The financial execution of Structural Funds

The financial execution of Structural Funds has become a key topic in recent debates about the functioning and the future of Cohesion Policy. Stakeholders are increasingly requiring effective delivery of quality policy measures and structural investments to overcome the economic downturn.

Financial execution is a necessary but insufficient condition for effective policy implementation and there are concerns as regards the pace of programmes' implementation.

The purpose of this document is to provide a contribution to the debate on financial execution, showing:
• The functioning of the financial management of Cohesion Policy;
• The implementation dynamics and the current situation of the financial execution;
• The implementation obstacles being faced in the current period.

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