This study examines ERDF co-financed financial instruments (FIs) for enterprises in 2007-13. It is based on data analysis for 12 'stocktake' countries, a literature review, nine case study OPs and a seminar with stakeholders to refine the findings. For many Member States FI were a novel approach...

For many Member States financial instruments were a new approach to delivering Cohesion policy. Their increased use in 2007-13 created significant challenges especially for MAs with limited experience. The regulatory framework provided flexibility to accommodate domestic arrangements, but...

For many Member States financial instruments were a new approach to delivering Cohesion policy. Their increased use in 2007-13 created significant challenges especially for MAs with limited experience. The regulatory framework provided flexibility to accommodate domestic arrangements, but...

For many Member States financial instruments were a new approach to delivering Cohesion policy. Their increased use in 2007-13 created significant challenges especially for MAs with limited experience. The regulatory framework provided flexibility to accommodate domestic arrangements, but...

The 2012 EGTC Monitoring Report is the result of a yearly exercise commissioned by the Committee of the Regions (CoR) and carried out in connection with the Platform of the European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC). In line with Regulation (EC) 1082/2006, the Monitoring Report aims to...

This is the Final Report of the study "Co-financing salaries, bonuses, top-ups from Structural Funds during the 2007-2013 period". In view of improving the administrative capacity, the resources made available to Member States under Technical Assistance (TA) can also be used for financing...

The Committee of the Regions regularly publishes a monitoring report on the development of the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation - EGTC. The present report analyses the latest developments from 2013 and builds on the findings from the earlier EGTC Monitoring Reports of 2010, 2011 and...

The CoR regularly publishes a monitoring report of the development of EGTC as the European legal entity for cross-border, transnational and interregional cooperation of public entities. The present report is an update of the EGTC Monitoring Report 2010. The objective of the update is to provide...