Danuta Hubner, European Commissioner for EU regional politics will officially visit in Bucharest to discuss the main documents required in order for Romania to receive EU structural funds. In an interview for EurActiv, Hubner summons Romanian authorities to accelerate developments in the implementation structure, better the administrative capacity and deal with the projects on hold.
Hubner affirms says that communication went on smoothly among Brussels and Bucharest and negotiations are approaching a positive end.
Romania will most probably receive funds from the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund.
Moreover, the MEP considers that the EU pre-accession funds in Romania turned out to be a good training opportunity for local authorities to ‘learn by doing’.
Thus, it consolidated the experience in dealing with EU funds in strategies, project development and management, impact evaluations and monitoring etc.
However, Danuta Hubner warns authorities that what Romania lacks is a good implementation scheme. This would enhance the impact and assure that the funds reach the initial set goals.
HotNews.ro, Jul 10, 2007
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