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ESIF 2014-2020 Finance Implementation Details

2014 / 2020 Finances
***** UPDATE: 3/9/2019 *****
With the release of the June 2019 data on "finances implemented" the Commission also makes a correction to the way it compares planned finances with decided finances (selected) for cohesion policy funds. The total planned amounts include programmes (or priorities) that are expressed either in 1) in public cost only, or 2) in total cost (i.e. including private financing). Some of the programmes expressed in public cost were reporting in finances implemented in "total costs of decided (selected) operations (including private cost)" and in "public cost of decided operations". To more accurately reflect the correct selection rate the Commission now takes only the public cost decided for those "public cost" programmes (or priorities). The correction is applied to all new data published and retroactively. The effect is to reduce the cohesion policy selection rate by -0.7% points for end 2018. The change mainly affects ERDF and programmes in following Member States - BE, BG, IT, MT, PT and RO.
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This data set provides time series information on the financial implementation on the ground of the 530+ ESI Funded programmes. The data is cumulative, i.e. 2016 values included the finances implemented for 2015. Therefore the value for different years **MUST NOT BE AGGREGATED**

The financial implementation data is disaggregated by fund, programme, priority axis, thematic objective and category of regions (where available). The data is provided by the managing authorities of the 530+ programmes on at least an annual basis. For some funds the data is provided more regularly:

For Cohesion Policy funds (ERDF-ESF-YEI-Cohesion Fund) updates are received 3 times a year – on 31 January, 31 July and 31 October - covering cumulative finances implemented to the end of the month preceding submission. After submission the data is published on the platform within 4-6 weeks;
For EAFRD the data on the value of selected projects is reported once a year on 30 June covering cumulative selection up until the previous December; the data on expenditure is taken from the certified expenditure reported quarterly;
For EMFF the data on the value of selected projects and spending is reported once a year on 31 May, and covers the period until the previous December

A detailed description of all the variables in the dataset is provided in the metadata file ESIF_Implemented Finance_Data_Description_of_Dataset_20161219.xlsx (in Attachments below).

Further details on the "finances implemented" data and the other forms of are provided also in the "About" section providing FAQs accessible from the platform - http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/faq/about_open_data/#8

What's in this Dataset?

Columns (26)

Description
ms
2-digit Abbreviation for the name of the Member State (ex: BE for Belgium, TC for Interreg). The two-digit country codes conform to the ISO 3166 (International Organisation of Standardisation), with the exception of the United Kingdom which is coded as UK.
ms
MS_name
Member State Name
ms_name
CCI
Unique identifier of each operational programme. More about CCI codes at: https://ec.europa.eu/sfc/en/2014/support-ms/CCI
cci
Programme Title
Short title of the operational programme. The name is intended for general users; it may not coincide with the formal name of the operational programme, but it is sufficiently precise to allow the unambiguous identification of the OP.
title
Ver
Version of the operational programme reflected in the dataset. Latest adopted version of the programme.
ver
Fund
Name of the ESI funds and the pre-accession instruments: CF (Cohesion Fund) EARDF (European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development) EMFF (European Maritime and Fisheries Fund) ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) ESF (European Social Fund) YEI (Youth Employment Initiative) IPAE (Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance). For more information on ESI Funds, see: Regulation (EU) No 1303/ 2013. For the pre-accession instrument IPA, see: Regulation (EU) No. 231/2014.
fund
Priority
Priority Axis: the investment pillars in the programme. There is no harmonised numbering or naming of Priority Axes. Programmes were free to structure the Priority Axes as needed. For more information on the structure of the operational programmes, see: Regulation (EU) No 1303/ 2013 Art 27 (Content of programmes), Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 288/ 2014, and Commission Implementing Regulation 808/2014.
priority
Priority Name
Name of the priority axis
priority_name
TO
Code for the thematic objective ("Theme" in the platform visualizations). In addition to the 11 thematic objectives set out in the legal basis, the dataset includes also the following codes: 12 - code for additional support allocated to the outermost regions DM - code for EAFRD discontinued measures from 2007-2013 IPA-A,B, C, D, E, G and TA - codes for themes financed by IPA MULTI - Multiple Thematic Objectives. For more information on thematic objectives, see: Regulation (EU) No 1303/ 2013 Art 9.
to
TO_short
Short name for the thematic objective. For example: "Research and Innovation" stands for "Strengthening research, technological development and innovation." For more information on thematic objectives, see: Regulation (EU) No 1303/ 2013 Art 9.
to_short
TO Long
Full name of the thematic objective. For more information on thematic objectives, see: Regulation (EU) No 1303/ 2013 Art 9.
to_long
Category_of_region
Data is reported by category of region for ERDF and ESF. The three main categories of region are: less developed, transition, and more developed. These "categories of region" codes do not formally apply to CF, EAFRD or EMFF. An additional category included in the dataset is for the "Outermost or Northern Sparsely Populated" regions. For more information on the categories of regions see: Regulation (EU) No 1303/ 2013 Art 90(2). The outermost and sparsely populated regions are defined in TFEU Art. 349.
category_of_region
EAFRD_measure
Codes for EAFRD policy measures. For more information on EAFRD measures see Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 808/2014 Part 5.
eafrd_measure
measure_short_description
Short titles for EAFRD policy measures. For more information on EAFRD measures see Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 808/2014 Part 5.
measure_short_description
EAFRD_FA
Codes for EAFRD focus areas. For more information on EAFRD measures see Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 808/2014 Part 6.
eafrd_fa

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