Selection procedures for projects within the framework of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF) still place too much emphasis on spending rather than on results, the European Court of Auditors regrets in a report published on Tuesday 4 September.
“Although the set-up of cohesion policy programmes is now more results-oriented, with a stronger intervention logic and an extensive set of indicators, we conclude overall that project selection is not...