Press Release: Structural and investment funds: Commission boosts partners’ role in planning and spending

On 7 January 2014 the European Commission adopted a common set of standards to improve consultation, participation and dialogue with partners such as regional, local, urban and other public authorities, trade unions, employers, non-governmental organisations and bodies responsible for promoting social inclusion, gender equality and non-discrimination during the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of projects financed by the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF).

European Commission: RAPID: Speech, SPEECH/14/2: Structural and investment funds: Commission boosts partners' role in planning and spending http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-14-2_en.pdf

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