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We deplore the tragic death of former Prime Minister @AbeShinzo.
The European Court of Auditors extends its deepest condolences to Mr Abe’s family and to the people of Japan at this difficult time.
We welcome the @EU_Commission proposed new rules for managing the fines it imposes on firms that breach #EUlaw and the penalties it imposes on countries that fail to apply it.
Our 🆕 Opinion ↓
🗨️"The LEADER approach was designed to facilitate local engagement & empowerment for the benefit of 🇪🇺 rural areas. Unfortunately, we did not find tangible proof that this approach brought additional benefits compared with other EU spending programmes."
The LEADER programme – 🇪🇺’s participatory and bottom-up policy for #rural #development – has helped to facilitate local engagement.
👉 But its approach is costly and its approval processes are slow, according to our last report.
👉We had a closer look into the risk of illegal land grabbing.
Since #CAP control systems make it difficult to overstate the eligible area, fraudsters often target land with no active owner, for example:
◻️ Publicly-owned land or
◻️ Private land with unclear ownership
🗓️ On Wednesday 6 July, we will publish a special report on the EU’s community-led LEADER local development approach.
🗨️ “Outsourcing some tasks can be useful and sometimes necessary.
👉 But the European Commission should make sure it maximises the value for the money. Also, more transparency & accountability is needed.”
The way the @EU_Commission hires & uses external consultants does not fully ensure value for money is maximised.
👉There are significant gaps in the current framework, bringing risks of:
◽️Concentration of service providers
◽️Overdependence
◽️Potential conflicts of interest
🤝Today, the College of the ECA met the College of the @EUProsecutor, to mark the first year of the EPPO’s operations.
ECA President Mr Lehne took stock of EPPO’s intense year of activity & looked forward to further cooperation to better protect the 🇪🇺’s financial interests.
The @EU_Commission does not have enough evidence to comprehensively assess the 🇪🇺 Common Agricultural Policy’s needs and impact.
According to our report, the Commission has not capitalised on the potential of big data for analysing and designing the #CAP.
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📗#ECAJournal | Philippe Cichowlaz is Head of the European Cohesion Policy Division at the French National Agency for Territorial Cohesion. In this article, he explains how the 🇫🇷 regional & national authorities prepared to implement the #RFF. 👇
📗#ECAJournal | As State Secretary at the 🇸🇮 @MZZRS Gašper Dovžan led many Council meetings.
He looks back at core issues discussed during the Slovenian presidency, from rule of law to progress towards 🇪🇺 membership for candidate countries. https://medium.com/ecajournal/eu-integration-for-a-shared-space-of-common-values-c4940c178eec
🗓️ On Thursday 30 June, we will publish a special report on the use of external #consultants at the European Commission. 🇪🇺
Don't miss it 👇
On Tuesday 28 June, we will publish a special report on the use of data for the design, monitoring and evaluation of the 🇪🇺 flagship agriculture policy, the #CAP.
Learn more ↓
Since 2007, the @EU_Commission has spent more than €25 billion on diversifying the 🇪🇺’s #rural economy & improving infrastructures. 👩🌾
👉However, auditors point that the Commission should share information on the best ways to channel funds effectively towards viable projects.
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