This study would examine the role of Local and Regional authorities (LRAs) in the design and implementation of the EU budget. It will examine whether the LRA' perspective is taken into account at various stages: (1) when the fundamentals of the EU budget are decided upon (i.e the negotiations on the MFF regulation per se), (2) when various EU funding programs are decided upon and (3) when EU funding programs are delivered on the ground. The overall approach of the study is more of a functional and procedural nature rather than a policy perspective one. It will focus on implications for the role of local and regional authorities.