Request for cooperation concerning a study “Assessment of administrative costs and administrative burden in the management of the Common Provisions Regulation funds 2021–2027"

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DG REGIO Support Letter.pdf

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DG REGIO Support Letter.pdf

Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË – Tel. +32 22991111

EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL

REGIONAL AND URBAN POLICY Policy

Policy Development and Economic analysis

Brussels, 15 January 2024

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

Subject: Request for cooperation concerning a study “Assessment of

administrative costs and administrative burden in the management of the

Common Provisions Regulation Funds 2021-2027”

Dear Sir or Madam,

The Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission has

launched a study aimed at assessing administrative costs and burden related to the

management of the Common Provisions Regulation (CPR) Funds 2021-2027 (European

Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund+, Cohesion Fund, Just Transition

Fund, European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund, Asylum, Migration and

Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Instrument for Financial Support for

Border Management and Visa Policy). The study will provide the analytical basis for the

debate on the design of the policy post-2027 and the related impact assessments.

The study contract has been awarded to an international consortium led by Ramboll

Management Consulting, in cooperation with Ismeri Europa, Forefront Oy and a wide

network of national experts.

The overall objective of the study is to carry out a comprehensive revision of the baselines

for administrative costs and burden of the CPR Funds for which such baselines exist, based

on datasets as complete and coherent as possible between Funds, and to establish such

baselines where they do not exist (the Just Transition Fund, the Asylum, Migration and

Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Instrument for Financial Support for

Border Management and Visa Policy). It will assess whether previous estimates have

materialised in the period 2021-2027 and analyse the impact of the simplification measures

already adopted in the CPR. In order to assess in an objective manner the management

costs as stemming directly from the CPR requirements, the study also aims at quantifying

the gold plating instances while identifying cases of best practice. The results will be

applied for the preparation of new proposals and options regarding post-2027 funds. The

final report of the study is expected by the end of 2024 and will be published on the website

of the European Commission.

The data on administrative costs and burdens will be collected through surveys and

interviews. The surveys will be sent to all the relevant programme bodies and national

coordination institutions in all 27 Member States. The questionnaire will examine staff

costs and count across the various stages of programme implementation, as well as

overhead and external costs. In addition, group interviews with a sample of 90 programmes

will be held to collect data on administrative costs, simplification options, gold-plating and

digitalisation of procedures. Data on administrative burden will be collected through

interviews from a representative sample of around 300 beneficiaries and 50 final recipients

of financial instruments.

Therefore, I would very much appreciate, if you could, please, facilitate the work of the

contractors, in particular when they contact you for participation in the survey or with

regard to an interview request. Your contribution will be particularly helpful and contribute

to further simplifying the delivery mechanism of cohesion policy and better target the

support needed for technical assistance.

For further information, you may wish to contact Ms Aurélie Louguet

([email protected]) who is the leader of the consortium entrusted with this

study, or Mr Florent Guérin ([email protected]) who is in charge of this file in

my unit.

I thank you in advance for your cooperation and assistance regarding this study.

Yours sincerely

“e-signed”

Anna Wagner

Head of Unit

Electronically signed on 11/01/2024 19:29 (UTC+01) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121

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