Purpose: This study delves into the inadequacies of the traditional budgeting process and their role in instigating budgetary slacking behaviour within organisations. It aims to unveil the underlying mechanisms behind this behaviour and provides practical insights for organisational enhancement....

Leveraging insights from the academic literature, this paper discusses the challenges and practical solutions in the planning of public investment projects and illustrates them with survey evidence from the EU Member States. The paper starts with strategic planning, which covers a 10-to-20-year...

Working Document V presents the budget implementation forecast for 2024, information on assigned revenue (implementation in 2023 and estimation for 2025) and a progress report on outstanding commitments (RAL) pursuant to Articles 41(3)(d) and 41(8) of the Financial Regulation

Working Document V presents the budget implementation forecast for 2024, information on assigned revenue (implementation in 2023 and estimation for 2025) and a progress report on outstanding commitments (RAL) pursuant to Articles 41(3)(d) and 41(8) of the Financial Regulation

In February 2024, the European Parliament gave consent to and the Council agreed at unanimity on the first ever mid-term revision of the expenditure ceilings in the multiannual financial framework (MFF), following the Commission's proposal of June 2023. The agreement reached on the mid-term...

This report has been drawn up in accordance with Article 63 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1727 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) (henceforth, "Eurojust Regulation" or "EJR"), replacing and repealing Council...

This policy brief discusses how the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and NextGenerationEU contribute to the EU's priorities, including the green transition, digitalisation, and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite its substantial impact on the ground, the MFF has...

Working Document II presents information on the human resources of the EU institutions and executive agencies, and in particular for the Commission, both for the establishment plans and for external personnel and across all headings of the multiannual financial framework. Moreover, pursuant to...