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ECA: EU needs to be more proactive in its fight against fraud in agricultural spending
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the single largest component of expenditure under the EU budget, includes some spending schemes that are particularly exposed to fraud risks. This is...
Audit Authorities Should Be a Strong Voice in the Evaluation of Green Policies and their Objectives
Ukulhas, Maldives July 6, 2022 - National audit institutions should become the bearers of the climate change agenda. In supporting the green agenda and checking the fulfilment of its...
ECA: EU auditors see potential risks in the Commission’s use of external consultants
The way the European Commission hires and uses external consultants does not fully ensure that it maximises value for money or fully safeguards its interests, says a report published today by the...
The Slovak economy grew slowly, we are troubled by the withdrawal and the start of new European funds
Bratislava, July 1, 2022 – Slovakia's economy has partially recovered after the downturn in 2020 caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The gross domestic product grew by 3 % in 2021. However, this is...
ECA: EU agriculture policy: potential of big data analytics largely untapped
The European Commission has not capitalised on the potential of big data for analysing and subsequently designing the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the European Court of Auditors has...
The State Failed in the Financial Management of the Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities
Bratislava, June 24, 2022 - Complex processes related to the decommissioning of nuclear facilities will take decades in Slovakia and the state is not yet sufficiently prepared for them. The...
ECA: Not all investments for rural development deliver durable benefits
Since 2007, the European Commission has spent more than €25 billion of rural development funds on diversifying the EU’s rural economy and improving infrastructure in rural areas. However,...
ECA: Closing the EU’s innovation gap: Member States must get more involved
To close the EU’s persistent gap in research and innovation (R&I) and unlock excellence in countries lagging behind, the European Commission is applying special measures (known as 'widening'...
ECA: Schengen border controls poorly scrutinised during the pandemic
Because it has limited tools at its disposal, the European Commission has not scrutinised enough the challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic posed to the right of free movement of people. This is...
The Flow of Money Into Science, Research and Development Needs to be More Effective and Reformed
Bratislava, June 10, 2022 - Science and research in Slovakia have lacked an effective funding system. The method of allocating funds to this area has signs of bias and non-transparency,...
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